Dear Sarai, Kristen and Veronica....

Thanks for being such a great group... small, but high quality! You "got" the idea for this class right from the start and approached your visits with a perfect attitude of inquiry and discovery...

I'm sure you'll continue to visit museum for your own enjoyment going forward... it is such a great way to spend time with your loved ones as well as continue to learn more about cultural history and contemporary practice....

Good luck and take care!

-Jerry

Thanks for everything

I've loved working with you guys, all of your insights and perspectives have given me much to think about when I look at art. Thanks for making this class feel more like an adventure than work. Good luck, and hopefully our paths will cross!

Good Luck

Thank you all for your kind posts!!! I wish you all good luck in your future en devours!


Good luck! =)

Farewell All

I just wanted to say goodbye to everyone as today is the last day of this class. I really enjoyed visiting the museums and have learned so much, more than I had expected I would learn. Visiting the museums has really given me a new outlook on art and art history. I never really knew that so many famous artists lived and performed work in Connecitcut; it has really opened my eyes. This is only the beginning of my museum appreciation endeavor; I hope to visit many more. I also enjoyed being able to read your posts as well; reading your perspective was fascinating.
Good luck and farewell.
Warm Regards,
Sarai

My photo galleries

Hi Guys,
Just wanted to check in and let you all know that I posted the photos of my visits to the Florence Griswold Museum and the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. I hope you like the pics! Sorry it took me so long to figure out what I'm doing, but now that I've got a pretty good grasp of the blogging concept I think I may keep this going for a while. I love museums, but I may broaden the visits to include libraries. I am a bit of a bibliophile, and I bring my kids to the local library of every town we visit. They love it, and we've seen a lot of really cool buildings. If you're interested in that sort of thing, or know of any interesting libraried, please let me know where they are, and check into my blog periodically! One last thing, let me know if I can improve on any of my posts before the grades close. Thanks!

Hey guys...

Hi all,
Why does life have to always seem so hectic!? Things have just been really crazy here the past couple of weeks it seems. I love that I can post anytime and not have to wait for class :) - that helps. I visited the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and will be posting that visit shortly; I am just finishing it up. Today I visited the Hill-stead museum. Oh my gosh, I think that that has been my most enjoyable visit! Don't get me wrong, I love every museum that I have been to but this one really got me the most excited. I will have that post up soon too. Only like 3 days left of this class. It is always nice to finish a class but I will miss having this one to do!

Oh boy!!!

A response to Jerry's comment (since I dont know how to comment back any other way)..

Im sad!!! lol I thought Thomas Kinkade was a great painter!! This just goes to show how ignorant I am with these paintings.


=( :tear:

I always said that I wish I was "artsy", but that just isn't me.. im more of a scientific person. But I am glad to have had the opportunity to visit these museums to expand my mind and fill out the cob webs with something else.

Tomorrow I will be going to visit the museum in Old Lyme... Then I have realized that I have 3 museums in total that I have to post before Wednesday, Im not quite sure how that happened... hmm......

My Visit to the Computer

Ok, I'm blogging about blogging out of frustration, so bear with me during this mini-rant. In a failed attempt to post a slideshow of my Museum of Fine Art photos I nearly obliterated my entire blog. Then, I had such a clever advertisement to post here to lure you to my blog and check them out, but that sort of imploded, too. This, my friends, is what I get for being born too late! The virtual world is an enigma. So, all this fussing aside, I will say that the Museum of Fine Arts was a lovely showcase of scultpures, paintings, instruments, photographs, pottery and artifacts. It had a little something about nearly everything, and it was an interesting adventure to wander through the building. When my pictures are up, by tomorrow I hope, you'll also see my brother and sister in law, as well as my kids. We had such a great time there, so I figured I'd include them in the post.

Good Evening,

I wanted to share this book with you all but unfortunately since we don't all meet together in a classroom, I can't. I guess I can at least tell you a little about it. This book was given to my by my Father last week. It is book that is composed of many paintings of many different highly recognized artists as well as photos of antique furniture. I was even able to find paintings and information on Willard Metcalf (artist's work that I was introduced to at Florence Griswold). All of the paintings and antiques that are included inside this book were once located at Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. in Hartford, CT. The reason that my father had this book is because he served as a docent for this collection. Unfortunately, some big head honcho decided that the company would benefit from selling the collection rather than continuing to have it on display - so all of the items were sold. The only memory of the collection is this book, one of only a few copies I am told. I thought the story interesting and wanted to share it with you. As I flip through the paintings and captions I find other beautiful pieces from artists like Weir, Church, and Loomis. This is one for instance where I wish we met in person so that I could share.

Visits

My visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art is up on my blog, although the pictures will be coming soon (hopefully tonight). I have to sort through and organize what came from where because I also visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. I have to say that even though trying to complete these assignments during the school vacation week when both my kids were home was a challenge I barely survived (mentally), we all learned a lot and I'm happy they got to check out some interesting things. They both now talk about the museum all the time, so it was as fun as it was exhausting!

Hmm...

Well I'm not quite sure what is going on! lol I made my post on Wednesday night and I go in today to make sure that I did it correctly and my pictures were GONE!! I apologize to anyone who tried to view it and had an error. I had issues with the post that night and that could be why they were missing. Hopefully they will stay there this time! I just went back in and put the pictures in.

Sorry for any inconvenience.