This is it!

Its been a great 8 weeks. to sumarize I have been to the MET, Norman Rockwell, Florance Grizwald, Yale, Wadsworth and the Guilford Art center. I have posted my last blog for the class. Wishing a happy holiday from my family to yours!

Sixth Outing

“The Knights of Columbus”

December 17, 2008

The Knights of Columbus Museum was founded in New Haven in 1882. Knights of Columbus is the largest Catholic fraternal organization in the world. I actually stopped here during my one hour lunch today. I had Donald Adams the front desk service help me around. He showed me around and gave me some history on Knights of Columbus. He did mentioned that I should come again with more time and he can arrange a tour for me. He was great and so helpful!

THIS IS A HUGE DOLL HOUSE TO MY NIECE! It's adorable.

New Haven Christmas 1882 St. Mary's Church Hill House Avenue Birth place of Knights of Columbus

FGM

What a crazy week! Working on finishing class and getting Christmas done has been .. fun lol!!! I am posting my Florence Griswold blog tonight. It looked so nice with all the Christmas decorations. What did everyone think of that 20 ft tree! Holy cow!!! It was very cool that the ornaments were painters pallets with paintings on them. My sister took a pic of Emmy and I looking at the tree. Go to my blog to learn a bit about the history and see some paintings that I liked.

Two Blogs.....

I don't know what happen here! I added my profile twice on here. I'm sorry I was updating my pictures and for some reason, I added too profile. I can't find a way to delete either. so check out my profile here.

http://salsalicious.blogspot.com/

I will post some more pics over at my blog. Merry Christmas everyone.

took a trip over to New Britain yesterday. A very pleasant surprise

Jinnie's Visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

I schedule two events this day, the museum and my annual Christmas dinner with friends. I had made plans to meet with friends for dinner atfter my visit to The Metropolitan Museum. This place was beautiful and enormous. It was very busy this day too. Among the crowd here, I was able to see the Annual Christmas Tree! The beautiful ornaments of porcelain angels and the lighting around tree was so bright that it brought life to this tree. Unfortunately my feet were killing me because I just purchased new boots and I didn't think in bringing my sneakers with me, dummy me. Overall I had a wonderful experience! I was able to manage my walks through the Modern Art Galleries, the Greek and Roman Art, Medieval Art and Egyptian Art to which all exhibitions were absolutely fascinating. Here I am in the Egyptian Art Exhibition and most of this work were actually embedded in the wall. It was so awesome to see in person!

Jinnie's Visit to Yale Center For Bristish Art

I finally arrived at Yale Center for British Art. I was greeted by Elisa at the front desk. I wasn't there too long, enough to enjoy some beautiful art work to later talk over dinner with my fiance. I found the facility to be very contemporary and the structure had a techno look to it too. However the lighting there was very dim. The security guards looked exhausted and were ready to call it quits, too funny! I had a great time and its funny how I lived in this area for nearly 8 years and never stopped in to visit this musuem. The fun doesn't end at the New Haven Green.

Jinnie's Profile Update

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Final Week of Classes

Hi Everyone....

This is the last week of classes... I just called the registrar's office and was told that the absolute final deadline for posting grades will be Thursday morning.  So please  have all of your work complete by Wednesday night at midnight.  I'll get started grading first thing in the morning on Thursday.  

To recap, I am expecting six total visits from you.  Two of the visits can be narrated photo essays that show  a large variety of work with captions, and the other four posts should be papers that work within the guidelines posted on your syllabus.  I asked you to choose a specific work that you could respond to in more depth backed up with Art historical information and personal observation.

Time has certainly flown by!  I hope you enjoyed this experience of traveling independently with your families and friends to discover the rich world that discovering art through the ages has to offer.  Take care and have a great Christmas season!

Springfield Museum of Art

I was pleasantly surprised that the Springfield Musuem of Art is comprised of four museums, the Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts., the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, the Springfield Science Museum, and the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum. It also has the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden in the Historical Museum with full-scale bronze sculptures of Dr. Seuss which happens to be the birthplace of Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss. For all of you with kids or if you are a Dr. Seuss fan, this is a must see.
Wouldn't you know, I forgot my camera in a rush to get there so I'm going to be downloading all my pictures from the web. The museum is only open from 11am to 4pm on Sundays. Ivisited the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

Yale Center for British Art

I visited the Yale Center for British Art and found the museum very interesting. It has the largest collection of British art outside the UK. The collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, rare books and manuscripts. The building is another Louis Kahn masterpiece as I described in my Yale museum experience. Here are some pics I took. I was disappointed that they didn't come out all that great. You can view my blog at http://kjsmuseumexperiences.blogspot.com/

Linda's Visit to the Florence Griswold Museum

Hi Everyone-

I went to the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme this weekend with my daughter, my museum buddy. We had a great time! Unfortunately, my camera decided not to work on Saturday, so I downloaded this picture from the museum's website. They had several nice exhibits, include one on Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955), a sculptor who created works of art that celebrate womanhood. The museum was decorated for Christmas, which as a special treat that put us into the holiday spirit. It was definitely worth the time and money spent on admission. I would definitely visit this museum again in the future!

Happy Holidays-

Linda

KJ's Trip to the Met

Hi Everyone

I just got back from the Met and I had a great time. I went with a friend. We saw the Annual Christmas Tree and Neopolitan Baroque Creche in the Medieval Sculpture Hall. The 20 foot blue spruce is decorated with candelight, angels, and cherubs. It is surrounded by figures and scenery of the Neapolitan Christmas crib with shepherds and their flock, townspeople, and animals. They hold a tree lighting ceremony Tuesday through Sunday also. Here are some pictures that I took outside the museum. My friend Debbie is in the picture on the left above.

These pictures were taken in the Medieval Sculpture Hall. These sculptures were amazing. The third picture below called Ugolino and His Sons created by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. You can see the anguish and torment on the father's face. He was imprisoned and condemned to starvation and his four sons offer their bodies for his sustainance.

I will be posting more pictures on my blog at http://kjsmuseumexperiences.blogspot.com/

Hello All! Take a look at my blog. I just posted on Yale. I took Emmy and my mother. We had a great time and got some awesome shots. I am posting a few picks form the outside of the galary on this wall. To see the artwork check out my wall!

Hello Everyone,I was just checking the class blog for any new posts and looked my last post over and saw that my link to my blog wasn't working. Here it is again: http://kjsmuseumexperiences.blogspot.com/Also, it is definite that I will be going to the Metro this Saturday. I can't wait. I may also be going to the Springfield Museum of Fine Art on Sunday to finish up.

Hope everyone is healthy and having a good week.

KJ

Linda's Trip to the Met!

Hi Everyone!

My daughter and I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Saturday and had a fabulous time! We couldn't have picked a better time to go, since the museum was decorated for Christmas; the tree was just breathtaking! I really enjoyed the current exhibitions, especially the one entitled "Choirs of Angels: painting in Italian choir books," which is where the picture on the left came from. This trip definitely put me in the holiday spirit!

Best Regards-

Linda

A Diamond in the Ruff

Who knew you can find a treasure in a small town. Saturday I visit the New Britain American Art Museum and was definately surprise and what they had to offer. A great experience, where you can find works in many different art movements.
Visit the blog for more great art!

The Knights of Columbus Museum

Hello class - Saturday, I went to the Knights of Columbus Museum in New Haven. For those of you who still need to visit a museum, this one is free with free parking and will really put you in the holiday spirit. They are currently offering an exhibition of Nativity scenes from throughout Europe as well as local Connecticut scenes. On the second floor, there is an exhibition of etchings by 18th century printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). The etchings are all of Rome, the Eternal City, and they are magnificent. There are 135 views of the city and the etchings took him about 30 years to complete. Next to some of the etchings are photographs of the scenes as they appear today. The detail is absolutely remarkable. I am attaching a few of the etchings here. I invite you all to check out my blog at http://hmcole.blogspot.com/ where I will be attaching some of the nativity scenes. My thanks to Jess Mallory who was so helpful and friendly. He allowed me to take photographs where it was clearly stated "No photography allowed" and he even forgave me when my flash accidentally went off TWICE!

The Knights of Columbus was founded in New Haven by Catholic priest Father McGivney in 1882 to protect Irish immigrant families in the event the primary family provider passed away. The order has since grown to over 1.7 million members and Father McGivney is currently being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church.

On the outside of the building located at 1 State Street in New Haven is a World War II memorial dedicated to the members of the Knights of Columbus who lost their lives. I have included some of the Connecticut names here.

Happy holidays to all!

KJ’s Yale University Art Gallery Experience

Hello Everyone,

I had a great time at Yale University Art Gallery. Actually, I went a few weeks ago and have been sick so I'm trying to get caught up. I also went to Yale Center for British Art also. Here are some pics I took at the museum which I found very interesting.

Here is some African Art:

Picasso:

I will have more pictures on my blog at:

http://kjsmuseumexperiences.blogspot.com/
which will be featuring Renoir and other French artist's work.