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Don't Lift Off#25 - Paul TaftPaul Taft is a former multi-championship winning Racing Driver and Scramble bike rider. Since the 1950’s as a ‘works’ supported BSA rider to winning in Honda CRX, Metro Turbo, Renault 5 Turbo and in the British Touring Car Championship he has been at the sharp end of motorsport from rider to racer to instructor to coach, imparting his huge wealth of knowledge to the next generation.He also keeps bees, plays the clarinet and is a big fan of classical music. Since 1997 he has been 59 years old (in Taft years).Chapters00:00 Introduction to Paul T...2025-06-062h 30
The Generous InvestorJoanna Taft, Harrison Center for the ArtsJoanna Beatty Taft is founder and Executive Director of Harrison Center for the Arts. The center is located at 16th and Delaware streets in Indianapolis, and it aims to address "community problems with cultural solutions" by among other things, cultivating "emerging art patrons by fostering accessible gallery experiences so everyone can participate." Joanna introduced me to a new term which she used to describe her life's work: cultural entrepreneur. You'll understand exactly what that means after listening to this episode.
2025-04-2254 min
It's Not That Complicated with David HaganHow to Impact Your Homebuyers' Future with Ryan TaftIn this special episode, David welcomes sales expert Ryan Taft, author of Storygetter and founder of Impact Eighty-Eight, who shares his biggest lessons on communication, curiosity, and emotional intelligence in the homebuilding industry. Ryan unpacks why sales are won and lost on the little things and why being genuinely interested in people beats any sales script. Plus, we discuss the "traffic light rule" and why most salespeople talk themselves out of deals. If you want to master the art of influence, this is one episode you can’t afford to skip!2025-02-1846 min
Ojai: Talk of the TownArt, Nature & The $6 Million Banana: A Conversation with Cassandra JonesIn this episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, we sit down with artist and curator Cassandra C. Jones, whose work blends digital collage with storytelling in striking and unexpected ways.As the founder and Arts Chair of the Taft Gardens Residency Program, she offers artists an immersive experience in one of Ojai’s most stunning and secluded landscapes. We discuss how Taft’s South African and Australian Gardens inspire creativity, the evolving art market, and, of course, the infamous $6 million banana taped to a wall.Whether you’re an art lover, a plant enthusiast, or jus...2025-02-131h 19
The Wuhoi PodcastAng Susunod na Istasyon: Shaw Blvd to TaftSa pagkumpleto natin sa MRT-3 Edition ng Ang Susunod na Istasyon, balikan natin yung mga times na sobrang active ko sa Art Scene, Yung time na naghahanap ako ng work at napadpad ako sa isang pyramid scheme, at yung niligtas kami ng isang kunduktor sa mga snatcher sa loob ng colorum niyang bus. Hehe, yan at iba pang kwento along EDSA dito lang sa second part ng series na 'to.
The Wuhoi Podcast
Season 03
Episode 14
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(6:25) Wuhoi, Try Niyo Lang...: Wicked at 4DX | Moana 2 | Lost
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Under RocksThe End of Things II: A walk in the woods at Lorado Taft | Under Rocks podcastWe say goodbye to a field campus that meant a lot to northern Illinoisans during its decades of serving students interested in the environment and the arts. And we revisit a deep dive we took into one of the works of art that made the Lorado Taft campus so special.2024-11-2218 min
Default ProfitableEp71 Joanna Taft Harrison CenterIn this episode, Matt interviews Joanna Taft, the Executive Director of the Harrison Center, a nonprofit art center in downtown Indianapolis that addresses community challenges with cultural solutions.
In this role, she:
- created the Cultural Entrepreneur internship program, which trains 50 interns annually
-Founded Herron High School to grow a new generation of art patrons
-Launched the City Gallery, an urban living center to strengthen neighborhoods
-Created PreEnactment Theater as a community visioning tool to help strengthen neighborhoods without gentrifying them.
-Created Polklore Micromuseum
For these endeavors, she has received the Champion of Hope award from Belmont University, the Indianapolis Bu...2024-04-1119 min
Varn VlogShiloh Logan on the Entanglement of Religion and Politics in the Legacy of Ezra Taft BensonEmbark on a historical journey with Shiloh Logan, a PhD student with a keen eye for the interwoven threads of religion and politics. This conversation pulls back the curtain on Ezra Taft Benson's formidable legacy within the LDS Church and American conservatism. As we navigate the corridors of the past, Shiloh illuminates the philosophies that fueled the controversial Cliven and Amon Bundy, and how Benson's teachings continue to resonate within the LDS community and beyond, challenging modern perceptions of government and individual liberties.The episode traverses the complex terrain of the LDS Church's engagement with American culture...2024-02-292h 01
The Art of ManlinessShakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and FallWhen people think of the plays of Shakespeare, they tend to think of his comedies and tragedies that spotlight interpersonal dynamics like love and jealousy, pretense and reality. But my guest would say that many of Shakepeare's plays, especially his sometimes overlooked histories, are also unmatchable in revealing the dynamics of power.Eliot Cohen is a military historian, political scientist, professor of international studies, and former State Department counselor, as well as the author of The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. Today on the show Eliot takes us through what Shakepeare's plays...2024-02-0551 min
Sales Gravy: Jeb BlountHow Story Getters Sell More Featuring Ryan TaftOn this must-listen episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with Ryan Taft. Ryan is the author of the hit new sales book Story Getter.
Jeb and Ryan explore how buying is an emotional experience and sales pros that ask questions that get the story “why” behind the buyer’s “what” sell more. They dive into how curiosity and empathy are pivotal for transforming your sales approach.
Curiosity Is the Fuel of Story Getters
Top sales professionals understanding the human element. They have mastered the subtle art of connecting with people and leverage natural curiosity to get people to o...2024-01-2451 min
Sales Gravy: Jeb BlountHow Story Getters Sell More Featuring Ryan TaftOn this must-listen episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with Ryan Taft. Ryan is the author of the hit new sales book Story Getter.
Jeb and Ryan explore how buying is an emotional experience and sales pros that ask questions that get the story “why” behind the buyer’s “what” sell more. They dive into how curiosity and empathy are pivotal for transforming your sales approach.
Curiosity Is the Fuel of Story Getters
Top sales professionals understanding the human element. They have mastered the subtle art of connecting with people and leverage natural curiosity to get people to o...2024-01-2451 min
The Adult in the RoomTorch Bearer: The Art of Combining Honor, Legacy & Creativity with Special Guest Don BentleyNOTE: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE MITCH RAPP NOVEL SERIES.
New York Times bestselling author Don Bentley spent over a decade flying Apache helicopters for the US Army, including facing down Al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan. For his service, he can count among his accolades the Bronze Star and the Air Medal with V Device. He's worked in the private sector for military contractors, spent time as a foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agent for the FBI, and served as a SWAT officer.
But despite his dangerous career up until now, he's facing down...2023-10-271h 16
Deconstructing YourselfReverse Meditation with Andrew HolecekJoin host Michael Taft as he speaks with meditation teacher and author Andrew Holecek about “reverse meditation,” the Mahamudra-based practice of using difficult experiences as the focus of our meditation, how this moves us through our perceived limits and allows us to recognize the perfection of the moment, and allows us to make any situation a profound and excellent meditation. Andrew Holecek has completed the traditional three-year Buddhist meditation retreat and offers seminars internationally on meditation, dream yoga, and the art of dying. He is the author of many books, including Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Luci...2023-08-2348 min
Studio Noize: Black Art PodcastPart of the Community w/ art collector Kerry DavisThe Postman is here! We got the esteemed collector Kerry Davis joining the Studio Noize fam. Kerry built his legendary collection while working 30 years as a postman at USPS. How impressive is his collection? Well, it’s in the middle of a 5-year national museum tour, and he could have a whole other show from work currently up in his home. The collection includes the biggest names in Black art, from Charles White to Radcliff Bailey, Mo Brooker to Louis Delsarte. The collection alone is enough to discuss, but we go deeper than that. Kerry tells us about the re...2023-07-1400 min
ArtsWrap with AleciaNew Arts Leaders: It’s All in the StoryStorytelling is an art form that new leaders of the Taft Museum of Art and the Cincinnati Ballet are leveraging in engaging the community through their organizations. Research suggests that there are chemical changes that happen when we learn through stories, allowing us to better feel and understand the arts experience more fully. OnBrand Podcast Studios produced this episode. 2023-06-0151 min
The IBJ Podcast with Mason KingGangGang’s founders on promoting art, equity and Indy cultureIn just two years, the arts and culture startup known as Gang Gang has become one of the most influential and active producers of events in Indianapolis, promoting the creative economy and the concept of equity. The founders are Malina Simone Jeffers and Alan Bacon, working from the precept that creative people of color continue to be underrepresented and underrecognized for their contributions to culture. GangGang means to change that. The group wants to bring these artists to the forefront, but everyone is welcome to collaborate.
In this week’s edition of the IBJ Podcast, guest host Da...2022-10-0332 min
Living Embodied: Reclaiming Our Body as Safe, Sacred and Sovereign SpaceEpisode 4: Art and Embodiment with guest: Kathleen Roussel
Living Embodied: Reclaiming Our Body as Safe, Sacred and Sovereign Space
Episode 4 with guest: Kathleen Roussel
Author/artist/owner at Morgan's Fancies Studios
About Kathleen Roussel
Kathleen Roussel, a big, beautiful goddess and self-taught artist has spent most of her life trying to justify her right to exist in her body just as it is. It took the ending of a relationship and working with a life coach to change her view of herself and the world around her. Now she has created a coloring book using her innate talent f...2022-08-1639 minDeconstructing YourselfA Conversation with Guy SengstockHost Michael Taft speaks with artist, bodyworker, and philosopher Guy Sengstock about the origin and creation of Circling practice, how the asynchronous qualities of new technologies have created a deeper hunger for basic human contact, the crucial importance of embodiment in communication, mindfulness of presence, as well as the new practice he’s creating with Jon Vervaeke, known as Dia-Logos.Guy Sengstock is the founder and creator of the Circling Method. He has been facilitating transformation for individuals, groups and corporations internationally for more than 20 years. He has a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and is...2022-06-0157 minDeconstructing YourselfA Conversation on Nonduality with Andrew HolecekHost Michael Taft iterviews Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher and author Andrew Holecek on nondual practice and theory, finding your way back to the true nature of mind, the dangers of getting dropped off in the deep end too soon, challenging to notion of path, the art of doing nothing (and doing it well); Andrew also offers listeners a dream-based nondual guided practice.Andrew Holecek has completed the traditional three-year Buddhist meditation retreat and offers seminars internationally on meditation, dream yoga, and the art of dying. He is the author of many books, including Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your...2022-04-2553 min
More Train, Less Pain; Engineering the Adaptable AthleteS2E7: Coaching from an Icon: Michelle Goes SOLO with Lee TaftLee Taft gives us all a lesson in the art of coaching. Sure, we dive into multi-directional speed training, principles, and misconceptions, but man-oh-man is Lee dropping dimes about coaching. Get ready, to get better, as we chat about being patient with results, making sure your clients understand intent, adding context for learning, allowing the learning process to take place, and making sure you know how your clients like information delivered to them.
Coaches, you are going to dig this episode!
Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends...
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Creative CafeArt Hop Artist Kylie Taft and Preview of RADFestMiriam Thomas interviews artist Kylie Taft about her journey emigrating to the US and how art played a role, and Kristen interviews Kate Yacho and Rachel Miller previewing the Regional Alternative Dance Festival (RADFest) that takes place at the Wellspring Theatre March 4 - 6, 2022. Originally aired on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at 8 am on WKZO 590 AM and 106.9 FM in Kalamazoo, Michigan.Creative Cafe is a program of the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo. Home - KalamazooArts.org2022-03-0323 min
The Presiquential PodcastThe Judge: William Howard TaftJoin Ryan, Blaine, & Russ as they discuss our Nation's twenty-seventh President, William Howard Taft! Season 2 is presented by Greek's Pizzeria!THOMAS JEFFERSON RIDING A MASTODON SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE!!!!Become a Patron of the Presiquential Podcast! Patrons at Tier 1 receive every episode the Friday before the official release ad free, and Tier 2 Patrons also receive bonus episodes as well. Go to www.patreon.com/preqisquential to become a Patron today!Huge Thank You to our Sponsors:Greek's PizzeriaSeason 2 is brought to you by Greek's Pizzeria. Order your del...2022-01-051h 22
Budget Arcade: Low-Cost GamingSuper Mario Brothers movieBeudget Arcade is a weekly podcast where we explore free to play video games. After our time with the game we rate and review the game of the week. We explore the game mechanics, the pay wall (what paying gets you) and the replayability. After which we decide if the game deserves our seal of approval or not (2/3 vote for or against).Episode cover art by https://twitter.com/MrGreenElite?s=09Check out our websitehttp://www.budgetarcade.comIntro and outro music is by Stemage and you...2021-09-2923 min
Art Money Success with Maria Brophy - Designing a life you loveEp #6 Passion and Frustration of NEEDING TO CREATE but NO TIME!How do you handle the utter FRUSTRATION of NEEDING to create, but, other things (like jobs, kids, dogs) take so much time, you just can't?!
In this short episode, we talk about The Law of Sacrifice and the things you can do to Make More Time - and if none of that works, then one last suggestion is given!
I hope you like this episode - please give me a FOLLOW and leave me a review!
GET A COPY OF MY BOOK: ART MONEY SUCCESS Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/p...2021-07-1708 min
All INIndiana's Art CentersWhen you think of art centers, you probably imagine exhibits and art installations. But art centers across the state have done more for their communities than you might realize.
Today we talk to the leaders of art centers in Indiana to learn about the work they’ve done for their communities, and how they plan to continue giving during the pandemic.
Produced by Micah Yason.
Guests:
Lauren Chapman
Digital Producer, Indiana Public Broadcasting
Joanna Taft
Executive Director, Harrison Center in Indianapolis
Janet Bloch
Executive Director, Lubeznik Art Center in Michigan City2021-06-0900 min
Lee Taft Performance PodcastEpisode 67: Self- Organization (With Lee Taft)This topic will be around for the long haul! Self-Organization is one of the polarizing topics that keep the conversation going. As I see it, the problem is we do not have enough coaches to distinguish the difference between "facility" training and preparing athletes to perform on the field and court. They want their likes to go up on social media, so they put too much make-up on the pig. You have to allow the pig to be ugly so real learning can occur. Understanding when to dig in hard and teach is the ART of coaching.2021-05-1729 min
The Cincy Shirts Podcast162-Taft Museum of ArtElise Solomon, the Taft’s Director of Learning and Engagement, joins us to talk about the museum’s history, it’s mission today, how one gets into the museum business, and more. How did it become an art museum? What kind of works does it feature? Is it haunted? We find out!
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The Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia.
2021-03-1756 min
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics16 Obscure Facts About Presidents w/ Jeremy Anderberg of The Art of Manliness and Readmorebooks.coWho was Chester Arthur's secret pen pal? How did Herbert Hoover spend his last day in office? What was McKinley's obscure accomplishment? What was Rutherford B. Hayes passionate hobby? What event hurt Taft's Presidency from the get-go? How did Martin Van Buren contribute to today's politics? For Presidents Day, a conversation with Jeremy Anderberg of The Art of Manliness website and podcast and ReadMoreBooks.co newsletter. Music -"Swallow" by Pistol Jazz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-02-141h 10
My Fellow Americans: The Inaugural Addresses of the U.S. PresidentsWilliam Howard Taft's Inaugural Address - 03/04/1909 - Read by Yuvraj SinghWilliam Howard Taft delivered his inaugural address on March 4th, 1909. Read by Yuvraj Singh. A friend and adviser to Theodore Roosevelt, his ascent to the presidency would lead to a break in their friendship after his deviation from their political course. When he was up for re-election, Roosevelt ran against him and split the Republican ticket, allowing for Woodrow Wilson to win. Almost a decade after the end of his presidency, he was appointed Chief Justice by Warren Harding.The cover art is an 1911 portrait of William Howard Taft by Anders Zorn.You can get...2020-12-2235 min
We Are LibertariansThe Harrison Center for the City - The Power of Art with Joanna TaftJoanna Taft of the Harrison Center joins us. The Harrison Center is a community-based, nonprofit arts organization that seeks to be a catalyst for renewal in the city of Indianapolis. Founded in 2001, the organization’s work is two-fold. The Harrison Center for the Arts is home to 36 artist studios and five galleries with programming that is designed to foster the creation of new art, build community among artists and emerging art patrons, create new partnerships, and provide a forum for public conversations between artists and the community. The Harrison Center for the City seeks to connect people to culture, community, an...2020-11-1114 min
Indiana Podcasts - Leaders, Legends, and Nonprofits from the Hoosier StateThe Harrison Center for the City - The Power of Art with Joanna TaftJoanna Taft of the Harrison Center joins us. The Harrison Center is a community-based, nonprofit arts organization that seeks to be a catalyst for renewal in the city of Indianapolis. Founded in 2001, the organization’s work is two-fold. The Harrison Center for the Arts is home to 36 artist studios and five galleries with programming that is designed to foster the creation of new art, build community among artists and emerging art patrons, create new partnerships, and provide a forum for public conversations between artists and the community. The Harrison Center for the City seeks to connect people to culture, community, an...2020-11-1114 min
Clear On LifeMichael TaftIn this episode, I interview my good friend Michael Taft. Michael is a meditation teacher, author, and a neuroscience junkie living in the Bay Area. He is the author of The Mindful Geek and the host of Deconstructing Yourself podcast. In the last few years, his name, work, and career in the field of meditation have skyrocketed to new heights.Now typically, one would interview Michael around the topics of meditation and spirituality. This is an unusual episode in the sense that we don't talk so much about Michael's teachings as much as we look at his lif...2020-08-241h 24
UncommonShura Taft on the art of presentingShura Taft is a Host and MC of pretty much any decent event in Australia, Director of Your Brand Live and more importantly, our upcoming Marriage Celebrant.2020-02-041h 13
Livable CityArt + empathy heal neighborhoods - Joanna TaftGentrification, cultural shifts, crime, unsafe streets, poverty and disconnection. They all sound pretty bleak especially when considered together. But my guest, Joanna Taft, has been experimenting along with her neighbors in the Herron Morton neighborhood in Indianapolis and have found some remarkably sensitive and effective ways to begin to reverse these trends. She has discovered the healing and effective power of art, empathy, personal connection and refraining from making sweeping judgements about the people around her. If anything, it could be said that Joanna takes a deliberate and meditative approach to living in her place keeping her posture open...2020-01-1349 minDeconstructing YourselfWhat Does Dreaming Have to Do with Meditation? with Andrew HolecekHost Michael Taft speaks with Dream Yoga expert Andrew Holecek about how the dream state (and dreamless sleep) can effect meditation practice. Topics include: the fantasy-filling model of lucid dreaming vs. spiritual awakening; dream yoga, sleep yoga, and Bardo yoga; the love of napping, meditation in a dream or in dreamless sleep; reification as the "original sin of Buddhism"; lucid dreaming for meditators; and much more.Andrew Holecek has completed the traditional three-year Buddhist meditation retreat and offers seminars internationally on meditation, dream yoga, and the art of dying. He is the author of many books, including...2019-10-231h 07
Jewelry Journey PodcastJewelry That Tells a Story: Antique & Estate Pieces in a Modern World with Benjamin Macklowe, President of Macklowe GalleryBenjamin Macklowe joined Macklowe Gallery in 1994 and became its president in 2012. Under Ben’s leadership, Macklowe Gallery has become the world’s most respected dealer of antique and estate jewelry, French Art Nouveau decorative arts and the entire oeuvre of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Ben is a sought-after expert in his field and has served as a lecturer for museum groups and scholarly organizations throughout the United States. Ben has appeared on television to discuss Tiffany lamps with Martha Stewart, lectured on the art glass of Emile Gallé at Taft Museum of Art and has taught about Art Nouve...2019-08-2638 min
Deconstructing YourselfDeconstructing the Heart Sutra, with Jayarava AttwoodBuddhist scholar Jayarava Attwood speaks with host Michael Taft about the history of the Pali Canon, how ideas about karma & dependent arising contradict each other, the shifting grounds under the apparent solidity of the suttas, monism vs. pluralism, meditation as a subjective or objective practice, and the fact that the Sanskrit Heart Sutra is a forgery,Jayarava is a longtime member of the Triratna Buddhist Order, who writes about the history of ideas in Buddhism. Since 2012 he has been mainly focused on revising the text and history of the Heart Sutra, and also writes about karma and...2019-01-2059 min
Untitled Art PodcastEpisode 4: XXFrom the archives of Untitled, Radio, this episode looks back on four years of radical women who have the double-X chromosome and a triple-X threat. Contributors include to this episode Liliana Porter, Sylvia Meyer, INVASORIX, Cathy Byrd with Zoe Buckman, Anna Ostoya and Ben Lerner, artist collective CARNE, Catherine Taft with Badlands Unlimited, FLUCT, as well as Autumn Knight and Chelsea Knight. Hosted by Amanda Schmitt.2018-10-3054 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott1. Introduction1. Introduction by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0302 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott2. Berenice Abbott, "Eugène Atget", 19272. Berenice Abbott, "Eugène Atget", 1927 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0302 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott3. Man Ray, "Berenice Abbott", 19253. Man Ray, "Berenice Abbott", 1925 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0302 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott4. Eugène Atget, "Panthéon Seen From The Rue Valette (Coin De La Rue Valette Et Panthéon)", 19234. Eugène Atget, "Panthéon Seen From The Rue Valette (Coin De La Rue Valette Et Panthéon)", 1923 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott5. Eugène Atget, "St. Cloud Park (Parc De St. Cloud)", 1919–215. Eugène Atget, "St. Cloud Park (Parc De St. Cloud)", 1919–21 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott6. Eugène Atget, "Courtyard, St. Gervais And Protais", 1899–19006. Eugène Atget, "Courtyard, St. Gervais And Protais", 1899–1900 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0302 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott7. Eugène Atget, "Ragpicker’s Hut, Montreuil Portal (Porte De Montreuil)", About 19107. Eugène Atget, "Ragpicker’s Hut, Montreuil Portal (Porte De Montreuil)", About 1910 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott8. Eugène Atget, Printed By Berenice Abbott, "Atget’s Studio", 1910–11, Printed Later8. Eugène Atget, Printed By Berenice Abbott, "Atget’s Studio", 1910–11, Printed Later by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott9. Eugène Atget, Printed By Berenice Abbott, "Woman In Doorway, Versailles", 19219. Eugène Atget, Printed By Berenice Abbott, "Woman In Doorway, Versailles", 1921 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott10. Eugène Atget, Printed By Berenice Abbott, "Eclipse", 1911, Printed 195610. Eugène Atget, Printed By Berenice Abbott, "Eclipse", 1911, Printed 1956 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0302 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott11. Eugène Atget, Printed By Berenice Abbott, "Boulevard De Strasbourg, Corsets", 191211. Eugène Atget, Printed By Berenice Abbott, "Boulevard De Strasbourg, Corsets", 1912 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0302 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott12. Berenice Abbott, "Snuff Shop", January 26, 193812. Berenice Abbott, "Snuff Shop", January 26, 1938 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott13. Berenice Abbott, "Blossom Restaurant", October 24, 193513. Berenice Abbott, "Blossom Restaurant", October 24, 1935 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott14. Berenice Abbott, "Traveling Tin Shop", May 22, 193614. Berenice Abbott, "Traveling Tin Shop", May 22, 1936 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott15. Berenice Abbott, "Fifth Avenue, Nos. 4, 6, 8", March 20, 193615. Berenice Abbott, "Fifth Avenue, Nos. 4, 6, 8", March 20, 1936 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0302 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott16. Berenice Abbott, "Flatiron Building", May 18, 193816. Berenice Abbott, "Flatiron Building", May 18, 1938 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott17. Berenice Abbott, "Automat", February 10, 193617. Berenice Abbott, "Automat", February 10, 1936 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott18. Berenice Abbott, "20 Photographs By Eugène Atget", New York, 195618. Berenice Abbott, "20 Photographs By Eugène Atget", New York, 1956 by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0301 min
Paris to New York: Photographs by Atget and Abbott19. Conclusion19. Conclusion by Taft Museum of Art2018-10-0201 min
Prosperity Indiana's Ways and MeansCulture and Art Create for the Community"Experiencing arts and culture helps us to connect to each other and ideas in ways that are impossible otherwise." In this episode, hear Joanna Taft share ways that the Harrison Center for the Arts is creating opportunities for students and members of the community to experience "spectacles of wonder" and imagine a better world to start living out that new reality.2017-05-2524 min
Bijoux Parisiens1. IntroductionThe exhibition “Bijoux Parisiens” has been produced by the Petit Palais, City of Paris Fine Arts Museum, Paris Musées, in cooperation with the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, with additional loans for this showing arranged by the Taft Museum of Art. This audio tour has been made possible through the generosity of the Docents of the Taft Museum of Art.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens2. Artist Unknown, Southern Germany, “Charity Pendant,” about 1590–1600Worn on a chain, this pendant presents at its center a woman embracing two children, symbolizing the Christian virtue of charity. Some of the gold structure has been decorated with enamel, which is made of ground glass and pigment that produce vivid color when fired in a kiln. French creators also worked in the typical Renaissance style of this German pendant, linking diverse elements together.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens3. Artist Unknown, Portugal, “Bodice Brooch (Devant de corsage),” about 1760During the reign of Louis XV of France (1715–1774), his courtiers preferred jewelry marked by symmetry and shining white gems. In this piece imported from Portugal, semi-precious stones—quartz and tourmaline—replaced diamonds. Like Pouget’s engravings nearby, this brooch features ribbons, flowers, and pear-shaped drops.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens4. Artist Unknown, Paris, “Neoclassical Necklace,” about 1800–1810In this necklace, the artist elegantly suspended a medallion depicting Athena, goddess of wisdom, from two swans, a symbol associated with Napoleon’s first wife, the Empress Joséphine. Bolstering his own empire, Napoleon I set a new taste for objects based on ancient Roman art. He especially adored antique cameos, small hardstones with figures carved in relief. This enamel plaque replicates a cameo design.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens5. Artist Unknown, France, “Amethyst Parure (Jewelry Set),” 1820–1830The restored monarchy and its court could more easily afford semi-precious stones, such as these amethysts imported from Brazil, than the much costlier rubies, emeralds, or diamonds. The creator of this jewelry set placed amethysts within wide frames of embossed and delicately chiseled gold, which he treated with economical milled edges.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens6. Jules Wièse, “Bracelet,” about 1855In each of the linked gold medallions that compose this bracelet, finely worked silver busts emerge from emerald-green engraved enamel fields. Jules Wièse, the maker of this bracelet, drew inspiration from early Italian Renaissance sculptural busts. Wièse began his career as goldsmith for François-Désiré Froment-Meurice.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens7. Eugène Fontenay for Fontana et Cie, “Necklace,” about 1865This necklace shows fine workmanship in the techniques of filigree (intricate patterns made from thin strands of metal) and hand-embossing (hammering out a design in relief). At the 1867 Universal Exposition in Paris, Eugène Fontenay won praise for Neo-Greek jewelry like this. In admiring and emulating the remarkable skill of ancient goldsmiths, Fontenay helped initiate the 19th-century archeological style.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens8. Eugène Fontenay, enamels by Eugène Richet, “Bracelet,” about 1875This bracelet represents a joint product of the jeweler Eugène Fontenay and an enamellist, Eugène Richet. Venerating antiquity, they featured small painted enamel panels with scenes of an ancient Greek procession based on the Parthenon sculptures in Athens. Musicians lead the caravan, followed by the figure of Victory in a chariot—led by cherubs on leopards—and a bull to be sacrificed.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens9. Lucien Falize, enamel by Claudius Popelin, “Necklace,” about 1880–1890This Renaissance-revival necklace features an enamel portrait of Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566), the mistress of Henri II and an art patron in Renaissance France. Both the gold frame of this enamel portrait and the style of the chains allude to Renaissance models. Further, like Renaissance pendants, which often featured initial letters and monograms, this work intertwines enameled Hs and Ds in several places to indicate the lovers’ close connection.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens10. Lucien Falize, “Gothic Bracelet,” about 1880The sections of this Gothic-revival bracelet recall the vertical spires of a High Gothic cathedral or picture frame. The 1825 opening of the Musée de Cluny, which housed spectacular medieval art, launched the Neo-Gothic style. A national effort to restore Gothic churches commenced in the 1840s and lasted through the century.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens11. Pierre-Georges Deraisme, "Putti Playing Blind Man’s Bluff," "Putti with a Perching Cat,” 1898Pierre–Georges Deraisme was the first of his generation to draw inspiration from the 18th century pictorial tradition of frolicking and music-making angels and cupids. Within a few years, Léopold Gautrait and Charles Jacqueau would also turn to the 18th century for design ideas for jewelry, as will be seen later in the exhibition.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens12. Frédéric Boucheron, after a design by Octave Loeuillard, “Fern Brooch,” about 1880In the 1880s, Octave Loeuillard created a series of designs for the jeweler Frédéric Boucheron that were noted for their technique and originality. The elegant and airy Fern Brooch, which could also be worn as a hair ornament, was among them. Boucheron founded his very highly regarded jewelry house in Paris in 1858; it is still in business on the Place Vendôme in Paris.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens13. Georges Fouquet, after a design by Charles Desrosiers “Thistle Leaf Bracelet,” about 1905–1909Georges Fouquet sometimes collaborated with the designer Charles Desrosiers, who conceived this unusual bracelet. Encircling a central opal, the thorny thistle leaves have iridescent enameled surfaces that echo and accentuate the shimmering colors of the opal.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens14. Georges Fouquet, “Forked Hairpin,” 1905–1906George Fouquet's hairpin illustrates the Art Nouveau aesthetic: it consists of organic forms punctuated by diamonds, enamel, and pearls, all used sparingly and in service to the overall design. Fouquet’s father Alphonse had founded the business in 1862, but the dynasty’s great stars were Georges and his son Jean Fouquet, whose Art Deco works appear later in the exhibition.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens15. Georges Fouquet, after a design by Charles Desrosiers “Headband,” about 1910Georges Fouquet selected delicately colored aquamarines for this headband. Between the gems, he colored the gold structure with equally pale plique-à-jour enamels, then lined the band with small diamonds. Like most of his colleagues, Georges Fouquet moved away from Art Nouveau designs by about 1910. Hair ornaments comprised an important field of jewelry after 1910, as can be seen in this section of the exhibition.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens16. Charles Jacqueau, “Maharaja Headpiece,” about 1926, and Cartier, “Evening Bag,” about 1925Jacqueau drew a design for a magnificent Indian headpiece from one viewpoint. This evening bag displays the taste for Indian design that often informed Parisian fashion in the first quarter of the 20th century.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens17. Attributed to Jean Fouquet, “Pendant Necklace on Chain,” about 1925–1930Like other daring Art Deco creations, this bold necklace shows its designer breaking rules of symmetry that were centuries old: he placed a large rectangular aquamarine off-center on an engraved platinum disk. Unconventionally, the necklace also combines multiple metals. Jean Fouquet designed innovative jewelry beginning about 1925. Fouquet was the equally admired son of the celebrated Parisian jeweler Georges Fouquet (1862–1957), whose Art Nouveau jewelry also appears in this exhibition.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens18. Cartier, “Pair of Panther Cufflinks,” about 1930The panther remains an icon of Cartier design. Charles Jacqueau launched the motif, using panther fur for the first time in 1914 on a wristwatch. When Jeanne Toussaint (1887–1978) became director of Cartier’s luxury jewelry department in 1933, she also created a number of panther–inspired designs and earned the nickname “la panthère.”2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens19. Boucheron, “Powder Box and Lipstick Case, and Vanity Case,” about 1950During World War II, French jewelers had great difficulty securing supplies such as precious metals and gems. Boucheron’s ingenious designs for cases disguised the shortage of materials. To provide an illusory sense of luxury, the jeweler used mirrors covered with thin gold leaf, which they then engraved with decorative motifs and studded with tiny colored stones. Capturing the light, the mirror created the glimmer of more expensive materials.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens20. Boucheron, “Gas Pipe Necklace,” about 1945–50, Gold, diamonds, and platinumIn 1935, Cartier presented a “gas pipe” necklace made entirely of joined gold rings. Jacqueau had conceived this design, modeling it on the flexible tubing used for piping gas into buildings. Other jewelers, too, adopted the modern-looking chain, which they could ornament with decorative clips in floral or geometric shapes. In the post–World War II years, jewelers employed more precious stones in forming such clips, and often made them three-dimensional, like the elegant, diamond–studded arabesque that ornaments the front of this necklace.2017-02-0300 minBijoux Parisiens21. Conclusion“Bijoux Parisiens: French Jewelry from the Petit Palais, Paris” will be on view at the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio from February 9 through May 14, 2017.2017-02-0300 min
Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh1. IntroductionThe exhibition "Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: Impressions of Landscape" introduces Charles François Daubigny, a relatively forgotten artist from the 1800s. It explores his landscape painting and his influence on the younger generation of artists known as the French Impressionists.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh2. Daubigny, "The Crossroads of the Eagle’s Nest," 1844Born in Paris in 1817, Daubigny studied Dutch landscapes in the Louvre Museum and trained with painters at the French Academy. He painted this early forest view delicately and precisely, using small brushes.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh3. Daubigny, "The Harvest," 1851In about 1851, Daubigny painted this view of peasants harvesting grain in the fields just northeast of Paris. He wanted to capture the diffuse sunlight shimmering through the hazy atmosphere on a hot summer day in central France.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh4. Daubigny, "Spring," 1857On a diagonal path alongside an orchard of flowering apple trees, a young woman rides a donkey. Behind her walk two young lovers, their heads barely visible above the fields of new grain. The scene evokes spring, with its fragrance, bursting growth, and romance. Surprisingly, this was not a common subject for painters at the time.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh5. Daubigny, "At the Water’s Edge, Optevoz," about 1856Daubigny traveled extensively to paint France’s many landscapes. Here, he captures the appearance of a still pond in the hills above the Rhône Valley.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh6. Daubigny, "Ferryboat near Bonnières-sur-Seine," 1861In 1857, Daubigny bought an old ferryboat and equipped it with a cabin so that he could paint the French riverbanks from the water.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh7. Daubigny, "The Banks of the Oise River," 1863After his first venture on his studio boat, Daubigny embarked on more painting trips—often for weeks at a time—in spring, summer, and fall. The pictures created on his boat trips have a watery foreground that features reflections of the sky, clouds, and trees. No one had ever painted landscapes like this; he had invented another new compositional type that everyone recognized then as highly original.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh8. Daubigny, "The Cliffs of Villerville-sur-Mer," 1864 and 1872Daubigny first encountered the ocean when visiting the Normandy coast in 1854. He wrote, “I see the ocean, and it is so beautiful that I don’t want to go anywhere else, and I can’t wait to work!”2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh9. Claude Monet, "The Point of la Hève at Low Tide," 1865At the Salon of 1864, Monet saw Daubigny’s "Cliffs at Villerville" and must have appreciated the way it captured the ever-changing light and weather at the seashore. Soon Monet created his own large picture of another stretch of beach and cliffs in Normandy, and exhibited it at the following year’s Salon, as if in dialogue with Daubigny.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh10. Claude Monet, "Houses on the Achterzaan," 1871Monet visited the Netherlands and painted this landscape near the village of Zaandam, very likely from a boat, in the manner of Daubigny. Like the older artist, Monet concentrated on the colorful reflections in the water and on capturing nuances of light and atmosphere.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh11. Daubigny, "The Beach at Villerville at Sunset," 1873Daubigny loved to paint the color transformations produced by sunsets over the sea at Villerville, his favorite spot on the coast. Whereas many earlier landscapists had depicted the natural world in a state of timeless perfection, Daubigny was fascinated by the transitory conditions of nature.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh12. Daubigny, "Orchard in Blossom," 1874Every spring, Daubigny joyfully painted flowering trees. In late works such as this one, he brought his sketch style—with its broad, free strokes—into his large exhibition pictures. This was quite a change from his early, more precise way of painting.2016-01-1202 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh13. Daubigny, "Landscape with Harvesters," 1875When Daubigny painted outdoors, he translated his feeling for nature into an outpouring of spontaneous brushwork. In fact, his commitment to open air painting greatly exceeded that of any other artist before the Impressionists. In this picture, using his favorite extra-wide canvas shape, he depicted the very same wheat fields that Vincent Van Gogh would portray in his famous last paintings, just 15 years later.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh14. Daubigny, "Moonrise at Auvers," 1877This was the last canvas on Daubigny’s easel before his death in February of 1878. Here, he portrays the fields of Auvers in the early evening, as a shepherd and his flock head back to the village.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh15. Camille Pissarro, "Orchard in Bloom, Louveciennes," 1872After the Franco-Prussian War, Pissarro painted this blooming orchard, a subject then strongly associated with Daubigny. In Pissarro’s orchard picture, the laboring peasants and freshly turned soil anchor the image more firmly in the here and now. However, just like Daubigny, Pissarro worked outdoors, delicately brushing the pale colors of blossoms onto his canvas and celebrating spring and renewal.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh16. Claude Monet, "Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil," 1873In this picture, Monet’s low point of view—close to the water’s surface—suggests that he was working from a boat. Indeed, in 1872 or 1873 Monet set up a floating studio, emulating Daubigny.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh17. Vincent van Gogh, "Orchard in Blossom," 1888Van Gogh painted orchards during the two springs that he spent in Arles, in southern France, in 1888 and 1889. He created this painting outdoors during the second year, using rhythmically dashed strokes, daring blue-purple outlines for trees and rocks, and vivid greens to express his joyous feelings about the passing of winter.2016-01-1201 minDaubigny, Monet, Van Gogh18. Vincent van Gogh, "Wheat Fields after the Rain," 1890After moving to Auvers in 1890, Van Gogh was drawn to the same fields that Daubigny had painted. He wrote to his brother, Theo van Gogh: “I am completely absorbed in that immense plain covered with fields of wheat against the hills, boundless as the sea in delicate colors of yellow and green, the pale violet of the plowed and weeded earth checkered at regular intervals with the green of the flowering potato plants, everything under a sky of delicate blue, white, pink and violet.”2016-01-1201 min