CLEO

While the signage is a bit difficult to see the Cleo Wilson Center for Learning and Engagement Opportunities at the Intuit Art Museum is certainly meeting its mission. I recently submitted a piece in response to Henry Darger’s art and then went to the event to celebrate his birthday.

In addition to seeing my embroidery piece (that owes a debt to Darger’s method of using coloring book images) looking very large during the show, we got to see how Pooja Pittie’s collaborative piece “What We Build to Belong” had grown as guests had added a “piece of themselves” by writing or drawing a hope, word, phrase, or symbol that feels like home or adding a piece of string to reflect a feeling, desire, or tension.

And we got to think a bit more about Darger’s methods:

When we returned to the museum this weekend there was a project inspired by the new exhibit Monumental: sculpture by Dr. Charles Smith.

I’m looking forward to my next visit already!