Students unpack how Martinez tackles the lack of recognition of the contribution of farmworkers in America through painting.

For Art Stories: Student Voices on the Crocker Collection, forty students in Assistant Professor, Mya Dosch’s US and Caribbean Art: Race and Representation class worked in teams to research and develop polyphonic audio guides about contemporary artworks by women, artists of color, and queer artists in the Museum’s permanent collection.

Travel to the scene with students as they discuss the concept of representation, how Hill created the romanticized vista, and the influence of the Hudson River School in Hill’s paintings.

For Art Stories: Student Voices on the Crocker Collection, forty students in Assistant Professor, Mya Dosch’s US and Caribbean Art: Race and Representation class worked in teams to research and develop polyphonic audio guides about contemporary artworks by women, artists of color, and queer artists in the Museum’s permanent collection.

Students discuss Vasta’s characteristic use of glitter, how she creates paintings with glue, and the influence of Italian baroque painter Caravaggio on her practice.

For Art Stories: Student Voices on the Crocker Collection, forty students in Assistant Professor, Mya Dosch’s US and Caribbean Art: Race and Representation class worked in teams to research and develop polyphonic audio guides about contemporary artworks by women, artists of color, and queer artists in the Museum’s permanent collection.

Follow along as students detail Chicago’s fierce approach to feminism and how this plate became a part of one of art history’s most famous artworks – the Dinner Party. 

For Art Stories: Student Voices on the Crocker Collection, forty students in Assistant Professor, Mya Dosch’s US and Caribbean Art: Race and Representation class worked in teams to research and develop polyphonic audio guides about contemporary artworks by women, artists of color, and queer artists in the Museum’s permanent collection.

In this guide, students discuss how photography, drips of paint and the Chinese Cultural Revolution are intertwined in Liu’s exploration of memory and the passages of history.

For Art Stories: Student Voices on the Crocker Collection, forty students in Assistant Professor, Mya Dosch’s US and Caribbean Art: Race and Representation class worked in teams to research and develop polyphonic audio guides about contemporary artworks by women, artists of color, and queer artists in the Museum’s permanent collection.

In this guide, students discuss the way in which Kempster captures the impact of the Great Depression and how this work may be relevant to today’s current socio-economic context.

For Art Stories: Student Voices on the Crocker Collection, forty students in Assistant Professor, Mya Dosch’s US and Caribbean Art: Race and Representation class worked in teams to research and develop polyphonic audio guides about contemporary artworks by women, artists of color, and queer artists in the Museum’s permanent collection.

The Crocker’s Adult Education Coordinator, Houghton Kinsman, sits down with Twinka Thiebaud and renowned photographers Judy Dater and Tami Bahat to explore the exhibition Twinka Thiebaud and the Art of the Pose and discuss how the model, actress, and occasional painter’s catalogue is epitomized by a unique ability to perform for the camera.

For Art Stories: Student Voices on the Crocker Collection, forty students in Assistant Professor, Mya Dosch’s US and Caribbean Art: Race and Representation class worked in teams to research and develop polyphonic audio guides about contemporary artworks by women, artists of color, and queer artists in the Museum’s permanent collection.

In this audio guide, students from Sacramento State explore Kehinde Wiley’s artwork, "Portrait of Simon George II.” The technique of street casting, Wiley’s early memories of art museums, and his penchant for repurposing the art historical canon round out an informative audible experience.

For Art Stories: Student Voices on the Crocker Collection, forty students in Assistant Professor, Mya Dosch’s US and Caribbean Art: Race and Representation class worked in teams to research and develop polyphonic audio guides about contemporary artworks by women, artists of color, and queer artists in the Museum’s permanent collection.

Storied Karuk poet, artist, and ceremonial singer, Brian Tripp, is the focus of this insightful audio guide created by students from Sacramento State.  

For Art Stories: Student Voices on the Crocker Collection, forty students in Assistant Professor, Mya Dosch’s US and Caribbean Art: Race and Representation class worked in teams to research and develop polyphonic audio guides about contemporary artworks by women, artists of color, and queer artists in the Museum’s permanent collection.

Listen in as students from Sacramento State discuss the life, work, and social impact of artist, activist, and visual griot Akinsanya Kambon.