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Shelter in Place with Virtual Content from the Grinnell College Museum of Art!
The Grinnell College Museum of Art and the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts are closed to the public until further notice. We appreciate your patience as we all work as a community to slow the spread of COVID-19. For more information, see Coronavirus COVID-19 Response. Please click on the links below for virtual content from the Grinnell College Museum of Art.
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From the Museum of Art Collection
GCMoA Staff Picks: Milton Severe '86
Grinnell College Museum of Art staff were invited to create a small, virtual exhibition from our collection of over 5,000 works of art. Everyone who works at the museum has their favorites!
In this video, we’ll hear from Director of Exhibition Design Milton Severe '86. Milton focuses on three artworks from the collection, weaving together thoughts about his childhood in Grinnell, time as a student at the college, and his thirty-plus year career, presenting the college’s collection and designing stunning exhibitions.
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From the Museum of Art Collection
GCMoA Staff Picks: Peggy Brown
Grinnell College Museum of Art staff were invited to create a small, virtual exhibition from our collection of over 5,000 works of art. Everyone who works at the museum has their favorites!
In this video, we’ll hear from Museum Guard Peggy Brown. Peggy is originally from southern Louisiana, and is influenced by art and music that resonates with New Orleans culture. Five years ago, she moved to a hobby farm in Montezuma, Iowa, after living in Alaska for over 21 years. Working at the museum, she appreciates being surrounded by the life, joy, struggle, and provocation of the various art exhibitions, and interacting with students, faculty, staff, and townspeople.
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A Virtual Exhibition
Our Voice: Bryan Collier
The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award annually recognizes outstanding African American artists of children’s books who demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scot King Awards is the first retrospective of all winners and honorees since the establishment of the award in 1974. This video focuses on Bryan Collier, who won the CSK award nine times between 1984 and 2008.
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A Virtual Exhibition
Our Voice: Diane and Leo Dillon
The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award annually recognizes outstanding African American artists of children’s books who demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Awards is the first retrospective of all winners and honorees since the establishment of the award in 1974. This video focuses on Diane and Leo Dillon, who won the CSK award six times between 1984 and 2008.
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A Virtual Exhibition
Our Voice: Jerry Pinkney
The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award annually recognizes outstanding African American artists of children’s books who demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Awards is the first retrospective of all winners and honorees since the establishment of the award in 1974. This video focuses on Jerry Pinkney, who won the CSK award 10 times between 1981 and 2014.
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A Virtual Exhibition
Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards
The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards annually recognizes outstanding African American artists of children’s books who demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. Our Voice is the first retrospective of all winners and honorees since the establishment of the award in 1974. More than thirty artists are showcased, including Ashley Bryan, Bryan Collier, Pat Cummings, Ekua Holmes, Floyd Cooper, Kadir Nelson, Jerry Pinkney, Faith Ringgold, and Javaka Steptoe.
This exhibition is organized by the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Abilene, Texas, and was scheduled to appear at Grinnell College Museum of Art May 29 - July 31, 2020. Due to Covid-19 the physical exhibition was canceled, and this virtual tour has been created in its place. Special thanks to Nick Glass and TeachingBooks.net.
Yoga@GCMoA
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Sheltering with Art
Yoga@GCMoA with Jackie Hutchison, Episode 9: Conscious Relaxing
In this episode of Yoga in the Museum with Jackie Hutchison, featuring images of works from our collection, Jackie leads us through a mindfulness exercise focused on alleviating stress.
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Sheltering with Art
Yoga@GCMoA with Jackie Hutchison, Episode 8: Mindfulness and the Body
In this episode of Yoga in the Museum with Jackie Hutchison, featuring images of works from our collection, Jackie leads us through a mindfulness exercise focused on the idea of coming to your senses.
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Sheltering with Art
Yoga@GCMoA with Jackie Hutchison, Episode 7: Loving Kindness
This video was created as a virtual alternative to our program, Yoga in the Museum with Jackie Hutchison. It features images of works from our collection, and the calming voice of Jackie Hutchison. In this episode, Jackie leads us through a mindfulness exercise focused on the idea of coming to your senses.
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Sheltering with Art
Yoga@GCMoA with Jackie Hutchison, Episode 6: The Pause
This video was created as a virtual alternative to our program, Yoga in the Museum with Jackie Hutchison. It features images of works from our collection, and the calming voice of Jackie Hutchison. In this episode, Jackie leads us through a mindfulness exercise focused on the idea of pausing.
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Sheltering with Art
Yoga@GCMoA with Jackie Hutchison, Episode 5: Hearing
In this episode of Yoga in the Museum with Jackie Hutchison, featuring images of works from our collection, Jackie leads us through a mindfulness exercise focused on hearing.
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Sheltering with Art
Yoga@GCMoA with Jackie Hutchison, Episode 4: Box Breathing
In this episode of Yoga in the Museum with Jackie Hutchison, featuring images of works from our collection, Jackie leads us through a mindfulness exercise focused on the idea of coming to your senses.
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Sheltering with Art
Yoga@GCMoA with Jackie Hutchison, Episode 3: Come Back to Your Senses
In this episode of Yoga in the Museum with Jackie Hutchison, featuring images of works from our collection, Jackie leads us through a mindfulness exercise focused on the idea of pausing.
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Sheltering with Art
Yoga@GCMOA with Jackie Hutchison, Episode 2: Deep Stretch
In this episode of Yoga in the Museum with Jackie Hutchison, featuring images of works from our collection, Jackie leads us through a series of deep stretches.
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Sheltering with Art
Yoga@GCMOA with Jackie Hutchison, Episode 1
This video was created as a virtual alternative to our program, Yoga in the Museum with Jackie Hutchison. It features images of works from our collection and the calming voice of Jackie Hutchison.
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A Virtual Exhibition
Nature, Made
What happens when an artist doesn’t just represent the natural world, but makes it anew, through a creative lens? Lesley Wright, director of Grinnell College Museum of Art, gives a virtual tour of the exhibition she curated. The tour explores how five alumni artists work with animals, plants, and environments, crafting them into personal expression and commentary on the human impulse to alter the world around us. The exhibition includes painting, printmaking, sculpture and drawing by artists Fay Stanford ’72, Pamela Crockett ’76, Aaron Rothman ’96, Regan Golden ’00, and John Martin Bell ’08.
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An Alumna Artist Speaks
Regan Golden '00
Alumna artist Regan Golden '00 discusses how her drawings and collages in the exhibition, Nature, Made, reflect on natural cycles of growth and decay.
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An Alumna Artist Speaks
Pamela Crockett ’76
Artist Pamela Crockett ’76 speaks from her home in Baltimore, Maryland, about her painting series, Dance of Decay, featured in the exhibition, Nature, Made.
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An Alumna Artist Speaks
Fay Stanford ’72
Alumna artist Fay Stanford ’72 discusses her work in Nature, Made, inspired by “the local fauna of city and suburb, which we mostly ignore, until there’s a problem.”
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An Alumnus Artist Speaks
Aaron Rothman ’96
Listen to alumni artist Aaron Rothman ’96 speak from his studio in Phoenix, Arizona, about his work in Nature, Made, an exhibition organized by the Grinnell College Museum of Art.
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An Alumnus Artist Speaks
John Martin Bell ’08
What happens when an artist doesn’t just represent the natural world that makes it anew, through a creative lens? In the exhibition, Nature, Made, Five alumni artists work with animals, plants, and environments, crafting them into personal expression and commenting on the human impulse to alter the world around us. Listen to alumni artist John Martin Bell ’08 discuss his work in Nature, Made.
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Sheltering with Art
GCMoA Intern Lizzy Hinman '20 Walks You Through it
Grinnell College Museum of Art Intern Lizzy Hinman '20 helps you think about Eye Chart III, a mezzotint by Lari Gibbons in new ways. She'll help you think about this piece from the GCMoA collection as an inspiration for both storytelling and movement!
