...Linnette Gomez Professor Lisa Rockford 16 November 2011 Boca Art Museum An artist’s perspective gives a curious audience a world of creativity displaying emotion, talent, and intelligence. The Boca Art Museum contains extraordinary galleries with many interesting pieces of art that come together to create an entire work of art in unity, and different portraits and framework with a variety of mediums. Viewers can see abstract sculptors placed in the outside garden giving the audience self-thought of understanding strange pieces that could mean anything; the meaning is individualized. The first gallery in the museum exhibits many different portraits of people, made up of different mediums such as pen and ink on paper, graphite on paper, and acrylic on canvas. A portrait created by the artist, “Pavel Tchelitchew,” named Mere Parizot a portrait of his mother, made it out of pen and ink on paper. The paper looks dyed or if it was once white or if it just colored through age. The detail of the portrait looks complicated with many lines to emphasize the features of the profile; the shading seems to be used by bleeding ink through the quill. Lighter areas have less bleeding. Another portrait created by the artist Jeri Metz, made a portrait of a woman named Selma out of graphite on paper. There is not any explanation of relation to this woman but the detail looks well shaded. Darker areas are smeared closely to create the darker areas when lighter areas the graphite is smeared farther...
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...funding of museums and art galleries. While there is an argument that they should be free to the general public and funded by governments, I also believe that there is also a case for saying that they should charge an entrance fee like other attractions. Those who argue that museums should be free typically make one of two arguments. The first argument is that institutions like museums are a public service and therefore there should be free access to the man in the street. If for example there was a charge only the wealthy could afford to enjoy works of art. The second, and related, argument is that if they did levy a charge fewer people would go to museums. This would be serious as they are educational institutions and standards would fall. In contrast, there is only one major argument on the other side of the debate. This is that both museums and art galleries need to charge an entrance fee if they are to survive in the modern world. Governments do not have sufficient funds to subsidize all such institutions and there are other priorities for public money. Therefore these galleries and museums need to charge their customers not only to survive but to update their exhibitions and make new purchases. By way of illustration, the Tate Modern in London could not have been founded without revenue from admissions. My personal position is that there is no clear answer to this question as there are such strong arguments on both sides. Perhaps it is possible for some museums and galleries...
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...Museum Paper Art 101 Starting my visit to the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum I was unsure of the artifact that I would choose to write this paper about. I have been to the Smithsonian museums countless times in my life strolling about taking the exhibits for granted like the many other people raised in the Washington metropolitan area having virtiously unlimited access to them. I was prepared for another mundane visit to the museums, however this visit was different I saw many exhibits that I have studied recently in this class such as the Lascaux caves and other prehistoric art. I found myself engaged as never before as I searched the old halls for what would be subject of this paper an ancient artifact of my very own choosing. I decided on the Cypruss crossroads of civilizations exhibit located on the museums second floor. I was drawn to this exhibit mainly due to the two large stone statues at opposing ends of it’s narrow entrance doors. Upon entry I was amazed at all of the ancient original pieces most of which I can recall learning about in this class. I decided that I would pick a piece and snap a quick picture of myself proudly standing next to it, get the dimensions and backround and be on my way to an A paper in no time. I pulled out my digital camera and began to power it up when I was immediately advised by the museum security guard that I was not authorized to take pictures inside the exhibit due to the delicate nature of the artifacts. I...
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... Art Museum Database By: For the past couple of years, a local art Museum has been collecting different art pieces from various artists. The Museum then displays the art throughout different galleries across town. The collection has significantly grown and it is now complicated for the museum to keep track of the many different artist and their different art pieces and collections, as well as where the art is located, whether it is stored in different galleries or the Museum itself. It is important for the Museum to develop a database that can keep track of the different art pieces, the artists, the different locations the pieces can be located and a total amount of pieces collected since it continues to grow at a very fast rate. The database will help the Museum substantially as well as the artists who create many various art pieces. Problems and Constraints The Museum continues to grow and it has become difficult for the manager and staff to keep track of the art collection. Not having a database that can tie the artist with his art and the location of it has caused the Museum to lose some of the different art pieces which in return equal financial losses to the Museum. Another problem the Museum continues to have is keeping track of when and where the art is being displayed. Most of the art is displayed for a period of time throughout the different galleries then either stored back in the Museum or, returned to the artist. It is important that the Museum is well...
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...The University Art Museum Case Analysis Suzana Duran MNGT 372 Professor Quimei Xu I. Relevant Facts/Background The Art Museum is a building on the university premises that is providing a place for the art collection of a university. The building was given to the university by an alumnus around 1929. The wealthy son of the university's first president served as the museum's unpaid director until his death. He brought a few extra collections to the museum during his service, and while serving as unpaid director, none of the collections was ever shown to anybody except a few members of the university's art history faculty. The university practically gave the position to amateur art supporter, Miss Kirkoff, after the director’s death. She used museum for academic purposes for the university alumni only. Miss Kirkoff cataloged the collections and carried out new gifts. The museum was remodeled to include an auditorium, library, and classrooms. The University Art Museum’s director, Miss. Kirkoff resigned after almost 50 years of working there. In September of 1998 new directorship has been passed on. New director used museum as community resource by which he meant that is open to everyone not just to the students at the university. That was the big problem for the students and the faculty at the University Art Museum. Classes and exhibitions lost interest with the students, and the last director was let go after three years of service. II. Problem Definition-Issues The...
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...For this project I decided to go to the Museum of Fine Arts here in St. Petersburg Florida, mainly because it is not too far from where I live, and I even brought my older sister and my nephew to tag along. Before hand, I went on their website to figure out admission prices and just general information that I figured I should know, but I also look up pictures of the museum because I was curious to see what it looked like on the outside and what kind of environment it was in. Not only was I curious, but I was also very excited to see all of the art that the museum had to offer. I haven’t had the opportunity to visit many art museums in my eighteen years of life, so it was very interesting to me to see all of the different kinds of art that was...
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...The Portland Art Museum in Oregon is a spacious place that desires for thirsty questions from the endless walkers that shrouds across the echoing halls. It’s also probably the first real museum that I’ve ever been to in my life. The building is tall as a Greek God that extends to the sky with a mighty aura that surrounds it that seeks for green paper. From the inside however, a largely wide area that behemoths with deep empathy that screams out “Look at me!” in every direction. Many things went through my mind as I explored the straight forwardness of a place. The first question that strike through me were the extinction of water fountains. With liquid container not being allowed during the exploration, what’s the need of killing off something that keeps us motivated to move through the flat surface of hollowness? That’s one thing that irked my nerves through my search of an Emmet Gowin show. Another thing was the lack of security and employees who help answer questions. The environment felt very empty and quiet. That could’ve been their purpose to create a mood where it makes the viewer think and create questions. If that...
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...Running Head Coleman Art Museum 1 Case study, Coleman Art Museum Bellevue University MBA652: Marketing Strategy Dr Doug Davis 11/04/2011 Running Head Coleman Art Museum 2 Case Recap To start off , the museum has shown a loss for the previous three years, so Mercer and Smith were give the monumental task of finding why and turn it in the right direction. The museum has a good location and convenient parking, and even though the new facility was relatively close to its previous location the move may have changed the demographics plus the museum seems to have not changed their marketing approach. The museum is also faced with a hindrance, they can not display all their collections at the same time and they might want to rethink this process based on the demographics of the immediate areas. Giving more time to the certain displays taking in account everything from age to the ethnic background of the populous of the surrounding area. The bottom line in this entire case is that you have to address the important issues and exhibits that are most important to the community. Problem Identification First off that it took three years to identify...
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...Museum Paper The David & Alfred Smart Museum of Art is one that is fairly small compared to many other museums in Chicago. The museum is located on the University of Chicago campus. Although it is a part of the campus, the newer, modern look of the building stands out from the campus’ gothic feel. When walking into the museum it was definitely evident that it belonged to a college campus. It was a Sunday afternoon, and many students and Hyde Park residents were enjoying refreshments in the café. The café was exactly what one would expect from a college café. Several black, round, tables, netted metal chairs, and white walls along with the black café counter created a contrast with the colorful pieces of art lining the café/lobby. After visiting the café, there are stairs and clear glass doors which lead into the art museum. The first section of the museum is the Elisabeth and William Landes Gallery or the Modern Art & Design section. This section contains many pieces from the 1880s to the 1950s. The gallery portrayed mostly European and American sculptures, sketches, and paintings. The most well-known piece in the room is the dining room furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Robie House. After the first section, one can choose to go in a few different directions, leading into the rest of the galleries such as the contemporary art section which houses the State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970 which is an exhibit featuring photographs of landmarks and...
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...Metropolitan Museum of Art which is a piece of art itself which contains art from all around the globe. This is a place where the diversity is truly accomplished. When people all around the world come visit the museum they’re stunned to learn about all the different art that’s collected and presented in this museum. One of these great collections are the Indian Art galleries which are full of art that are infused which skills, traditions, and beliefs. That art really teaches people about the ancient era, how people at that time thought also gives us ideas about the skills they acquired. Often when we think about the ancient time we went to be ignorant about the capacity of those times but those arts displayed at Metropolitan museum of art gives us a sense of understanding of the past. Those art are also very meaningful. Art is more than just pleasant for people's eyes it’s about history; it’s about us and where we came from and how we are where we are in the present. In This paper will be describing and evaluate the Indian Art Galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art....
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...Art Museum Critique- Denver A few weekends ago I decided that out of all of the museums and galleries I could choose to visit I really wanted to go to the Denver Art Museum. I wanted to go there because of a few different reasons. One of the reasons is that my husband and I live very close to the neighborhood so we could walk and enjoy the weather and gorgeous scenery that Denver has to offer. Another reason being that my best girlfriend, Lindsey, lives nearby and she could tag along with us for the day. Finally, the last time I had been to the DAM was back in middle school when I really didn’t appreciate what great artwork was offered there and some teenagers don’t really value the meaning of beautiful art and what the museum has to offer. There was so much to view throughout the museum that it really was hard to decide what artwork I could pick to write about. The very first piece that really caught my eye was on the 4th floor and the first piece through the doors of the exhibit. Displayed ahead was El Anatsui’s exhibition of international contemporary pieces called When I Last Wrote to You about Africa. Oasis, was one of the few “curtain-like” sculptures that I spent the most time looking at. Created in 2008, El Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor who is widely known for his sculptures that relate to African history and colonial experiences. From far away I feel like the artist wanted viewers to see the soft, subtle look of a woven, rippled quilt. Once I stood in front...
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...McNeil Museum of Art Problem McNeil Museum of Art is a non-profit organization which is founded in 1925 locating in Universal City. The museum was originally chartered as the Fannel County museum of Fine Arts and funded by an annual appropriation from Fannel County. The McNeil Museum has a very bad financial status; it recorded its third consecutive annual loss in 2004. Mercer and Pate were assigned responsibility for making recommendations that would reverse the situation. Opportunities | Threats | 1. McNeil Museum of Art supplies the unique opinions of art and history. Visitors visit the museum can get more different feeling than other museums.2. McNeil Museum of Art has over 15,000 collections on art and many of the collections aren’t exhibited, so the museum has a more competitiveness than competitors.3. McNeil Museum of Art can utilize the opportunities which is loaned the artworks to other museums to get additional revenue, and then the museum can expand its spaces and do other promotions. | 1. Not many people like to watch historical artworks2. The high technology influences the visitors of museum, because visitors can use computers to browse the collection on internet.3. The competitors will do many promotions and advertising to attract visitors. | Strengths and Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats Strengths | Weaknesses | 1. McNeil Museum of Art gives a good environment for the Fannel County citizens to respect their traditional culture and ancestors.2...
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...The Museum of Fine Art I went to Boston in this spring break and I visited one of the largest museums in the United States, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. The Museum of Fine Art attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas. It is also the 54th most visited art museum in the world, and the twelfth most-visited in the United States, as of 2010. The Museum was founded in 1870 and opened in 1876, with a large portion of its collection taken from the Boston Athenaeum Art Gallery. There are tons of different exhibits; some temporary and some more permanent. I went to see some of the temporary exhibits- Degas and the Nude and Aphrodite and the Gods of Love. The permanent exhibits include items of Paul Revere, silversmith, which are really cool. Their early American collection represents a wide variety of art and arts, craft and crafts. I tend to love their artifacts collections. Their permanent modern art gallery is cool but for me, is not as strong as some of their other offerings, like their collection of priceless musical instruments from around the world, throughout history. Their permanent pan-Asian art gallery is strong for its location. I'm not a big fan of their restaurant, but their cafe is open, airy, and pleasant. The museum hosts art from all over the world and from all different eras like Asia, Oceania, Greece and Egypt, the Americas, and more...
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...Olivia Perkins Museum Project 12/8/15 Art Appreciation 1301 – Egan SECTION 1: ELEMENTS OF ART & PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN 1. Line: Morris Louis, Rigel, Acrylic resin (magna) on canvas 2. Mass: Lynda Benglis, For Carl Andre, acrylic foam 3. Rhythm: Philip Guston, Wharf, oil on canvas 4. Value: Pablo Picasso, Femme Couchee Lisant, oil on canvas 5. Texture: Stephan Balkenhol, Four Figures, painted wood 6. Perspective: Martin Puryear, Ladder for Booker T. Washington, wood (ash and maple) 7. Nature: Thomas Struth, Paradise Nine, chromogenic print 8. Text: Jenny Holzer, Kind of Blue, LED lights with blue diodes 9. Portrait: Francis Bacon, Self Portrait, oil on canvas 10. Animal: Ben Shahn, Allegory, tempera on panel 11. Abstraction: Joan Mitchell, Untitled,...
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...overview about my experience attending the Philadelphia Art Museum on March 15, 2013. The museum is Located in Philadelphia, PA and the exhibition that caught my attention was Journeys to New Worlds it explores the artistic exchanges between Spain and Portugal and their colonies in the Americas and Asia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. (The Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. Philadelphia Art Museum). A journey to New Worlds originates The exhibition is magnificent and two pieces that I enjoyed were Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Bishop Saints, and Our Lady of Pomata, a coquera. It is extremely quite as people stop in different areas to look around at so much art. I personally found some place to sit and absorb as much information as I could. My fiancé came along with me only because it is a long drive from where I live and I do not like driving far by myself. He enjoyed it as much as I did; we both sat there and studied different pieces for quite a while. Although Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Bishop Saints interested me you seem to understand the comparison while looking at it after being there, I feel that this picture focuses on the child because he is the center of this image, and the mother's love and caring that is expressed in her face and in the way that she is holding the kid. Looking for some reference about the painting I found that it is Roberta and Richard Huber’s collection reflects the arts at continuing to promote Latin America. It amused me since...
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