Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog » Art:21 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog The IMA blog is a space to discuss everything related to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:51:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 IMA on art:21 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2010/03/29/ima-on-art21/ http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2010/03/29/ima-on-art21/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:21:26 +0000 Kate http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=11636

Head on over to art:21‘s blog and check out IMA’s very own Maxwell L. Anderson as he continues the conversation on museums and deaccessioning. You can read his post here.

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http://www.thedieline.com/blog/

thedieline.com/blog

Blog: The Dieline

Great things come in sleek packaging. Established in 2007 by Andrew Gibbs, The Dieline is dedicated to the progress of the package design industry and its practitioners, students and enthusiasts. Find good design in everything from CD packaging to wine bottles to soda cans.

ArtBabble Video: Mary Heilmann: Inspiration

For every piece of Mary Heilmann’s work—abstract paintings, ceramics, and furniture—there is a backstory. Imbued with recollections, stories spun from her imagination, and references to music, aesthetic influences, and dreams, her paintings are like meditations or icons. Her compositions are often hybrid spatial environments that juxtapose two- and three-dimensional renderings in a single frame, join several canvases into new works, or create diptychs of paintings and photographs in the form of prints, slideshows, and videos. Heilmann sometimes installs her paintings alongside chairs and benches that she builds by hand, an open invitation for viewers to socialize and contemplate her work communally.


IMA Work of Art:

http://www.imamuseum.org/explore/artwork/475?highlight=192

Young Woman in Blue by Edgar Degas

Tweet:

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art21: 6 new vids on ArtBabble–with notes!–feat. Shonibare, Baldessari, Heilmann, Weems, Koons, and McCarthy: http://bit.ly/4UiHx1

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Astrid and Inez

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Blog: astrid & inez

astrid & inez is really just one person, Jessica, who claims, “I’m no expert on design or web graphics.  I couldn’t even say that I’m a two-bit designer–I may only be a one-bit.  I just love graphic design and handmade things, and sharing them with other people.” Check out her blog for all things design and DIY .

ArtBabble Video: Eleanor Antin: ‘Helen’s Odyssey‘

Art21 presents: Eleanor Antin’s exhibition Helen’s Odyssey (2007) installed at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York. Antin discusses the historical figure Helen of Troy, and how she became the inspiration for photographic works such as Constructing Helen (2007).

IMA Work of Art:

dress by Gernreich, Rudi (Designer)

dress by Gernreich, Rudi (Designer)

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MattressFactory: Just uploaded new MF #iPhone & #iPod wallpaper feat. Greer Lankton: http://bit.ly/3pYq5

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The Hipster Mom

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Blog: The Hipster Mom

With the tag line “Is it too early to start drinking?”  NYC’s Samantha Moeller, founder of Missbehave Magazine takes a sassy, non-traditional approach to mommy blogging. For those of you with baby fever and an unhealthy obsession with Chuck Taylors, rejoice.

ArtBabble Video: Matthew Ritchie: “The Morning Line”

Matthew Ritchie discusses his exhibition The Morning Line (2008) in his New York studio, with animated architectural schematics of the installation. 

IMA Work of Art:

Angel of the Resurrection by Louis Comfort Tiffany

Angel of the Resurrection by Louis Comfort Tiffany

Tweet:

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Art21′s Wes Miller on ArtBabble: “It was kind of in the air—in the zeitgeist. It needed to exist” (via @noellepulliam) http://tiny.cc/S2VL3

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/08/31/the-pharmacy-4/feed/ 0 the-pharmacy-title Hipster Mom Angel of the Resurrection by Louis Comfort Tiffany What next for ArtBabble? http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/07/09/what-next-for-artbabble/ http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/07/09/what-next-for-artbabble/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:35:09 +0000 Daniel Incandela http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=6412 It’s amazing how time flies.  It seems like yesterday that ArtBabble officially launched, all the way back in April.  I remember many of the IMA staff, and even our friends at Art:21 working into the early hours of the night to make sure everything was ready for the launch.  I might have even enjoyed a glass of scotch to celebrate when I finally went to bed around 3am.  It was a proud accomplishment for many of us at the IMA who had poured a tremendous amount of effort into creating the site.  On top of that, we were beyond thrilled to partner with organizations like Art:21, LACMA, SFMoMA, MoMA, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and NYPL.

But, you might be quick to point out, that’s yesterdays news.  And you’re right.

Play Art Loud! ArtBabble.org

Goodies on ArtBabble

On Tuesday Kate wrote a brief news story on ArtBabble’s front page, so I thought I would expand on that.

What have we been doing since April?  A lot.  After the launch, we received a tremendous amount of requests on how to become an ArtBabble partner.  It was slightly overwhelming, but also inspiring.  We went through the process of assessing all of the requests, working closely with our original partners as advisers (actually setting up an Advisory Group), to identify the next steps and next batch of video content.  Since IMA staff run ArtBabble (kind of like a second job) we had to figure out the balance of growing ArtBabble and keeping up with all the other projects at IMA – the blog, exhibition(s) planning, video production, Flickr, an iPod Touch tour, grant writing, Bird cams, office pranks, meetings, you get the picture…This meant instead of adding 40 new partners at once, we had to consider adding in stages.  Somewhere in the middle of this, we added a new Goodies page on the site, and started a Play Art Loud Flickr group featuring AB bumper stickers.

So, the next step is a Phase Two launch of ArtBabble on Tuesday, July 28. Mark your calendars!  We’re talking lots of new partners, lots of new videos, and a more diverse selection of art content.  This Phase Two launch will be followed with more rolling launches as we’re able to manage the new partner relationships and content preparation for AB.  It’s all leading to what we hope will be the premier destination for viewing art videos online.

So, please feel free to help spread the word about July 28.  I would love to hear any comments, theories or suggestions for next ArtBabble steps. And we still have lots of bumper stickers.

Play Art Loud! ArtBabble.org

More ArtBabble Goodies

In the midst of writing this post, I announced it on Twitter, soliciting questions about ArtBabble.  Below, you’ll find the list of some of those questions, with my responses.

Why create something new instead of just using a channel on YouTube? Long list of reasons – improved art search results, the prospect of creating an art-focused video community, the ability to create a space managed by museum professionals, incredible video quality, transcriptions, the Notes that appear to the right of each video, a chance to seize a real opportunity online….

How did ArtBabble get championed in-house and how did it get funded? We already had a successful  in-house video team, and were already developing Web sites in-house.  Max Anderson, Rob Stein and I had been talking about some version of IMA TV for a couple of years – ArtBabble seemed like the best approach (something more relavant than just IMA content).  Since video and web development were already a big part of IMA efforts, it was a pretty straight project forward to initiate. The site was developed entirely in-house by IMA staff, with support from the top down, and was funded by a grant from the Ball Brothers Foundation.

If y’all got any do-overs w/ respect to ArtBabble, what would you change? Such a tough question. More videos, and more partners, but this will take time.  And, I would love some Robot Art content (but that’s me).

How will the site evolve? In terms of content and partners, it will evolve through these rolling launches as quickly as IMA staff can handle this process.  The actual site will evolve with new features…but that’s further down the line.

Could a visitor contribute? Not right now (except for comments), but it’s something we’re thinking about.  So, who knows in the future…

Babble On!

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