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Last Chance to Visit the NGA

We are eight months into this pandemic and life continues to become more unnerving each day. As an educator visiting art galleries has become an important diversion for those of us who must have a weekly dose of paintings, sculptures, and music to stay focused and centered.

I couldn’t believe an email I received this afternoon indicating the National Gallery of Art will be closing [again] to the public on Saturday, November 21 out of caution and the response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the region, which I totally understand and agree with wholeheartedly.

I’m so looking forward to 2021 with hopes the new year will bring the opportunity to start anew. Luckily, a few of us were able to visit the National Gallery in October, and took photos to peruse until we can once again return.

1} Place du Carrousel, Paris by Camille Pissarro, oil of canvas, 1900 2} The Japanese Footbridge by Claude Monet, oil on canvas, 1899 3} Boulevard des Italiens, Morning, Sunlight by Camille Pissarro, oil on canvas, 1897 4} Masked Ball at the Opera by Edouard Manet, oil on canvas, 1873 5} Fruit, Jug, and a Glass by Jean Simeon Chardin, oil on canvas, 1726/1728.

Check out the link to the National Gallery of Art Blog

Stay safe and enjoy,
Kathleen

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City of Richmond

Monument Avenue

This weekend team members went to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts {VMFA} to take in the Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Sunken Cites exhibit before it leaving in January 2021. While on the way to the gallery they drove thru Richmond’s Monument Avenue, where statues have been removed as part of the ongoing protest against police brutality and racism.

  • Robert E. Lee monument is the last statue on the Avenue surrounded by Black Lives Matter signage.
    Robert E. Lee monument is the last statue on the Avenue surrounded by Black Lives Matter signage.
  • The Lost Cause of the Confederacy was a notion used to perpetuate racism and racist power structures during the Jim Crow era.
    The “Lost Cause of the Confederacy” was a notion used to perpetuate racism and racist power structures during the Jim Crow era.
  • Stonewall Jackson monument removed July 2, 2020
    The Stonewall Jackson statue was removed July 2, 2020
  • Former location of Jefferson Davis statue, which was toppled by rioters during the Goerge Floyd protest in June 2020.
    Former location of Jefferson Davis statue, which was toppled by rioters during the Goerge Floyd protest in June 2020.

Polls in summer of 2020 estimated that 15 to 26 million people had participated at some point in the demonstrations, making the Black Lives Matter protest the largest in US history. 

Stay safe,
Kathleen