Musely is pleased to announce the engagement of its co-founder and writer Kate Feriozzi!
Kate & Tyler 2011. Photo Credit Kate Feriozzi
Tyler Flemming managed to make Thanksgiving even more special (which is impressive – it’s tough to top turkey & stuffing) by popping the big question enroute to the couple’s hometown of Decatur, IL.
Pure romance.
Yes, I know, I’ve blogged about the World Memory Project before, but this is what I do full-time (survey for the World Memory Project), so it’s a bit hard to get off the mind. ALSO I love to share the great stories being done on the project.
1. NPR just did a story yesterday on the World Memory Project. The story NPR did discusses Sol Finkelstein’s story, which is INCREDIBLY moving. The video below is one made by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and includes an interview with Sol and his son Joseph.
2. CNN also did a story recently on the World Memory Project. In this story WMP Director Lisa Yavnai says, “The Nazis gave them numbers and we’re giving them back their names.”
Powerful stuff.
Aaaaaaand two of my co-workers make appearances on CNN!? That’s where Anderson Cooper lives!
Check out both stories and then head over to http://www.worldmemoryproject.org/ to get involved!
The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum goes live on December 5. Photo Credit http://nymag.com
On December 5th, The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum goes live. This virtual museum combines many of my great loves: fashion, museums, technology and awesomeness. Hi-Tech AND Fashionable? Too good to be true!
Valentino’s virtual museum will include 300 iconic dresses from over 50 years of Valentino’s career. The pieces will be showcased in 3-D, animated galleries alongside sketches and design notes. The museum will also include an extensive media library of Valentino’s illustrations, ad campaigns, editorials, red carpet images and 95 fashion show videos.
As a 20-something, my friends and I like to daydream about the future. What kind of great careers we’ll develop, how well we plan on aging and how awesome our dream houses will be. While most of my friends are years away from taking the dive into a mortgage, it’s still a hot topic of conversation.
Everyone is looking for something different. My husband and I often dream about a home in DC, on the metro, with a big yard and lots of character and history. But a close friend recently told me that she and her husband want a brand spankin’ new house, something that they helped design themselves, that no one has lived in before them.
Repairing existing residential buildings produces about 50 percent more jobs than building new. (Photo: Flickr user AdamFranco/preservationnation.org)
I understand why people might lean towards brand new. The thought of a “fixer-upper” can be overwhelming and chances of hauntings are higher in older homes (just kidding! OR AM I!?) But stop! There are soooooo many positives to buying a historic/older home or renovating/rehabilitating an existing structure:
We’ve all had an internships or two (or 3). Some are paid, most aren’t. Check out Musely’s most recent post on Paid/Unpaid Internships and then take our poll. We’re curious about how many of our Musely readers have worked for free…
More than a million Americans work as interns every year. Around half of these are unpaid.
Internships are common. For students or recent graduates, it’s great job training and a way to get your foot in the door. For the company/organization hiring interns, it’s a way to share knowledge, get fresh new faces/ideas and free (oh so awesomely free) labor.
Precious memories from my Congressional internship. Nick, me & Jason in front of the US Capitol. This internship was "paid" - I got a monthly stipend that covered 2/3 of my rent. Awesome. Photo Credit Annie Erling Gofus
We’ve all been there (or, most of us have). Sometimes these internships can lead to a job [both of the full-time jobs I’ve had since graduation started as internships (one paid, one unpaid)], other times it can leave the intern feeling violated. For example, two interns for the film Black Swan are filing an open class-action lawsuit against Fox Searchlight Pictures. The former interns claim that they were doing regular tasks beside paid employees, and now they’re suing for back-pay.
Here are the results of last week’s poll, and it appears that Musely readers are well traveled (or French).
The Louvre, Musee du’Orsay and the MoMA in New York all tied for the most visited museums by Musely readers. Not a single respondent had been to the British Museum in London or the National Museum of Korea in Seoul.
I’ll admit, this poll made me jealous. I’ve only been to 2 of these museums: Musee du Louvre and The National Gallery of Art in DC.
AND I’ve been to Paris TWICE and to New York City more times than I’d like to count. You’ve all put me to shame.
– Annie Erling Gofus
Whole Foods was playing Christmas music last Sunday. This is a warning: the holiday season is upon us. And that means shopping (and, of course, all the other reasons for the season).
Looking for an ideal gift for the art lover/dreamer/world traveler in your life? Well, I have the perfect idea, and it only weighs 18 pounds.
No, it’s not a dog. No, it’s not a baby.
It’s a book. Yes, a book that weighs 18 pounds, measures 16 1/2 by 12 5/8 inches and runs nearly 1000 pages. But it’s gotta be that big to fit all the world’s greatest works of art in one tome.
Phaidon Press has created The Art Museum – the largest imaginary art museum in the world. It houses over 2,700 of the greatest works by artists across the globe and through time.
Two pages from The Art Museum
This post is dedicated to my wonderful colleague (friend, confidante, etc.) Annie. For our uninformed readers, Annie loves everything and anything about Kate Middleton (she’s even starting to look like her!?!) Well, it’s a little too late for Annie to visit this amazing exhibition by Jennifer Rubell titled “Engagement.”
Engagement, a solo show at Stephen Friedman Gallery in London, is based on the November 2010 engagement announcement of Prince William and Kate Middleton at St. James’s Palace. It consists of an interactive sculpture and a new series of drinking paintings. In the front gallery is Engagement (with Prince William Sculpted by Daniel Druet), a minutely detailed life-sized wax sculpture of Prince William placed off-center on a low white pedestal in the pose he struck at the engagement announcement.
I think the Freer Sackler Gallery is one of the most under-appreciated museums on the National Mall.
It’s quiet, and has this incredibly intimate feel. Almost like you’re walking through someone’s very, very nice house. It’s an art gallery in DC I highly recommend.
In this video you can see behind the scenes goings-on at the Freer Gallery. I especially LOVED watching conservationists treat a Chinese hanging scroll. I will admit that my mind was slightly blown when the conservationists dumped a whole lotta water on the paper scroll.
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