STAYING CONNECTED
Take a look into Miami University Art Museum’s exhibitions and the permanent collection like never before! Mid-spring, when we went into COVID Ops and closed the museum, our team worked to move the exhibitions online and generated new content to share with our patrons at home. Until we reopen you can access the new Fall exhibitions and our ever growing list of online exhibitions. Just visit www.MiamiOH.edu/ ArtMuseum and click on the exhibitions link. You also can access some of our objects in the collection by visiting the collections link. Distantly Together, Curator’s Corner and Collections Connection are new video series the Art Museum has introduced to keep you engaged with art and culture while staying safe at home! Hear from Robert S. Wicks (Director) in his – Distantly Together series where he shares his thoughts and suggestions on engaging with the arts as one way to cope with the current situation. Curator’s Corner is a weekly video series featuring Jason E. Shaiman, MUAM’s Curator of Exhibitions, discussing the historical and cultural significance of the artworks on display in the Art History at a Glance exhibition! A few works Shaiman has highlighted include an illuminated manuscript leaf from the 15th century, Albrecht Dürer’s The Man of Sorrows Mocked by a Soldier, and Joos Van Cleve’s Madonna and Child. In two minutes, you can learn amazing facts and stories about the objects in this exhibition and see the variety of artwork displayed at MUAM.
Volume 9, Issue 1 | Fall 2020
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Collections Connection takes the viewer behind-the-scenes into the world of MUAM’s permanent collection. Laura Stewart, the Art Museum’s Collections Manager and Registrar, shares information on select artworks not currently on display at the museum. In her first few episodes, Stewart presented Clementine Hunter’s Baptismal painting and Claes Oldenburg ‘s Proposal for a Colossal Monument in the Form of a Typewriter Eraser for Alcatraz. Both pieces were recently added to the collection. Videos are posted on the Art Museum’s website, YouTube page and Facebook page every week! Subscribe to the Miami University Art Museum YouTube channel - be sure to click the bell icon on the YouTube page to be notified when a new video is posted! You may also subscribe to the Art Museum eNews at the top of our website to get regular updates.
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