Museums and Digital Confidence
Museums and Digital Confidence explores the evolving nature of digital practices in museums. It interrogates the skills, literacies, and mindsets that can support the use of digital technologies within these institutions. It also reflects on why digital adoption has faltered (at times), why digital continues to matter, and how the digital museum may flourish into the future.Underscored by national and international research, this edited volume brings together leading experts from museology, museum management and curation, organisational studies, and cultural policy to outline a new framing of museum digital confidence. It does so by offering a series of critically engaged perspectives derived from a range of practices that reveal how museums have managed to successfully re-orient themselves in order to not only face but also embrace the ongoing challenges presented by the highly interconnected, media-pervasive, and technologized world to which contemporary museums must continually adapt. This book presents a set of 'framings' to help museums clarify how they can work purposefully, productively and sustainably with digital at an organisational level, in terms of managing collections, and through curating public-facing exhibitions and programmes.Museums and Digital Confidence shares insights that will be essential reading for students, researchers, and museum practitioners who are interested in better understanding - and acting upon - the digital transformation of museums.
Speech Acts
Geeta Kapur's writings engage with modernity, emphasizing alongside the need to identify the contradictions that undergird it. She has traversed a situated discourse across categories such as the Third World, the postcolonial and the global South. In Speech Acts, she problematizes her own discourse by marking historical disjunctures, by tracking cultural anomalies in the contemporary. The essays, lectures and interviews that constitute this book range from manifesto-like assertions to the more reflective, wherein the relationship between subjectivity, aesthetics, and practice above all, is endorsed.
Mermicorno: Starfall 2026 Wall Calendar with 50 Bonus Stickers
Dive into the magical world of Mermicorno: Starfall with this 12-month wall calendar with 50 bonus stickers featuring colorful art from the animated TV series from tokidoki and Atomic Cartoons. Explore the magical undersea world of Mermicorno: Starfall with this 12-month calendar featuring Astra, Gwen, Kameko, Squishella, Nautique, and other beloved characters. Join the mermaid-unicorns on their epic quest to save the ocean as they travel to the Pearl Palace, the city of Octokyo, and Ika Inkblot's secret lair. Packed with bright and cheerful illustrations, this fantastical calendar is filled with creative expression, friendships, and the best bowl of ramen in the sea! Based on the Max Original animated TV series from tokidoki and Atomic Cartoons. Features include: 12″ x 12″ (12″ x 24″ open) Printed on FSC-certified paper with soy-based ink Plastic-free packaging Planning spread for September-December 2025 Spans January-December 2026 Generous grid space for notes, appointments, and reminders Official major world holidays and observances Moon phases, based on Universal Time Colorful illustrations from Mermicorno: Starfall with 50 bonus stickers
Great Works of the Louvre 2026 Wall Calendar
The Great Works of the Louvre 2026 Wall Calendar highlights 12 iconic and significant masterpieces in an elegant wall calendar. Perfect for art lovers and armchair travelers alike, this calendar is an excellent way to enjoy some of the most world-renowned works by the great master artists. The Mus矇e du Louvre, the museum that inhabits the Louvre Palace, is the world's largest and most famous museum. With 10 million visitors every year, the Louvre houses and displays many of the most celebrated and important paintings of all time. The Great Works of the Louvre 2026 Wall Calendar is a curated showcase of 12 magnificent works from this spectacular collection, including the Mona Lisa. Featuring well-known masters ranging from Botticelli and Caravaggio to Rembrandt and Vermeer, this calendar is a great gift for tourists and armchair travelers alike, as well as any lover of art or art history. Bonus spread for September-December 2025 Generous grids for adding appointments and reminders Includes major official world holidays Opens to 12 inches x 24 inches
For the Love of Frida 2026 Wall Calendar
For fans of Frida Kahlo, this bold wall calendar pays homage to the feminist artist's life and work, inspiring exploration of your own inner Frida to ignite creative fires, shake loose fears, and paint the canvas of your life. Showcasing twelve colorful portraits of Frida by contemporary artists from around the world, the For the Love of Frida 2026 Wall Calendar also includes empowering encouragement from writer Angi Sullins to help you channel Frida's indomitable spirit. Features include: 12" x 12" (12" x 24" open) Cover design eliminates need for plastic packaging Printed on FSC(R) certified paper with soy-based ink Spans January-December 2026 Generous grid space for notes, appointments, and reminders Mexican holidays, official major world holidays, and observances Moon phases, based on Universal Time Vibrant portraits of Friday by contemporary artists All-new wall art for your home, school, or office that provides a sense of time for planning and dreaming WE PLANT TREES to offset our carbon footprint and resource usage -- more than ONE MILLION and growing! NO SINGLE-USE PLASTIC -- We have eliminated single-use shrink wrap to reduce plastic pollution. RESPONSIBLY SOURCED -- Our paper is responsibly sourced from a combination of recycled materials and wood harvested from socially and environmentally sustainable forests and is FSC(R) certified.
John Sloane’s Country Seasons(r) 2026 Deluxe Wall Calendar
This 40th edition of the John Sloane's Country Seasons(R) Deluxe Wall Calendar features full-color images of twelve new paintings that celebrate the changing seasons, bygone days, and the simple joys of living in harmony with the land. John says, "There was a time, not long ago, when the small family farm stood at the center of the community and people's lives followed the unhurried rhythm of the seasons. Hard work, self-reliance, and an appreciation of life's simple pleasures were fundamental values. I believe that, amid the frequent cynicism, incivility, and relativism of today's hectic world, it is more important than ever for us to remember the best of these traditional values." This 12-month calendar is printed on linen-textured paper and comes in a matching envelope, making it perfect for gift-giving. Features include: 13.5" x 12" (13.5" x 24" open) Matching plastic-free envelope Printed on FSC(R) certified paper with soy-based ink Planning spread for September-December 2025 Reinforced hole for hanging Spans January-December 2026 Generous grid space for events, appointments, and reminders Official major world holidays and observances Moon phases, based on Universal Time 12 new images of paintings by John Sloane that celebrate country life through the year
Dance Code
Many people relax when coding is introduced as a language, rather than math. Even if someone creates alone, the technology involved in the process has already been developed by somebody else. Even one person's business requires professional input from others, and collaborations are often performed online. This book mixes experiences in art, coding, music, dance, choreography, video, and stage design. Dances have unique structures and so do computer codes. In both disciplines, steps are applied following patterns, and are guided by rules and restrictions. The rules obey conditions. The Dance Code script aims to make coding less feared by readers when talking with coders on the job and typing better prompts when using artificial intelligence. In this book, a dramatized, choreographed story unfolds technical information about coding and dancing.The Dance Code script tells the story of an online interaction between a coder and a prima ballerina, resulting in a shared understanding of their respective fields. An exchange between a coder and a dancer may inspire new ways to look at visually presenting knowledge through dancing, performing, or choreographed movement. Hence, the audience learns without studying.It is a part of the "Knowledge Through the Arts" series, consisting of: Dance Code - Dance Steps as a CodeNew Storytelling - Learning Through MetaphorsCode Appreciation - Reshaping KnowledgeNature Appreciation - Knowledge as Art
New Storytelling
There is a global need to become less fearful of coding, as it improves communication with the coders on the job and helps with prompt writing, which hiring companies often request. This set of story-based learning projects links performances and tasks with computing codes to show how a machine translates our goals into its language. Metaphors link instructions telling a computer what task to perform with similar functions in other disciplines. The materials serve those in Computer Graphics, Digital Media, or anyone interested in understanding and becoming familiar with principles and the logic behind coding, and help understand machines when writing a prompt. Dance, music, and performing visually present knowledge through stories and serve as a metaphor for understanding how coding and current technologies affect various disciplines. By introducing basic ideas behind programming in a symbolic way, this book shows how computing and nature overlap through storytelling.Most jobs are collaborative, and coding involves many parts of production processes. These knowledge-based stories improve communication between the artists and the coders to bridge the gap between them.It is a part of the "Knowledge Through the Arts" series, consisting of: Dance Code - Dance Steps as a CodeNew Storytelling - Learning Through MetaphorsCode Appreciation - Reshaping KnowledgeNature Appreciation - Knowledge as Art
Me and My Ballpoint Pen: Discover Art Beyond the Doodle
Learn to How to Doodle Like a Pro!Discover the art, satisfaction and enjoyment of drawing in one, two, three or more colors of ballpoint pen.Practice skills with abstract doodles to make beautiful artworkLearn how to shade, sketch and bring color to your workExplore mixed media and collage techniques for next-level masterpiecesPacked with drills, prompts, galleries, and techniques, Me and My Ballpoint Pen offers inspiring advice on how to start, improve or master the art of ballpoint pen sketching.Take your doodling to the next level and create impressive sketches, portraits, and artwork with your ballpoint pen.
Dance Code
Many people relax when coding is introduced as a language, rather than math. Even if someone creates alone, the technology involved in the process has already been developed by somebody else. Even one person's business requires professional input from others, and collaborations are often performed online. This book mixes experiences in art, coding, music, dance, choreography, video, and stage design. Dances have unique structures and so do computer codes. In both disciplines, steps are applied following patterns, and are guided by rules and restrictions. The rules obey conditions. The Dance Code script aims to make coding less feared by readers when talking with coders on the job and typing better prompts when using artificial intelligence. In this book, a dramatized, choreographed story unfolds technical information about coding and dancing.The Dance Code script tells the story of an online interaction between a coder and a prima ballerina, resulting in a shared understanding of their respective fields. An exchange between a coder and a dancer may inspire new ways to look at visually presenting knowledge through dancing, performing, or choreographed movement. Hence, the audience learns without studying.It is a part of the "Knowledge Through the Arts" series, consisting of: Dance Code - Dance Steps as a CodeNew Storytelling - Learning Through MetaphorsCode Appreciation - Reshaping KnowledgeNature Appreciation - Knowledge as Art
Ukrainian Vignettes
Ukraine at war in a unique chronicle that examines expressions of the Ukrainian people on the street, in graffiti, murals, and quotidian life.On his travels to wartime Ukraine, where even the feeling of relaxation is dangerous, Mitja Velikonja observed thousands of images of the culture of war in what he saw on the street and everyday life, from bakeries, road signs, billboards and murals, to unsanctioned graffiti. This street iconography, invested with a patriotic vocabulary, was also informed by his conversations with people, the scenes of destruction, misery, and above all, the strong will to resist, from which everyday heroism emerges.The author went twice to the war zones of Ukraine and took more than 3,000 photographs of the street iconography of the state of war. Although all nationalists are equally foreign to him, when he talks to people, he asks himself how he would feel in their shoes, how he would react. When war creeps up to our front door, it affects everyone: leftists and right-wingers, nationalists and pacifists, patriots and those who don't care what flag they live under."Thus, while driving or waiting anywhere, I took a small test: how long does it take to come across images of war, warrior iconography, vocabulary of emphatic patriotism, the sound of a national awakening song, footage from battlefields. Mostly it was a matter of seconds."Through these pieces of the culture and a people holding themselves together against an invader through a self-defensive nationalism, Velikonja sees that nationalism hides poverty -- the more severe, the bigger the flags. In Ukrainian Vignettes, Velikonja compiles the images, words, impressions and voices of everyday life in war, to help us understand how clearly politics and ideology are displayed directly on the street. His philosophical approach of essays as vignettes allows him to have a critical eye even as he struggles to understand tragic events, and despite his affection for those closest to him. The author remains critical of both sides in his analysis, despite his sympathy for those closer to him.
Imaginary Realms 2026 Deluxe Wall Calendar
Venture into stunning new universes with ethereal landscape collages that use vibrant colors and elements from nature to provoke feelings of wonder and tranquility. Fantasy meets reality in the Imaginary Realms 2026 Deluxe Wall Calendar. Artist POST WOOK seamlessly blends components from nature, astrology, and more to create dreamlike scenes that remind us of how interconnected the universe is. Breathtaking mountain vistas with bold contrasting colors and mystical desert atmospheres will challenge you to see the world in a new way. This unique calendar will look effortlessly cool hanging on any wall. Features include: 13.5" x 12" (13.5" x 24" open) Cover design eliminates need for plastic packaging Printed on FSC(R) certified paper with soy-based ink Planning spread for September-December 2025 Spans January-December 2026 Generous grid space for notes, appointments, and reminders Official major world holidays and observances Moon phases, based on Universal Time A new psychedelic landscape on each monthly spread Includes a 12x12 print with new artwork
Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt
Beyond the illusion of dialogue--how contemporary art in Egyptian galleries is curated and controlled. Contemporary art installations in Egyptian galleries are often framed as dialogues between past and present--but what if they are, instead, shaped by the museum itself? Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt argues that both contemporary and ancient works are mediated through the structures and ideologies of the museum space. In this seminal work, Alice Stevenson examines how artists' work influences museum discourse and public engagement with ancient artifacts. Drawing on case studies from the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum in Turin, and the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, this book assesses the motivations behind these interventions and their lasting impact. Through an evidence-based approach, Stevenson offers new insights into how curators, scholars, and artists can collaborate to create more meaningful and politically engaged museum experiences. Of particular interest to Egyptologists, museum professionals, and contemporary art scholars, this work redefines the role of artistic intervention in shaping our understanding of ancient cultures.
Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt
Beyond the illusion of dialogue--how contemporary art in Egyptian galleries is curated and controlled. Contemporary art installations in Egyptian galleries are often framed as dialogues between past and present--but what if they are, instead, shaped by the museum itself? Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt argues that both contemporary and ancient works are mediated through the structures and ideologies of the museum space. In this seminal work, Alice Stevenson examines how artists' work influences museum discourse and public engagement with ancient artifacts. Drawing on case studies from the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum in Turin, and the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, this book assesses the motivations behind these interventions and their lasting impact. Through an evidence-based approach, Stevenson offers new insights into how curators, scholars, and artists can collaborate to create more meaningful and politically engaged museum experiences. Of particular interest to Egyptologists, museum professionals, and contemporary art scholars, this work redefines the role of artistic intervention in shaping our understanding of ancient cultures.
Make Every Day Your Bitch 2026 12 X 12 Wall Calendar
SASSY & UNAPOLOGETIC - The 2026 Make Every Day Your Bitch calendar delivers a bold dose of humor and attitude to brighten your year. Each month pairs fierce phrases with vibrant designs to keep you laughing and empowered.
Museum Basics
Museum Basics provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to professional practice in museums, galleries and related heritage organisations.This new edition includes a number of international case studies from a diverse group of guest authors who work in a variety of museums around the world. Ambrose, Paine and their contributing authors respond to recent developments in the museum field and incorporate content on new technology, as well as political and social issues, such as decolonisation, climate change and social justice. The book also covers different approaches to museology and current methods in core areas, such as collections, exhibitions, policy, education and management. Using the same modular structure as previous editions, the book includes 130 units. A number of new units have been added, including material about museums and conflict, museums and communities, loans, maintaining displays and exhibitions and sensitive objects and human remains. This edition is supported by refreshed diagrams, an updated glossary and its own Instructor and Student Resources, which provide a wide range of additional material for readers.Museum Basics will be essential reading for students engaged in the study of museums, heritage, public history, culture, archaeology, anthropology and tourism, who are learning to critically examine the ideas and ideals around museum culture. Staff and volunteers working in museums, galleries and other heritage and cultural institutions will be able to use the book to identify best practices for their daily work.
Turning Gardens in Japan Into Japanese Gardens
In the mid nineteenth century, as Japan rapidly modernized, garden building declined in popularity. Only in the late nineteenth century did a new class of political and business leaders revive interest in horticulture, seeking garden designs that broke away from established patterns. As a result, these innovative gardens were largely overlooked by early Japanese garden historians and excluded from the canon they sought to establish. In recent years, both scholars and the public have begun to reexamine and appreciate these gardens and their creators. Now recognized as part of Japan's national heritage, these sites are being integrated into the history of Japanese horticulture. Christian Tagsold's book examines this rediscovery, unraveling the complex dynamics of nature, heritage, nationhood, and modernity in Japan through the lens of these gardens.
Catalogue Of A Collection Of Paintings, Etc. Presented By Mrs. Liberty E. Holden To The Cleveland Museum Of Art
Socially Engaged Art and Ethics
Bringing together artists, curators, activists, academics, managers, and educators from around the world, this anthology examines the notion of ethics within socially engaged art. This collection is an ideal text for interdisciplinary courses that place visual arts (including design or performance) within social and political contexts.
Combating Oppression with New Commemorations
Combating Oppression with New Commemorations examines the ways in which marginalized groups can confront oppressive regimes through commemorations and advocacy of their own heritage.Presenting case studies from across the globe, the volume provides invaluable insights into the diverse strategies and various disciplinary approaches being used to counter oppression through commemorations of the heritage of marginalized groups. Reminding the reader that such commemorations are often created by individuals who have directly confronted traumas of oppression, contributors emphasize that their survivance, successes, and vitality are tributes to human resilience and creativity. Chapters also demonstrate how such commemorations can advance recognition of the group's diverse legacies and cultural identity and help enhance social and economic equities for that population across local, regional, and national scales. It is also made clear that they can provide resources for reconciliation negotiations with other social collectives who seek to oppress the marginalized group. These dynamics can facilitate truth-telling, accountability, recovery of unrecorded histories, revitalization, increments of healing, and efforts to avoid future repetitions of past and present social traumas.Combating Oppression with New Commemorations will be essential reading for academics, and students working in heritage studies, archaeology, anthropology, material culture studies, landscape analysis, and museum studies. It will also be of great interest to practitioners and activists around the world.
Museums and Design Practices
Museums and Design Practices explores the increasingly critical role that design is playing in museums by focusing on how human-centred design approaches are being embraced and incorporated into their work practices.This book advances "design-as-practice" as a way to acknowledge the technosocial dimension of the working culture of cultural organisations. It reveals how designing is a situated phenomenon that enables museums and galleries to respond in a digitally mature way to emerging contexts and challenges of digital transformation. The original thesis forwarded by the authors is reinforced by reflections shared by leading museum practitioners and designers on the complex and multifaceted nature of human-centred practices found in museums and the various ways they function within their organisational working cultures. The infusion of design into all levels of museum practice demonstrates the capacity to transform how museums approach visitor experience, inclusive collaboration, and knowledge sharing in order to build resilience in the face of change and respond to the 'wicked problems' confronting cultural organisations today.Museums and Design Practices is for students and researchers as well as museum practitioners - especially those keen to understand emerging relationships that are forming between digital technology, design and the cultural work of museums. It will also be of interest to researchers and students working in the fields of design, digital culture, and museum studies.
Combating Oppression with New Commemorations
Combating Oppression with New Commemorations examines the ways in which marginalized groups can confront oppressive regimes through commemorations and advocacy of their own heritage.Presenting case studies from across the globe, the volume provides invaluable insights into the diverse strategies and various disciplinary approaches being used to counter oppression through commemorations of the heritage of marginalized groups. Reminding the reader that such commemorations are often created by individuals who have directly confronted traumas of oppression, contributors emphasize that their survivance, successes, and vitality are tributes to human resilience and creativity. Chapters also demonstrate how such commemorations can advance recognition of the group's diverse legacies and cultural identity and help enhance social and economic equities for that population across local, regional, and national scales. It is also made clear that they can provide resources for reconciliation negotiations with other social collectives who seek to oppress the marginalized group. These dynamics can facilitate truth-telling, accountability, recovery of unrecorded histories, revitalization, increments of healing, and efforts to avoid future repetitions of past and present social traumas.Combating Oppression with New Commemorations will be essential reading for academics, and students working in heritage studies, archaeology, anthropology, material culture studies, landscape analysis, and museum studies. It will also be of great interest to practitioners and activists around the world.
The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
