Adventure 60: UMFA

I recently signed up to volunteer at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, and while there, got to look around. It was delightful.

First of all, when I pulled up, I found this hair that came out of my head. That's a good 2 inches of white on one end. This marks a major day in the life of a red head. Red will turn white eventually. It's started. *sigh*

Okay, on with the museum. It's a beautiful building, right on the University of Utah campus.

With this beautiful sculpture out front to welcome you.

First of all, it is filled with old, and beautiful artifacts. A great variety.

When I started my perusing, I found myself following this group for a while. One of these retired men studied to be a priest for many years, and was spouting out all sorts of interesting facts about the byzantine era, and other things relating to Christian art.

A painting I could stare out for 47 minutes. Sorry, there will be no attributions here, just admirations.

Cool sculpture, right?

I love a piece of art with a sense of humor.

Polynesian historic pieces.

A beautiful table from the 1950's.

A close up of a piece with interesting texture.

I was especially intrigued with this series (which covered the whole wall) of old advertisements with african-americans, with embellishments.

Some pop art.

I love this series paintings of two blocks of color. I can't even explain how much I love them.

You know it's a comprehensive museum when it's got ancient art AND Chuck Close!

I mean... Chuck Close, how does this guy do this? Somehow he does.

My favorite part was this little gem of a room where classes for children are done.

Right now the theme is sustainability.

This amazing piece in the middle of the room is the show-stopper.

Made of surgical masks.

Lot's of hands-on opportunities for the little ones.

A board filled with ideas and information about local farming.

A decorative pillow made from plastic grocery bags.

Time spent on adventure: 2 hours
Money spent: $0 (normal admission is $7)
Recommendation: 7 out of 10 adventure points!