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The Pharmacy

Posted October 26th, 2009 by Kate. Filed under Art, New Media, Technology

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The Pharmacy prescribes the following links to combat Monday online anemia.

http://www.beardrevue.com

It’s all about the beards, people. This blog has a simple description: ‘Review, commentary & discussion for the beard enthusiast. Up the beard ratio!’

ArtBabble Video: Creation of a Tibetan Mural

Pema Rinzin paints a mural of the Buddhist Guardian Kings of the Four directions. Pema Rinzin on his personal decision to paint the Four Great Guardian Kings: “They are unique imagery in that they are solid; they are protectors; and they are closest to our human form. For example, in Tibet at the largest monasteries like Drepung, all the Guardian Kings are in the front of the monastery. I thought they would also protect us here in the United States and at the Rubin Museum.

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Tags: art blog, ArtBabble, beard revue, IMA Blog, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Kate Franzman, madre jeronima, rob stein, rubin museum, Sacred Spain, TAP
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Columbus Day at the IMA

Posted October 14th, 2009 by Meg Liffick. Filed under Marketing, Musings

From writing large-scale, big-budget marketing plans to proofing marketing pieces for the printer, I generally have about 15-30 different projects cross my desk every day. Some things take a considerable amount of attention, while others take seconds. Some days I have six meetings, while others I have just one. As with many jobs, my position requires me to switch back and forth between projects all day, every day. At times, I find the harried nature and varied scope of my work to be exhausting. But most of the time, I find it exhilarating. Regardless, I love every minute.

To give you an overview of what someone who works in museum marketing does , I thought that I’d outline my typical day. In order to do that, I recorded my activities throughout the past Monday. While some of you were relaxing (or partying) on your Columbus Day off, I was hard at work with my fellow colleagues at the IMA.

Image taken from ugotbling.com

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The Pharmacy

Posted October 12th, 2009 by Kate. Filed under Art, Current Events, New Media

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The Pharmacy prescribes the following links to combat Monday online anemia.

www.eatmedaily.com

Blog: Eat Me Daily

Eat Me Daily is a blog about food with a critical (and sometimes cynical) take on the culture at large, including media, books, cookbooks, art, design, celebrity, fashion, robots, and cookery.

ArtBabble Video: Director’s Journal: Virgin of Guadalupe

Learn about current IMA events with Melvin and Bren Simon Director and CEO Maxwell Anderson. This episode features a conversation with senior curator Ronda Kasl and conservator Christina O’Connell about the painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe, for the IMA’s exhibition Sacred Spain, running through January 2010. Listen in as they discuss the painting, its history, and how it was restored in the IMA’s conservation lab.

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Tags: art babble, art blog, art tube, boijamns, cangoghmuseum, dutch, eatmedaily, IMA Blog, ima museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, LOVE sculpture, Max Anderson, Robert Indiana, ronda kasl, Sacred Spain, virgin of guadalupe
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Exhibition Easter Eggs in October

Posted October 8th, 2009 by Daniel Incandela. Filed under Exhibitions, New Media, Technology

I’m actually talking about Easter Eggs in the technology sense. Hidden tips, tricks, messages and so on. A bunch of us have been working on TAP: Sacred Spain for some time now and it’s been slightly exhausting. With the exhibition, Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World, opening this weekend, it’s been a mad dash to finalize this exhibition experience that features audio commentary, music, polls, videos and high res imagery, all accessible for $5 on an iPod Touch.

X-Ray of the Virgin of Guadalupe

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Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Apple, art blog, Daniel Incandela, Easter Eggs, exhibition, ima, Indianapolis Museum of Art, iPod, Museum Blog, Sacred Spain, TAP, Touch, tour
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Tastes of Spain

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Matt. Filed under Exhibitions, Local, Musings

spanish-peppers As you know the Sacred Spain exhibition is almost here at the IMA, and to put you in the right frame of mind Nourish Café is offering a special 2 week menu called Tastes of Spain! As a food junkie, I am pretty excited to try everything and from what I’ve heard it tastes amazing. I’ve also been told the rest of October will have Spain inspired menu items and ingredients.

Check out the Tastes of Spain 2 week menu after the jump as I get back to Sacred Spain TAP design tasks and website updates. Stay tuned for Daniel’s post tomorrow with some exciting info about the multimedia goodies we’ve been working on!

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