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]
Arts
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]
The Unbelievable Glass Chihuly Exhibit at Boston’s MFA
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… [Read More]
Why You CAN Draw Well, and Why Dumb Doesn’t Exist
“I don’t know how to draw! I’m bad at it!” This is a lament I’ve heard from mouths across the world. If YOU have this same complaint, listen now and listen good: You CAN draw, and you can, if you work at it, eventually draw WELL. The only thing that’s stopping you is… PRACTICE! PRACTICE… [Read More]
Awesome Public Art: a True Gift to our Cities!
I am currently half human and half icicle due to wandering outside in Boston’s winter for 3 hours with a foolishly thin jacket, but that’s all right. Why? Because the reason I was outside was to go on a famous Context Tour of Boston’s Big Dig! I am thrilled to report that thanks to the… [Read More]
