Texas Tech Museum

I went to the Texas Tech Museum today because there were 4 exhibits that I wanted to see: Ladies in Red; The Red that Colored the World; Red Hot and Quilted; and the Pre-Modern Bibles.  

I was surprised at how interested I was in Ladies in Red,  I did not think looking at women's clothing would be the interesting to me.  I am not a clothes horse or fashionista. I was fascinated by The Red That Colored the World.   Just seeing these two exhibits took me over 2 hours.  I am spoiled because the Tech Museum is just a few miles from where I live and free, so I do not feel I have to wear myself out seeing every exhibit that is there.  I will go back.  

If anyone is interested in more information about the Pre-Modern Bibles  exhibit, there is an item on KTTZ the NPR radio station associated with Texas Tech.  Also,  Faith Matters  is doing a 3 part series on the exhibit. 

First Friday Art Trail

My place of employment had an exhibit of art at the First Friday Art Trail in Lubbock,Texas http://www.ffat.org/  on September 1, 2017. Patients at the  TDCJ John Montford Unit https://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/jm.html psychiatric facility had made the art to be displayed. Texas Tech Health Sciences Center http://www.ttuhsc.edu/, a contract health services provider for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice TDCJ.state.tx.us/ also sponsored the First Friday Art Trail, and it was the 20th anniversary of the art trail. 

One of the patients on my caseload did a large number of pieces, many of which were displayed.  The man was self-taught, with the help of other offenders, and did not do any artwork prior to coming to prison.  His pieces were praised and admired, and several people asked if they were for sale.  I was so proud to be able to talk about this, but of course could not give out any identifying information, and am excited to be able to tell him this when I return to work after Labor Day!  

Exhibits at the Museum

Several years ago, when I was in Massachusetts visiting family, my sister told me about the Museum of Russian Icons http://museumofrussianicons.org/en/.  It is in Clinton, Massachusetts. It was of interest to me, so I visited the museum. Some time after that, the Texas Tech Museum had a traveling exhibit from the collection of the Museum of Russian Icons.  Of course, I went to see it.

Most recently this year, I was in Massachusetts and went to see the Hancock Shaker Village http://hancockshakervillage.org/visit-2/hours-admission/ in Hancock, Massachusetts.  Now, there is an exhibit at the Texas Tech Museum called "Gather Up the Fragments" from the Andrews Shaker Collection, from the Hancock Shaker Village http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/exhsch11.html.

I will make a point to see that, too.

I think it is interesting that I have been to museums in Massachusetts, and then have the opportunity to see traveling exhibits, from these museums, in Texas.   Hmmm.

The opposite has also happened.  Some time back, the Texas Tech Museum had an exhibit of Saturday Evening Post http://www.magazine-agent.com-sub.info/The-Saturday-Evening-Post/Welcome covers done be Norman Rockwell.   On my most recent visit home, the same day I went to the Hancock Shaker Village, I went to the Norman Rockwell Museum http://www.nrm.org/. 

I think it is interesting that there is so much museum quality culture in Massachusetts.