museum of art and design
i went to the museum of art and design today with a my roommate's sister (a 26 year old accountant). they had an exhibit on embroidary and goblets!
the museum itself is in a great location, big spaces and easy to get to (it's right across the street from MoMA). it is moving at the end of 2008 to columbus circle.
some of the embroidery was beautiful. the stuff that didn't take itself too seriously. there was beautiful netting with little daisy flowers on it. some of it was pretty funny: there was a series of needlepoints of "my mother said..." some of it was bad: a spill on a tablecloth with an embroidered outline. yes, that is considered art.
they also had an exhibit on goblets. we appreciated the goblet exhibit a lot more than the embroidery since we didn't have a clue as how you go about making something like that. some personal favorites were sequined red bull goblets, frog goblets, and just some very elaborate glass goblets.
the museum gifts shops around were great...the one in the MAD museum, the MoMA design, and the actual MoMA gift shop.
times visited: 2 (first time was closed with no mention on website)
time in museum: 1 hr 15 minutes
overall: B
the museum itself is in a great location, big spaces and easy to get to (it's right across the street from MoMA). it is moving at the end of 2008 to columbus circle.
some of the embroidery was beautiful. the stuff that didn't take itself too seriously. there was beautiful netting with little daisy flowers on it. some of it was pretty funny: there was a series of needlepoints of "my mother said..." some of it was bad: a spill on a tablecloth with an embroidered outline. yes, that is considered art.
they also had an exhibit on goblets. we appreciated the goblet exhibit a lot more than the embroidery since we didn't have a clue as how you go about making something like that. some personal favorites were sequined red bull goblets, frog goblets, and just some very elaborate glass goblets.
the museum gifts shops around were great...the one in the MAD museum, the MoMA design, and the actual MoMA gift shop.
times visited: 2 (first time was closed with no mention on website)
time in museum: 1 hr 15 minutes
overall: B
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