The Florence Griswold Museum Old Lyme

I just posted my second paper...cmbdayspa.blogspot.com...!!!!!!! yeah the snow melted!!!!

Old Say Brook CT

I heard that Catherine Hepburn's' home in Fenwick Old Say Brook is being turned into a museum.

Black History Month...

Hello everyone, just want to share some info with y'all. In honor of Black History Month there will be an Amistad Remembrance, a festive concert on Thursday, February 26th, 7:30pm, at Woolsey Hall, New Haven .
The concert celebrates Black History month with a tribute to those who bravely fought against slavery and a life of captivity. NHSO Music Director William Boughton will lead the orchestra in a thrilling program including Duke Ellington’s The River, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto in G minor, Op 80 featuring guest artist Philippe Graffin, Marsha Chusmir Shapiro’s African Accents with special guests - students of Amistad Academy and Joseph Schwantner’s New Morning for the World – Daybreak of Freedom featuring guest narrator WTNH Channel 8 News Anchor Keith Kountz.

NIKKI

Just to share/ BIBLE STORIES

Although I know its not on the curriculum..............this afternooon , between picking up my daughter and making it to my practicum meeting, I stopped off at a small gallery / conference room called the Fairfiled Arts Council where they have a current exhibit called BIBLE STORIES. Here are some images from my visit ......... be prepared. These are not your Sunday Church School renderings. What the artist did was take passages directly from the bible... no interpretation needed and illustrated them. I thought the collection was very interesting..... Please feel free to comment. The remainder are posted in my blog ( Aisha's Blog)

Monica's getting better

It's me Monica . I just wanted everyone to know that I had a chance to visit Yale Art Gallery

Recession hits Museum

Hello Everyone,
I was just thinking this weekend, has the recession affected Art Museums? I was able to find an article on Livemint.com that discusses how Brandeis University has to close their museum due to the recession. This is incredible to me, however, everyone I talk to are all in agreement that it appears that funding concerning the Arts is the first thing to go when budgets are slashed. Please read this article as I think it has much meaning to what we are learning this MOD.

http://www.livemint.com/articles/2009/01/28091403/Recession-hit-US-varsity-to-se.html

Also, I will be posting my 3rd paper regarding my visit to the Yale Art Gallery. We had such an incredible experience I can't wait for you all to read about it.

-Ryan

The Griswold Musuem in Old Lyme

2/08/09 went to the Griswold Museum in Old Lyme with my cousins...had great time will be posting up my second blog tonight or tomorrow .... no pictures allowed inside this museum sooooo i will pull some of the art off the internet... great picture opportunities if you walk around the grounds. It is located on the shoreline...very pretty this time of year!!! Tomorrow I'm off to the Met.. yippee....

Wadsworth Atheneum

Hello everyone,

I visited the Wadsworth Atheneum on yesterday and will have my paper posted about the infamous Hudson River School artist, Frederick Church, up very soon. What a state treasure we have in our capitol city!

The Wadsworth, 600 Main Street, Hartford, CT

Today was my visit to "The Wadsworth" in Hartford. This was my first vist, very enjoyable. I took my son with me; he seemed to like it too. Visit my blog for my paper and pictures. Nikki

Wadsworth Museum

Hello Everyone,

I just posted my second paper on my visit to the Wadsworth Museum in Hartford. Please check it out. I had a wonderful experience, and will be sure to go back many times!

-Ryan

http://ryanyasgar.blogspot.com/

Is it Friday yet!!

I will be visiting the Wadsworth this Saturday. I have never been there; I will bring my son with me and make a day of it. I hope it doesn't snow. By a show of hands, who's ready for spring? ooohh, ooohh, I am! I am!

I NEED TO LIVE IN FLORIDA!!!

cmbdayspa.blogspot.com... posted my first blog...check it out!! Missed out on the Griswold yesterday with the snow, but I plan to go this sunday to make up for the loss of time...Tuesdays is still a go!!

Heres an artist you will see at the Yale Art Museum. John Martin paintings of the Deluge and some of other pieces.

The deluge 1834

1828..the seventh plague on Egypt

Belshazzar's Feast.. 1820

Joshua commanding the sun... 1816

Ask for a chair!

I found out today from a very good source at the Gallery (a guard!) that you can ask for a stool or a chair, if there is none available, to sit and study a piece. So don't hesitate to flaunt the fact that you are a student studying art and ask for a chair!

Best -- Tara

Guess where I went?

Come and visit my blog and check out my photo diary (with captions!) of the YUAG at http://greenwoman69.blogspot.com/ !

Yale Treasure Hunting

The Yale art museum always gives me a feeling of a treasure hunt, you know the stone coffered-like ceiling, gray-ish flooring, very cave like without the work.. well in it I found a few treasures, in the modern arts section. I am not a fan of the traditional stuff, I prefer the abstract except in few cases like the Edwin Austin Abbey listed above. It is a scene from Hamlet , my picture does no justice, but the feeling was so intense. I have a story also to add to the intensity.... I was being tailed by a security guard who thuoght he was slick.... but thats another blog. Anyhoo, I could stand there for quite some time just staring into the details of this painting, it just pulls you in. But the reds are wonderful, they've got this sinister energy. The scene depicted is from Hamlet act 3 scn. 2, in which Hamlet has set up a play

to "play" on the guilt of Claudius for murdering his father..... anyway, you can feel that through the red in the king and queens clothing, the almost fiery lighting in the background, the stripe on the cap of the jester.... so many things that were great about this painting. Its a go see. And of course the Picassos were wonderful too. My favorites were the Seated woman on the red wall, it pulls you right in, the Juan Gris / Journal et Compotier, and Van Gogh's Le Cafe de Nuit, because of the movement and color.

My Second Paper (Wadsworth Museum)

Hello Everyone,

I was in the midst of writing my second paper regarding my experience at the Wadsworth this past weekend. As part of my paper I have reflected on lessons I have learned while visiting these museums.

I think I am really starting to get the hang of the “Museum Experience”; some things I have learned are :

1. Find the coat check, this is a must in the winter, wearing a bulky coat is not conducive to enjoying the experience.

2. Location of the bathrooms, this is important for obvious reasons I do not have to mention.

3. Hydrate before going in as there is no food and drink allowed in the exhibit area or the
museum. Yeah they have those “cafes” inside but have you seen the prices!

If anyone would like to add to my list or give any additonal pointers let me know thanks!

-Ryan

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First Steps, by Picasso

I will be writing my first paper on Picasso's painting "First Steps" This painting is on display at The Yale Art Gallery. Picasso’s “First Steps” oil on canvas is on display at The Yale Art Gallery.