Week 5

Part 1

1. The name of the museum I chose is the Miami Art Museum in Florida. It contains art with influences from North and Latin America which is also why I chose it.

2. I used the museums website, youtube and wikipedia.

http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/home.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Art_Museum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvwoDE8w-zs

3. 1)In the background info from the museums website I learned that Miami is full of artists, designers and collectors and is in demand for a world class museum.

2)Miami is the only metropolitan area that does not have a major art museum that serves its community, and the Miami Art museum is adding on to fulfill that need.

3)The museum has a program called "MAM & Schools" for children K-12 .

4. One piece of work that attracted me from the Miami Art Museum is the piece called Regard the Class Struggle as a Main Link in the Chain by Kehinde Wiley. Wiley is know for using Harlem residence and painting them posed like paintings in art history books. In Regard the Class Struggle as a Main Link in the Chain Wiley takes this man from Harlem and positions him like the "Iron Women" who was used to promote gender equality in China's cultural revolution.

Part 2

1. Jennifer was drawn to the Getty Villa located in the Pacific Palisades because of its beautiful gardens.

2. Karen chose the museum of art and history at the McPherson center in Santa Cruz holds many different kings of exhibitions ranging from music to art to history.

3. Lori chose the exploratorium which offers hundreds of interactive science, art and human perception exhibits that are both fun for children and adults.

4. Kelpy--The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles opened in 1913.

5. Nicole--The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art was the first museum on the West Coast to be completely devoted to 20th century art.

6. Veronika--The Legion of Honor Museum contains mostly European art with the largest collection of French art.

7. Wes--The Exploratorium was founded in 1969 by a physicist and an educator by the name of Frank Oppenheimer.

8. Jacob--The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana was originally 7000 sq. ft. and is now 93,000 sq. ft.

9. Gabby--San Francisco Museum of Modern Art displays works of art by; Andy Warhol, Henry Matisse, Ansel Adams and many others.

10. Elizabeth--Loves the photographer Ansel Adams she said he is "one of the greatest print craftsmen on Earth"