This is the last week to check out the art exhibit at the Elliott Museum.
Showing posts with label artists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artists. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2020
Portfolios-Eclectic Artists and Art at the Elliott
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Liebster Award
Museum Trekker has won a Liebster Award! What a wonderful way to end 2012. My blog was chosen to receive this award by Sara Max. Sara lives in Italy and is the author of Flowerland. Grazie Sara!
What is the Liebster Award?
The Liebster Award's origins are pretty much a mystery. Bloggers nominate other bloggers that have 200 or fewer followers. “Liebster” is German for “favorite,” so this is kind of like the “favorite blog award.” It's basically a "Hey, that's a sweet little blog you've got there. Here's an award!" You can't just accept the award. You have to play by the (ever-changing) rules and pay it forward. Then you can put the award on your blog for all to see.
Rules of the Liebster Award:
1. List 11 random facts about yourself
2. Answer the 11 questions given to you
3. Ask 11 new questions for the bloggers you nominate for the award
4. Choose 11 bloggers with 200 or fewer followers to nominate
5. Go to each bloggers page and let them know about the award
6. Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog
11 Random Facts About Me:
1. I am left-handed and right-footed
2. I can play the piano and saxophone
3. I am violently allergic to garlic (No, I am not a vampire)
4. I have eyesight like a superhero. My vision is sharper than 20/20
5. I've ruptured my left eardrum 3 times and lost most of my hearing in that ear
6. I'm terrified of speaking in public
7. I break out in hives when I get upset and my face turns red like a cartoon character
8. I don't like musicals or anything involving singing and dancing in unison. I like singing and I like dancing but I cannot stand when they are combined
9. I love the smell of old library books
10. I am the middle child- I have an older sister and a younger brother
11. I love sports. My favorites are soccer and surfing
Questions from Sara:
1. What is your zodiac sign? Gemini
2. If you have to go on a desert island and to take with you just three things, what would you take? I've learned from traveling that you really don't need much. I would bring to a deserted island the 3 best and most useful things I brought with me while traveling around the world: A really good Swiss army-type knife for building/cutting/fixing things, A water filter/purifier because I am ALWAYS thirsty and cannot go ten minutes without drinking water, and rope because you can do a million useful things with it
3. Do you smoke? NO
4.Your favorite food? Chocolate
5.Your favorite superhero? Why? Rainbow Brite. She is the main source of the Earth's color and it is her job to keep everything colorful and beautiful.
6. Have you a lucky number? Which is it? Yes. Number 44. It was my jersey number when I played soccer
7.Sea or mountain? Sea
8.Your favorite animal? Giraffe
9. Are you a fashion victim? My wardrobe consists of bathing suits and flip-flops so I guess the answer would have to be yes
10. Have you a recurring dream? I frequently dream about earthquakes ever since I was in an earthquake in Nepal
11. What is your favorite mode of transport? Boat
My Questions for the Winners:
1. If you could possess any talent what would it be?
2. What is your favorite place in the whole world?
3. What is your favorite season and why?
4. Do you speak any foreign languages? Which ones?
5. Do you play any instruments?
6. If you could time-travel to any year in the past or future what year would you travel to and why?
7. Do you have a mentor or person you most admire? If so, who?
8. Coffee or Tea?
9. If you could transform into an animal which animal would you like to be?
10. What is your favorite holiday?
11. What is the best museum you've ever visited?
The 11 Winners I've picked for the Liebster Award:
1. Studiomason
3. Ginger Kelly
4. Mae Day
5. Mihulli
11. Map of Clouds
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
August News
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If you can't attend these events but would like to purchase artwork please contact me for pricing and shipping information.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
I love the Library!
On Monday nights in the summertime, you can watch a free film on the lawn. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, you can attend a free yoga class-- even the mats are provided. If yoga is not your speed they even offer knitting classes!
You can also get food and drinks at the outdoor bar and restaurant behind the library while listening to live piano music, knitting and watching a film. Or you can listen to an outdoor book reading while knitting and watching 600 people do yoga. You can do all that without ever even stepping foot inside the library but inside there's even more exciting and stimulating things to see and do.
They offer free guided tours every day but you can also explore the exhibits on your own. The Wachenheim Gallery focuses on the history of the library and has clips of movies and TV shows that have been filmed at the New York Public Library over the years.
The Celebrating 100 Years exhibit is best known for featuring the Gutenberg Bible but it contains so much more than that. You will also find Sumerian Cuneiforms, a Tale of Genji scroll, a handwritten manuscript by Jorge Luis Borges, one of Malcolm X’s journals, costume designs for the Ballets Russes, and even dance cards and board games.
Those two exhibits are ongoing but they also have several other temporary exhibits throughout the year. Currently, Children's Book Illustrators and Authors Come Alive and Winnie-the-Pooh and Friends: The Original Toys. You should also explore their special collections which include The Manuscripts and Archives Division which houses over 29,000 linear feet of archival material in over 3,000 collections. The George Arents Collection on Tobacco is a comprehensive collection of the history, literature, and lore of tobacco. Additional collections are The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle is one of the world's leading repositories for the study of English Romanticism. The Photography collection comprises approximately 500,000 photographs, including examples of almost every photographic process from the earliest daguerreotypes to contemporary digital images, The Print Collection has over 200,000 prints, and The Rare Book Division has approximately 130,000 titles. The Spencer Collection surveys the illustrated word and book bindings of all periods and all countries and cultures.
If that's not enough to keep you occupied, they also offer many programs and films for adults as well as children. The Children’s Center at 42nd Street features on-going public programs for kids and their parents. From intimate readings to large-scale events, programming includes storytelling, musical and theatrical performances, spoken word performances, and guest appearances by authors and illustrators.
The New York Public library also has a General Research Division, Art and Architecture Collections, Jewish Division, Periodicals Room, Map Division, Microforms as well as U.S. History, Local History & Geneology.
Lastly, you can also get your hands on some free music, e-books, audiobooks and believe it or not, the library still carries those old fashioned books printed on paper.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Black History Month Exhibit
In honor of Black History Month, I would recommend visiting the African American Museum of Nassau County located in Hempstead, New York. Currently on display is the Weusi Collective.
Weusi, or "blackness" in Swahili, is a group of artists based in Harlem who began working together in the 1960s to focus on bringing Pan-African cultures to Harlem. They have mounted exhibitions, festivals and celebrations that encourage the exchange of ideas among artists. African heritage is a common theme in their work, but unlike some other collectives or movements, their work maintains individual originality and aesthetic diversity.
It features their work from their beginning in the 1960s through the present, covering almost every inch of wall space in the museum. This is one of the most exciting exhibits I have seen at the African American Museum so far.
The show features the paintings and sculptures of Abdullah Aziz, Gaylor Hassan (painting "Three Sisters," shown above), MLJ Johnson, Dindga McCannon, Ademola Olugebefola, Okoe Pyatt, Otto Neals, Emmett Wigglesworth, Kay Brown, James Sepyo and Nii Ahene La Mettle-Nunoo. The exhibit is up from February 1st-April 21st 2008.
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