This piece used shadows to turn the pieces that looked like coins. If you look closely you can see my shadow taking the picture. Yes, I know . . . you're not supposed to take pictures in the Art Museum but how could I miss such a perfect picture!
CeCe making art (the blobs on the floor changed each time she moved)
Manny, Gee & CeCe by an actual piece of the Titanic's hull
Manny preparing for battle
Elizabethan CeCeOne of the many benefits of living in Menomonee Falls is how close we are to Milwaukee. In less than 45 minutes we can be at one of the many venues in the theatre district, take in a museum, or take one of the wonderful walking tours that Historic Milwaukee conducts. I'm ashamed to say though that we don't take advantage of these cultural events enough. But I'm working on changing that . . . yesterday I gave Carrie & Ben some time of peace and quiet and took the kids to the Milwaukee Art Museum and today to the Milwaukee Public Museum.
The Art Museum has a wonderful exhibit, Act/React Interactive Art, where the kids could 'experience' art rather than just looking at it. Christie and Kent joined us and together we created art with sensory assistance. They've got this really neat way for kids to appreciate the art by wearing costumes through the galleries. Manny chose the armor (of course) and CeCe chose the Elizabethan collar. They were quite the sight (as usual). CeCe's favorite piece of art is a shaggy dog that morphs into a waterfall. Manny loved everything, Kent liked the Picasso, Christie liked the interactive art, and I found a Winslow Homer that I read about in National Geographic. Maybe someday we'll see Manny's art on the walls of this gorgeous place??
Today we spent the entire day at the Milwaukee Public Museum. CeCe's school offered group-rate tickets to see the Titanic Exhibit and the Ghosts of the Abyss Imax movie along with museum admission. We got there around 9:00 and didn't leave until around 5! The kids are finally at the age where they're getting something out of the museum, whew! The Titanic was OK but I enjoyed the one that Uncle David and I saw in Chicago a couple of years ago better. This one did have some authentic artifacts though that kept the kids' attention for quite some time. We were each given a boarding pass when we entered and then later found out if our person survived. CeCe got 'The Unsinkable Mollie Brown' and I got another woman who traveled in first class and lived. Manny's guy traveled in second class and unfortunately didn't make it. The movie was AWESOME and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to keep up with the Titanic saga. James Cameron produced this documentary after his blockbuster; he taped the trip of a couple of submersibles going down to the wreckage that guided two robotic cameras into the ship. They shot pictures of the stained glass windows from within the diningroom and other areas that could not be photographed because of the depth (12,000 feet) and tight quarters. It was neat to see the kids' reactions to this event in history.
2 comments:
It's interesting to see how the "lava art" picture turned out.
Ghosts of the Abyss WAS cool, glad you got to see it.
I've found IMAX movies rather hit-or-miss, some both hit-and-miss, but they almost ALL are lovely to watch. Even the one I'm in is pretty, it's just not very good.
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