Art Exhibit Essay

The Museum of Fine Arts 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

BreAnn Bell Professor Fine Art 101 September 1, 2016 Justifying Collingwood According to the Oxford Dictionary, Art is defined as “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination”; but before someone can personally answer the question, “What is Art”, they must first define the purpose of the art. The purpose of creating and observing art is the same as to why humans read and study literature. Many people study literatures to educate, to tell stories to carry on a legacy, to

almost the same direction.”-Christopher John Francis Boone Surfacing this seasons current exhibit by Kristen Cochran and Josephine Durkin at H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art. Throughout this exhibit the viewer might “look” and “glance” not really paying to much mind to the pieces that surrounded them. Curator Christopher Willey said that we should use the word “experience” instead of “look” when referring to art pieces. Because, we are doing far more with our bodies than simply looking. This is an important

Paris, France the city known for its breathtaking scenery and elegant architecture, has been a prominent influence throughout the history of art and fashion. One area of design the French have been able to execute flawlessly is the craftmanship of jewelry. Since the 16th century artisans have held on to tradition by creating unique pieces that symbolize luxury and style. The history of jewelry in France has a long-standing prevalence as it has always been an expression of nobility and power among

Brazilians Artist who focused on Brazilians modern art. She was born on 1927 and died in 2004. Her exhibit can be found in the Met Breuer from March 21st to July 23rd, 2017. As being a well-known artist in Brazil during her time during the period of World War II, she decided to follow some of the European culture and base her art from that. She followed people like Lygia Clark and Helio Oitcica for her type of work in Brazil. She wants to show that art can be in many different forms, and one of the most

Group I chose to virtually re-explore the McNay Art Museum which has been a part of history here in San Antonio as an endowment of founder Marion Koogler McNay. The McNay was noted as being the first museum of modern art in Texas. From the first modern oil painting, Diego Rivera’s Delfina Flores to over 20,000 works, the museum wide collection contained art from of the 19th- and 20th-century European and American paintings, as well as Southwest art from New Mexico.. The historic building designed

Eyre’s art is both surrealistic, modern and landscape portraiture. With his praire background Ivan Eyre has an unique approach of stills and landscapes with a remarkable sense of surrealism. His compositionally abstracts reflect on the decades he had created his art in; the colors, forms and themes are truly showing his particular taste and creativity. Landscapes and Still Lives is a smaller exhibition of eleven works by Ivan Eyre - which are all in the permanent collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery

The Mapping exhibit at ASU’s art museum was founded by Mary Hood. Who is the director in the Arizona State University School of art. The idea behind the exhibit was to have Native Americans and other “indigenous” artists work alongside students at ASU. Together the groups would make limited editions prints. These prints would reflect the medium or techniques that the student uses. These mediums could be painting, weaving, beadwork, or ceramic. The term mapping, means a multiple artist printing. This

Common Street Arts is an art gallery in downtown Waterville that is hosting their fifth Holiday Pop-up Shop (Common Street Arts, n.d.). Common Street Arts’ mission statement is “To enhance the creative, artistic and economic vitality of the Waterville community through outstanding arts education and exhibitions” (Mission & Vision, n.d.). The pop-up shop follows the mission by providing products for people to purchase that have been crafted by local artists, helping drive the creative spirit of Waterville

For my project, I chose to tour the European section of the Dallas Museum of Art. I visited the DMA on Friday 11th, as the museum was introducing a new portrait of a man from a vendor. The museum, curated by Gavin Delahunty, is situated snugly in the heart of Downtown Dallas. The exhibit presented many artists and let the viewer’s imagination take them back in time and immerse them into the art. Ranging from dull and flat landscapes to sharp and detailed portraiture, the DMA’s European section hosts