Museums as travel in time and space; or, how plants led me to some unexpected realizations This summer, I had the absolutely wonderful experience of interning at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in lovely, sunny San Marino, California. An institution unlike any other, The Huntington combines three separate collections to form a Read more about Sarah Rapoport[…]
This summer, I’ve had the pleasure of interning at the New York Artists Equity Association (NYAE) and its art space, Equity Gallery. NYAE was founded in 1947 by artists to promote opportunities for New York artists. Our community has since grown and have encompassed artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Willem de Kooning, Frank Stella, Read more about Sarah Cho[…]
Recently, I was in New York City, interning at a computational genomics startup. I had visited New York a few times before, but no longer than a week each time, mostly staying indoors for rehearsals and performances, or exploring the eats of the city and seeing iconic tourist attractions. This summer, I had a different Read more about Kristin Qian[…]
I’ll start with a confession: last month, in New York City, I visited the Whitney Museum of American Art and didn’t pay close attention to any of the art. It’s sacrilegious, I know—especially for a member of the Princeton Art Museum SAB. In my defense, while I was in New York City, I also visited Read more about Julia Cury[…]
“The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody’d move. You could go there a hundred thousand times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole Read more about Delaney Kerkhof’18 on an ever-changing experience with art[…]
On March 3rd, the SAB had the great pleasure of welcoming artist Patrick Dougherty to campus to give a talk about his internationally showcased body of artworks. He creates large and ephemeral environmental sculptures crafted from tree saplings and twigs. True to his humble character, he sometimes refers to his pieces as “stickworks”, which while technically accurate, belies their Read more about Constantin Weickart’17 Reflects on the Artist Talk, Spring 2016[…]
In the first semester of my freshman year, I took a seminar with Professor Caroline Harris called Behind the Scenes of the Princeton Art Museum, which was held at the museum. In the blurb describing the class, it was promised that we would at some point have an opportunity to see “a Degas pastel or Cézanne watercolor up Read more about Laura Halsey’19 Goes Behind the Scenes at the Art Museum[…]
Beth Wang’18 sat down with Wildcats President Samone Blair ’18 to talk about inspiration and Inspiration Night and all things in between. What inspires you to sing? Do you have any favorite songs to sing as a group? As the Wildcats is comprised of thirteen women with very different musical backgrounds, ranging from singing in the Read more about Wildcats President Samone Blair ’18 Talks about Inspiration and the Digital.[…]
Sarah Cho This Thursday at 6:15, the Roaring 20 will be responding to this year’s Inspiration Night theme: Art as Digital Experience. The Roaring 20 is one of three co-ed a cappella groups on campus and has a repertoire that ranges from “Gerswin to Gaga”. I was able to sit down with Caroline Griffin Read more about An Exclusive Interview with R20[…]
Until recently, I viewed the Princeton Art Museum through an escapist lens. After wandering the galleries for the first time in the fall, I equated the museum with intellectual repose. The museum was a timeless space where I could lose myself in the luminescent haze of impressionist paintings or in the meandering patterns of Greek mosaics. I Read more about Charlotte Reynders Reflects on a Perspective-Shifting Museum Experience with a Curator[…]