Every third Thursday Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) stays open for an over 21 themed party. CMOA On Ice was a winter party where you could ice skate in the Hall of Sculptures and more.
Now that is a new experience. I love art and winter so I was excited to join
in the museum’s winter celebration and
ice skate at the museum!
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| Skating |
Reflection
The Hall of Sculptures rink was not made of real ice but I was surprised
how easy it was to glide on a plastic rink-no need for mittens or a coat. It was a fun idea and every so often some fake
snow spewed onto the rink. I actually
love winter sports so this event jump started my interest for skating again and I went ice skating two days later.
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| Cookie table in foyer of Carnegie Music Hall |
I had a blast doing all the fun stuff that they had planned. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. The the crowd ranged from college age to a 70 year old man that I watched on the skating rink. I made a silk screen pennant, tried some samples of craft beers, and enjoyed the photo opts in front of classic art reproductions. As an Italian, I just loved the giant cookie table in the foyer of the ornate Carnegie Music Hall with a 90’s DJ.
I always enjoy the spectacular trees each year in the Hall of Architecture (see Day 93). This year the five enormous trees were decorated in children's book themes. My favorite was the Wizard of Oz tree. The 18th Century
Nativity, presepio, is in this room is another work of art.
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| Wizard of Oz Tree |
You could also just stroll through the art or go on a tour. I went on a tour of “winter
paintings” and learned something new about the museum collection. What a way to
explore the art and get into the holiday spirit!
I am going to keep Third Thursdays and other museum events in my survival
tool box. The next third Thursday party is on Dec 21 with a Star Wars theme.
(Check out more ways to celebrate the season at the
museum by visiting the calendar here)
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CMOA https://cmoa.org/
AIR http://www.artistsimageresource.org/