Personal Narrative: Haggerty Art Museum

One pleasant afternoon, my classmates and I decided to visit the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to begin on our museum assignment in world literature class. According to Houston Museum of Fine Art’s staff, MFAH considers as one of the largest museums in the nation and it contains many variety forms of art with more than several thousand years of unique history. Also, I have never been in a museum in a very long time especially as big as MFAH, and my experience about the museum was unique and pleasant. Although I have observed many great types and forms of art in the museum, there were few that interested me the most.

My Humanities Art Experience took place at the Columbus, GA Museum, located on Wynnton Road. I really enjoyed my experience at the museum. It was my first time visiting an American museum. I saw many pieces of fine art, some of which I will list below.

The Colorado History Museum was a phenomenal place to visit; it felt life like from being in my Colorado History class in college as well as in my high school ones. I had the ability to see what it was like living in Keota, as well as being a huge size person walking around the Denver area, and lastly saw a few pieces of clothing that were the Native Americans during Bent’s Fort. Every detail in the museum I tried paying attention too, because I did not want to miss anything.

Art is not only about what you see, it’s about what you feel when you look at it. Walking through a museum, it’s like walking through emotions. There are so many different feelings and emotions you get depending on the work of art you’re experiencing. Both works of arts I got to experience at the Getty museum were very interesting and unique. The first work of art was A Walk at Dusk (1830-1835) by German artist Caspar David Friedrich. Its medium was oil on canvas with dimensions of 33.3 x 43.7 cm. The second work of art was Mornington Crescent with the Statue of Sickert’s Father-in-law, 1966 by German artist Frank Auerbach. Its medium was also oil but on a Masonite attached to auxiliary wooden framework with dimensions of 122 x 152.5 cm. At a first look both paintings seem extremely different but when you look closer, deep in their core they are quite similar. Both paintings depict a really meaningful place, but in A Walk at Dusk the place is

Since I was little, I have been struggling to find the way to my future. I ultimately lost interest in each prospective career I considered. Despite my extensive soul searching, I never seemed to find the perfect fit. That was until we took a trip to a museum that became life changing.

I live about an hour from Memphis, TN, and I recently spent two whole weeks planning a trip to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art to view the exhibit, 'Intrude,' (a collection of giant, inflatable bunnies). My plan was to arrive at dusk, on a 'free,' day and stay long enough to see all the exhibits, the bunnies, and catch a $5.00 art class. Through a series of unfortunate events, sadly, I was not able to attend the Intrude Exhibit. I actually went through a mild depression afterward. This was just as well, because, while it is okay to 'gently pet and hug' the bunnies, actually full-on jumping on them is frowned upon, (that said, I know in my heart that is exactly what I would do!). So, I appreciate the kind of museums that give you larger

I had been wanting to visit the Palmer Memorial Institute since Professor Porter mentioned it in class because Sedalia is not far from where I live. Today, I finally got the chance to visit. I actually enjoyed walking around this historic site more than I thought I would. The first plaque I read was on that described the origins of the Palmer Memorial Institute. The school was previously named Bethany Institute and was founded by American Missionary Association in 1870. Not too long after, in 1902, the AMA was forced to withdraw its limited financial support. Because of this, Charlotte Hawkins Brown courageously reopened the school in the fall of 1902 and renamed it the Palmer

My experience to the Dallas Museum of Art was a bit different from the last time I had attended the museum. I was curious to see what pieces of art there would be and if it would be the same as the previous visit which was long ago, but to me all the pieces of art were so different and very interesting. It may have been because I saw all the pieces in a new perspective since learning about the different types of paintings there can be and knowing how and where sculptures come from. Even though I do not know much of art I really gave it a try into seeing what the artist may have wanted us to get out of his work. By reading a view of the chapters made me aware of art, I wouldn’t call myself an expert, but it was actually nice knowing that a

I visited the Swedish American Museum. It was a nice, little, cozy museum that taught me a lot about the Swedes and their trip to America. The main exhibit focused on the immigration of the Swedes to Chicago and what they did when they got to Chicago. It was their dream to immigrate to Chicago, because in 1850, there was not a lot of jobs outside of the agricultural service leading to a lot of them being poor and there was a drought which kept crops from growing. Also, the Swedish came to America because they wanted to express their religion more and not be forced in to the army, which was what America promised. Another main reason on coming to Chicago was there were more jobs in the city and the Homestead Act of 1962 allowed people who settled

Earlier this summer, I visited the Toledo Art Museum for the summer homework assignment. Instead of treating this assignment as a lonely burden of some sort, I turned it into a day trip with my friends. After we flooded the gates with sound (that place really resonates), we quieted ourselves to whispers and got down to business.

Jan van Eyck was active since 1422 and died in 1441. He was the most celebrated painter of the fifteen-century in Europe. One of his famous works is “The Last Judgment”. At first sight this work immediately attracted my attention. The painting’s stunning colors and the fact that it reminded me of a previous similar work I have seen, triggered in my mind. The material that is used is oil on canvas, transferred from wood. The size of this work is 22 1/4 *7 2/3 in. (56.5 * 19.7cm).

My art history project showed me the progression of the Mississippi River. I wanted to do something that was close to home so all of my paintings were of the Mississippi River. It showed how the river was used to transport goods, enjoyment, bonding, survival, and now the beauty of the river over time. It taught me that you can learn about something and not have to read a lot to comprehend a certain topic, landform, and etc.

When I visited the De Young Museum, I found a lot of postmodernism architectures and sculptures. After took off the bus, the first sight is the full picture of De Young Museum and the twist tower. Through the analysis of the structure of twist tower, the designer cut off the entity, to add, to reshape and to deform the modeling. Then divided them into modules stratified, partially distorted, and eventually became a postmodern architecture. This is the so-called deconstruction. The main idea is to use nonlinear or non Euclidean geometry to form the deformation of the relationship between architectural elements.

As the summer progressed, I made my rounds through the Children’s Museum. I was immediately pulled in a million directions, from teaching kids about magnetism at the Science Station, to leading groups in competitive racing games. Each day, I would show up at opening, and would not leave until the museum was put back in order for the next day, despite being only a volunteer. Additionally, I would spend the day engaging families from different corners of the globe, exercising my rusty French, and learning a few words in Galician.

On Thursday, April 21st I went to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. At first, I was not overly thrilled about driving all the way to Scottsdale and it seemed like it was going to be a hot day. However, I became more excited about going to the museum because the drive was quicker than I expected it to be since there was not too much traffic. Also, there were some nice clouds in the sky that helped to block the sun a little so it was not too hot. When I got to Old Town Scottsdale, it was not difficult to find the art museum because I parked in one of the three hour anytime parking lots and found a map painted on the ground, which told me exactly where the SMoCA was.