#13= MCA

Reflection of MCA

       There was an enjoyable experience for me in MCA last week. MCA is a great contemporary art museum and the art exhibition section occupies most of the entire museum. There are many parts in the art exhibition such as Chicago Works, Heaven and Earth, Groundings, West by Midwest, Atrium Project, Enrico David and so on. There are some artworks in each part. However, I was only interested in one of the artworks that made me thought in them.

       The artwork made me think for a long time. When I saw the artwork, I imagined a black-eyed person sticking his head into a rope so that his neck became so long. It made me think a Chinese idiom that is called Tie One's Hair on the House Beam to Keep Oneself from Falling Asleep. It means a person work or study hard day and night. Because of the rope, the person studied hard but he finally got black eyes.

       Although I was interested in it, there were also many interesting artworks in MCA. Anyway, in my opinion, it is worth to recommend to visit it.

#15= Museum TEAM Project

Special Art Museum

        I had a project with my team that visited a museum. We had chosen a museum called Intuit and researched it before we visited. It is center for outsider art. We visited it on a cold day after classes.

        When I first came to the museum, I asked if my team was really a museum because it was too small. In the museum I visited, it was the smallest one. This art museum mainly collects works by Henry Darger. He was a reclusive American writer and artist who worked as a hospital custodian in Chicago. After he died, his artworks were discovered so that he became famous, so he was an outsider artist and his artworks were outsider art.

       In the museum, the main part is the Henry Darger Room Collection. We can see something that was in his house before his death. After visiting the art gallery, although he didn't become an artist during his lifetime, I thought he was still keen on art.

       Before we left the museum, we had interviews for an employee and a visitor. We waited for the employee over 30 minutes because of a meeting. We asked her about some insights about art and the details of Henry Darger. We are fortunate to ask the only one European-American visitor around the age of 30 about outsider art and his favorite artists and artworks. This was an enjoyable and relaxing visit for me. 

#12= Cultural Center

Reflection of the Chicago Cultural Center

     I was an honor to visit the Chicago Cultural Center. Before I visited it, I didn't where the Chicago Cultural Center is. I was curious to walk into it because I heard it was a great platform that shows the African American designers' artworks. The African American designer can make the most of their talents. I spent more time to see many artworks such as magazines, posters, album cover, toys, textiles, and household goods during the exhibition. They showed African American achievements. In addition, there is a painting on the outer wall of the cultural center. It was drawn by Kerry James Marshall.

#11= AIC

Reflection of AIC

       It was my first time to visit AIC. My first expression was the museum was so large. All kinds of famous artists and artworks that were from all over the world displayed in different parts. The main forms of the artworks are paintings and sculpture. They open the door of the art for me.  I was interested that the artist can state their situation or mood at the time by their artworks. I also had to do a mini-presentation about a specific art after I described and thought with my partner. In addition, I think AIC likes a maze or an art. If I might miss more art without the teacher's lead. After I visited AIC, I have a little reluctance to leave because I want to feel the more artistic atmosphere. All in all, AIC is so great because it has collected so many famous artworks.

#10= AIC Webhunt

Exploring the AIC Website

         It was my first time to explore the AIC Website. I didn't know the URL of AIC before I explored the AIC Website, so I just put The Art Institute of Chicago in Google. I have got the web address which is www.artic.edu since I entered "Downtown's Chicago#1 Mesuem| The Art Institute of Chicago".

         When I arrived "Home", I felt it was simple and tidy although it has many pictures. I went to "Visit" first. I knew the time of opening and the location about AIC in it. Of course, it also tells us the price. After I went back "Home", I visited "Exhibition and Events". It describes simply current and upcoming exhibition and events about artworks in AIC. If I click the artworks, I can see the exhibition or events in details. Then, I visited "The Collection". Much more all kinds of artworks were classified. I can see the details from each artwork and why the artists paint it. Finally, I went to "Shop" because I was curious about what I can buy as a souvenir. 

         All in all, I was easy to find it to navigate the AIC website. I thought the best part of the website is "The Collection". It is a better website if we learn art more.

#9= Craft

Something Interesting in Halloween

       Halloween was gone. There was something interesting during Halloween. Last week, it was my first time to think what the Halloween craft is when I saw a project about it. I searched it on the Internet and found many Halloween crafts were big pumpkins with grimaces. 

       I was interested in the grimaces, so I decided to make one before Halloween. The picture I took was my Halloween craft that didn't finish. It was simply because it was made by a part of a carton and a paper that was drawn to a ghost mouth.

       When Halloween night was coming, I received an invitation from one of my friends. We would knock on the door with his daughter and she would get much more candies. Because we walked and knocked one by one, we were too tired. However, we were not scared; in contrast, we were excited and enjoy it well.