We visited the Nasher Sculpture Center today for a fabulous art class! The Nasher Sculpture Center was the personal collection of Raymond & Patsy Nasher. The Nashers collected over 300 pieces and the museum houses between 80 to 90 of those pieces at any one time.
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One distinguishing feature between the Nasher Sculpture Center and traditional art museums is the sculptures are three dimensional, offering different perspective to each viewer. The Nasher has fantastic pieces by artists, including Henri Matisse (with eleven sculptures), Pablo Picasso (seven), even modern artist like Andy Warhol! Warhol did renderings of Patsy and the Nasher's three daughters. There is also a lovely sculpture garden gallery.
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In the class today, Caleb and Abigail sketched pieces in the collection with Nasher's Education Coordinator, Ms. Anna. They learned great museum terminology like accession (add) and de-accession (remove)! The class also sculpted their own collections using air-dry putty. After all that inspiration, what did they sculpt . . . . drum-roll, please . . . . Star Wars!
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