Is the Corning Museum of Glass Worth It? YES! I have a new favorite museum, and it’s not a traditional one. The Corning Museum of Glass in the Finger Lakes region of New York is the largest display of glass art in the world, smacking you in the face with over 3,500 years of pieces… [Read More]
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Montreal Family Travel: The Best Park, Art, and Festivals
People have been yelling at me about my first “Montreal with Kids” article, furious that their yearning to visit the city is now unbearable. Well, watch out, because the advice in this second Montreal family travel installment is even more alluring. As with the first article, here I shall lay out a great family itinerary… [Read More]
Create Your Own Lantern Festival: A Beautiful Art Project
How to Make a Lantern at Home! Travel makes me think of lights: glittering, romantic displays of lights like the ones I saw at holiday festivals in Italy, or night markets in Thailand. “Why,” I’ve been wondering since returning to Boston after traveling around the world, “do gorgeous public light displays like that not exist… [Read More]
Quilt Patterns from History: BEAUTIFUL Art Inspiration
Historic Quilting Design Ideas! For the first time in my life, I found an art exhibit so enthralling that I returned TWICE to see it. In fact, I have plans to go back a third time. Ooh, the “Quilts and Color” exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts made me happy! Its rainbow blasts were… [Read More]
Graffiti is All Over Greece. Is it by Artists or Vandals?
There is so much graffiti in Greece, we even saw graffiti on the PLANTS growing up the Acropolis in Athens. Throughout our Greece Teacher Tour, we’d exclaim, “Look at that graffiti over there, and there… and THERE! So terrible. Why do they allow it?” How jarring it is to have an idealized vision of a… [Read More]
Terry: The 798 Art Zone Was The Coolest Place in Beijing
Article #10 in the Student Travel Stories Series from our tour of Beijing, China. By Terry, Age 17, 12th Grade in Boston. Born in the U.S. to parents from Vietnam and China. Q: Terry, tell the readers about the crazy 798 Art Zone in Beijing! A: The 798 Art Zone we visited was the coolest… [Read More]
