Dallas Museum of Art




Sissy's Torch




Abigail's Art







Nativity Painting

If you follow the blog at all you know we have been members of the Dallas Museum of Art for several years.  It is one of my favorite place in all of Dallas, I could get lost there for hours. 

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Growing up my family traveled all over the world from Venice, Rome, Switzerland, Austria etc. and I was blessed to see Michelangelo and DiVinci’s work up close in their home countries.

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Theseus and the Minotaur

Abigail is still a little young for those type family vacations, so the local museums are a great way to begin an appreciation for art.  The DMA is four floors and has a variety of wonderful collections, in addition there are generally three to four traveling exhibits displayed.  On our visit today the kids decided we would check out some of our old favorites. 

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Caleb loves the DMA’s collection of Mediterranean history, from 3000 BC to the fall of the Roman Empire.  Included in the collection are many depictions of Greek mythology. 

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Abigail and Frankie lean toward a preference of the works of impressionist and post impressionist.  Me, well I like all the pretty pictures, not a big fan of the modern painting.  I do enjoy the paintings by Winston Churchill in the Emery and Wendy Reves collection. 

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Today the DMA was hosting their Bancroft Family Concert series featuring the Dallas Symphony Brass Quintet.  Members of the Brass Quintet include Dallas Symphony Orchestra principal players Ryan Anthony (trumpet), Kevin Finamore (trumpet), Gregory Hustis (horn), John Kitzman (trombone), and Matthew Good (tuba).



A little Duke Ellington

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The music presented included compositions written during the past 400 years starting with the Renaissance composer William Byrd and continuing with Bach, Holst, Wagner, and the 21^st century music of Kevin McKee. The program concluded with brass quintet arrangements of Duke Ellington’s music.

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If you have younger children I would suggest checking out the DMA’s FREE first Tuesday of the month.  Don’t try to see the whole thing at once.  When we started attending Caleb was in 2^nd grad and Abigail was Pre-K.  We would go on the free Tuesday, check out one exhibit, hopefully something that coincided with school and then go home.  But we sent back each month, working on our museum ‘inside voices’ practicing not touching, running etc.  As they got older we could discuss various artists, they can recognize and distinguish between many of the masters. 

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I also love that with these visit we can put together the pieces like when Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses on the door to the Catholic Church, which is the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation, that it was only five years after Michelangelo had completed the Sistine Chapel. 

For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen.

Romans 11:36