Often, just at a moment when you are forging into the future, you find yourself reflecting on your past. As the Columbus Museum of Art enters a new era, we honor our past by proudly announcing that our newly renovated Read More…
Author Archives: Nannette Maciejunes
Brooklyn Museum
Last Thursday, the New York Times ran an interesting article about the Brooklyn Museum. I was struck by several things when reading the story, but one of the things that stood out was that while on the surface CMA has Read More…
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The Creativity Crisis
The July 10 Newsweek article, The Creativity Crisis http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html outlined clearly whatt many of us in education/the arts knew was inevitable. In essence, the Torrance Creativity Test—the gold standard in creativity assessment and taken by millions worldwide—is showing that since Read More…
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A visit with Monet
This past week I was in New York on business and heard from several people that I needed to stop in and see this fantastic exhibition of late works by Claude Monet being show at the Gagosian Gallery. The exhibition Read More…
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Puppets, yes, I said puppets
My recent trip to Prague was indeed about puppets. I traveled there with our Associate Curator of Contemporary Art Lisa Dent, our Multimedia Producer Jeff Sims, and Joe Brandesky, a Theatre Professor at OSU’s Lima campus who specializes in Russian Read More…
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A Creative Solution
Educators, politicians, and business leaders recognize that exploring creativity increases our global success. High-end analytical and problem-solving skills are pivotal to creating thriving communities. In A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink asserts that the wealth of nations and the well-being Read More…
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An opportunity to meet glass artist Lino Tagliapietra
Hawk Galleries is presenting a lecture at The Ohio State University in the Ohio Union on Friday, June 4 at 4:00 pm featuring Richard Harned and glass artist Lino Tagliapietra, whose works have been shown at the Columbus Museum of Read More…
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Prague?
I’ve just returned from a wonderful trip to Prague (which I promise was business, not pleasure, but you’ll have to wait to hear exactly what that business was). Prague is a beautiful city with an incredibly rich history, but a Read More…
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More changes…
This past weekend, it rained in Derby Court for the first time in nearly 60 years. The court was originally an open-air court, but was covered in the 1950s. We’ve begun removing the roof to make way for the vaulted-glass Read More…
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Our Trip North
Last week, I, along with Mike Bongiorno, our architect from Design Group, Mark Corna, our construction manager, and Rod Bouc, CMA’s deputy director of operations, made a trip to visit the University of Michigan’s Museum of Art. They’ve recently completed Read More…
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