CULTURE
WINTER 2011
celebratedliving.com
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M
useums double as
great places to
shop. Now, the coolest of
cultural hot spots aims to
educate visitorswith
programming that goes
beyond theexhibition
calendar. Learn—or
strengthen— anew skill
this season.
—ELAINEGLUSAC
AfterArtBaselMiamiBeach
pullsoutof town inDecember,
the
MUSEUMOF CONTEMPORARY
ART
resumes its regularly
scheduledstudioart classes
($15), includingpainting in
themannerof Jean-Michel
Basquiat,mixed-mediacompo-
sitionsa laJulieMehretu,
collagesas inspiredbyMick-
aleneThomas, and recreating
YokoOno’s“BoxofSmile.”
mocanomi.org
Theboutique
MUSEUMOFPRINTINGHISTORY
inHoustonsurveys theprintedword from
clay tablets to typewriters. Itsrobust
curriculum includesupcomingcourseson
silk-screeningT-shirts ($150)and letter-
press-printedbusinesscards ($105),with
futureclasses in lithography, handpaper-
making, andbookbinding in2012.
printingmuseum.org
Usingboards,maps, andmodels,
THENATIONALWWIIMU-
SEUM
inNewOrleansholdsweekendwargames through-
out theyear.Thegamesoften re-createhistoricbattles,
culminating in the InternationalConferenceonWorld
War II (from$299 foranall-accesspass topanel discus-
sionsand lectures). nationalww2museum.org
Home toa recently reno-
vated I.M. Pei-designed
contemporarywing, the
MUSEUMOF FINEARTSBOS-
TON
amplifies itsappeal
withaseriesofhands-on
studioart classes, from
one-dayworkshops in
ring-making, architectur-
al drawing, andphoto
journals to four-dayglass-
blowingsessionsand two-
dayclasses to learn
stainedglass.mfa.org
The
GETTYCENTER
inLosAngeles
and itssibling
GETTYVILLA
inPa-
cificPalisadesofferavarietyof
studioactivities, suchaswater-
colorpaintingclassesandculi-
naryworkshops, themed to the
museum’spermanent collections
ofGreekandRomanartifacts.
Thoseantiquitiesare thebasis for
a freeseriesondrawing,held in
thegardenat thevilla.getty.edu
Arts101
ABOVERIGHT:
©NICKRYAN
