Exploring the Art Museum

I can't even remember the last time I was actually inside of the North Carolina Art Museum here in Raleigh. It was probably some time when I was in elementary or middle school. Man-was I missing out! I know that it was recently been renovated and it looks amazing inside...not to mention the art! Inside and out, it was just beautiful. We first received some information about the resources offered to educators-items I could definitely see myself using in my classroom. Then we headed inside to begin our tour. Although our tour lasted a feet-aching 2 hours (maybe it was the walk before!) I learned so much and or guide was extremely entertaining and knowledgeable, which of course helped the time fly by. One of the last pieces we looked at was one of my favorites. I can't remember the name, but it was a portrait of Mona Lisa's face created out of spools of thread...spools of thread! It was remarkable how those spools were picked and arranged in such a way to resembled Mona Lisa's face so closely. It is difficult to pick out which pieces I liked best because I liked many of them for different reasons. However, I can say that I really liked the Rodin Garden outside. It was beautiful out there. I hope that when I take a class of students to the Museum, we will have a guide as fun and smart as the one we had yesterday. I feel like I learned so much, I would even be able to tell my students a thing or two!