January 26, 2009 – 4:51 pm
An archaeologist is probably not the most fashionable person on the planet while working in the field. There is one item, however, that gives one a very dashing air…
1) a T-shirt with CANADA written on it somewhere;
2) a light blue button-down shirt;
3) trousers with multiple pockets, accessorised with a tape measure on the front [...]
January 20, 2009 – 3:08 pm
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After spending awhile in London doing curatorial research, I am now in the Sudan on an archaeological dig–doing research by playing in the dirt at Dangeil. This is a British Museum and National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums excavation project, but the main team is comprised of Canadian and Sudanese archaeologists. It happens [...]
January 16, 2009 – 5:18 pm
The death of Andrew Wyeth today has reminded me of a story…
I met Wyeth only once. In the mid-1980s I was working as the curator of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine. Early one summer the ladies at the Museum’s reception desk fluttered into my office, whispering that Andrew Wyeth and his [...]
January 15, 2009 – 11:00 am
Next time you’re in the Museum Park, check out the new collaborative artwork in the kiosk (map). The four Park-inspired collages were created by the Adventure Seekers–a group of 7-12 year olds from the Museum’s Track-Out program. (Super-extra bonus points for creative use of colored duct tape.)
January 7, 2009 – 5:08 pm
Rocquel Erman, a Chatham County teacher reflects on Ledelle Moe’s Congregation:
This summer while attending a workshop entitled The Art of Collaboration at the North Carolina Museum of Art, I wandered over to a bench, sat down, and quickly became mesmerized by two women that appeared to work at the museum. One was dressed casually and [...]
January 2, 2009 – 1:56 pm
Recently, as I was visiting the World Museum in Liverpool, I noticed this strange (but super interesting) case in the Oceanic section of the Human World gallery. Just take a look at the pictures.
You approach from one side, the case is blurry and you only see the vague silhouette of a few artefacts. The [...]
