Jody's tips for a hot summer day

     Jody had several ideas about how to spend a hot summer day (as follows):

On yesterday's Zoom meeting, I mentioned a couple things that might be of interest to you and was asked to send out a separate email.  Hope you can find something that interests you here.  My apologies for cutting and pasting from websites which creates "funky" spacing/print.  Note that the VMFA starts TODAY!!!

1.  SAQA Webinars:  Textile Talks Wednesdays from 2-3:00 p.m.  Textile Talks features weekly presentations and panel discussions from the International Quilt Museum, the Modern Quilt Guild, Quilt Alliance, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Studio Art Quilt Associates, and Surface Design Association. The programs are held online at 2 pm. Eastern (11 am Pacific) each Wednesday. Preregistration is required and recordings are available.  See weekly newsletter to sign up.

2.  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA):  

Artists at Home Tue, July 14 & 21, 1 – 2 pm | Virtual Class
For many artists, home was not just the place where they lived; it was also a main source of inspiration for their work. This 2-week virtual course, taught by Dr Colleen Yarger, Assistant Curator for European Art and the Mellon Collections, will focus on some of the most iconic works from VMFA’s European art collection, exploring them through this particular lens. Free, registration required. Go to the VMFA website, see this event, and register on Zoom. The link will then be sent to you.

3.  Virginia Arts Festival, MacArthur Center, Norfolk:  Michelangelo—A Different View recreates the awe and wonder of Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in ways never before possible. Using state of the art technology, Michelangelo’s timeless masterpieces have been reproduced for this historic exhibit. Only here can you explore this moving, exquisite art up close — at a distance impossible to achieve in the Sistine Chapel. A spectacular, family-friendly experience, located inside MacArthur Center!  Dates:  August 3-30.

4.  The Museums of Colonial Williamsburg:   The expanded museum is now open.  It is spacious and the staff wears masks; they are cleaning constantly and open doors for you.  On my visit, we found it uncrowded with wide, open spaces.  Some tradesmen/women were demonstrating in different rooms and there was plenty of space to distance.  There were a few new exhibits and evidence of some new ones in progress.  It was a nice, safe place to visit on a hot afternoon.