Walden Pond in Fall
This afternoon we spend some time at Walden in the heart of fall. View photo gallery
Catching Up with Chicago
We spent Columbus Day weekend in Chicago visiting friends–Jessica, Amy, Sandra, Ernie and Stephanie–and it was great to catch up with old friends. But it was also great to catch up with the city itself, picking up where we left off many years ago and spending some quality time together. View photo gallery
First Hand: Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection
This weekend we attended the opening of the First Hand exhibit, a remarkable collection of Civil War Era sketches never seen by the public before. This exhibit is special for me because I’ve been managing the website development for both the Becker Collection and the First Hand exhibit site over that last three years.
Though I’ve been looking at the digital versions of these pieces for quite some time, I was a revelation to see the physical items in person.
If you live in the Boston area, it would be well worth your while to stop by to check it out (and please get in touch with me if you do–I’ll try to meet up with you).
McMullen Museum of Art
Boston College. Chestnut Hill, MA
September 5-December 13, 2009If you aren’t in the area, at least check out the web versions of the drawings: Becker Collection and First Hand
More on the exhibit: “Picturing America: How artists reported the news—or tried to—in the years before photography”