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For many, the holiday season brings about feelings of nostalgia and hope. During this time of year, we nourish ourselves with tradition, spend time with loved ones, and seek comfort in its many forms. Art offers opportunities through which we can do each of these things, allowing us to experience and navigate this season with greater depth, warmth, and grace. In this episode, members of the Walters community delve into the ways art has made a meaningful impact on their lives.

Episode Segments

• 00:00 “Tis the Start of December” by Will Murray
• 02:54 Introduction
• 04:16 Comforting memories from staff at the Walters Art Museum
• 20:25 Credits

Related Links:

• Winter Landscape
• Bulla with Daedalus and Icarus
• Duck Cosmetic Box

October is all about the ghoulish, the seemingly scary, and the creepy-crawly. Mike McKee, Head of Installation and Production, delves into just a few of the ghost encounters he’s had during the three decades he’s worked at the museum. Then, Dany Chan, Associate Curator of Asian Art, explores the deeper meanings behind works in the collection that seem scary at first glance. Finally, Preventive Conservator Sarah Freshnock explains how she keeps creepy crawly creatures at bay to protect the museum’s priceless art objects.

This episode features three contemporary artists who have new work on view at the museum this year: Katherine Tzu-Lann Mann, Stephanie Mercedes, and Jackie Milad. We also introduce a new way visitors can engage with the Walters through our expanded volunteer program.

Episode Segments

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:22 The Pocket with Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann
• 11:20 We Were Treated Like Numbers Rather Than Stars with Stephanie Mercedes
• 20:50 Abracadabra (Abuelita’s Bowl and Ya Habibti, Ta’ala with Jackie Milad
• 34:35 The Walters Revamped Volunteer Program with Ambria Safford, Manager of Visitor Experience
• 37:53 Credits

Artworks & Exhibitions mentioned:

• Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann’s The Pocket
• Stephanie Mercedes’ We Were Treated Like Numbers Rather Than Stars
• Jackie Milad’s Abracadabra (Abuelita’s Bowl) and Ya Habibti, Ta’ala
• Volunteer at the Walters

This episode explores the installation Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano with Ellen Hoobler, William B. Ziff, Jr., Curator of Art of the Americas, and Patricia Lagarde, Wieler-Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow. Then, artist Jessy DeSantis discusses their artistic practice and the creation of Cintli, Corn, Maíz (2020), on view in the installation.

Episode Segments

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:37 Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano Overview
• 05:00 Interview with co-curators Ellen Hoobler and Patricia Lagarde
• 33:08 Cintli, Corn, Maíz with Jessy DeSantis
• 39:15 Credits

Artworks & Exhibitions mentioned:

• Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano
• Drinking Vessel (“Aquilla”)
• The Spirit Within catalog
• Cintli, Corn, Maíz

This episode highlights two 19th-century paintings from the Walters Art Museum’s collection, with introspectives from photographer and performer Chris Jay, and Jo Briggs, Jennie Walters Delano Curator of 18th- and 19th-Century Art. We also give flowers to the Walters Docent Program, sunsetting in Summer 2025. Finally, we speak with two longtime members of the Walters docent cohort about the impact of the program that’s been running for 50 years.

Episode Segments

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:00 Clearing Up–Coast of Sicily with Chris Jay
• 09:17 Springtime with Jo Briggs, Jennie Walters Delano Curator of 18th- and 19th-Century Art.
• 15:15 Giving flowers to the Walters Docent Program
• 29:20 Credits

Related Links:

• Coffee with Chris podcast, Saturdays at noon
• Clearing Up–Coast of Sicily
• Springtime
• Plan your visit
• Follow us on our socials

This episode highlights If Books Could Kill, featuring Lynley Herbert, Robert and Nancy Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Annette Ortiz-Miranda, Conservation Scientist, and Abigail Quandt, Head of Books & Paper Conservation. We’ll also learn more about Hearts for Art with Teresa Norman, Audience Insights Analyst.

Episode Segments

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:46 If Books Could Kill
• 03:52 Interview with Lynley Herbert, Annette Ortiz-Miranda, and Abigail Quandt
• 22:12 Hearts for Art
• 26:15 Credits

Artworks & Exhibitions mentioned:

• If Books Could Kill
• Clothilde Missal
• Conservation Window
• Hearts for Art
• Activating the Renaissance
• Ethiopia at the Crossroads
• Bowl with Chrysanthemum Blossoms
• Across Asia: Arts of Asia and the Islamic World
• Plan your visit
• Follow us on our socials

This episode celebrates the Walters Art Museum’s 90th Anniversary and third-annual Day of Giving, featuring heartwarming narratives by our staff.

Episode Segments

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:10 The Walters at Ninety
• 09:16 Staff memories
• 26:18 Walters Day of Giving 2024
• 29:09 Credits

Links

• Support Walters Day of Giving: https://givebutter.com/WaltersGivingDay2024
• Drop-in Art Making: https://thewalters.org/events/tag/drop-in/
• Plan your visit:⁠ https://thewalters.org/visit/guidelines/⁠
• Follow us on our socials:⁠ https://linktr.ee/thewaltersartmuseum⁠

Artworks & Exhibitions mentioned

• Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano: https://thewalters.org/exhibitions/latinoamericano/
• Across Asia: Arts of Asia and the Islamic World: https://thewalters.org/exhibitions/asia/
• Buddha: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/11606/buddha-2/
• Four Panels with the Passion of Christ from a Predella: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/7914/four-panels-from-a-predella/
• Adam and Eve: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/35961/adam-and-eve/

This episode highlights Art and Process: Drawings, Paintings, and Sculptures from the 19th-Century Collection, featuring Jo Briggs, Jennie Walters Delano Curator of 18th- & 19th-Century Art. Then, we’ll discuss historic school supplies with Adriana Proser, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quincy Scott Senior Curator of Asian Art, and Christine Sciacca, Curator of European Art, 300-1400 CE. Lastly, we’ll talk to Charlie Wolfe, Assistant Manager of School and Teacher Programs, about the curiosity and excitement of kiddos in school tour groups.

Episode Segments

• 00:00 Introduction featuring the Teen Advisory Council
• 02:41 Art and Process: Drawings, Paintings, and Sculptures from the 19th-Century Collection with Jo Briggs, Jennie Walters Delano Curator of 18th- & 19th-Century Art
• 10:42 Historic School Supplies with Adriana Proser, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quincy Scott Senior Curator of Asian Art, and Christine Sciacca, Curator of European Art, 300-1400 CE
• 18:51 School Tour Curosities with Charlie Wolfe, Assistant Manager of School and Teacher Programs
• 22:54 Credits

Links

Learn more about ⁠Art & Process: Drawings, Paintings, and Sculptures from the 19th-Century Collection

Artworks & Exhibitions mentioned:

• The Angelus
• The Sheepfold, Moonlight
• The Sower
• Writing Table (Bundai) with Brook and Flowers
• Writing Tablet and Lid

This episode highlights Objects of Curiosity: What Will We Discover?, featuring Lisa Anderson-Zhu, Associate Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art. We’ll also learn more about our viral sensation Fat Sparrow Netsuke with Angie Elliot, Terry Drayman-Weisser Head of Object Conservation.

Episode Segments

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:46 Overview of Objects of Curiosity: What Will We Discover?
• 02:53 Interview with Lisa Anderson-Zhu, Associate Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art
• 22:34 Highlighting the Fat Sparrow Netsuke with Angie Elliott, Terry Drayman-Weisser Head of Object Conservation.
• 27:14 Credits

Links

Learn more about ⁠Objects of Curiosity: What Will We Discover?

Artworks & Exhibitions mentioned:

• 1 West Mount Vernon Place
• Excursions through the Collection
• Majolica Mania
• Standing Warrior Holding a Sword
• Copy of the “Mona Lisa”
• Mirror with Female Figure and Engraved Scene: Inlay of a Head of a Crocodile
• Inlay Fragment of the Crown of Lower Egypt
• Inlay Fragment of a Torso
• Inlay of a Head in Profile
• Inlay of a Face in Profile
• Sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysus
• Netsuke of a stylized fukurasusume (“fat sparrow”)
• Across Asia: Arts of Asia and the Islamic World

In this episode of Free Admissions, Julia Marciari-Alexander, Andrea B. and John H. Laporte Director, details her favorite object in the collection. Meanwhile, curators Lynley Anne Herbert and Earl Martin walk us through the museum’s newest exhibition, Reflect and Remix: Art Inspiring Artists.

Episode Segments

00:00 - Introduction

00:57 - The Melanchthon Watch with Julia Marciari-Alexander, Andrea B. and John H. Laporte Director of the Walters Art Museum

05:52 - Overview of Reflect & Remix: Art Inspiring Artists

07:29 - Interview with Lynley Herbert, Robert and Nancy Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Earl Martin, Deborah and Philip English Curator of Decorative Arts, Design, and Material Culture.

20:57 - Hidden gems from the 19th century collection with Aric Dietrich, Visitor Experience Associate

23:40 - Credits

Related Links

Reflect & Remix: Art Inspiring Artists

Selections From the North American Collection: People and Places

Spherical Table Watch (Melanchthon’s Watch)

Saint Amelie

Fernand Thesmar Cup #1

Fernand Tehsmar Cup #2

Hudson River Landscape

Bust of Dr. Dio Lewiss