Meet Me at the Art Museum

Zoe Appleby
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A podcast that shares weird, wonderful, and inspiring stories from the world of art and culture. This is a show for the culturally curious listener. Join Zoe, a current PhD student in art history, as she explores the objects, places, and artists who facinate her.

Episodes

  1. Episode 3: Beyond the Glitter: Medical and Magical Medieval Gemstones

    11/21/2025

    Episode 3: Beyond the Glitter: Medical and Magical Medieval Gemstones

    Tune in to this art history podcast episode hear from Zoe about the magical powers of medieval gemstones. Comments or episode requests? Use these links! https://www.instagram.com/art_history_podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089922645769 Reference Links: Brigitte Buettner, The Mineral and the Visual: Precious Stones in Medieval Secular Culture Albertus Magnus, On Minerals  Marian Campbell, Medieval Jewellery: In Europe 1100-1500 Cynthia Hahn. What Do Reliquaries Do for Relics? Artwork: 6th century Byzantine gold bracelet adorned with various gemstones and pearls, currently part of the Toledo Museum of Art collection, Ohio, USA.⁣ Music: “Sailing Away” by HoliznaCC0

    15 min
  2. Episode 2: Health Reasons to Visit an Art Museum

    02/21/2023

    Episode 2: Health Reasons to Visit an Art Museum

    Tune in to this art history podcast episode hear how visiting art museums benefits your health and the flourishing of your community! Zoe also shares 5 ways you can get the most out of your art museum visits: 1. Bring a sketchbook; 2. Catch the traveling show; 3. Talk to the guards; 4. Don’t see it all; 5. Spark your imagination Comments or episode requests? Use these links! https://www.instagram.com/art_history_podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089922645769 Reference Links: https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6377.full.print https://ppc.sas.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/artmuseumflourishing.pdf https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2022/04/09/3-scientific-reasons-why-visiting-an-art-museum-can-boost-your-happiness-today/?sh=27bb7bf6528d https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mental-health-museum-prescription-brussels-2178582 Artwork is by Gustav Klimt, “Medicine” (Detail: “Hygieia”), 1900-07; Hygieia is the Greco-Roman goddess of health. © Belvedere, Vienna Music: “Sailing Away” by HoliznaCC0

    15 min
  3. Episode 1: A Chinese Statue and Fabric Organs

    02/07/2023

    Episode 1: A Chinese Statue and Fabric Organs

    Explore the world of medieval Chinese Buddhism through a close look at this sculpture of Guanyin in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Your host is a PhD student in art history who is facinated by the stories art objects can tell us. Sources for this episode include: The Lotus Sutra, the Sutra on the Merit of Bathing the Buddha, Chün-fang Yü's Chinese Buddhism: A Thematic History, and James Robson's “The Buddhist Image Inside-Out: On the Placing of Objects Inside Statues in East Asia.” To see images of the sculpture visit https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.70 or find Meet Me at the Art Museum on Instagram and Facebook Music: "Sailing Away" by HoliznaCC0

    15 min
  4. Introduction: The Fire Evacuation

    01/30/2023

    Introduction: The Fire Evacuation

    In this episode of Meet Me at the Art Museum, podcast host Zoe shares her love for art and art history... a love that has stood the test of fire! To see the images accompanying this episode, please visit https://www.instagram.com/art_history_podcast/ Episode Transcription Coming Soon!  Music: "Sailing Away" by HoliznaCC0

    5 min
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A podcast that shares weird, wonderful, and inspiring stories from the world of art and culture. This is a show for the culturally curious listener. Join Zoe, a current PhD student in art history, as she explores the objects, places, and artists who facinate her.

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