Final Check

Hi Everyone,

I'll be doing the final grading for the Museum Experience class this week-end. This is a reminder for you to go back and double check your work to see that it is complete. On the Syllabus, I asked you to write 4 papers of at least 750 words each and 2 photo essays where you would photograph the museum spaces and more than a few of the pieces you found there that really interested you. The photo projects should have captions identifying the art work and a sentence or two of commentary. (previously I asked for 6 papers)

You may go back and edit your work to date easily by going to the dashboard in your blog and clicking edit post.

It might be helpful to go back and re-read the syllabus again as I ask many questions there for you to consider as you write. A general template however would be to start with an introductory paragraph about the museum itself, its architecture and who the architect was. Next, a paragraph or two about your impressions of your visit and what work interested you would be in order. Next, you could take three or more paragraphs to discuss the one particular piece that you choose to write about. It should include some biographical information, what movement the piece belongs to, what its influences were and what it may have influenced. Most importantly, you should look more carefully at it using you own eyes, heart and mind to describe in detail, formal elements about the piece, that is, aspects of composition and use of paint, etc... Finally how it may have impressed or moved you.

Grades will be based on the big picture though. I prefer not to put a number grade on each piece. I will consider all of your work and contribution to this class including your being there from the beginning, the number of posts and comments you have left, my sense of your spacing out your visits and really taking time at each museum, the quality and length of your papers, and your photographs that you took and posted.

I hope you have enjoyed this process and have learned much! Hopefully you'll be visiting many more museums in the future and continue on in your art appreciation and education! It truly is a lifelong quest.

p.s., this post has almost 400 words

So Long..

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to let you all know that i have posted my last post of the term! I enjoyed reading everyone's blog, i even enjoyed learning how to blog. : ) Have a great summer!




"Evening Glow" By, Grimshaw
Yale Center for British Art



Mia

Week Seven

Hello Everyone,

As I posted on the Photography Blog, week seven has arrived...where does time go?

I want to thank all of you for sharing your museum experiences with me - it amazes me when I think of the amount of knowledge that is out there waiting for us to claim it!! Chaim Soutine, an expressionist painter, is the subject of my final paper. If you'd like to learn about an interesting artist, check it out.

Enjoy the days of summer.

Peace

Susan

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Hi, I have posted my final photo album for this class. It has truly been a wonderful experience to see so many different types of art. Please visit my blog to see what else I found interesting at this museum.

Martha

Yale University Art Gallery

I have posted my photo album for this experience. Please visit my blog to view the pictures I took. Enjoy! Thanks~

Martha

My MET Experience

Vincent Van Gogh's Olive Orchard (1900).. To see what else caught my eye, check out my blog

Mia

Day at The MET
For more photos view Sue's blog.

Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881-1973

Cavalier and a Seated Nude

1967 - Oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Claude Monet -
Grainstack (sunset), 1891


This was one of my favorite items I viewed at the MFA. To see what else I enjoyed check out my blog

Thanks,
Mia

Off to The Met this weekend - it will be my sixth and final museum visit which fullfills the requirements for this course - time does fly when you are having fun!!

Wishing you all a Happy July Fourth.

Peace

Susan
skim

YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY

Parking in New Haven is impossible on the weekend. So I took advantage of CT transit, the company I work for during the week to navigate my way through downtown New Haven on my lunch break

Yale Center for British Art

New Haven has so much to offer. I love going to museums now that I’m in this class.
My daughter now has other options to choose from.

The Wadsworth Athenum Museum of Art had so much to offer my family enjoyed there time there. Look at the beautiful sites I captured.

Florence Griswold Museum

Hi Everyone,

I have posted by blog about my terriffic visit to the Florence Griswold Museum. I hope you enjoy reading aobut it. Thanks~

Dorothea Tanning

She is one of the last living members of the Surrealist movement. If you'd like to learn more about her check out Susan's blog.

New Link and New Baby

This is a bit off the topic of the class but I wanted to let everyone know about the birth of our new grandson, Kieran Michael Nevins in Richmond, VA... We went down for his birth last week... He is in healthy, wonderful shape. Debbie and I are holding him just 20 minutes after he was delivered by C-Section... Our son Tyler is a graphic designer in Richmond where he lives with his wife Jessica.


I have added a link to the last Museum Experience class's blog from mod 4... You might find it helpful to see what others did. Take a look on the right under new class links.

Martha's WadsworthAtheneum visit

Hi Everyone,

I have posted my blog about my wonderful experience. I hope you all enjoy it. I look forward to your feedback.

Wadsworth Atheneum 1842

Hello,

Today was spent at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT - I had no idea this museum was the home to such extraordinary art! The Faith and Fortune Exhibit was great - take the time to go and see for yourself.

Enjoy your weekend...Peace

Susan

Florence Griswold Museum

I've posted new images from my day at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, on my blog.. Here's a few of my favorites

Outside near the lake located in the back of the museum

Garden near Florence Griswold's home

'In The Shade' - Edward C. Volkert

Bruce Museum

Some goodies from the museum - check them out.

Urn, International Centre Piece, 1900 - Parian porcelain
Only three left intact in the worldJivaro Indians discarded shrunken heads, as tourist trade items...ouch!

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

The structure of the building is clean and crisp, and it rests on a lush, green, two-acre sculpture garden. The current exhibitions are unique, but they weren't my cup of tea - although, they might be yours. Check out Sue's blog.

Visual Excitement

The Yale Center for British Arts had unique images that captured my eye.

Martha's trip to the New Britian Museum of Modern Art

Hi Everyone!

I have posted my blog for the New Britian Museum of Modern Art. I hope everyone has a chance to read my blog on the Peter Pan bronze statue. Let me know what you think. Thanks~

Martha

Class I've been reading you blogs their great! I will be posting tonight problems with retrieving info off my computer but its up and running.

Boston MFA

Hi All!

It looks like everyone's been enjoying their excursions to the various museums. Seeing everyone's posts makes me excited to visit those museums as well. Last weekend I went to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. What an amazing place! Here is a picture of me in front of the musuem, as well as a picture of it's beautiful interior.I will be posting more pictures and my paper on one of the Etruscan tombs on my blog over the weekend. I will also be adding pictures and a paper on Graydon Parrish's "The Cyle of Terror and Tragedy:September 11, 2001.

Hi Classmates

Hello Everyone,
I posted my first paper on this painting "Avenue de Clichy" by Louis Anquetin, which i found at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Any imput would be great... posting a paper online is a little odd but i'm getting used to it.

Thanks,
Mia

Come on over and see the treasures I discovered in New Haven at:
http://skimexperience.blogspot.com

Any input would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Susan M. Kim
skim

Yale University Art Gallery

And across the street a few hours later...

Yale University Art Gallery

MASK (Kponyugu)

Yale Center for British Art

The adventure begins...

Yale Center for British Art

John Frederick Lewis, 1805 - 1876

"And the prayer of faith shall save the sick"
(Epistle of James, 5:15)

Martha's visit to the Met

Hi Everyone,

I have posted my visit to the met. I hope my enjoyment of being at the met comes through in my blog. You can view it by selecitng the link to "Martha's Blog" on the right. Please let me know what you think. Thanks~

So What's Required?

I had a message from a member of the class asking me to clarify what's required to do this class... where the papers go, how many, etc....

I used to require a paper for each visit, spread out over the course of the Mod... Last mod, I decided to cut it back to 4 papers and 2 photo essays with captions of 2 of the visits... All work should be posted to your own blog. I noticed a big improvement in the work when you put your writing on your own blog instead of emailing me your work. Take a look at Beth's blog from last mod to see an example of my expectations:

http://bethsmuseumexperience.blogspot.com/

Take a look at how she responded personally to her visits. She set the stage with observations about the architecture and history of the building with some overall shots. Next as she responded to the artist she chose, she did include some biographical information on the artist and placed the artist's work in the context of a movement that came from someplace and may have influenced another movement. This information is easy to look up on the internet... be sure to cite your sources and when cutting and pasting another's writing, put it in italics and cite it. Mostly though, I am interested in you becoming passionate about the piece you chose and your communicating that through your images and writing.


I shot this image of the ceiling of the Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art... I am interested in your incorporating pictures of the spaces too!

Hello Everyone...

Today I visited the Yale Art Gallery in downtown New Haven. I've been there many times before- but today I brought a friend who had never been, and is not really an "artsy" person. I suggest that you all do the same, because I found much enjoyment watching her look around and constantly ask, "How did they do that?".