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About Jennifer Poleon

Jennifer Poleon is the Digital Communications Manager for Columbus Museum of Art, and the organizer for CMA's groundbreaking #MobilePhotoNow mobile photography exhibition.

Recreate Famous Art: Homemade Masterpiece Challenge

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Recreate Famous Art: Degas ballerina

 

Art museums may be closed right now due to the coronavirus, but there are still ways to engage with art.

We could all use a bit of light right now. So while you are homebound, inspired by the Getty, we challenge you to recreate famous art from museums using just yourself, your loved ones, pets and/or objects from your home.

Here are some loose guidelines for recreating your art masterpiece:

  • Choose your favorite artwork
  • Find three things lying around your house
  • Recreate the artwork with those items
  • Take a picture and share on social media using hashtags #HomemadeMasterpiece and #betweenartandquarantine.

Feel free to adapt this challenge as you see fit.

Get inspiration for artwork from Columbus Museum of Art’s online collection featuring everything from Impressionist masterworks to modern American masterpieces and more.

You can also check out some of the creative ideas from people who responded to the Getty’s art challenge.

In addition to Columbus Museum of Art’s online art collection, check out online art from museums such as The Met, Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Art, and many more.

We can’t wait to see what creative art recreations everyone comes up with!

The CMA staff took the challenge this week to give you ideas to get you started. Check out some of their recreations below. As you can see from the first example, we think maybe our Development Operations Coordinator may have a budding pet model on her hands.

– Jennifer Poleon is the Digital Communications Manager for Columbus Museum of Art, and the organizer for CMA’s groundbreaking #MobilePhotoNow mobile photography exhibition.

Join Museums & Galleries and Celebrate Valentine’s Day with #HeartsForArt

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Do you have a work of art that transfixes you? 

Join Columbus Museum of Art and museums and galleries across the world in celebrating Valentine’s Day with #HeartsforArt, February 11-16, 2020. Launched by Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) and Oakland Museum of California in 2014, Hearts for Art is a fun way for visitors to express their love for art.

Here’s how Hearts for Art works:

• Online: Share your art crush by posting a picture of your favorite work of art across your favorite social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) using hashtag #HeartsForArt, and tag @columbusmuseum (and/or the museum or gallery where your favorite work is from). 
• And/or in the Columbus Museums Art or Pizzuti Collection of CMA galleries: Pick up a paper heart at the admission desk and place it in front of a work of art that you love and share using #HeartsForArt, and tag @columbusmuseum across your favorite social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram and Facebook). 

Be sure to check out the #HeartsForArt hashtag.
 

– Jennifer Poleon is CMA Digital Communications Manager. She organized Columbus Museum of Art’s #MobilePhotoNow exhibition, a worldwide crowdsourced Instagram exhibition that brought together people from across the world, and was the largest mobile photography exhibition ever presented by a museum.

– Hannah Mason-Macklin is CMA’s Manager of Interpretation and Engagement. This past fall Macklin gave a Ted talk on Decolonizing Museums, and what role museums should play in our society today.

#HeartsforArt Returns

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Bellows heartsforart

Celebrate Valentine’s Day week with the return of #HeartsforArt. Once again CMA is joining museums across the country to celebrate Valentine’s Day with #HeartsforArt, a special way for art lovers to show off their love of art.

  • Pick up a paper heart at the CMA admission desk and place it in front of an artwork you love, from February 12-17, 2019.
  • Share your love of art by taking a picture and using hashtag #heartsforart #mycma, and tag @columbusmuseum across your favorite social media platforms. We’ll share some of our favorites.
  • Also please note: the Museum, Store, and Schokko Cafe will be open until 9PM on Valentine’s Day, and general admission is just $5 on Thursday evenings.

Since it’s launch six years ago #HeartsforArt has expanded to include participation from museums across the country from as far way as Alaska.

#HeartsforArt

Thousand People of Genoa Project in Columbus

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Thousand Faces of Genoa Sister Cities Project

Columbus Museum of Art is proud to partner on the Thousand People of Genoa project. Greater Columbus Sister Cities International (GCSCI) with the generous support of Columbus City Council, will be hosting Emanuele Timothy Costa, a photographer from the Columbus sister city of Genoa, from March 25 – April 9. He is most known for his exhibit called Thousand People of Genoa, which is a collection of portraits that represents the culture of his hometown of Genoa. Timothy will be recreating this work with new subjects, the faces of individuals from throughout central Ohio, in a new exhibit,

The Thousand People of Genoa photo exhibit will be displayed at Columbus Museum of Art, the Cultural Arts Center, John Glenn International Airport, the Greater Columbus Convention Center and Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, March 25 – April 9, 2018.

The idea for this project began when Costa was working as a young photographer. While telling the stories of his community, he grew increasingly passionate about photography and realized his city can be best represented by the grace and humanity of its people, thus inspiring him to create the #ThousandPeople project. His inspiration is simple: he believes that one can learn someone’s story by simply looking into their eyes. That seeing a familiar face creates a sense of connection, belonging and understanding, regardless of how different another may appear. That each wrinkle has its own story and the viewer decides how to embrace the charm, mystery and passion that a person represents.

While in Columbus, Costa will begin a new chapter of the Thousand People project. In addition to displaying his current collection throughout various venues around Columbus, he will begin the Thousand People of Columbus exhibit. He will be taking photographs of the people in the Greater Columbus region. The photos in this collection will be displayed in an exhibit in Columbus’ sister city of Genoa, Italy, in 2019.

“When I visited Columbus in 2016, I was impressed by the diversity of the city,” said Timothy Costa. “Often, we become so consumed by our own lives that we miss the opportunity to meet the eyes of the people we pass, possibly missing a connection that could change our lives. Thousand People of Columbus will allow the community to discover themselves and show their unique personality to the rest of the world.”

Costa will be photographing Columbus residents at Columbus Museum of Art as part of Think Like an Artist Thursdays on April 5, 2018 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM. You can also DIY your own Anthopologie-inspired pom-pom wall hanging with the help of Craftin’ Outlaws, plus music by the Andy Shaw Band and craft beer by MadTree Brewing. Cost of the program is Pay What You Want admission for nonmembers, and is free for CMA members. The first Thursday of the month visitors are invited to think like an artist and drop by CMA for opportunities to play games and make art, enjoy live music and DJs, and taste cocktails and craft beers.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with #Heartsfor Art

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HeartsForArt

 

Celebrate Valentine’s Day week with #HeartsforArt. Once again CMA is joining museums across the country to celebrate Valentine’s Day with #HeartsforArt, a special way for art lovers to show off their love of art.

  • Pick up a heart at the CMA admission desk and place it in front of an artwork you love, from February 13-18, 2018.
  • Share your love of art by taking a picture and hashtag #heartsforart and tag @columbusmuseum across your favorite social media platforms.

Celebrating Women’s History Month

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Reception by Honore Sharrer

Celebrate Women’s History Month with us during March as we highlight the creative contributions of women artists.

Discover Great Works by Women Artists
Exhibition: A Dangerous Women: Surrealism and Subversion in the Art of Honoré Sharrer. Sharrer’s gender, commitment to leftist ideals, and use of figurative surrealism put her at odds with the dominant political and artistic climate of the 1950s. Read more about this original CMA exhibition in the recent Columbus Dispatch review.

In the Galleries
Look for special Collective Voices Guide by Cell in the galleries featuring women artists, and those inspired by them. Pick up a copy of the guide at the front desk and look for special labels in the galleries.


Women’s History Month Events
Women Artists at CMA Tours
Join one of the special Women Artists at CMA tours on March 10, 19, 23, 24, and 26, and special tours of the Sharrer exhibition on March 5 and 18.
Open Studio
Every Saturday in March make your own art inspired by 5 women artists from CMA’s collection. Saturdays from 1:00-3:00 PM, included free with admission.
Wednesdays@2: Curator View
March 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM
Explore the new original CMA exhibition A Dangerous Woman: Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Sharrer with Executive Director Nannette V. Maciejunes. $20 for nonmembers (includes general admission), and $5 for members. Register here.
Dangerous Women Create
Celebrate Women’s History Month and the creativity of women. Be here for Dangerous Women Create, an inspired evening hosted by CMA and Creative Babes for a pop-up reception and your chance to create together. March 23 from 6:00-8:00 PM, cash bar.

#5WomenArtists

Participate in the #5WomenArtists Campaign
Join in the national #5WomenArtists campaign. Many people have a tough time listing five women artists off the top of their heads. Can you name 5 women artists? Share your photos and comments about great women artists: #5womenartists #mycma @columbusmuseum.

[Top Image: Honoré Sharrer, Reception (detail), 1958, oil on canvas, 22 1/2 x 30 inches, Collection of Adam Zagorin and the late Perez Zagorin.]