I spent several days at River Falls after the visiting artist gig was over, helping Eoin make some work & catching up on some much needed rest. We went out to the McKeachie Johnston Pottery Company for a walk in the woods.
Randy Johnston is a collegue of Eoin's, and a renown potter. He and his wife have a beautiful estate just outside of River Falls where they live & work. It was a lovely afternoon walking through the woods & checking out the kilns, studios, and galleries. We revisited Hudson (during the daytime) and also visited Quarry Glassblowing Studio, one of the local glass studios.
Randy Johnston is a collegue of Eoin's, and a renown potter. He and his wife have a beautiful estate just outside of River Falls where they live & work. It was a lovely afternoon walking through the woods & checking out the kilns, studios, and galleries. We revisited Hudson (during the daytime) and also visited Quarry Glassblowing Studio, one of the local glass studios.
Spent the afternoon the next day running a couple of errands (picking up equipment to make mead) and tooling around Minneapolis & St.Paul. I took a liking to Minneapolis right away. A little confusing to get around, but then again, if I spent any time looking at a map, that would probably not be the case!
The Walker Arts Center was well worth the trip. There is a terrific outdoor sculpture park, and some fun & funky exhibitions on display inside.
This is a giant carp created by Frank Gehry!
A closer look & it makes sense, the tiled, compound curved surface attached to a more rigid interior structure.
There was a graphic art exhibit that was very impressive, there was a printer that would cut a word (of your choosing) into paper as a series of dots. Of course, after the fact I had some ideas for it. Oh, well.
I must say it has been a while since I have been to an art museum other than the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Getting in touch with some more recent and relative work is very healthy.
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