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In this episode of Art And..., the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum's student-run podcast, Mollie Wohlforth is joined in conversation by Arts and Community Engagement Intern Relyn Myrthil about a photograph from Lorraine O'Grady's Art Is series. Our conversation considers Lorraine O'Grady's experience of making this series and its illustration of black female joy within a fine arts context that confronts the prevalent depiction of black people within the art historical narrative. See Lorraine O'Grady's Dancer in a Grass Skirt, from the Series Art Is here: https://tinyurl.com/ushor3l

In this episode of Art And..., the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum's student-run podcast, Mollie Wohlforth is joined in conversation by Student Guides Anya Nandkeolyar '19 and Joliet Morrill '21 about a photograph from Lynsey Addario's Women at War series, previously on view in the Conflicts and Commemoration section of Major Themes: Celebrating Ten Years of Teaching with Art. Our conversation considers the history of war photography, the ethics of photojournalism, and how the museum setting affects how we view images of conflict. See Addario's photograph here: tinyurl.com/y5vbopar

On this episode of Art And..., the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum's student-run podcast, join Student Guide and Curatorial Intern Mollie Wohlforth '19 as she sits down with Professor Desmond Fitz-Gibbon to discuss his course, Histories of Money, and the exhibition Money Matters: Meaning, Power, and Change in the History of Currency. Additionally, we discuss the universality of money in human history, the interconnection of image and the power of currency, and the genesis of this exhibition. See the exhibition through June 21st, 2020, and learn more about it here: tinyurl.com/y6fht9eb

In this episode of Art And..., the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum's student-run podcast, join Student Guide and Curatorial Intern Mollie Wohlforth '19 as she and fellow Student Guide Anya Nandkeolyar '19 discuss a 10th-century statue of Dancing Ganesha from Madhya Pradesh. Listen as they discuss the experience of seeing the sculpture within its original context versus within a 21st-century gallery space, and the debate surrounding the placement of non-western religious objects within western museum contexts. See the Dancing Ganesha in our galleries or here: tinyurl.com/yxsv7tzk

On the first episode of Art And..., the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum's student-run podcast, Student Guide and Curatorial Intern Mollie Wohlforth '19 sits down in the galleries with Student Guides Prokriti Shamolima '19 and Hailey Simmons '19 to discuss the 1765 Japanese Screen with Scenes of Tale of Genji. Listen as we analyze the narrative depicted and the visual techniques the artist, Kano Masamitsu, employs to convey the events of the Tale of Genji. See a similar work in our galleries, and this work of art here: https://tinyurl.com/y56p7m9r

On this episode of Art And..., the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum's student-run podcast, Student Guide and Curatorial Intern Mollie Wohlforth '19 discusses a Turkmen Wedding Camel Trapping with UMass Professor of Art History Walter Denny and Associate Curator of Education at MHCAM, Kendra Weisbin. Join us as we discuss what this carpet can tell us about Turkmen society, the lives of the women who made it, and its journey to MHCAM. See the Camel Trapping in our galleries or here: https://tinyurl.com/yyuornee

In this episode of Art And..., the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum's student-run podcast, Mollie Wohlforth is joined in conversation by Assistant Professor of Music Adeline Mueller and Mackenzie Stratton '19 about two 13th century Italian musical manuscript pages. Our conversation considers how the sounds of this music and the brilliant illumination together brought the experience of worship to life. Listen to the end to hear both pages performed in Mount Holyoke College's Abby Chapel by members of the music department. See the Iste Sanctus Page here: https://tinyurl.com/y4qfb94w See the Gaudeamus Page here: https://tinyurl.com/y6z9sbwt Recording Credits: Singers: Hanna Danziger '19 Adeline Mueller (Assistant Professor of Music) Relyn Myrthil '19 Mackenzie Stratton '19 Madison Walters '19 Recorded by: Robert Eisenstein (Director of Five College Early Music Program and Five College Senior Lecturer in Music)