Archive for April 2016
Finding Unexpected Art at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
On the days when I volunteer at the Chicago Botanic Garden, I usually post a photo on Facebook “Today at The Chicago Botanic Garden .” So I always have my phone along with my pruners and garden gloves and take three times more pictures than I can possible use. Unexpected art surprises, delights and enlightens. ... Read more »
A Glass Sculpture is Unexpected Art and More
The art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art continues to surprise, enlighten and delight. On the way to see the Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian house, a part of this museum’s campus, a sculpture caught my eye. It was in a corner of a corridor,... Read more »
A Giant Spider is Unexpected Art at Crystal Bridges
The Giant Spider that Lives at Crystal Bridges My husband and I are having an ongoing discussion unexpected art. He maintains that art in a museum can’t be unexpected art because people expect to see art in art museums. I think that unexpected art can be found anywhere, including in art museums. I see unexpected art... Read more »
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