Jane Cassidy & Montgomery

“Is it a picture of light or is it water?” I asked my children after we plopped down on the large bean bags and let the immersive video installation flow around us. “The Undersea Well” was made by Jane Cassidy for this exhibition. It’s a dive deep into the waters off the west coast of …

Read more

Travel List: Berlin & Dusseldorf

We are going to Germany for a few days. Here are the planned art stops. What other art should we make time for (in between playgrounds, some World Cup, and getting lost)? Hamburger Bahnhoff Boros Collection James Turrell’s light installation for Dorotheenstädtischer Cemetery Kindl Art Museum Marta Herford Center for International Light Art Sculpture Park …

Read more

“do it” at the Mobile Museum of Art

A few weeks ago, we made our first trip to the Mobile Museum of Art to see “do it” an exhibition of instructions and artworks interpreting those instructions. “do it” is a traveling exhibition produced by Independent Curators International that begins with artists telling you what to do.  In 1993, Hans Ulrich Obrist ask 12 artists …

Read more

Graffiti Wall St. Louis

Introducing your kids to graffiti is just fun! In addition to the large walls and bright colors, the kids are enthralled with all the different ways to write a ‘J’ or ‘Z.’ The subjects range from Snoopy to environmentalism, and they spotted more than a few cartoon characters they recognized. Sense graffiti is usually located …

Read more

Citygarden & Serra Sculpture Park

  We practiced our ninja poses, danced in the grass like no one was watching, and tried to see how many kids could fit in a giant head. That pretty much describes our life any day, but I’m pretty excited that it was at an art collection on this day! We visited the Citygarden in …

Read more

Soundsuit Coloring Sheets

I recently wrote about our visit to Feat. at Schermerhorn Symphony Center and the Frist Art Museum. After the show, we had the unexpected opportunity to talk with Nick Cave. My sons walked away wishing they had their drawings (above) to share with him. The night before the performance, they designed their own soundsuits using …

Read more

Nick Cave at the Frist Art Museum

If you ask my 4 year old and 6 year old if they enjoyed sitting quietly through Nick Cave’s two hour performance and then going to an art museum where you cannot touch anything, they will say, “It was awesome!” I am so thankful for this opportunity to share art or life with them. They …

Read more

Nick Cave Feat.

The dancers screamed and the whole audience screamed back, but I am not sure who actually screamed first. It was a spontaneous response to a celebration of newness. For a long time, the dancers or “initiates” in Nick Cave’s Feat. changed from wearing their street clothes to the otherworldly sculptural forms that Nick Cave created. I …

Read more

Museum of Design Atlanta: Designing Playful Cities

Twirling in one of Thomas Heatherwick’s “Spun Chairs” can loosen up even the most serious art patron.  And relaxing in one is the best way to take in the exhibition “Designing Playful Cities” at the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA). “Designing Playful Cities” is a textbook exhibition curated by their Exhibitions Manager, Janelle Miniter. It showcases efforts …

Read more

Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinitiy!

Infinity is my six year old’s new favorite number. It makes his eyes pop out of his head and jaw drop. Taking him to “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors,” a retrospective exhibition that includes six of Kusama’s infinity rooms, will be fun! Originally produced by the Hirschhorn Museum, the exhibition is touring North America (coming to Cleveland …

Read more