We were really lucky to catch Chihuly's exhibition at the museum because they'd extended it already by a month and it was closing a few days after I discovered it. Talk about in the nick of time!
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It's funny the things that you discover randomly. I was walking to a job interview in downtown Montreal and came across this sculpture outside the Museum of Fine Arts. For one, I hadn't known the museum was there, and secondly, I had never heard of the artist who had constructed this amazing piece. So, obviously, I had to go see! We were really lucky to catch Chihuly's exhibition at the museum because they'd extended it already by a month and it was closing a few days after I discovered it. Talk about in the nick of time! I was quite worried about taking Austin with us; usually finely blown glass sculptures and a four-year-old don't mix. But we all wanted to see the exhibition so it wasn't an option to leave him at home! So I came up with a cunning plan for distracting him while we were walking through that I highly recommend if you find yourself in the same situation. At each room, at each display, we would stop and ask each other, "What do you see in this sculpture?". Then we would describe what we could see to each other and that gave us all enough time to enjoy the art and move on without Austin getting bored! And he came up with some really interesting ideas too. Austin's perspective on Chihuly's works actually made my visit to the exhibition even better! How to get there The museum has a very comprehensive website. There are permanent exhibitions that are free and they also have exhibitions like Chihuly It's located 1380 Sherbrooke West. You can get there by Metro stations Peel or Guy-Concordia, or by bus 24.
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Beryl Tyler
17/11/2013 12:42:31 pm
Glad you enjoyed your visit and that you were able to find a way to keep Austin interested. He will have experienced so much by the time you come home. What are you going to be able to do when you are living back here? Hmm. I wonder. Leave a Reply. |