King Tut, Part Two

The King Tut was very crowded. Very, very crowded. And they didn't let anyone photograph, even without flash, so I don't have any pictures from the actual exhibit.

The exhibit included many items from King Tut's tomb, some of which were very impressive. I think I was most impressed with the jewelry, and with the blue and gold coffinette. Click the link to see a picture of it. The coffinette was small, maybe 15 inches, and very ornate with fine workmanship. The Dallas Museum of Art has quite a few pictures and other info on their site here.

Here's a few photos I took before we went in.







Here's a beautiful example of Chihuly Glass (Dale Chihuly) in one of the restaurants.



I didn't see any sign or other info on this interactive art installation.



This is a tunnel of glorious color leading to a room where there is no color, only shades of white and gray. Going in was kind of the reverse of being born.

I did take quite a few pictures in the Ancient Americas Art exhibit of various jewelry and metal work. Stay tuned for part three...

Schmap Dallas

I was notified yesterday that one of my photos was short-listed for inclusion into Schmap Dallas.

Schmap is an online guide to places and things in various cities, including Dallas. You can download info to your phone or computer.

Here's the photo that was short-listed. I'll find out at the end of the month if it was chosen for inclusion in Schmap. There's no pay involved, but it's kind of nice to have your photo recognized.





The church in the background is the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. It's downtown in the Dallas arts district. I took this photo at Art Fest last summer. The taxi is an "art car". If you go to my Flickr photo you can read some of what's written on it on the large version.


Downtown Dallas has some spectacular architecture. I want to go there someday the spend the day (or two) taking photos. Fair Park in Dallas is another place I want to take pictures. Fair Park has the world's largest collection of 1930's Art Deco architecture.

Home Again & Exhausted

I've just finished doing ArtFest 2008, which was at Fair Park in Dallas. The architecture at Fair Park is wonderful and someday soon I have to go up there with my camera. There are seven museums on the complex and it's worth going just to look at the buildings. I couldn't find any pictures that were good on the web, but you can go here and look at a small picture of the tower building. My booth was in front of the tower building. To quote from the City of Dallas website: "Designated a National Historic Landmark, Fair Park has the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States and is the only unaltered pre-1950s World's Fair site in the nation." They just don't build like this anymore.

It was pretty hot at ArtFest, and this early in the year I'm not used to the heat. The crowd there was more "arty" than many of the shows I do, and they were really looking for different, artistic things. There was also some very fine art. I was able to briefly look at some of sculptor G. M. Webb's work. He has dimensional wire work faces that are outstanding and very unique. None of his recent work is on his website. The work shown on the website was flatter than what I saw at the show. He told me he shaped the wire with his fingers, no tools.

The show started Friday evening with a wine tasting and stroll, and continued through Saturday and Sunday.