Check out various art videos that relate to VMFA’s collection including videos of what artists have to say in their own words! Hear and see first-hand comments by internationally recognized artists describing their own works and concepts.
Also, hear audio clips about VMFA artworks.
Molly Murphy Adams, Jeremy Frey, and Virgil Ortiz in conversation with Dr. Johanna Minich, Exhibition Curator and Consulting Curator for the Native American Collection, VMFA. This conversation features three artists whose work is in the exhibition Hear My Voice: Native American Art Past and Present. The discussion includes what these contemporary Native artists see as…
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In 2002, Virginia’s Indian tribal leaders were interviewed for this video, a result of a two-year oral history project. The information they impart speaks for the ages by tracing their own history including the persistence of Virginia Indian identity and culture 400 years after the European settlement of their lands. A visual historic overview sets the stage for the interviews. Tribes: Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Monacan, Nansemond, Pamunkey, and Rappahannock. Courtesy of Dr. Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, Director of the American Indian Resource Center at the College of William & Mary.
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Hear and see what major artists have to say about their works and concepts in their own words. These concise videos–2 to 3 minutes–are historic interviews recorded one-on-one by VMFA in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Hear and see what major artists have to say about their works and concepts in their own words. These concise videos–2 to 3 minutes–are historic interviews recorded one-on-one by VMFA in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Hear and see what major artists have to say about their works and concepts in their own words. These concise videos–2 to 3 minutes–are historic interviews recorded one-on-one by VMFA in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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American contemporary artist Kristin Baker discusses her work, process, and inspiration. She ends with a brief description of The Prig (2009), which resides in VMFA’s collection.
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Hear and see what major artists have to say about their works and concepts in their own words. These concise videos–2 to 3 minutes–are historic interviews recorded one-on-one by VMFA in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Japanese-American artist Miwako Nishizawa discusses Japanese woodblock printing, her inspirations, and her work with various Virginia landscapes presented in her series “Twelve Views of Virginia,” 2014.
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Description: A 1961 film by British reporter Alistair Cooke about the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and its then director Leslie Cheek’s pioneering efforts to get the arts to the people of the state. A time machine glimpse of early 1960s U.S. culture that is very historic, revealing, and camp nostalgia at once. NOTE: Do not adjust your TV set, the original 16mm movie is faded with age.
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Until the 20th century, the pyramids of Egypt were the tallest man-made structures on the earth. This vividly animated video demonstrates the most likely construction method. Coupled with it is a highly instructive video explaining the ancient Egyptian written language, hieroglyphs. From the Royal Ontario Museum; (1993); DVD dist. by McNabb & Connolly of Ontario
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