The Hyde Collection
The three Pruyn sisters (Charlotte, Nell, and Mary) lived in three separate homes all in a row near the Hudson River in Glens Falls, N.Y. The comfortable yet stylish houses were built by their father …
Category: Art
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)
In spite of my struggles with very modern art, we found ourselves at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) on a very rainy day, which made popping into the outer buildings and exhibits …
Architecture / Art / Authors / Books / History
A Few Sites along the Lower Hudson River in New York
Nestled right along the Hudson River in Tarrytown, N.Y., sits Washington Irving’s Sunnyside home. The home, purchased as a small stone farmhouse in 1835, sits on 10 acres, and is a mixture of Dutch Colonial …
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Thomas Cole was a founder of the Hudson River School of American Painting and is widely regarded as the father of American landscape painting, yet he was born and raised in England. He came to …
Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio
The Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio in Lenox, MA was an unexpected delight. It was the home of George L. K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen, two abstract artists we had never heard of; yet, the …
Grounds for Sculpture
I’ve recently come to the conclusion that maybe sculpture isn’t for me, as I mostly find myself muttering “What the…??” However, I’m making an exception for the works of J. Seward Johnson (1930-2020), a descendant …
Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art was founded in 1914 and has nearly 100,000 items in its collection. If you’re a Henri Matisse fan, you’d be in heaven – they have more than 1,000 of his works. …
The American Visionary Art Museum
The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Md., was founded in 1995 and contains 67,000 square feet of exhibition space. The museum specializes in “outsider” art and its permanent collection is 4,000 pieces strong. CNN …
The Pittsburgh Glass Center Bead Making Class
While visiting Pittsburgh, Penn., Doug and I took a class at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. I love glass art, and many years ago we’d made paperweights in a class we took while in Oregon with …
Architecture / Art / Authors / Beer, Wine, & Spirits / Food / Museums / US Presidents
Random Sites In and Around Baltimore
By a totally crazy coincidence, Doug and I were visiting Baltimore at the same time as our lovely and adventurous friends Don and Jen. Don was in town for a conference, so we only got …