The Art of Baking

December 15, 2009 by umfablog

Who knew museum professionals could cook? This morning (12/15) five enthusiastic teams of UMFA staff members put their best cooking aprons on for Third Annual Bake-Off competition. Each team assembled an art-inspired culinary creation to impress professional judges from the local Tulie Bakery (tuliebakery.com). After deliberating on the taste and overall presentation of each entry, the judges awarded the Golden Spatula and a gift certificate to the Cream Puffs for their cookie and cake representation of Wayne Thiebaud’s Bacon and […]

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Day With(out) Art

December 2, 2009 by umfablog

If you walked through the Africa: Arts of a Continent exhibition on Dec. 1st, you may have been slightly confused when you encountered a large case completely draped in a black cloth. The UMFA chose to conceal the beautiful Sowei helmet mask to mark its annual observance of Day With(out) Art, a worldwide event was started in 1989 by Visual Aids, a group of artists and activists who promote awareness of HIV infection and AIDS-related illnesses. “Today, the landscape of […]

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