I am impressed

I have to admit that I was a little disappointed during my first visit to the newly renamed Intuit Art Museum during the special preview a month before it reopened.  The museum had been closed for almost two years for a major remodel, and at one point, there were plans for a Mr. Imagination Education Studio, which, in my mind, morphed into a full-time art studio with shelves full of bottlecaps and other recycled materials. So it was a surprise to find that the plans had changed and that the new Carolyn Mys Learning Studio was an empty room intended primarily for school educators and students. And on my second visit, the week the museum opened the door to the space was closed.

However, the Center for Learning Engagement and Opportunity or CLEO space which was named for Intuit founder Cleo Wilson, was set up, and I began to understand some of the possibilities for this “flexible community gathering space”.

The room was totally reconfigured for my third visit, which was to participate in a weaving workshop.

A work by artist Pooja Pittie was projected on the wall, and she was there to teach us how to make the cords she had used to weave the piece.

She had also created a piece for the room, which is visible in the previous photos and in the closes ups below. Museum guests are invited to contribute to the piece.

The Carolyn Mys Learning Studio was also open during this visit for the Teacher Fellowship Student Exhibition.

So, while not what I expected, I am impressed with these two amazing spaces not to mention the museum as a whole!