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Richmond Part 1: Frida Kahlo
As someone who occasionally enjoys trying to learn more about art and improving my painting, I want to know more about women who have...
Jun 227 min read
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Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment
The first view was of the backs of a small group of people in front of the painting I traveled to see at the National Gallery of Art in...
May 194 min read
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The Art of Museums
Learning about art has been a lifelong undertaking. The feeling of inadequacy when I was younger is slowly losing ground. Now, I enjoy a...
Jun 21, 20249 min read
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Leonardo and Me
I use imagery to connect what I know to what I can see and experience in new places with new people. Connections add layers to the whole...
May 12, 20247 min read
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All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel
The author, Jeannie Marshall, is a writer who has been living in Italy with her family since 2002. The opportunity for this dissection...
Jul 24, 20235 min read
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Shakespeare and Company
Shakespeare and Company: The Story of an American Bookshop in Paris by Sylvia Beach (1956) When I was seven, my mother took us to a...
Jun 1, 20235 min read
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Surreal Trip to the Dali
Known simply as The Dali, this art museum in Florida is exceptional. If you are a fan of Salvador Dali or just curious, this is an easily...
Apr 19, 20239 min read
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Kennedy Space Center
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space in 1957. I was four years old and not too concerned about the political or military...
Mar 19, 20235 min read
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Collected Postcards
In January 2022, NPR did a show on a Pennsylvania man collecting postcards for 80 years. He is over 90 now and has hundreds of thousands...
Mar 8, 20234 min read
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Paris Art Museums
During my 2022 trip to Paris, I visited four well-known art museums, the Louvre Museum, Musee d’Orsay, Rodin Museum and Gardens, and...
Jan 16, 20236 min read
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