Abe.

Little update: Went to D.C. this past week to visit grad schools.

One thing I loved learning more about on my recent travels to the District of Columbia: Abraham Lincoln. So awesome.

Also. Amy and I went to Ford's Theatre (where he was shot) and it was totally creepy. We were hoping there would be ghost stories... but... there weren't.

(this is a terrible photo of the theatre. I don't really know what I was thinking when I decided to take a picture of only half the building. Seriously. But at least you *kind of* get to know what it looks like, right?)

More sooon!

Love.

I really love this t-shirt. AND it glows in the dark.

Duh. Right?

Also,

To make it a little more clear. I went to San Francisco with the UMFA. It was a trip planned for a certain number of our members. They invited me to come since I work in membership. Kind of awesome, right? ... That's what I thought.

San Francisco

San Francisco was pretty awesome.

Jasper Johns, Land's End, 1963.

A Few Highlights:

One of the first galleries we went to is owned by a man named Anthony Meier. He shows work in the entrance of his home and the back rooms and upstairs are residential. He was having an opening the night we were there of an artist named Robert Buck. I liked his work. He takes images of smoke he finds off the internet, screen prints the image, and then paints two layers. One with acrylic paints, the other with alert paint(what they use to paint road signs). Alert paint is super reflective so it was interesting to take photos of his work with and without flash.

The Artist: Robert Buck. In the zone. Explaining his work. He was totally cool and very interesting to talk to.

W/out Flash

W/ Flash

The SF MOMA was very cool. I think it's one of my favorite museums. Everything is super well placed and organized. Plus they just have incredibly awesome pieces.

Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain

Went to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. They were having a mural exhibit, which I really liked. Giant rooms were dedicated to one or two murals:

Also walked along the wharf and Chinatown:

The seals are totally hilarious and adorable. I could have watched them for hours. I think they would have liked that too.

We went to a few more galleries while there and also did a few artist studio visits, which were one of my favorite things. Another favorite thing was the Mission District. I'll do a smaller post about that soon!

Just love to travel!