Close Ups Project Funders and Contributors

Critical funding for the Close Ups project was provided by The Getty Foundation through its support of innovative interpretive projects focused on a museum’s permanent collection. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an independent federal agency that seeks to grow and sustain a “Nation of Learners,” also provided support.

SAM would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions to the Close Ups project made by the following individuals and organizations:

SAM Project Team

1. Sarah Berman, Collections Coordinator & Research Associate
2. Aaron Bourget, Audio/Video Technician
3. Barbara Brotherton, Curator of Native American Art
4. Susan Cole, Photographer
5. Traci Cole, Software Engineer
6. Michael Darling, Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art
7. Christina DePaolo, New Media Manager
8. Julie Emerson, The Ruth J. Nutt Curator of Decorative Arts
9. Gina Glascock-Broze, Rights & Reproductions Administrator
10. Chiyo Ishikawa, Deputy Director of Art & Curator of European Painting & Sculpture
11. Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Kayla Skinner Deputy Director of Education & Public Programs
12. Patricia Junker, Curator of American Art
13. Carrie Kim, Web Designer
14. Keith Latta, Senior Systems Analyst
15. Michael McCafferty, Director of Exhibition Design & Museum Services
16. Pam McClusky, Curator, Art of Africa and Oceania
17. Michele Miller, Collections Database Coordinator
18. Yukiko Shirahara, John A. McCone Foundation Curator of Asian Art
19. Anna Strankman, Curatorial Assistant, Native American Art
20. Jenn Willson, Manager of Interpretive Technology Programs
21. Josh Yiu, Foster Foundation Assistant Curator of Chinese Art
22. Rachel Younkin, Education Assistant

Close Ups Project Advisors

(Advised curators/educators on any component of the Close Ups project)

1. Daniel "Koo Nimo" Amponsah, Scholar & Performing artist
2. Yao Amponsah, Musician
3. Eze Anamelechi, Zukora International
4. Sabine Jell Bahlsen, Independent Scholar
5. Fu Kiau Bunseki, Independent Scholar
6. Emmanuel Chiabi, Professor of History, Highline Community College
7. Lisa Corin, Director, Williams College Museum of Art
8. Kathy Curnow, Professor of Art History, Cleveland State University
9. Fitzgerald DeFretias, Artist
10. Marita Dingus, Artist
11. Steven Garfinkle, Associate Professor, Department of History, Western Washington University
12. Kakuta Ole Maimai Hamasi, Founder, Maasai Association, Seattle
13. Bill Holm, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington & Curator Emeritus of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
14. Calvin Hunt (Tlasutiwalis), Kwakwaka'wakw Artist
15. Sam Irem, past President of the Afikpo Association of America
16. Dorica Jackson, Chilkat Weaver
17. Nathan Jackson, Tlingit Artist
18. Li Jin, Artist
19. Margaret Laird, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, University of Washington
20. Alida Latham, Photographer
21. Randy Lewis, Colville Artist
22. Karen Mathews, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Art History, University of Washington
23. Kimberly Miller, Skokomish Weaver
24. Bonnie Mitchell, Director, Seattle branch of the Urasenke Foundation
25. Astrida Blukis Onat, Archaeologist, President, BOAS Inc.
26. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington
27. Won Ldy Paye, Artist
28. Hetti Perkins, Curator, The Art Gallery of New South Wales
29. Stuart Pyhrr, Curator in Department of Arms & Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art
30. Scott Sayre, Executive Director, Sandbox Studios
31. Andrew P. Schulz, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Oregon
32. Alex Schweder, Artist
33. Judge Alfred J. Scow
34. Preston Singletary, Kaagwaantaan, Tlingit Artist
35. Rebecca Stone, Associate Professor, Faculty Curator of Art of the Ancient Americas, Emory University
36. Emily Teeter, Research Associate, Oriental Institute, and Curator of Egyptian and Nubian Antiquities, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
37. Robert Farris Thompson, Col. John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art , Yale University
38. Jake Warga, Independent Radio Producer
39. Christian White, Haida Artist
40. Robin Wright, Curator of Native American Art, Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, Professor of Art History, University of Washington, & Director, Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art

Close Ups Project Interns & Volunteers

1. Lucy Cantwell, Vassar College
2. Kristen Fitzpatrick, Seattle University
3. Margalyn Hemphill, Western Washington University Alumna
4. Celeste Jovanovich, Loyola Marymount University
5. Tobey Neely, Seattle University
6. Erin Ness, Seattle University
7. Lucy Stone, Connecticut College
8. Erin Weible, University of Washington
9. Nathaniel Willson, Art Institute of Seattle

Programmers

1. Clayton Black, Contract Programmer (touch screen kiosks)
2. Rajan Raj, Gallery Systems (audio guide online)

Editors/Videographers

1. Aaron Bourget, Audio/Video Technician, Seattle Art Museum
2. Eduardo Calderon, Contract Photographer
3. David Fox, Videographer & Editor
4. Ann Hedreen & Rustin Thompson, White Noise Productions
5. Carol Hermer, Video Editor & Independent Media Consultant (edited 25 video segments for online collection & touch screen kiosks)
6. Jonathan Houser, Videographer, Bonfire Productions
7. Katie Jennings, Producer/Director, Islandwood Media
8. Paul Macapia, Photographer, Seattle Art Museum
9. John Pierce, Independent Editor (edited over 100 online collection records & 10 touch screen kiosk presentations)
10. Evan Schneider, Photographer
11. Diana Wilmar, Videographer & Editor John Pierce, Content Editor, Close Ups online collection
    
    

Audio Guide Producers

Jack Straw Productions, Seattle WA. Executive Producer was Joan Rabinowitz. Producer was Jennie Cecil Moore. Engineers were Moe Provencher and Tom Stiles. Additional assistance provided by Michele Khazak and Jesse Minkert.

Audio Guide Delivery System

Antenna Audio

Music for Audio Guide

Musicians from the Jack Straw Artist Residency program featured on this guide include:

• Kofi Anang (Hail, from “Safarini,” Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2000)
• Adam Diller (Track 1, from “12 Page Piece”)
• Elizabeth Falconer (Hakaze & When Phaedra Sang, from “Water Colors: New Music for Koto,” Sparkling Beatnik Records and Snow Dream, from “Winter Cranes” by Duo En, 2006)
• Kevin Goldsmith/Intonarumori (Discus & GTR, from “Intonarumori,” Unit Circle Rekkids, 2003)
• Alex Keller (400 Boys)
• Brian Lawlor (Tracks 1, 4, 8 & 11, solo piano recorded at Jack Straw Productions)
• Robert Rees (Marimba and Vibe Solos)
• Paul Rucker (LARGE Ensemble, from “Live at Earshot”)
• Joel Salsman, Scott Joplin, Harmony Club Waltz, and March Majestic
• Tom Swafford (Dubious Diversions for Clarinet and Piano)
• Wu Ziying (Moon over the Mountain Pass, from The Art of the GUQIN)
  
  

Additional music selections provided by:

Naxos Records

1. Track 15: Part III: III. Con in E flat: Vivace, from “Telemann: Musique de Table, Vol. 4”
2. Track 18: Pavin Of Albarti, from “Elizabethan Songs and Consort Music”
3. Track 12: Chansons: Mon chier amy, from “Dufay: Chansons”
4. Track 8: Tambourins I Et II, from “Boismortier, Don Quichotte chez la duchesse”
5. Track 2: Kyrie, from “Dunstable: Sweet Harmony–Masses and Motets”
6. Track 30: Ciacona, from “Schenck: Nymphs of the Rhine, Vol. 2”
7. Track 13: Hymn: Pange lingua (organ solo–elaborated by Antonio de Cabezon), from “Anchieta: Missa Sine Nomine”
8. Track 30: Japanese March And Air, from “Boismortier, Don Quichotte chez la duchesse”
9. Track 2: Flute Concerto Op.10 No.2 'La Notte', from “Vivaldi (The very best of)”
10. Track 12: Noel: Les bourgeois de Chatres, H. 534, from “Charpentier: Noels and Christmas Motets”
11. Track 10: Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin–Suite in G Major–Minor: Minuets I & II, from “Rameau: Harpsichord Music, Vol. 2”
12. Track 4: Harold in Italy, Op. 16: 2: Allegrtto (March of the Pilgrims Singing the Evening Prayer), from “Berlioz: Harold in Italy–Les Francs–Juges”
13. Track 6: Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425: I. Allegro, from “Vivaldi (The very best of)”
14. Track 1: Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op.95 'From the New World': I Adagio–Allegro molto, from “Dvorak: Symphony No. 9”
15. Track 1: Violin Sonata No 1. in A major, Op. 13, I. Allegro molto, from “Faure: Violin Sonata Nos. 1 and 2”
16. Track 18: D’ung aultre amer/Lhome arme, from “Oh Flanders Free: Music of the Flemish Renaissance”

Quichua Mashis (Huacay Humberto Cordovo)

• Loft Recordings (Bow and Be Simple performed by The Tudor Choir. Arrangement composed by Kevin Siegfried)
• Tinwood Media (Somebody’s Knocking performed by Georgiana B. Pettway & Creola B. Pettway. From "How We Got Over: Sacred Songs of Gee's Bend." Produced by Matt Arnett and Vanessa Vadim)
• Preston Singletary & Little Big Band
• Andrew Frankel and Rakumi Arts International (Shango, from “Ayanagalu”)
• Brian Pertl (Didgeridoo Recordings)
• Arnd Klinge (Music from the Festival of Igue in Benin City)
• The University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives (Music by Hamza El-Din & Potlatch Recording by Bill Holm.)
• Kwakwaka'wakw singers

A special thanks to Fred Hauptman and the Early Music Guild, Peter Davenport and Laurel Sercombe for music research and acquisition.

Audio Guide Interviewees & Participants

The following individuals generously contributed scholarly and artistic expertise as well as their personal experiences with works of art from SAM’s collection to the Close Ups audio guide.

1. Saheed Adejumobi, Assistant Professor, Global African Studies Department, Seattle University
2. Daniel "Koo Nimo" Amponsah, Scholar & Performing artist (courtesy of Acoustiguide)
3. Yao Amponsah, Musician
4. Fu Kiau Bunseki, Independent Scholar
5. Michael Darling, Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum
6. Marita Dingus, Artist
7. Julie Emerson, The Ruth J. Nutt Curator of Decorative Arts, Seattle Art Museum
8. Patricia Failing, Professor, University of Washington
9. Clyde Ford, Author & Mythologist
10. Kakuta Ole Maimai Hamasi, Founder, Maasai Association, Seattle (courtesy of Acoustiguide)
11. Laura Heon, Director & Curator, SITE Sante Fe
12. Bill Holm, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
13. Calvin Hunt (Tlasutiwalis), Kwakwaka'wakw Artist
14. Sam Irem, past President of the Afikpo Association of America
15. Chiyo Ishikawa, Deputy Director for Art & Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, Seattle Art Museum
16. Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Kayla Skinner Deputy Director for Education and Public Programs, Seattle Art Museum
17. Patricia Junker, Curator of American Art, Seattle Art Museum
18. Margaret Laird, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, University of Washington
19. Randy Lewis, Colville Artist
20. John Marshall, Silversmith
21. Pam McClusky, Curator, Art of Africa and Oceania, Seattle Art Museum
22. Roy McMakin, Artist
23. Kimberly Miller, Skokomish Weaver
24. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington
25. Ross Palmer Beecher, Artist
26. Hetti Perkins, Curator, The Art Gallery of New South Wales
27. Ginny Ruffner, Artist
28. Andrew P. Schulz, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Oregon
29. Yinka Shonibare, Artist (courtesy of Acoustiguide)
30. Preston Singletary, Kaagwaantaan, Tlingit Artist
31. Lowery Stokes Sims, Adjunct Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem & Visiting Professor, Queens College, Hunter College and Cornell University
32. Rebecca Stone, Associate Professor, Faculty Curator of Art of the Ancient Americas, Emory University
33. Do Ho Suh, Artist
34. Gene Tagaban, Tlingit Storyteller & Artist
35. Akio Takamori, Artist & Professor, University of Washington
36. Emily Teeter, Research Associate, Oriental Institute, and Curator of Egyptian and Nubian Antiquities, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
37. James Whetzel, Musician
38. Christian White, Haida Artist
39. Virginia Wright, Collector & Benefactor, Seattle Art Museum
40. Jay Xu, Pritzker Curator of Asian Art, Art Institute of Chicago
41. Josh Yiu, Foster Foundation Assistant Curator of Chinese Art, Seattle Art Museum
42. Kevin Young, Poet

Audio/Video Providers for Touch Screens & Online Collection

1. Art 21–Do Ho Suh (touch screen kiosks)
2. Matt Arnett, Tinwood Ventures–The Quilts of Gee’s Bend (online collection)
3. Daniel "Koo Nimo" Amponsah, Scholar & Performing artist–Appearance of the Asantehene (online collection)
4. Greylodge Podcasting Company–Filz TV, 1970. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, available online (touch screen kiosks)
5. Nick Cave/The Joyce Foundation–Interview with Nick Cave (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
6. Emmanuel Chiabi, Professor of History, Highline Community College–Laikom in 2006 (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
7. Kathy Curnow, Professor of Art History, Cleveland State University–Benin Palace Ceremony (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
8. Sarah Errington, Documentary Filmmaker–Going in Style (online collection)
9. Andrew Frankel, Musicologist & Independent Scholar–Gelede Performance and Owner of the Mouth in Constant Celebration (online collection)
10. IslandWood Media–Interviews with Calvin Hunt, Christian White, Kimberly Miller, Preston Singletary, and Caleb Child (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
11. Kakuta Ole Maimai Hamasi, Founder, Maasai Association, Seattle–Footage of Maasai Women in Merrueschi Community, Kenya (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
12. Li Jin, Artist–Li Jin video footage (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
13. Frederick Lamp, Curator, Yale University Art Gallery–Dance of the Baga D’Mba (touch screen kiosks)
14. Cornelius Moore, Director, California Newsreel–Divine Carcasse and Chef, Chef (touch screen kiosks)
15. Seattle Art Museum–Interviews with Ross Palmer Beacher, Marita Dingus, Daniel “Koo Nimo” Amponsah, Fu Kiau Bunseki, Kakuta Ole Maimai Hamisi, Takeo Tanabe, Andy Schultz, Simon Ottenberg, Linda Williams, Stuart Pyhrr, Chiyo Ishikawa, Rebecca Stone, Karen Mathews, Patricia Junker, Bill Holm, Do Ho Suh (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
16. Lester Monts, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan–Vai Tombo (touch screen kiosks)
17. New York Times–China Rises, available online (touch screen kiosks)
18. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington–Afikpo Play from 1950’s (online collection)
19. Christopher D. Roy, Professor of Art History, University of Iowa–Dance of the Bwa Serpent Mask (touch screen kiosks)
20. Preston Singletary, Kaagwaantaan, Tlingit Artist-Preston Singletary: Threshold (online collection)
21. Dr. Nnachi Umennachi, Professor, Scott Community College–Afikpo Performance, 1993 (online collection)
22. Susan Vogel, Professor of Art History, Columbia University–Living Memory and Malick Sidibe (touch screen kiosks)
23. YTN Media–Masterpiece and Master: Yoon Kwang-cho (online collection & touch screen kiosks)

Close Ups Content Authors

1. Margery Aronson, Contract Writer (online collection)
2. Sarah Berman, Collections Coordinator & Research Associate, Seattle Art Museum (online collection)
3. Barbara Brotherton, Curator of Native American Art, Seattle Art Museum (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
4. Michael Darling, Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
5. Nicholas Dorman, Chief Conservator, Seattle Art Museum (online collection)
6. Julie Emerson, The Ruth J. Nutt Curator of Decorative Arts, Seattle Art Museum (online collection)
7. Margalyn Hemphill, Western Washington University Alumna (online collection)
8. Chiyo Ishikawa, Deputy Director of Art & Curator of European Painting & Sculpture, Seattle Art Museum (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
9. Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Kayla Skinner Deputy Director of Education & Public Programs, Seattle Art Museum (touch screen kiosks)
10. Patricia Junker, Curator of American Art, Seattle Art Museum (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
11. Mireya Lewin, Contract Writer (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
12. Karen Mathews, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Art History, University of Washington (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
13. Pam McClusky, Curator, Art of Africa and Oceania, Seattle Art Museum (online collection)
14. Yukiko Shirahara, John A. McCone Foundation Curator of Asian Art, Seattle Art Museum (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
15. Anna Strankman, Curatorial Assistant, Native American Art, Seattle Art Museum (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
16. Emily Teeter, Research Associate, Oriental Institute, and Curator of Egyptian and Nubian Antiquities, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago (online collection)
17. Jenn Willson, Manager of Interpretive Technology Programs, Seattle Art Museum (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
18. Josh Yiu, Foster Foundation Assistant Curator of Chinese Art, Seattle Art Museum (online collection & touch screen kiosks)
    
    

 

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