Bellevue Art Museum

Never before have I seen a museum as grand as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. From its architecture to its massive art collection, The Met has a little bit of everything and one is sure to find something that captures his or her interest. Considering that The Met is the United States' largest art museum, it is easy to get lost within its many corridors and wings. My visit to The Met took place during the last week of July. Despite the almost unbearable heat and humidity that hung in the air, visiting museums under these climate conditions is a welcome respite from a suffocating, yet bright summer afternoon.

I was excited to start my day by going to the museum on Saturday morning. I had originally decided to visit the Broad Museum in Los Angeles; however, I decided to give my local museum a go. After all, the Bowers Museum was the last museum I had gone to. I regretted my decision. The Bowers Museum does hold several exhibitions, but I found it lacking in actual drawings and paintings. It seems as if they prioritize artifacts over print media. The museum is big and it’s easy to lose yourself in its long hallways. It’s disappointing to see much valuable space, in my opinion, go to waste. In conclusion, I was expecting to see hallways covered in art like I’ve seen in galleries, rooms filled with rarities and beauty, but unfortunately that was not the

On November 27th, 2017 I visited Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) a regional museum that inspires and builds community through art. The museum is located at1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington State. I was opportune to view collections of Dale Chihuly glassworks, European impressionism, Japanese prints and America art. One of the collections I will like to talk on is the Anne Gould Hauberg exhibition which include some of Dale Chihuly collection. Anne Hauberg, John Hauberg her husband and Dale Chihuly are co-founder of Pilchuck glass school.

I chose to visit The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Succeeding as a designer in the fashion industry has become more competitive than ever. Especially, with television shows like Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model glamorizing the industry. Its clear cut, you have to stand out from the rest of the competition to succeed. You have to show the world why you’re the next best designer. Standing out requires a lot of creativity and imagination. To me , contemporary art helps me think outside of the box, it inspires me the most. I love wearable Avant-garde clothing. The definition of avant-garde as listed on Dictionary.com is; the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary,

Looking at a piece of art is a highly subjective process, in which the individual can find how to unjumble the puzzle of the Visual Image. All of this is improved my overall view and engagement with art works in a gallery. I feel as though something that relates first-person is easier to unpick than on social media, whether or not if I like and art work or think it terrible. I found this out when we were at the Wellington Art Gallery by the way people interact with an art work and how the study it is really interesting. I honestly think that not many people understand what makes a great exhibition and how to understand the work that fills a gallery. This was important with the Cindy Sherman exhibition I was able to look critically at her work. Today there is a completely different culture towards understanding art in a gallery, and it is so easy to see what people think of an art work such as Cindy Sherman. For me when we visited the gallery I had a feeling of disconnect around the room, as though people around me weren't fully with what was being put in front of

The Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative allowed to take advantage of the opportunity to attend the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). I was able to take advantage of looking at three different exhibitions in a span of 4 hours but will only be discussing two of them, which are, the “Playing with Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaraz” and “Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985.” These two exhibitions really brought forth a different perspective through history by tying in the experience that Chicanos, Indigenous, and Latino/a folks have had to learn to endure and navigate when Spaniard colonization and American industrialization began to take place. Also, I was able to view and listen online to two

When one marvels at a painting it is tempting to take in one section at a time so as to not miss anything. Certain work entices the audience to come forward, into the scene. Yet the whole painting in its entirety is made to be experienced from a distance, a place where the expanse of the scene can be taken in fully for all it was created to be. Certain brushstrokes or movements only come together when viewed from three yards away. An art museum is a sanctuary filled with these temptations. Each illustration depicts a different story that can only be fully understood once one stands at a distance, senses the mood, researches the historical background, and asks the question: “Why did the artist make the choices he/she did?”

The museum that I chose is the Philbrook Museum, and on the second floor of this museum is the gallery that I have chosen. It is a 20th century Native American Art gallery called “Identity and Inspiration”. The collection not only holds a very diverse assortment of contemporary Native art, but it also holds a well-documented selection of the artist’s motivations that influenced their creative process. I liked how the exhibit held a very wide range of space in-between each of the object cases. The white walls and clear cases made the gallery seem not as crowded, and the way the objects were spaced out seemed incredibly orderly. In some other museum galleries, the objects seem to be organized culturally or geographically; but in this gallery,

My first impression was I felt like I was walking into a library. It was extremely quiet. I also could not take my backpack into the museum; I had to leave it behind the information desk.

There is an art to travel and in the course of my travels I’ve visited the Tate Gallery and British Museum in London, and seen the Book of Kells in Dublin. I’ve spent countless hours in front of the statue of David in Florence and was captivated by Caravaggio at the Uffizi, and rendered speechless by the masterpieces of Rembrandt and van Gogh at the Rijksmuseum. Art is a lesson in life, and there are many facets to learn while living this experience with art. The first lesson learned is that art is an interactive experience. I used to approach going to a museum as a recipient, a static life force waiting to be moved by inanimate objects. However this experience with the children taught me to tap into my creativity more often, to always try to get new insight and a fresh perspective, and finally to be open to what the artist, or life for that matter, is trying to communicate. Art is not only a reflection of life, it enhances

As exhibitions do not represent a neutral position on a subject matter then the opinion and the process by which this opinion was formed should be defined and made transparent to the viewer. Our understanding of art is for the most part prescribed, Ferguson states “the ways in which art is talked about, understood and debated are largely determined through the medium of exhibitions” (Greenberg, Reesa, Bruce W. Ferguson, and Sandy Nairne 1996, pg.180). As exhibitions seek to benefit and promote the desires and values from within this “network of interests” then we as viewers are simply told how to understand art, what is valuable and what is to be discarded. The way in which we come to understand art is laid out for us, with little room to draw our own conclusions.

There are opportunities though, and they are good opportunities. I was able to identify three that they should pay attention to and really hit hard on. In today’s economy, people aren’t wanting to spend a lot of money. The recession is making people be a lot more conscious about money. Good news, the museum is free. If marketed properly, this could be a huge way to gain new visitors. Plus, art museums have sophisticated connotations that make people feel smart when they go to them. What better way to spend the day than to go somewhere that is free and feel sophisticated? Another opportunity is that new exhibits could attract younger demographics, pending on the exhibit. This could be tricky though because they want to attract everyone, but older crowds are interested in things that younger generations aren’t. They have to be able to balance the attractions so everyone can relate to it and want to view it.

My first impression of the museum was that I thought the design of the building was nice and before I knew anything more about the museum I knew that it was a contemporary art museum from the architecture. Once inside we weren’t sure where we should go first, some people went into the gift shop and some followed other people up the escalator to the third floor where the majority of their artworks were displayed. There were some pieces that I very much liked and others that I thought were just expensive and made to show off. But my overall impression of the museum was good. About two months later I went to the art exhibit at USD. This exhibit was much smaller but very well done. I liked how everything was arranged. I thought the art works complemented each

George Santayana said in his book The Life of Reason, 1905, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This may be a good argument for museums, which provide windows to our past, so we must learn and know our past. But just saying a museum is needed without the knowledge of what a museum is or how it works will not allow it to succeed. All museums must define themselves and provide a clear business model as to the operations of the facility. In order for a university to continue to support any museum or special collection on campus, an understanding of why museums matter and how they enhance our community must be understood. What is a museum? is a question that can be complicated to answer. A patron of a museum

A similar issue of authorship occurred recently at the Seattle Art Museum in 2014. Trevor Fairbrother, curator of the museum, commissioned a wall drawing from LeWitt in 1997. Lewitt was given a variety of locations within the museum, but chose “the most idiosyncratic, complicated, and visible: the snaky, S-curved, 11-by-56-foot wall above the coat check in the lobby” (Graves). Here, LeWitt conceived Wall Drawing #881, Seven Cubes with Color Ink Washes Superimposed. Like VMFA’s Wall Drawing #541, the Seattle Art Museum had undergone renovations, resulting in the destruction of Wall Drawing #881 in 2007. Lewitt designed the work specifically for the wall where it originally appeared. But the wall was destroyed, and there is no other wall like