What is Due This Week?

Hi everyone... this is the week that we get our systems up and running, our cameras working, and your software installed. You have become a member of this blog and you've set up your Own blog to post your work to. On your blog, post a tentative list of your museum visits...

Albertus has a new directive that they would like me to take attendance two times per week. I'll be recording that in the campus cruiser attendance log. So be sure to post twice before Monday morning. One post would be your introductory hello and one would be a one paragraph statement in response to following the online links I have provided in your syllabus.

By next week, You have your first paper or photo essay posted. One post would be an invitation to view your blog and what you have been up to well and the other post would be also a one paragraph essay on some aspect of Art History, movements, styles, etc.

Each Monday morning then, I will go through the blog and record attendance in Campus Cruiser according to the posts I see. I'll experiment this mod and see about getting you a grade based on the rubric posted as a link in the upper right-hand part of the blog.

So... Paper 1 due Mon, Nov 3 then each Monday morning by 9 am onward until Dec. 15th.

Metropolitan Ceiling

Traveling to New York to go to the Metropolitan may seem like a bit of an ordeal... but rather you should treat it like a mini vacation. Prior to 9-11, I used to take ADP students each year to Europe to have this class, often times during winter break.  This museum is second to none in the world. When you go there you'll hear people from all over the world, anytime of the year.

When you enter through the front door you arrive at the great Hall. This photograph is of the ceiling of the great Hall... I took it from the second floor balcony overlooking the main staircase.  As you go out on your excursions, do try to photograph the architecture that houses each collection.  You might also spend a paragraph addressing who the architect was, why the building is important and so on.

As we head into the holidays, New York City really comes alive. So enjoy yourself and expand your horizons!

Hello Everyone

This is my first post to a blog, so I guess that makes me a rookie. I’m excited as well as somewhat nervous about the class; excited because I look forward to what the experiences over the next 8 weeks will bring. Nervous because this is my debut return back to school. Over the last 6 years this is my third attempt in completing my bachelors degree. In what field you ask, that I’m undecided. For now. I’ve been in the field of technology for nearly 10 years as a system analyst. The company I currently work for has contracted the disease called “outsourcing”…LOL. So, the return back to school provides me the opportunity to pursue a new career when my current life ends in a few years. I look forward to absorbing this culture we call “art,” as we share our weekly adventures with one another.

Ron

Hello

Hi Jerry and hello to the rest of the class too. I am looking forward to this class and I have already started planning my "treks" to the museums. I am hoping it will be to Yale this weekend with the Wadsworth Athenaeum next Thursday evening. Check out their website - the first Thursday of the month, they are open later and I think they may even be a bargain!!

Professor - can we use the Peabody Museum as one of our six museums?

Helen

Welcome to Class!

Hello everyone! and welcome to the class blog for the Mod2 class, AH251, The Museum Experience. Here we will post images and comments each week about your adventures on the road as you travel around in your search for the sublime! I will be emailing everyone instructions on how to post on the first day of class.

To get the most out of your online class this Mod, it is important to communicate regularly with other members of the class and with me in this forum..... in fact, it is part of your grade. Post often and post early, to paraphrase a famous statement. I'm looking forward to this experience with you. It is my sincere hope that this class will be a worthwhile and enjoyable experience for you.

I'd like you to create your own blog as well as join this blog. There you will post your papers and photos on a weekly basis. Be sure to post here as this is where we build the class community. Remember to put a link to your blog along with your post here. I'll build links to your blog in the upper right hand corner as soon as I know your addresses...

I tookthis photograph at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Greek collection... notice she has a sketch book in hand and she is seated, taking her time to really study this relief...