Chapman, Kenneth Milton. The Pottery of Santo Domingo Pueblo: a Detailed Study of its Decoration. Albuquerque: School of American Research, 1977.
Spivey, Richard L. The legacy of Maria Poveka Martinez. Santa Fe, N.M. : Museum of New Mexico Press, 2003. [773M385S] TMA reference
Daily Schedule
With Suggested Readings and Resources
All participants will receive the following books during the institute:
Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago
John N. Low
The Ragmud Collection: Books by Aminah Robinson
Amy Gilman
Barbara Tannenbaum
Participants are encouraged to complete readings prior to the institute. Schedule is flexible and may be modified as needed.
June 2023
African American Selections
Native American Selections
African American Selections
Native American Selections
African American Selections
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Morning Session
Feature presentation from Native American Artist Will Wilson on his project the Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange
willwilson.photoshelter.com11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Activities
Co-director and School and Docent Programs Manager at TMA, Grace Toth will conduct an object-based teaching demonstration using the Santo Domingo Pueblo Polychrome Pottery Jar c.1865-1875 and San Ildefonso Pueblo artist Maria Martinez’s Blackware Pottery Jar 1940.
Readings and Online Resources
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Morning Session
Visit to the Art Reference Library at TMA for a presentation from Alison Huftalen, Head Librarian on the library resources and archives. Teachers will have full access to the library throughout the week of the institute.
Activity: Huftalen will lead educators on a research activity using a variety of different research approaches including books, archives, and bibliographies on Native American art and artists. Teachers will have time to explore the library and resources on their own.
Readings and Online Resources
Earenfight, Phillip, ed. Shan Goshorn: Resisting the Mission. Carlisle, PA: The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, 2018. [710.91 G676E]
Nordstrand, Polly. “Wendy Red Star: Beauty and the Blow-Up Beast,” Art Quantum: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art, 2009. Indianapolis: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art; Seattle: in association with University of Washington Press, 2009. [EC I4O E36 2009] TMA Reference
Wendy Red Star
https://www.wendyredstar.com/about-1
Shan Goshorn
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Afternoon Session
Discussion: Diane Wright, Senior Curator of Glass & Decorative Arts at TMA will lead a discussion on contemporary Indigenous artists Marie Watt and Ken Williams Jr.
Readings and Online Resources
Readings: Marie Watt: Blanket Stories, Almanac. Casper, Wyo.: Nicolaysen Art Museum, c2006. [VF WATT, MARIE]
Dobkins, Rebecca J. Marie Watt: Lodge. Salem, Oregon: Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Seattle, 2012. [C18 L822D]
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
End of Day Session
Activity: Collaborative Curriculum Session led by K-12 Scholar Jamie Sansom on cross-curricular lesson plan development based on the featured artworks. Includes an introduction of TMA’s Art Minute, which teachers will create.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Afternoon Session
Mysoon Rizk, PhD Professor of Art History at the University of Toledo will present on the history of contemporary Native American Art. This will take place in the Little Theater and Museum Galleries.
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
End of Day Session
Feature presentation from Dr. John Low, Director of the Newark Earthworks Center and Professor of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University will present his book Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago.
Readings and Online Resources
Low, John Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago 2016 Michigan State University Press.
Each participant will receive a copy of this book on the first day of the institute
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Morning Session
TMA Curator of American Art Erin-Corrales Diaz will lead a discussion in the galleries on the new exhibition Black Orpheus by artist Jacob Lawrence.
Activity: Teachers will spend time in the galleries doing a reflection question activity. This will be followed by an interactive discussion led by Diaz and Toth.
Readings and Online Resources
Readings:
Berlo, Janet C, and Patricia Cox. Wild by Design: Two Hundred Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts. Seattle, Wash: University of Washington Press, 2003.
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch Break
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Afternoon Session
Teachers will participate in a guided discussion in the galleries led by Dr. Carla Pattin PhD, lecturer at Jesup Scott Honors College, (UT) on African American traditions from past to present.
Readings and Online Resources
Readings:
Kara Walker: My Complement, My enemy, My oppressor, My love. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2007. Catalog of an exhibition. [X81 W181V] NY Times review of exhibition:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/arts/design/12walk.html
Issacs, Susan J. Duped: prints by Alison Saar. Wilmington, Del.: Delaware Center for theContemporary Arts, 2007. [VF SAAR, ALISON]
Shepherd, Elizaebeth, ed. The art of Betsye and Alison Saar: secrets, dialogues, revelations. Los Angeles: Wight Art Gallery, University of California, 1990. [EC L879 U58F 1990]
Kara Elizabeth Walker
https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m04zfgb
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/walker-kara/
Alison Saar
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
End of Day Session
Activity: Grace Toth co -director and Jamie Sansom K-12 Scholar will each lead a breakout session with teachers on integrating the highlighted artists into current curriculum through their own Art Minute. We will also take time to enjoy a Glassblowing demo at the Glass pavilion located on TMA’s campus and view the glass work of Therman Statom.
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Morning Session
Readings and Online Resources
Readings: Selected Poems
“Dirt” by Kwame Dawes “American History” by Michael S. Harper
Discussion: Mike Deetsch, Project director and senior director of learning and interpretation at the Toledo Museum of Art will lead a presentation on Seeing America, Smarthistory learning resource that supports a public, collections-based curriculum to support the study of US history and social studies.
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch Break
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Afternoon Session
Paula Reich, TMA’s manager of gallery interpretation and learning will give us a detailed look inside the print study room to view Aminah Robinson’s Ragmund Collection of Folkquilt Stories (1987-2008).
Aminah's World, Aminah Brenda Lynn RobinsonReadings and Online Resources
Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn The Ragmund Collection: books by Aminah Robinson Toledo: Toledo Museum of Art, 2010 by Amy Gilman and Barbara Tannenbaum.
Each participant will receive a copy of this book on the first day of the institute
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
End of Day Session
Activity: The day will end with collaborative small group work led by Toth and Sansom to guide teachers in the creation of their own Art Minute inspired from a work in TMA’s collection. We will end the day with a mindfulness/yoga activity in the TMA Sculpture Garden.
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Morning Session
Activity: Megan Hancock, curator of exhibitions and education at Denison University will lead teachers in an activity on Reframing History comparing Kaphar’s painting of George Washington Shadows of (Yale University Art Gallery; 2016) to historical portraits of George Washington. This includes a Ted talk with Titus Kaphar that will be viewed in TMA’s Little Theater.
Can beauty open our hearts to difficult conversations?, Titus KapharReadings and Online Resources
Readings:
Tsai, Eugenie, Connie H. Choi, and Kehinde Wiley. Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.
The Exquisite Dissonance of Kehinde Wiley. National Public Radio, May 22, 2015. http://www.npr.org/2015/05/22/408558234/the-exquisite-dissonance-of-kehinde-wiley
10:30 am - 11:30 pm
Activity
Grace Toth co-director will lead a visual thinking strategies (VTS) activity in the TMA Gallery on Kehinde Wiley’s St Francis of Paola (2003) comparing this work to the 18th century namesake.
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch Break
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Afternoon Session
Asmaa Walton, founder of the Black Art Library will present on her pop-up library which will be made available on the Museum grounds.
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
End of Day Session
The institute will conclude with the presentation of certificates and discussion of next steps. Each participant will present their Art Minute to the group, and we will celebrate and reflect on the week.
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