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      We spent Wednesday in Alexandria. A totally different city from Cairo.  It’s Greco-Roman roots are still very evident. This is the ruins of the Roman ampitheatre. It is an active archaeological site. Plus they have in recent Read More…

The latest update from Nannette as she travels through Egypt.       Nightview from our hotel looking over the Nile with the Cairo Tower in the distance. Every hour on the hour at night the tower puts on a Read More…

So, while we’re all plodding through the latest snowstorm, CMA Executive Director Nannette Maciejunes is sending updates from Egypt, which is decidedly snow free. Enjoy.       OK It’s time to send the expected photos. We visited the Giza Read More…

Nannette Maciejunes, CMA’s Executive Director, is currently in Egypt with our Art Escapes travel group. She is sending updates while she travels, so be sure to check in.       “Odd thing to test with but we were in Read More…

This morning, while watching the Today Show, I was angered and disheartened by the coverage of the record-breaking sale of Giacometti’s “L’Homme Qui Marche I,” at Sotheby’s. The piece, a life-sized sculpture, sold for $104.3 million, which IS a large Read More…

While I was in Lakeland, Florida for the AAMD conference, I also had the opportunity to visit the Polk Museum of Art, which really does, as they say, have something for everyone. I fell in love with this fantastic Artomat Read More…

One of the great highlights of the trip to Florida was a visit to the Florida Southern College’s,  campus, known as “Child of the Sun,” which features 12 structures designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.  My husband is a Read More…

Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the Association of Art Museum Directors annual midwinter meeting in Sarasota, Florida. AAMD members are directors of art museums in the United States, Canada, and Mexico which meet the standards set forth by Read More…

I’m sitting here watching the snow come down outside and talking with a colleague. The conversation came around to weather and snow removal of all things. She told me that New York uses garbage trucks to plow and remove the Read More…

Yesterday Bruce Harkey, the executive director of Franklin Park Conservatory, and I had the opportunity to talk about our respective Chihuly exhibitions on WOSU’s All Sides with Ann Fisher. In case you missed the program, you can click here to Read More…