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Digitized Audio-Visual Features

Audio

Bergman, Bob: Art Museums for a Democratic Society
A lecture by Cleveland Museum of Art director Bob Bergman.
Citation: "Bob Bergman: Art Museums for a Democratic Society", December 5, 1993. Audio Programs, The Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
Duchamp, Marcel: Apropos of Myself
A resurgence of interest in the works of Marcel Duchamp during the late 1950s and 1960s prompted a number of retrospective exhibitions and lectures by the artist who spoke in Cleveland on his life and work.
Jelliffe, Rowena: A Conversation
A conversation between Rowena Jelliffe, a social worker and co-founder of Karamu House, and Dorothy Silver. This conversation was a part of the Cleveland Museum of Art's Wednesday evening festival program on July 19, 1989.
Keyes, Roger: Emergence of Realism in Eighteenth Century Japanese Prints
"Roger Keyes: Emergence of Realism in Eighteenth Century Japanese Prints," April 27, 1983. Audio Programs, The Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
Milliken, William: This I Believe
"This I Believe" radio broadcast with Edward R. Murrow featuring Cleveland Museum of Art Director William Mathewson Milliken, circa 1951-1955. Audio Programs, The Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
Slive, Seymour: Frans Hals and his Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman
"Frans Hals and his Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman," a lecture by Seymour Slive, 7 May 2000.

Film and Video

Contemporary Silversmithing: The Stretching Method, a film from the Frederick A. Miller Collection
Frederick Anson Miller (1913-2000) was a nationally renowned silversmith. His objects are in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Best known for his distinctive style of hollowware characterized by its asymmetrical form, he was also an accomplished jeweler and teacher.
Goldsmithing Techniques of John Paul Miller, a film from the John Paul Miller collection
Cleveland, Ohio artist John Paul Miller was a master goldsmith who revived the ancient jewelry manufacture technique of granulation. This video, narrated by John Paul Miller, illustrates his methods.
Goldsmithing Granulation and Enameling, a film from the John Paul Miller collection
Cleveland, Ohio artist John Paul Miller was a master goldsmith who revived the ancient jewelry manufacture technique of granulation. This video, narrated by John Paul Miller, illustrates the goldsmithing methods of granulation and enameling.
The Priest of Myoshinji
"The Priest of Myoshinji" is a 1970 WKYC-TV public affairs presentation featuring Cleveland Museum of Art director Sherman Lee and Curator of Asian Art Wai Kam Ho.
Silversmithing: Raising a Free Form Bottle
In 1967, Frederick Miller and John Paul Miller produced Raising a Free Form Bottle, a film on the fabrication of one of Miller’s silver bottles. Originally filmed without sound Miller later collaborated with the Society of North American Goldsmiths to add the narration featuring his voice. Presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives for reference purposes only in accordance with the US Copyright Act Section 107. To learn more about Frederick Miller please visit: https://archive.org/details/FrederickMiller
A Visit to the Armor Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Video of a visit to the Armor Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, circa 1935.
Lectures
Browse a selection of public lectures held at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Experimental Films

In 2002, the Cleveland Museum of Art was awarded a grant from The National Film Preservation Foundation to preserve three animated films produced in the 1960s and 70s. The three films were produced during a series of experimental film animation classes for teenagers offered by the museum’s education department during that period. To view a press release regarding the digitization project, visit https://archive.org/details/cmapr4533.

Audio Visual Highlights

Goldsmithing Techniques of John Paul Miller, 1987

Cleveland, Ohio artist John Paul Miller was a master goldsmith who revived the ancient jewelry manufacture technique of granulation. This video, narrated by John Paul Miller, illustrates his methods.

This video is part of the John Paul Miller collection, held by the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. For more information on the collection please visit the finding aid at: https://archive.org/details/JohnPaulMiller

Goldsmithing Techniques of John Paul Miller, 1987

Cleveland, Ohio artist John Paul Miller was a master goldsmith who revived the ancient jewelry manufacture technique of granulation. This video, narrated by John Paul Miller, illustrates his methods.

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8 and Super 8 millimeter film Finding Aid
Eight millimeter and super 8 millimeter films produced by children in the education department's film animation classes, 1960s-1993.
16 millimeter film collection Finding Aid
Films produced by children in the Education Department's youth classes, educational films produced by the Education Department, and other films not related to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Cleveland Museum of Art Audio Programs Finding Aid
This collection includes audio program files from various departments, dating primarily from the 1980s onward. Included are lectures, symposia, WCLV "art comments", public service announcements, radio broadcasts, exhibition acoustiguides, audio tracks for visual productions, various types of interviews, and recordings of special events and speakers.
Cleveland Museum of Art radio talks Finding Aid
This small collection on microfilm consists of transcripts of radio talks presented by museum staff on local radio stations on various topics including the May Show, the Museum's twentieth anniversary, exhibitions, collections, and programs.
Cleveland Museum of Art video collection Finding Aid
Videos produced by and for the museum to publicize exhibitions and for other purposes.

Digital Collections: Audio-Visual Features

Digitized Audio-Visual Features

Audio

Film and Video

Experimental Films

Audio Visual Highlights

The Priest Of Myoshinji, 1970

Goldsmithing Techniques of John Paul Miller, 1987

Marcel Duchamp: Apropos of Myself, 1962

The Priest Of Myoshinji, 1970

Goldsmithing Techniques of John Paul Miller, 1987

Marcel Duchamp: Apropos of Myself, 1962

The Priest Of Myoshinji, 1970

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