Jim Chinn
11-15-2009, 08:24 AM
I really enjoy looking at all kinds of visual or "plastic" arts. Omaha has a very good art culture for a city its size with the Joslyn, univeristy galleries, commercial galleries, artists cooperatives and a pair of in residence art communities, The Bemis Center and Omaha Hot Shops. The Sheldon Museum on the UNL campus in Lincoln has a tremendous collection of modern art and a great number of local galleries. Brownville, NE (about 60 minutes away) is small town that has converted a number of its downtown storefronts into artists studios and galleries. And 2 hours away is Kansas City with the newly expanded Nelson-Atkins with probably the best collection between Chicago and the west coast as well the the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. KC also has a large number of galleries in the Crossroads District near downtown.
I try to get to all these as often as possible, Lincoln every couple of months, KC when Nelson-Atkins rotates major exhibitions (about every 3 months) Brownville once or twice a year. I usually get to Chicago once a year even if its only to spend a long day at the AIC.
I dont' know if any of it really influences my photography. I think it does help me apreciate beauty all around me in the most common of surroundings. I just love to look at the creativity of others. That can be in art or architiecture (another reason I love going to Chicago) music or literature.
I try to get to all these as often as possible, Lincoln every couple of months, KC when Nelson-Atkins rotates major exhibitions (about every 3 months) Brownville once or twice a year. I usually get to Chicago once a year even if its only to spend a long day at the AIC.
I dont' know if any of it really influences my photography. I think it does help me apreciate beauty all around me in the most common of surroundings. I just love to look at the creativity of others. That can be in art or architiecture (another reason I love going to Chicago) music or literature.