Old/New, Out/In: North Carolina Museum of Art by da-AL

Khashayar with Awilda and Irma, 2014, by Jaume Plensa.

North Carolina is far more than pine trees and the ‘pottery capital of the world.’ Noteworthy art fills the North Carolina Museum of Art’s two buildings — as well as its outdoors. Over the single week that my husband and I visited a dear friend in North Carolina, we gravitated back to the fascinating museum.… Continue reading Old/New, Out/In: North Carolina Museum of Art by da-AL

Video: Me in Connie DK Lane’s Linear Amplitude art installation

da-AL modeling for Connie DK Lane's Linear Amplitude art installation

Yeah! My friend, artist Connie DK Lane, is having another show (here's an installation she did to honor lives lost to COVID-19 here, this was an earlier show -- and this is another I performed in). Please join us. Below are her official info and description... "Connie DK Lane’s work is born of her emigration… Continue reading Video: Me in Connie DK Lane’s Linear Amplitude art installation

Cutting Edge Art in North Carolina

Spiral Woman 1984, by Louise Bourgeois.

On the outside, the North Carolina Museum of Art doesn’t seem that huge. What makes it extraordinary is that everything in it is remarkable. So much so that I visited once and then twice and then thrice and four times (plus we had a great time here) I went somewhere else before returning, because -- wait!… Continue reading Cutting Edge Art in North Carolina

Outspoken and Ancient Art in North Carolina by da-AL

Ancient art at North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

Brash and outspoken, traditional and gorgeous, if you love great art, North Carolina is happiness. This and this post, as well as this one and this one, introduced how much I love the North Carolina Museum of Art. (This one tells of NC's amazing Chinese Lantern Festival.)That was in only one of their two buildings... A second… Continue reading Outspoken and Ancient Art in North Carolina by da-AL

Georgia O’Keeffe in North Carolina by da-AL

What a great time my husband and I had visiting our dear friend David Hunt in North Carolina. He’s posted on Happiness Between Tails here and here. We hadn’t seen him in way too long — all the more reason that my recent discovery of the touching PBS series, “We'll Meet Again,” gets me blubbering.… Continue reading Georgia O’Keeffe in North Carolina by da-AL