Portland Museum of Art I had a great two days in Portland. We embarked yesterday from UMassD pretty early in the morning. Marc Simpson from The Clark accompanied us and lead a lot of the discussion of the Homer pieces at the PMA and at the studio at Prout's Neck. It was great to get to talk to him on the bus for a bit. There was a lot of work to do at the Museum. We looked at the Homer's on view. Then we had a chance to look through most of the rest of the collection. It's always an experience being in a different/new museum for the first time. You get to see works of art that you've never seen in person before. It's like I tell the students at school. It's completely different seeing art in person, not in a picture in a book, slide, etc. We also discussed museum studies as well. That's another passion of mine. While there, I had a DELICIOUS meal. One of the teachers in our group is from Biddeford, ME. Having a local with us was great. He led us to Joe's, a great place for lobster. I paid roughly $32 for my entire meal (including a nice tip), and I had at least a 3 lbs. lobster, corn on the cob, drink, the list could go on and on. I'm not much of a bluegrass music person either, but saw a great band at a local music club. Prout's Neck had to be the best though. The experience was unbelievable. It's not very often you get to see an artist's studio, let alone a very famous artist. And it was very special because we had access to the studio (now owned by the PMA) prior to it being open to the general public. The PMA is renovating it now, in order to get it ready for a 2012/2013 grand unveiling. It truly was moving...especially to see Homer's signature that he etched into one of the window panes. And once you walked on the rocks...the same rocks that were featured in many of his paintings. WOW! Just breathtaking...
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