Cost:

The programs listed below are free of charge, but donations are encouraged. We accept cash and checks made payable to the Massillon Museum.

Scheduling:

To schedule a program, please contact Jill Malusky by phone at 330-833-4061 or by email. Presentations are booked on a first-come first-serve basis, so please be flexible; not all dates are available.

List of Presentations:

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Presentations

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Presenters' Initials
AMP: Mandy Altimus Pond
CFS: Christine Fowler Shearer
SP: Scot Phillips
JM: Jill Malusky
AN: Alexandra Nicholis
CC: Christopher Craft
ST: Sandi Thouvenin
EV: Emily Vigil

Art, Culture, & Entertainment Topics:
Artful Living: Collaborative Educational Program Promoting the Arts (CC 45 minutes)
Christmas Party at the White House, Celebration 2007 (CC 45 minutes)
Women in Silent Film (AMP 30-60 minutes)
Films of the Silent Era (AMP 30-60 minutes)
Early Silent Films (AMP 30-60 minutes)
Entertainment of the early 1900s (AMP 30-60 minutes)
Ohio Women Painters from the Turn-of-the-Century (CFS 30-50 minutes)
Midwestern Impressionism (CFS 30-50 minutes)
Survey of Landscape Art (JM 30-60 minutes)
Survey of Landscape Art (EV 30 minutes)
Cultural Concepts of Beauty (JM 30-60 minutes)
Survey of Body Art (JM 30-60 minutes)
Film Studies (JM 30-60 minutes)
Ancient Egyptian Art (ST 30 minutes)
Short Phrases in Arabic (ST 20-30 minutes)
William T. Mathews: Painter of Presidents (AN 30-60 minutes)
Language of the Victorian Fan (AN 20 minutes)
Early-20th Century Women Photographers (AN 30-40 minutes)
Early Massillon Photographers (AN 30-40 minutes)
Dada and Surrealism (AN 30-40 minutes)
Lecture on Dada Art (SP 30 minutes)
Alfonse Mucha and His Contribution to Art Nouveau (SP 30-40 minutes)
The Films of Clara Bow (SP 30-60 minutes)
Critique on the film “Un Chien Andalou” (SP 30 minutes)
Silkscreening (SP 40-60 minutes)
Alternative Photographic Methods (EV 30 minutes)
The Artist as Bookmaker (EV 30 minutes)
Plein Air Painters: from Corot to Graham Nickson (EV 30 minutes)
Survey of Latin American Art, focus on contemporary art from Puerto Rico (30 minutes)

History Topics:
Titanic and the end of the Edwardian Era (AMP 30-60 minutes)
Recording Your History (AMP 30-60 minutes)
Oral Histories: Preserving Stories (AMP 30-60 minutes)
Genealogy of the Massillon Area (AMP 30-60 minutes)
The Steel Industry in Stark County, Ohio (CFS 30 minutes)
Ohio Ghost Stories (CFS 40 minutes)
Football History (CFS 30 minutes)
Zelda Fitzgerald (CFS 40-60 minutes)
Jack London (CFS 40-60 minutes)
Ohio’s Pre-Contact Native American History & Archaeology (JM 30-60 minutes)
The Moundbuilders (JM 30-60 minutes)
Debunking History (JM 30-60 minutes)
The American Civil War (CC 45 minutes or more with Q & A)
Civil War Living History (CC 45 minutes or more with Q & A)
The Social, Political and Diplomatic Significance of the Battle of Antietam (CC 45 minutes)
Massillon and the Civil War (CC 45-60 minutes)
An Overview of the American Revolution (CC 45 minutes)
Abraham Lincoln (CC 45 minutes)

Museum-Related Topics:
Opportunities and Careers in Art (CC 45 minutes)
Cell Phone & Online Audio Tours: Enhancing Your Visitors’ Experience (AMP 30-60 minutes)
How to Organize a Traveling Exhibition (CFS 30 minutes)
Issues in Museum Development and Administration (CFS 60 minutes)
Cabinets of Curiosities, Personal Collections and the Beginning of Museums (JM 30-60 min)
Exhibiting Cultures, Questions of Context (JM 30-60 minutes)
Preserving Photographs and Important Documents (AN 30-40 minutes)
How to Create a Museum Exhibit (AN 30-40 minutes)
Various Topics Related to Museum Studies (AN 30-40 minutes)
Creating document reproductions for exhibits (EV 15-20 minutes)

Presentations

Listed by Presenter

Jill Malusky:
Ohio’s Pre-Contact Native American History & Archaeology (30-60 minutes)
The Moundbuilders (30-60 minutes)
Survey of Landscape Art (30-60 minutes)
Cultural Concepts of Beauty (30-60 minutes)
Survey of Body Art (30-60 minutes)
Cabinets of Curiosities, Personal Collections and the Beginning of Museums (30-60 minutes)
Exhibiting Cultures, Questions of Context (30-60 minutes)
Film Studies (30-60 minutes)
Debunking History (30-60 minutes)

Alexandra Nicholis:
William T. Mathews: Painter of Presidents (30-60 minutes)
Language of the Victorian Fan (20 minutes)
Early-20th Century Women Photographers (30-40 minutes)
Early Massillon Photographers (30-40 minutes)
Preserving Photographs and Important Documents (30-40 minutes)
How to Create a Museum Exhibit (30-40 minutes)
Various Topics Related to Museum Studies (30-40 minutes)
Dada and Surrealism (30-40 minutes)

Mandy Altimus Pond:
Women in Silent Film (30-60 minutes)
Films of the Silent Era (30-60 minutes)
Early Silent Films (30-60 minutes)
Entertainment of the early 1900s (30-60 minutes)
Titanic and the end of the Edwardian Era (30-60 minutes)
Recording Your History (30-60 minutes)
Oral Histories: Preserving Stories (30-60 minutes)
Genealogy of the Massillon Area (30-60 minutes)
Cell Phone & Online Audio Tours: Enhancing Your Visitors’ Experience (30-60 minutes)

Christine Fowler Shearer:
Ohio Women Painters from the Turn-of-the-Century (30-50 minutes)
Midwestern Impressionism (30-50 minutes)
The Steel Industry in Stark County, Ohio (30 minutes)
Ohio Ghost Stories (40 minutes)
Football History (30 minutes)
How to Organize a Traveling Exhibition (30 minutes)
Issues in Museum Development and Administration
Zelda Fitzgerald (40-60 minutes)
Jack London (40-60 minutes)

Sandi Thouvenin:
Ancient Egyptian Art (30 minutes)
Short Phrases in Arabic (20-30 minutes)

Christopher Craft:
Artful Living: Collaborative Educational Program Promoting the Arts (45 minutes)
Christmas Party at the White House, Celebration 2007 (45 minutes)
Opportunities and Careers in Art (45 minutes)
The American Civil War (45 minutes or more with Q & A)
Civil War Living History (45 minutes or more with Q & A)
The Social, Political and Diplomatic Significance of the Battle of Antietam (45 minutes)
Massillon and the Civil War (45-60 minutes)
An Overview of the American Revolution (45 minutes)
Abraham Lincoln (45 minutes)

Scot Phillips:
Lecture on Dada Art (30 minutes)
Alfonse Mucha and His Contribution to Art Nouveau (30-40 minutes)
The Films of Clara Bow (30-60 minutes)
Critique on the film “Un Chien Andalou” (30 minutes)
Silkscreening (40-60 minutes)

Emily Vigil
Alternative Photographic Methods (30 minutes)
The Artist as Bookmaker (30 minutes)
Plein Air Painters: from Corot to Graham Nickson (30 minutes)
Survey of Landscape Art (30 minutes)
Survey of Latin American Art, focus on contemporary art from Puerto Rico (30 minutes)
Creating document reproductions for exhibits (15-20 minutes)