The exhibit has been travelling the world, and it was in Japan before it landed in North America. As I was checking out the museum online, I saw that a Eudora Welty exhibit is scheduled to start on April 11. As a fan of her writing, I read further to figure out what they were going to be showing. The show will feature
photographs of Mississippi that constitue a near complete re-creation of her first solo exhibition held in 1936 at the Photographic Galleries of Lugene Opticians in New York City…In these photographs, Welty captures America in the depths of the Great Depression revealing a compassion towards her subject that also became a hallmark of her writing.
Sounds cool – I had no idea she was a talented photographer as well.
So what exhibits are you looking forward to in the near future? Have you ever been to Jackson Mississippi or the Mississippi Museum of Art? Do you have any hot tips on what else to check out while I’m in town? Please let me know in the comments if you do. I’m off to mapquest my route!
1) I cut this Boston Globe Magazine story out of the paper over the holidays and just found it wedged in a Soduku book in my carry-on. It’s about Nicole Freedman, whom they are calling “The Spokes Woman.” Freedman has a background in urban planning and is now Boston’s Bike Czar. rallying for bike share programs (like this one I told you about in Paris) and better bike lanes.
3) This image over at swiss miss brightens up a rainy day:
4) Melissa Hom turned the camera around on one of our very favorite photographers/bloggers Todd Selby – I spied him in his own home over at New York Magazine. By the way, any headline that mentions A.C. Slater will grab my attention every time! That magazine has some of the best article titles.
5) What do you think of “log” cabins made from concrete logs? I’m with Joe Campeau who says “Architecture 101 says respect the integrity of the materials…material should represent itself and not another material. Simply put, they’re fake.”
Yea or nay on the logless log home? I suppose we could get into a big semantic argument over the definition of “log.” Does it imply a shape and color to you or material? What do you associate log cabins with (it’s Laura Ingalls Wilder for me all the way)? Would you forgo the integrity of the material in exchange for low maintanence? Wouldn’t you rather have a house that celebrates its material like this one?
What do you get when you mesh an iPhone with an interior designer? Either a really style savvy phone, an interior designer who is always connected or perhaps a bit of both. In this case I’m talking about the new Mark on Call iPhone/iPod Touch application. Created by L.A. based interior designer Mark Lewison, the app will let you create rooms in accurate shapes and sizes, lay down flooring, add and place architectural pieces, appliances, furniture…you name it, all via your phone. You can even take iPhone photos of colors and textiles and place them in the room to see what works what doesn’t. I’ve seen people come into our office with intricate sketches of their spaces trying to decide what will go where…but now you can do it all by phone!
Deborah Needleman, editor of Domino, wrote a very interesting editorial titled “Free the Blue Room” in today’s New York Times. It brings up a lot of issues regarding preservation, restoration, historical accuracy and theories of preservation (i.e. one could argue that while Jackie’s “restoration” was not technically such, what about preserving the Camelot era for what it was in terms of historic preservation – discuss amongst yourselves…). You can read the entire piece here.
Side Note: Some of Jackie’s maneuvers outlined in the article were downright Jefferson-esque. TJ had marble sent from Italy marked as textbooks in order to save on shipping when building The University of Virginia.
There were so many good design posts regarding the transformation of the White House yesterday that I thought I’d share a few of my favorite links with you today.
1) Domino has an EXCELLENT slideshow of White House past. Ugh, some of those draperies are just so oppressive! Anyway, word is, during the 1990s you could rent this here Lincoln bedroom for a pretty penny…
This is the Kennedy bedroom:
One of my favorites is this Reagan bedroom. I’d love to see a better shot of that wallpaper. The whole room has a bit of a Greenbrier feel to it:
2) Domino’s Nick Olsen is administering a Nancy vs. Jackie decor smackdown, and it rocks. I applaud the effort it takes to go find all those photographs as well. I’d like a list of all the White House decorators next please!
3) I read about this fun little IKEA decorate the Oval Office app over at Shelterrific. The furniture is completely inappropriate, but it’s fun to play with. I wish they had this app over at 1st dibs…
5) I’m not usually a fan, but this Architectural Digest article about Nancy and Jackie that inspired Nick Olsen (see #2) is definitely worth a read. Especially the part about Sister Parish kicking a Kennedy kid for putting feet on the furniture and promptly getting the boot from Jackie.
Holy Matchy-Matchy Jackie!
Here’s a better shot of that Reagan bedroom wallpaper. Apparently it’s handpainted Chinese birds. I totally dig it, and it won’t fall into that racist chinoiserie controversy:
6) In Style had several popular interior designers take a stab at an Obama Oval Office. I’m sure you’ll never guess who did the image below:
I tell you what I thought of the three designs over here.
7) I know it’s way out of date at this point, but this fake Obama gmail account over at The Onion still makes me laugh every time I read it!
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