tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364828980944336570.post7782655332783279222..comments2024-03-28T06:16:53.217-04:00Comments on Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre: Art Museum Bucket List Part I - Off the Wall FridayNina Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14316034317827146338noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364828980944336570.post-36293187507030621692016-10-22T11:39:37.904-04:002016-10-22T11:39:37.904-04:00I hope to visit these museums one day. I hope to visit these museums one day. Run 'n Stitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610510539361384484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364828980944336570.post-65940679509460697542016-10-21T20:27:11.055-04:002016-10-21T20:27:11.055-04:00I'm Canadian...so...haven't visited those ...I'm Canadian...so...haven't visited those places. As a teenager I visited museums and galleries in New York city (1969)...and when I lived in Eastern Canada I visited the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/)...When I moved West I began to visit the Alberta Gallery of Art in Edmonton (http://www.youraga.ca/), and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary where once I saw "The Dinner Party" (Judy Chicago) and a quilt created by all Canadians...and art from Emily Carr...(http://www.glenbow.org/)...and to many small galleries and museums in between...<br /><br />Oh, and then there's that trip in my twenties when I visited the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and the Louvre (http://www.louvre.fr/en)...and the British Museum (http://www.britishmuseum.org/)...<br /><br />All are wonderful. I think the message is: seek out art wherever you are. Take notes. Be prepared to be inspired!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472013513744969837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364828980944336570.post-1587422659161086772016-10-21T13:01:55.122-04:002016-10-21T13:01:55.122-04:00Not to be picky ... but the National Gallery of Ar...Not to be picky ... but the National Gallery of Art isn't actually part of the Smithsonian. It's fabulous, of course ... and so are the many holdings of American Art found in the Smithsonian's collection a few blocks away. When in DC, I am often torn between the two ... but thankfully the Smithsonian's American Museum of Art and Portrait Gallery (two different collections within the same grand structure that once had been the US Patent Office) is open until 7:00 PM and nearer a Metro station. Thus, I hit the National Gallery of Art first and end with the Caitlin Indians, the presidential portraits, my favorite works by Ryder, Hopper, Ansel Adams, etc. before traveling back to whatever cheap hotel I've booked at the end of one of the Metro lines. <br /><br />For an upcoming museum suggestion: SAM, the Seattle Art Museum. There's one room that is worth the entire price of admission. It features Do-Ho Shu's Some/One, 2001, an over-sized garment made of stainless steel military dog tags. It is in front of Anselm Kiefer's Die Welle (The Wave), 1990, made of lead, clothes, steel wire, and ash on canvas. Totally AWESOME!<br />SusanSusan Lenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13828597703914908801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364828980944336570.post-3060054400468141122016-10-21T08:54:26.716-04:002016-10-21T08:54:26.716-04:00I've been to the first three and they're a...I've been to the first three and they're all wonderful!Turtlemoonimpressionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178649128269650377noreply@blogger.com