Apr 212011
Normally, Boston’s famed Museum of Fine Arts is more expensive than two movie tickets put together… but it turns out that entrance is FREE every day for kids age 7-17 after 3pm, and on Wednesday evenings, it’s free for EVERYONE!
And you must go NOW. Why? Because there is an exhibit at the MFA now that may be the coolest art experience you encounter in your life: Dale Chihuly’s giant, color-saturated, twisted, spiny, glowing, absolutely magical GLASS creations. Check out these photos, swoon, then mark your calendar for when you can go in person.
I have never seen anything like this! The designs are so amazing!
This is gorgeous. I love the pictures.
That’s amazing, cool, awesome, wierd, freaky, and creative. Are those jellyfishes.
I went too! The MFA tried to keep the exhibit but I don’t what happened next. The glass is beautiful and very creative. The last time I checked, the exhibit was still there (late June).
This is so beautiful. I am planning to go this week or next week.
Alas, Yara, I believe the exhibit has left! Check on the MFA website and report back!
Ms.Marshall, why visit the world when you can visit your own home city?!
This exhibit looks amazing! I wonder how he created all of this with JUST glass. Maybe I should go see it in person. (:
These pictures are quite amazing. I think I might go to the museum this week.
These pictures are so detailed it seems as though I am looking at them in person.
It’s really amazing that this has been in my city and i’ve been missing out.
These pictures remind me of a bunch of rainbow colored fish swimming in the ocean.
It looks amazing and I hope I get to go once.
Wow these pictures are fabulous. I definitely hope to go to this exhibit soon. Thanks for letting me know.
This exibit is soooo cool! Is it really just glass? I would really enjoy going to this sometime!
This is soooo amazing! It’s like glass pools of color! Oh wait, it is
OMG!
These pictures are AWESOME!!!!!!!
Oh my gosh ! This is beyond amazing. This reminds me of the summer when I went on a cruise with the family to Bermuda one summer. When we docked a Bermuda, we visited a glass harbor shop. The glass creations were incredible ! There was jewelery, animals, lamps, etc. made all out of glass. It was great . (:
Wow. This art exhibit looks awsome! Attending this would be a great way to spend a Wednesday!
This looks amazing, I hope to go see it soon! It looks like floating jellyfish.
Wow! I can’t imagine how the glass art looks up close, given that they are such an admirable sight just staring at the computer! Can’t wait to see them one day!
Beautiful! When does this exhibit end?
It runs until August 7, according to the MFA website, so you should have time to see it! I can’t even imagine the effort it takes to transport all those delicate glass sculptures to other museums. They should just leave them here in Boston
These pictures look so cool. I have baseball everyday though. Hopefully one day it will rain, so I can get a chance to go to this exhibit.
That looks amazing! I wish I could go there now…
Man these pictures really caught me by surprise!!!! I must mark a day on my calendar to visit here with my friends!!!
Wow! These pictures are awesome! I think that I should go there one day. This is probably the best exhibit there is in art.
Wow! Who knew that glass could be so beautiful! The MFA always has new exhibits that are always so fascinating. I would really like to go to that exhibit and check it out!
What amazing pics! Wish we were going to be in Boston this summer! thanks for sharing.
Mike and Luci
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[...] Gorgeous photos of Dale Chihuly’s glasswork, taken by the ever-awesome Boston teacher/travel blogger/my college friend Lillie. Chihuly’s work looks very marine-life-inspired to me – three of my favorites are below. For more, head over to Lillie’s place or to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Happy Friday! [...]
I love oceans, and to me this is an ocean in a museum! I honestly see my self going here.
I wasn’t really a big fan of the MFA, but after reading this article and viewing the fantastic picture I have basically been convinced that the MFA is a great place. I would love to visit it one day.
Wow! That’s breathtaking! I love the creative shapes and bright colors. I once got at chance to watch these glass blowers at MIT make this wierd glass pumpkin. They used this colored powder to add color to the class. I’m definately going art museum now.
Oh my gosh! I can’t believe that all those fabulous creations are made out of glass! It looks absolutely amazing and it’s so pretty and colorful! For sure during summer vacation or whenever we have a wednesday off before summer, I will definitely take my family with me. It’s looks so beautiful like a glass wonderland! Those pictures are amazing but don’t most museums not allow flash photography? Anyways, great article! I can’t wait to see it in person!:D
Amazing. It looks like jellyfishes to me. I’ve always found the MFA boring. But after seeing these pictures, I’m stunned by the beauty. I need to see this. It looks like a whole other world!
I went to the Museum of Fine Arts just last month. I heard that there was a new exhibit so I went to check it out. There were a lot of new things, but I didn’t see the glass art. These are beautiful! When did they open this exhibit?
I adore glass exhibitions. These photos are lovely! I am completely envious that you were able to photograph it!
This exhibit is so pretty.
The arts are so nice! I wish I could go but I have class wednsday afterschool. My favorite picture is the one with the long green tree pillar. Many teachers have told me to visit this museum but I have never gone here before. I hope to go here soon!
Students: What part of “entrance is FREE EVERY DAY for kids age 7-17 after 3pm” is unclear?! You don’t have to wait for Wednesday! If you don’t believe me, call them to ask! Extra credit if you go
I went to the Museum of Fine Arts many times before and although there was always something new every time I went, there was nothing as amazing as this! These pictures are beautiful and I would like to visit the Museum of Fine Arts again soon.
Ms.Marshall, I think you’ve officiously made me the most jealous person right now!
As I’ve been going through Boston, I’ve seen the ad for this on buses and bill boards.
Every time I see it, I shout out in the car that I NEED to go and see it. I’ve been to the MFA
plenty of times, and hopefully many more!
I really like these photos, the pictures of the glass looks really cool, I wish I could do that.
That really does look very cool! Why is it free to get in on wednesday? That seems like a random day of the week to make it. I hope I get to go there because it looks like a really fun time.
Oh my goodness! I’ve seen the advertisement for the exhibition on the side of a trolley and I remember telling my mom that I’d love to go see that. Never happened of course! Maybe I’ll tag along with my sister and stop by the MFA one day after school. (Access to the MFA is free for all BLS students.. not fair) Everyone needs a little color in their life once in a while & this is perfect
Kyle, read the first paragraph again: Entrance is FREE for ALL students after 3pm!
I would love to go there. I have lived in Boston for eleven years and I still haven’t seen a lot of it. It reminds me of “Spongebob” and how the clouds are made of flowers.
It’s so PRETTY! I can’t even believe my eyes, are they really glass? I would like to go there to check it out!
~Huabao
YES! You have to go! Call and verify the free hours for students, or take your family this Wednesday evening!
That’s got to be the most colorful exhibition I have seen my entire life. It’s so fantastic!
WOOOOOW It looks Fabulous. I cant wait to get there this Wednesday.
Thank you lillie
Miss you so much
Miss you, too!
Readers, if you haven’t already read the article about Meaad’s awesome art exhibition in Saudi Arabia, read it now! http://www.aroundtheworldl.com/2010/07/12/meaads-article-the-best-art-exhibition-ever/
These pics are just amazing! I’m tempted to hop on a train and head to Boston. I always check out Chiluky’s work at the Bellagio when I’m in Vegas.