February 23, 2009 – 5:39 pm
What’s it like being an artist who works at an art museum? It’s certainly not an uncommon occurrence. Every museum I know of has various staff people who are involved with the arts outside of work. The level of involvement varies from those who are committed to being serious artists and promoting their careers to [...]
February 20, 2009 – 3:08 pm
The NCMA’s Giotto altarpiece is now hanging in the greatest single gallery of early Italian paintings anywhere in the world: Room #2 of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The room features altarpieces by Giotto, his master Cimabue, and his slightly older contemporary, the great Sienese master Duccio. These three paintings are the “Holy Trinity” of [...]
February 17, 2009 – 11:24 am
After a few years’ break from volunteer work, I began to feel the spirit rising again last summer. I had volunteered with a lot of school and community groups, but this time I wanted to do something completely different. Now I wanted to follow my bliss. So I became a volunteer at the North Carolina [...]
February 11, 2009 – 9:43 am
At Dangeil, you can sleep under the stars. That’s rather distracting because the stars look absolutely fabulous against the dark desert sky. Sleeping outside also means being exposed to the winds. Although constant in Dangeil, the wind was much stronger than usual and I opted to sleep in the Bisharin house (with four other girls). [...]
February 6, 2009 – 3:06 pm
I arrived in San Diego last week for the semi-annual meeting of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) at the same moment that Brandeis University announced that it was closing its Rose Art Museum and selling the collection to help secure the university’s finances. Barely contained hysteria among the 120 directors there assembled was [...]
February 2, 2009 – 11:01 pm
Hooray! We welcomed our 1000th Facebook Fan this week. Thanks everybody!
