Tentative Schedule

Tentative Schedule
October 29, 2009 Yale Center for British Art (Admission is free)
1080 Chapel St. (Thursday 10:00am-5:00pm)
New Haven, CT

November 29, 2009 Whitney Museum of American Art (Admission is ($18)
945 Madison Avenue at 75th St. (Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm)
New York, New York

December 5, 2009 The Yale Art Gallery (Admission is free)
1111 Chapel St. (Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm)
New Haven, CT

December 6, 2009 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Admission is $20)
1000 Fifth Avenue at 84th St. (Sunday 9:30am-5:30pm)
New York, New York

December 12, 2009 Wadsworth Atheneum (Admission is $10)
600 Main St. (Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm)
Hartford, CT

December 13, 2009 The Guggenheim (Admission is $18)
1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th St. (Sunday 10:00am-5:45pm)
New York, New York


CHERYL VEREEN

Hello Everybody! I'm back!

Hi everyone! I'm back. After suffering from tennis elbow in both arms since October 15th which has prevented me from typing and still limits every aspect of my daily living, I'm well enough to type for a few minutes at a time now. The nerve damage causes severe pain and spasms but I'm thankful that it is a little better thanks to the shots and pain meds I've been receiving. Then I caught swine flu and was away from work, school, and the outside world from October 31st through November 9th. So you can see I'm a little behind and I do apologize. I have been to the first two museums on my tentative schedule and I must say the Whitney museum was impressive. It featured one of my favorite abstract artists-Georgia O'Keefe. I will be posting pictures, comments, and my first paper this week. I'm really excited about writing my first paper. I hope you enjoy my postings.

Episode Four: Yale Art Gallery

I posted my piece for trip #4 on my blog - have fun :)

Museum #3: Wadsworth Antheneum

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I visited the Wadsworth Antheneum on 11/21/09 with my daughter and fiance. I had never been to the museum before and was pleasantly surprised with the exhibits. I've posted only pictures for this visit. Check them out on my blog. Enjoy!

Trip #3

I posted pictures this week in loo of an essay. Enjoy :-)

Museum 2: Yale Art Gallery

I've just posted my next visit to the Yale Art Gallery. I was absolutely amazed at the piece that I chose to highlight on my blog. The sculpture is entitled "Drug Addict". The hyperrealism in this piece just blew me away. Visit my blog and you'll find more pictures of this fabulous piece.

My Blog- "Genese's Museum Experience"

Here's the link to my blog. Enjoy!

http://gcallowaymuseumexp.blogspot.com/

I've also included a picture of me and my giant man at the Met! He was ginormous and my friend and I got a kick out his size.

Trip 2 - Wadsworth Atheneum

Hi Y'all - My piece on the Wadsworth Atheneum is now up on my blog. The museum was wonderful, but I realized that I belong on the shoreline. :)

PICTURES!!!!

Hi everyone!

I have posted the pictures of my first piece from my visit to the Yale Center for British Art. It's a painting by Martin called "The Deluge" and it is very intense. Just warning you!

You can see it on my blog...

My URL

Okay, I'm having a challenging time figuring out all of this technical stuff, but here is the url to my blog:

http://revmaryyankee.blogspot.com

Help!

Hey guys -

I can't figure out how to link MY blog to this one. Any hints out there?

My Blog

http://www.nancy-museumexperience.blogspot.com/

Florence Griswold Museum Trip

My paper on the painted panels of the Florence Griswold museum is on my blog. I hope you enjoy :)

Amanda's Blog

Hi Class - Here is the url to my blog...

http://www.soulcrystalsblog.blogspot.com

I will try to fancify it and post my first essay on the Florence Griswold house this weekend.

Museum Trips

I already went to the Florence Griswold museum last weekend - wonderful place and such a gorgeous fall day! Below is the plan for my other trips.

Trip 1: Florence Griswold Museum 11/1/2009
Trip 2: Wadsworth Athenium 11/8/2009
Trip 3: New Britain Museum of American Art 11/15/2009
Trip 4: Yale Center for British Art 11/22/2009
Trip 5: Yale Art Gallery 11/29/2009
Trip 6: The Met 12/4/2009

Help!

How do I link my blog to this one?

Tentative List of Vists

Museum #1: Yale Art Gallery
Museum #2: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum #3: Yale Cener for British Art
Museum #4: Wadsworth Atheneum
Museum #5: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum #6: Museum of Modern Art

Above is the list of museums that I plan to visit. I have already visited the Yale Art Gallery and will post my paper to the blog along with my pictures later today. I am looking forward to experiencing everyone's trips through their perspective. I have gone to a few of these museums before, but am always amazed at the new things that I learn on each visit.

Important Information

It has been unusually quiet on this blog for the past few days.  At this point, you should have your blog set up and your tentative list of visits posted.  You need to post your blog address here in this blog so I can find you and create a link for you.  There is no way for me to find you unless you tell me where you are.

I would even expect your first paper to be posted by now as we will be heading into week 3 next week.  Waiting until later to post several things at once is unacceptable.  As you post new work to your blog, you should post a short lead in to it with an image here.

If you are feeling stuck or unsure what to do, please email me directly so I can help you out.

Greetings!


Hello everyone! My name is Cheryl Vereen and this is also my second class with Professor Nevins and my second online class. My first experience was so great that I thought I would try another. I am a senior at Albertus and striving to obtain my Bachelor's Degree in the spring. I am a finance major and considering grad school. I have been employed by the New Haven Board of Education as an assistant teacher in the area of special education for 17 years. I have 4 grown children and 6 grandchildren. Getting my degree is something that I have dreamed of for a very long time. When my children were young, we would visit a museum at least three times a year. I truly loved going to museums and wanted to expose my children to it as much as possible. I haven't been able to visit a museum for a long time. This class will give me a chance to catch up and to expand my visits to museums I've never visited. By coincidence, I just went to the Yale Center for British Art Museum yesterday. We took a group of 16 third graders for an hour and a half trip to the museum to expose them to fine art. We had a great tour guide, but was only able to focus on and discuss only three paintings. All three were at least 250 years old. It really takes a day in a museum in order to have a meaningful experience and you still would not get a chance to fully absorb everything in that length of time. I know I will enjoy this experience. I look forward to viewing everyone's posts. You are invited to view my blog at cvereen77-cherylvereen.blogspot.com.

Salutations

Hello fellow museum-goers! My name is Amanda Gavagan and this is my second class with Prof. Nevins and my umteenth online class at AMC. I love history and absolutely love going to museums so when I found out that I could go to museums and get credit towards my degree, I was ecstatic. I just read through the syllabus and can hardly wait to start going places.

A little about myself - I am a Humanities major and plan on going to grad school after I graduate in May. I haven't figured out where, but since I work full-time during the day, I will need to find something local and accomadating...which I hope I can do. When I grow up, I want to be a teacher, hopefully high school history. Not Social Studies or the world after 1945 - I am interested in medieval history primarily and anything up to the Reformation and Industrial Revolution.

This pic was taken at this year's Renaissance Fair in Hebron. It was my first of hopefully many Renaissance Fairs.