Home|  Blog|  Monthly archive|  Blog Posts: January 2011

Blog Posts: January 2011

Second Week at the de Young by Jennifer Ewing, January Artist-in-Residence

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on January 24, 2011

The second week at the Kimball was a blast with Friday night being the highlight.
For the museum, it was the perfect storm of events combining with the Orsay exhibition still going strong, permanent galleries free, and the start of the 6th year of Friday Night Fun.  We had a lot of visitors so more people got to make their own totem boats and got to know about Spirit Boats.

It is great to be a part of it all. The people have been the best part. Staff I have known or encountered at work, long term friends who knew my previous work, newer friends who know how I have road tested the Spirit Boats over the last few years and brand new friends and people are affected by the work. I am so thankful.

Read more »
Filed under:

Are you dusting the art? Common questions about our dusting routine

Posted by Arielle Hambrecht on January 20, 2011

Even in a museum environment, objects can become dusty and it is the responsibility of the objects conservation department to dust each artwork. We sometimes dust artworks when visitors are in the galleries and we have noticed that many people are curious about what we are doing.  Here is a brief selection of the most common questions about dusting artworks and our responses:

Dusting the suspended Ruth Asawa sculptures.

Assistant Conservator Alisa Eagleston dusting the suspended Ruth Asawa sculptures.

Read more »
Filed under:

My First Week at the de Young by Jennifer Ewing, January Artist-in-Residence

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on January 11, 2011

An important part of this Kimball residency is to hold a space that invites people to travel within a safe and welcoming place. Leo designed lettering and painted the walls with directions and associated elements as per the Toltec tradition. This helps set the stage and gives people a familiar and useful reference.

Some people have asked about this and know of other designations. I used what I learned from my Curandera teacher, Tereza Iñiguez-Flores in her healing circles that I attend on a regular basis. We have collaborated together and her teachings helped me find an appropriate intention as I began to conceptualize this show. For more info see her web site http://tierramorena.net/index.html.

Read more »
Filed under:

Getting Distracted with an Ark in Mind by Jennifer Ewing, January Artist-in-Residence

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on January 5, 2011

I was asked a few weeks ago if I needed pedestals for my Kimball Gallery residency.

Read more »
Filed under:

Lastest news from Corinne Okada Takara, December 2008 Artist-in-Residence

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on January 5, 2011

Corinne Okada Takara completed a residency in the Kimball Education Gallery two years ago.  Her project, Rhythms in Space, explored the assembly of recycled materials into airy three-dimensional tapestries and wearable art, while presenting a visual footprint of diverse cultures in the Asian diaspora.  She pulled various motifs from the museum collection, along with visual patterns observed in the museum's surroundings.  Visitors created tapestries from these images using wire, netting, and other recycled materials. 

Now, Corinne is preparing for two large projects in the spring in San Jose.  One if funded with a Target Arts Grant and the other is self-funded.  Please check out her new site for the project at http://kck.st/fhbHwt.

Filed under: