Positive/Negative Space

 

What a great image for a positive/negative space example!

Interesting Links

 The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made 368 of their publications available online and FREE! Click here.
Here are the covers to just 3 of the possibilities.

 

The painting below, "The Portrait of Maria Salviati de' Medici with Giulia de' Medici " is beautifully explained  in this link.

 

Or learn about the beautiful portrait below at this site.

 

And if you enjoyed last night's wonderful lecture about Vincent van Gogh and his Starry Nights check out this version.

 

The Dana and Katie Tour Roast

 

This past Wednesday Sharon planned, and beautifully hosted a surprise party for our docent class facilitators Dana and Katie. Peg, who has also been an integral part of the class was the co-conspirator who made sure our guests got to the party.

Thank you Peg.

  

A wonderful lunch was provided by the 'kitchen crew'; Ann, Lynn, Monica, Cindra, Kathy M. and Marsha.

 

For entertainment we roasted our dear teachers with a parody of a museum tour. Here I am tying the main topic of our tour, Dana and Katie, up with the rest of the presentation.

 

Monica shared the importance of being on time.

 

Dawn explains the usefulness of postcards.

 

Cindra makes it perfectly clear.

 

Julio exhausts himself talking with his hands!

 

Ann, with Nancy's help, reminds us not to touch the artwork.

 

Marsha shared a brilliant demonstration for making up what you don't know.

 

Lynn, with her assistant Frank , reminded us that the frames are part of the artwork. Thank you for not hitting Frank with the baseball bat!

 

Kathy A. made the complicated, simple.

  

Katie expresses surprise to find out she wasn't to be spared during the roast. After all, the woman behind the woman is very important.   

 

And we got to share the event with our special guest Nancy McMillan.

I'm a docent, well almost.

One year ago I started the new docent class at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. In another month I will 'graduate'. That means they will set me and my classmates free on the museum going public shortly thereafter! Not to worry. Yesterday we gave short 5 minute tours to each other. The results were delightful and I thought impressive. We're anxious but eager. For me the fun part is knowing that the learning won't stop just because our weekly classes do.