My Recent Adventures in Art

For spring break this year, I took my first trip to New York City. We visited the Museum of Modern Art and some art galleries in Chelsea among our sight seeing. Check out some of the awesome artwork I saw:

Andy Warhol

 5th and 6th grade students did a project inspired by Andy Warhol and Pop Art this year.

Andy Warhol

Jackson Pollock

 

Louise Nevelson

Vincent van Gogh... hey! we've seen this before!

Amedeo Modigliani

 Fifth grade did a self portrait inspired by Modigliani's style this year.

Marc Chagall... students, where have you seen this print before?

Andrew Wyeth

In June, I went back to New York City and saw even more artwork from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum. We also stopped by the American Museum of Natural History to see some dinosaurs!

Ringo Starr's drum

view inside the beautiful, Met

Tiffany's

stained glass... wow!

drawing in the museum

Charles Demuth... inspiration for a 5th grade project this year.

Alberto Giacometti

neat armor

American Museum of Natural History

There is so much to see in the museum and very kid friendly. My family's favorite part were the dinosaurs. I also really enjoyed the habitats wing. 

dodo bird skeleton

my dad as the missing link

Sara from Land Before Time

Guggenheim

Unfortunately, they do not allow photography in the galleries at this museum. They had a really neat exhibit of Wassily Kandinsky's work, whom has been the inspiration for a few 6th grade projects.

inside the museum lobby

looking straight up in the lobby

outside the museum

In case you can't get to the Met or MoMA anytime soon, you can visit them virtually via The Google Art Project. This site is beyond words amazing. You can see close up images of world famous artwork from many museums around the globe (and by close up, I mean you see brush strokes, cracks, texture!) It's a great way to bring art into your home. Please be sure to check it out!