Oh you who loved elementary school, this is your month. Time for a FIELD TRIP and SHOW & TELL, kiddos.
The prep work for April's Think Again is to visit a visual arts museum or gallery. You can go somewhere on your own (need ideas?) or meet with other Think Again groupies at the UMFA at the University of Utah on SATURDAY, APRIL 25 at 1:30 pm for the half hour tour called Highlights of the Collection. Meet at the place where the tour starts at 1:20 pm. Call the museum at 801-581-7332 if you have any questions about the tour.
Wherever you go, take a notebook on your visit and make notes on what you like and don't like. Try to articulate what draws you to certain pieces and what drives you away from others. If you are allowed to take photos, snap a few so you can share them with the group on Tuesday.
At the actual dialogue on April 28, bring your thoughts to share from your museum/gallery visit and if you can, any visual examples of art you love or hate (doesn't have to be from your field trip, but could be) so we can look at a few pieces together and discuss them. You could bring actual paintings or prints or photos, a book, or digital files we can throw up on the projector.
We will draw on the knowledge of the group to explore that well-worn mystery, "What is good art, and how do you know?"
The prep work for April's Think Again is to visit a visual arts museum or gallery. You can go somewhere on your own (need ideas?) or meet with other Think Again groupies at the UMFA at the University of Utah on SATURDAY, APRIL 25 at 1:30 pm for the half hour tour called Highlights of the Collection. Meet at the place where the tour starts at 1:20 pm. Call the museum at 801-581-7332 if you have any questions about the tour.
Wherever you go, take a notebook on your visit and make notes on what you like and don't like. Try to articulate what draws you to certain pieces and what drives you away from others. If you are allowed to take photos, snap a few so you can share them with the group on Tuesday.
At the actual dialogue on April 28, bring your thoughts to share from your museum/gallery visit and if you can, any visual examples of art you love or hate (doesn't have to be from your field trip, but could be) so we can look at a few pieces together and discuss them. You could bring actual paintings or prints or photos, a book, or digital files we can throw up on the projector.
We will draw on the knowledge of the group to explore that well-worn mystery, "What is good art, and how do you know?"
Just a note...if you're looking for ideas for galleries to go to, try www.gallerystroll.org
ReplyDeleteClick on "current stroll." That page has a list of all the galleries that are open and what exhibit they're currently showing.
The Downtown Alliance link is REALLY outdated. Many of those galleries don't exist anymore.
I fixed the link so it goes to the current gallery stroll listing.
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