Monthly Archives: March 2009

Bridge to Somewhere

March 26, 2009 – 1:51 pm

What our staff has affectionately referred to as the “Bridge to Nowhere” has been transformed into the “Bridge to Somewhere”. This stout, well-constructed bridge began its life as a Boy-Scout project off the Woodland Trail (see map).  Unfortunately, the structure was installed 30 yards uphill of the existing trail, and it had only one entrance [...]

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The Thing in the Window

March 18, 2009 – 10:06 am

Cebolla Church is in most respects a typical painting by Georgia O’Keeffe: a deadpan, apparently artless presentation of a subject in colors of bleached sky and adobe. I say apparently artless, because O’Keeffe is really being sly with the image. Note that she squeezes the church into the rectangle of the canvas. Still, it doesn’t [...]

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Kindle 2 and Art Books

March 16, 2009 – 9:31 am

Who would have thought even ten years ago that we could be reading books on a wireless reading device, have the ability to download books anywhere we find ourselves, have a bookstore right in the palm of our hands? Evidently, the future is now: Amazon recently introduced the latest version of their electronic reader, called [...]

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Finding Inspiration

March 9, 2009 – 2:51 pm

Anselm Kiefer’s Untitled, a painting in the Museum’s collection, hangs not only as a cornerstone in our contemporary gallery, but for me it is a constant reminder of why I chose to pursue a career in museums. As a college freshman studying Psychology, I took an Art Appreciation class as an elective purely out of [...]

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A Writer’s View: The Garden Parasol

March 6, 2009 – 11:00 am

Growing up in a country town in the thirties and forties, I first knew about art from reproductions of the “old masters.” But when it came to “modern art,” as we called it, it was the Impressionists who came to mind. They had crossed to us so easily: Monet, Manet, and Renoir. Also we would [...]

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Snow Day

March 3, 2009 – 4:51 pm

UPDATE: Chris and Karen, the Museum’s photographers, just posted some exquisite snow photos on Flickr. Check out the slideshow.

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