Every year, I like to try a new art form, such as glass blowing, ring making, mosaic tiling, Turkish water marbling....there are so many art classes to be taken! This year, I picked up a brochure from The Eliot School in a lobby and read through it. I decided to try a one-session matchbox art... Continue Reading →
I've always loved Tiffany glass, maybe because I grew up with Tiffany-style lamps in the house. So when I learned of the Tiffany Windows Education Center at a church in downtown Boston, I made plans to go with a friend. The weather was on our side so the windows... Continue Reading →
My mom and I met in the Berkshires earlier this summer, so I took the opportunity to visit a place I hadn't been to before: Chesterwood, the summer home of sculptor Daniel Chester French. French is best known for sculpting Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in DC. We went during the week, so it... Continue Reading →
I walked into the Armenian Museum of America not knowing a thing about Armenia, except that its people suffered a genocide (but I had no idea when). At first glance, it looked like a small museum...but I spent almost two hours there. There were many beautiful artifacts and artworks: ... Continue Reading →
It was a happy accident that I experienced a cultural smorgasbord within a four-day timespan in March... Every year, I like to try a new art form. This year, the Groupon gods sent me a water marbling (or ebru) class, which was taught at the Turkish Cultural Center. I'd never heard of water marbling. I... Continue Reading →
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