Tag Archives: Museums

Walt Disney Family Museum

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

The Walt Disney Family Museum opened in the Presidio in San Francisco in 2009. It’s housed in a former Army barrack.   There was  sketching from live animals this weekend in front of the museum, so we packed up and … Continue reading →

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Red and White

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

I’m sorry I missed Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts.  I was on the wrong coast for the six days that the exhibition was displayed.   Actually I was on an island off the wrong coast, so … Continue reading →

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Pulp Fashion

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

There’s an exhibit in SF at the Legion of Honor called Pulp Fashion.  (No, it’s not art from a Quentin Tarantino movie)  It’s an extraordinary exhibit of costumes, fashions, and textile items created in paper.  The artist behind all this … Continue reading →

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Improv

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

An itchy eye a few nights ago turned into a burning eyeball, which then was diagnosed as a scratched cornea.  Yesterday was painful. Today is much better, thanks to modern medicine.  All this resulted in my vision being temporarily blurry … Continue reading →

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Impressions of a total amateur

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

Now that I’ve been taking an oil painting class and have done, oh, 6 oil paintings, I feel qualified to theorize on the Impressionist period of painting.  The one with Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cassatt and whole bunch of others. … Continue reading →

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Worth more than a look

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

Henri Cartier-Bresson, the Modern Century is a collection of photo works that runs until January 30.  Five short days from now.  If you are into photography, photojournalism, the 1930′s and/or world history of that time, it’s a show worth seeing. … Continue reading →

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