Snowpocolypse!

Luc Tuymans @ MCA

I was finally able to check out the Luc Tuymans exhibition at the MCA before it closed in early January. My sister worked on the show so I had heard a little about it but not much. I loved how his paintings looked in person and seeing his room full of inspiration and source materials was so interesting! The MCA store is selling small posters of the Rabbit painting shown above, I might have to pick one up:)

Art Project

Thanks to Matt for telling me about Art Project from Google! While there is nothing like seeing art in person, this is a pretty great tool. Google partnered with many of the world's top museums (Tate Britain, MOMA, the Met, the Uffizi Gallery, Rijksmuseum, etc.) and uses streetview to simulate walking through their galleries. They also have high-res images from their collections that you can view up close (really, really close).

A year of travel-pt 3

Finally, in September Matt and I are going back to Europe to visit Amsterdam and Düsseldorf/Köln in Germany with friends. We've never been to any of these cities so we're really looking forward to just walking around soaking it all in! I used to live in a different part of Germany but haven't been back since 1993. Knowing how much Matt loves beer and sausage, I'm pretty sure he's gonna be in heaven:)

A year of travel-pt 2

Next on my list is a possible trip driving with my mom across the country to California in June. I was 5 the last time I went on a cross-country trip so I'm pretty excited. There's a whole section of the country that I'm totally unfamiliar with. I'd love to drive through the Badlands and the southern end of Yellowstone and see this guy:

A year of travel-pt 1

We've been spending the first couple weeks of 2011 planning our travels for the year. Matt and I have both traveled a fair amount but I am really looking forward to seeing more of the world together! So far we have our honeymoon- London, then Wales for a week followed by a week in Portugal. I can't wait to climb up these hills:

And show Matt this:

Taking advantage of the Winter darkness

I'm teaching an extra course at Marwen this term which starts today! I wanted to teach a photography course that wouldn't depend on daylight to shoot since it gets dark so early these days. The course is for middle school students so I thought it would be fun to play around with some light graffiti. I've been hording all sort of flashlights, LED lights, camping lamps and anything else that my students can use to make their photos. I'm looking forward to seeing what they come up with! Here are some examples I found to get them inspired.