Opps!!

So as I am rereading through the syllabus, I realize that I am suppose to be posting here as well!! I'm new to the whole online class thing, since it is a lot different than the blended courses offered at Albertus.

I apologize for not posting in the past week as my mom was in the hospital. Everything is fine now, but it was def. a crazy week! I have a few museums to post and I am going to be posting on the New Britain museum tonight. Please check back later tonight for my report.

Hi all!

I have posted my visit to the Yale Art Gallery on my blog. The African Art, without a doubt, took its hold on me! I have included several photos of the unique and interesting items I encountered there. Check it out… African art is a form of art that is undoubtedly in a class of its own. I hope you are all having as awesome of a time as I am. It is really cool that a class can be this much fun!

The Pace of the Post

Well, what can I say? I was off to such a great start, and here I find myself falling a week behind! My visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts were both thrilling and, dare I say, aesthetically intoxicating! These museums are full of strange and beautiful exhibits, I've thought so much about the artists I've been introduced to. However, with last week being a vacation week for the public schools, my routine for visiting/writing had been interrupted. I'll be caught up within the next two days!

Checking in...

Good Afternoon Everyone,
I just wanted to check in and see how you are all enjoying your museum visits! I have just posted my visit to the Florence Griswold museum on my blog if you are interested. It was an awesome place, certainly a different experience than my visit to the Met and Wadsworth. I enjoy how different each museum is. Taking these trips really makes me realize that museums come in all forms.
I enjoy reading your posts also. It is especially interesting to read your accounts of museums that I have been to as well and how our experiences differ.

Soaking up the rays!

As I was venturing around the Wadsworth, I stumbled upon this woman. When I first saw her, I thought, what in the world is someone doing in a museum in a bathing suit and a beach chair? I was thinking I can’t be really seeing this! Of course, I quickly realized if the museum even allowed such a thing, who would do it? But doesn’t she look so real…

I couldn’t believe how life like someone was able to make this figure. As I leaned over her to take a picture, I felt like her eyes were going to open and I would have to explain to her why I was taking her photo! I just wanted to share this with you for those of you who haven’t seen her yet. It was pretty funny and interesting at the same time. Yet another form of art!

Hello fellow classmates,
I am really enjoying this class, one of the reasons being, you can't see me! I am not looking the greatest or feeling it either. I have caught some kind of flu bug and haven't been able to make it out of the house until today. On top of that my husband conveniently dowloaded a virus into our computer and has been at the repair shop for the past five days, not sure when I am getting it back. That being said, I do not have my appropriate photo shop that I am familiar with, so I hope my picture comes through okay.
I ventured out to the Wadsworth today in my feable state. I thought I might not make it; however, I managed to get through the building. I was fotunate enough to have my boss take me as I thought he would be a good curator through the museum as he was an employee there for many years.
I found the great hall to be such an extravagant place, more so than the exterior of the building. It felt almost invigorating to walk through the magnificent hall and admire the works of art that hung about. I enjoyed this visit as much as the last; although, walking through the Wadsworth compared to the Met was a very different experience.
Okay, I just attempted to add the photo; however, something doesn't seem to be working here on my Dad's laptop. So I will have to scratch that idea for the moment. I am obviously posting this anyway. I will add the picture to my paper I post on my blog.
I am going to get going along and try to nurse myself back to health. I hope you all are doing a bit better than I am!

Visits So Far

Hi Everyone,
I just thought I'd check in with you guys to see how everyone's enjoying the class. I know we're supposed to post to (that's funny) the class blog every week, so I figured I'd make a general statement about visiting museums so far. I appreciate the fact that every week it is required of me to take an entire afternoon to myself. This is a luxury I've not had since my daughter was born in '03, so the silence is deafening at times! Once I've been at the museum for about an hour, though, I find that I'm so absorbed in the exhibits. This is probably the only time during the week that I'm completely focused and not thinking about what my kids are into and up to. This is refreshing, and I don't feel at all guilty about it!
So far the Yale Art Gallery has been my favorite stop. Something about that building just feels alive to me, and as I walked from room to room I had the sense that I was literally going with the flow. I suppose in ancient terms, and now in fashionable terms, the feng shui in that place is exactly on point!
I hope everyone else is enjoying their trips, too. I know that I've learned a lot from reading everyone else's posts, and I appreciate being in a class with other people who are thoughtful and insightful. Thanks!
Kristen

Kristen's First Post

Hi All,

I wanted to invite you over to Kristen's blog to take a look at her post about her visit to the Yale Art Gallery. If you are trying to work out how to proceed, please take a moment to read her piece. She combines a great first person narrative description of the museum, its creator (the Architect Louis Kahn) and sense of place as she describes in visual language what she saw both in the building and in the artwork...

Nice going!

My day at the Met

Good Afternoon,

This week I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY city. Wow, what a place! I can't even describe in words the experience. It is such an amazing thing to see and I couldn't even see it all in one day. My father and I took the train into the city and spent several hours there and didn't even get through the whole museum. It was awesome!

I haven included a picture from the front of the museum of the detail that went into just the outside. Let alone the inside...

The building itself is a work of art and the art inside is just as unbelieveable. I hope that I can get back there again to see all the rest of it. It was truly a day that I will remember.