A new exhibition at the Hood Museum of Art, organized by faculty of the anthropology, art history, classics, and studio art departments, illustrates the Hood's primary mission as a teaching museum. Critical Faculties: Teaching with the Hood's Collections employs a series of four distinct installations that represent each discipline's approach to teaching with art. Student works inspired by permanent collection items are featured in this installation, in many cases expressing the direct influence of the masters. Visitors will have an opportunity to experience works of art from a wide range of media and time periods.
This "insider" perspective on the collections begins a yearlong journey of looking at some of the 65,000 works of art in the museum's collections that will reflect the myriad ways people perceive and utilize the museum. Critical Faculties, which runs through Mar. 13, is offered as part of the Hood's yearlong celebration of its 20th anniversary in 2005.
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