Nowruz, The New Day of The New Year

Nowruz, The New Day of The New Year

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Bushyhead, tells a story about the Persian New Year, Nowruz in the museum's collection galleries.

Sitting for Vuillard

Sitting for Vuillard

Madame Claude Dalsace, née Bloch, recalls what it was like to sit for the artist Edouard Vuillard as a child (interview, 2012).

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940
The Jewish Museum, New York
May 4 - September 23, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/vuillard

The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats

The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats

Emily Casden, curatorial assistant at The Jewish Museum, tours the exhibition The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats.

The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats
The Jewish Museum, New York
September 9, 2011 - January 29, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-snowy-day-and-keats-exhib...

The Dave Project- Teacher's Video

The Dave Project- Teacher's Video

The Dave Project celebrates the legacy of Dave the Potter, a slave potter and poet from Edgefield, South Carolina. Dave is best known for inscribing couplets onto his pots. The Dave Project took Dave's story on the road. In collaboration with Chicago poet, Orron Kenyetta, clay expert Jeremy Stepien, and the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Chipstone Foundation developed a 2-hour program that was brought to different communities around the city.

Looking at Music 3.0: Cey Adams

Looking at Music 3.0: Cey Adams

Looking at Music 3.0
The Museum of Modern Art, February 16-May 30, 2011

Images courtesy of Ernest Paniccioli, Robert J. Zagula and Martha Cooper. Additional images courtesy of the artist.

Roy Lichtenstein. Girl with Ball. 1961. Gift of Philip Johnson. The Museum of Modern Art. © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

A Lunar New Year Story: Nian, The Beast

A Lunar New Year Story: Nian, The Beast

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Bushyhead, tells a lunar new year story with works of art from the museum's collection.

Ai Weiwei: Season 6 Preview #2 (April 2012)

Ai Weiwei: Season 6 Preview #2 (April 2012)

In this preview from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 6 episode, "Change," artist Ai Weiwei discusses "Untitled" (2011)—an outdoor installation at Harvard University—and the accompanying sound piece, "Remembrance" (2010).

"Change" premieres Friday, April 13, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).

For more information on Ai Weiwei, please visit:
http://www.art21.org/artists/ai-weiwei

Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes

Asian Art Museum storyteller, Jeff Byers, tells a story about the Hindu gods Shiva and Parvati in front of related artworks in the Asian Art Museum's collection.