Pissarro Exhibit at the Clark

Rachel and I have been talking about making it out to the Pissarro Exhibit at The Clark Art Museum since it opened back in June. All things Life and Child, have been keeping us away, but being that this was the last weekend and the Planets aligned for us, we made it out. It was a rainy Fall day, but beautiful none the less and the colorful tree lined drive was art in itself. As is common in our baby filled life we arrived and tended to her every need for about a half hour and then we were off to explore. Addy must now climb up every set of stairs (aided of course), and climb they did, excited to see the paintings that lay just out of sight. 

I was slightly bummed when I was told that I couldn't take photos once we were inside the exhibit, but I did snap this photo right before we went in.

It was a great exhibit, I've always been a big fan of the Impressionists and this was great display focused on portraits and scenes focused on people. Addy really wanted to walk around the room, I thought this may be a distraction (and possible annoyance) for the very packed house of people intent on taking in this possible once in a lifetime viewing, but many were just as happy to see this cute kid walking around holding Daddy's hand and yealling, ooohhhing and ahhhing and in general hogging some of Pissarro's spotlight. We did have to make it slightly brief and kept moving to some of the other things that were being exhibited, and for Addy to exhibit her cuteness. We stopped at the gift shop at the end of the day and picked up a new set of board books for Addy. Pretty awesome.

After everything was packed up, we were about to leave I had to take a shot of part of the Pissarro bio leading upstairs, it described the day nicely... it was pretty...

actually, I would more likely call it...

Family Day Trip

This post is a couple days behind. Getting the Vloggin' Vednesday post together definitely took up a lot of my time. Thanks to everyone that took part, I can't believe how well it went and how much fun it was.

I've always loved going to museums and art shows, so when Rachel told me she saw an advertisement for a kids activity day at the Clark museum in Williamstown MA, we had to plan a trip. The weather was rainy and overcast, but as I've sang a million times, Addy and Rachel are my sunshine. Adeline slept for almost the whole ride there, giving me an my wife some sort of "alone time" to talk and basically be only the two of us. Despite the weather it was a beautiful ride. Here are some picture from our visit.

Addy and Mommy right after we arrived. This is an image of baby in between foodies.

Me and Addy in exhibit with a carved bust saying "ohh, look at that cool family"

Mommy blending in with the artwork, just like the beautiful piece of art that she is.

We are standing in from of some of the wall graphics from the Albrecht Dürer exhibit. It was crazy to see these awesome detailed illustrations that are more than 400 years old. The exhibit definitely reminded me of a lot of the band t-shirt artwork that I have dealt with over the years. Man, that dude was ahead of his time, little did he know, his style was going to be hyped with metal and hardcore bands everywhere 400 years after he died. 

Rach with a Ballerina sculpture by Degas. I think she has her eyes already looking to the future when Addy will be dressed up and ready for her ballet class... and then on to the Royal Ballet.