Lesson 7 Part II (Camio)

CAMIOCAMIO stands for “Catalog of Art Museum Images Online.” It is a growing online collection containing works of art from museum collections around the world, including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Walker Art Center, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and the Albert and Victoria Museum.CAMIO covers cultures around the world from 3,000 B.C. to today. More than a collection of paintings, CAMIO includes art in the broadest sense from photos to sculpture to textiles to wood and silver and more. Researchers can start with a general search and then refine it by using the tools on the left toolbar.Due to access restrictions, CAMIO is available only within schools and libraries, not from home. Works of art may be used for educational and research purposes, if they are properly credited. Images may not be published or otherwise distributed.Because it is image-oriented, CAMIO and search results may take a little longer than usual to load. The South Dakota State Library has a two-page handout to provide information about CAMIO.Discovery Exercise Part 2You will need to complete this exercise at your school or library. CAMIO is not accessible from home. You can access CAMIO via this alphabetical list.
1. In the search box, type “Paul Revere” (quotation marks unnecessary). What items do you see made by the legendary Revolutionary War hero?2. In the search box, type “Sioux” and blog about your results.3. Search for your favorite artist and blog about your results.4. How would you and your community use this resource? What other observations can you make?5. CAMIO has a lot of potential for personalizing and presenting research. Do a search on a subject of your choice. Choose 3 or 4 favorites by checking the box to the left of the image number. Click "Add to Favorites" toward the top of the page under the number of results. Read the box that appears and click "OK." Then click "View Favorites" in the upper right of the screen. The left part of the screen allows you to view a slide show, move the images around, compare images, and create a webpage using these images. Try out these features and report your findings.
l. Wow, I did not know that Paul Revere was a silversmith. I found most of his artwork to be located at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston--a teaspoon, a salver, Sons of Liberty bowl--a teapot and a two--handled covered bowl. TheMetropolitan Museum of Art in NYC also had some of his work.

2.I wondered who was on the ball at the Detroit Institute of Art in the 1980's and was able to garner such a large collection of Sioux art. I am very intrigued by this sort of librarianship--acquisition.

3. I chose Georgia O'Keefe--and what I found again is how almost all those east coast places have much of her collection. I was in Santa Fe this summer and at her own museum. None of the Santa Fe collection is on here. I noticed that some of her paintings have numbers attached to their titles--and I found out his summer that she has several of the same landscape that she has numbered differently. So it is possible that many of these paintings could be is several places--just different numbers.

4. I know how I will use this already. I ran directly to the art department and showed the art teachers. They had no idea and were thrilled. We are going to make up a kind of exercise for students to do.

5.Oh wow--you can make a slide show. I ran directly back to the art department to show them.