Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog

Author (and goalkeeper), Albert Camus, wrote - “All that I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football.”

I also owe a lot to football and it’s something I’m always willing to discuss, play or watch. It’s even more appropriate to discuss today and even into the summer. In a matter of hours, over in Moscow, the Champions League Final kicks off featuring an all-English match up of Chelsea FC and Manchester United FC (I’m rooting for Man U). In a matter of a few weeks (17 days to be exact), the European Championships begin, sadly without England, but I’ll be rooting for the Orange Crush (that would be the Dutch National Team) and glued to every game I can catch on TV.
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It is an introspective sort of day. I am wrapping up an art appreciation class tomorrow with a final exam and am busy trying to get a grasp on everything happening in IMA’s Nugget Factory. It is so easy to get all wrapped up in the day-to-day hustle and bustle that I forget why I began doing this in the first place.

I love art.

I am a person typically defined by what I hate….I hate reading, I hate obnoxious people, I hate Jessica Alba (not for the reason you would think), (most) chick flicks, social inequality, people who ignore problems instead of solve them, etc. I am all over the place. From the trivial to social issues, I ALWAYS have an opinion. For better or worse. So how could I love something as big and varied as art?

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Today I went with a couple of colleagues to meet with a representative at IPS TV. We are in the planning stages of forming a partnership between IMA and IPS that would provide free access to IMA video content for classrooms throughout the Indianapolis Public School system. It is great for us because it gives us a chance to reach out to local schools, grow our audience for video and get some feedback about the content we are producing. We hope that this partnership will help IPS diversify art offerings on their system-wide network and give teachers new content to share with students.

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IMA has been talking a lot recently about education and technology. We want to give teachers and students great resources. We already have a lot of things to share, but we haven’t really figured out the best way to get them to teachers. So we are talking about what to put on our website, what teachers might like to find there and how to spread the word about all the stuff IMA has to offer (like free video!). If you have ideas you should feel free to share them here!

As I type this blog I am finishing up the last of the March uploads of new content on our iTunes U site. You will find some new videos that include the amazing Julianne Swartz intro that Daniel blogged about last week.

I feel exhausted by this rainy Monday, so my post will be short today. I know you will be waiting for my triumphant and enthusiastic come back next Monday.

Our new media schedule is planned for the rest of the year. In some cases, we already know key projects in 2009. Our team of four is productive, organized and prolific. We’re fortunate to have a talented team, great equipment and colleagues who take time out of their own busy schedules to participate in new media productions.

This post is about our new video on the new installation by Julianne Swartz. It actually wasn’t on the schedule, but our team created it anyway. When there is a chance to capture some nuggets, we’ll be there. So here’s the breakdown –

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Even though it hasn’t even opened yet, I feel like Breaking the Mode is already over! For me, it is almost a wrap, but for most it is just beginning. I spent the last couple of months working with a team of IMA staff representing education, curatorial, marketing and web design perspectives to create the web site for this exhibition. Now it is up-and-running and the show will be coming soon. Often this is the case. We spend tons of time developing material whether it is audio, video or web content and usually it wraps up just as the show is opening, so it is a weird feeling for us to be moving on to the next project as everyone else is just getting excited.

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