Dallas Arts District - Julie Measures

The twins went out of town with my Mom, so my hubby and I decided to take the toddler and spend a day as tourists in the Dallas Arts District.

We started at the Crow Collection of Asian Art, which we had never been to before. It’s a small museum, but I was impressed with what they have. The museum is free to visit, but they do happily accept donations. There was a photography exhibit and a jade exhibit that I enjoyed. And one of the things in the museum that really caught my eye wasn’t an exhibit at all. It was these paper cranes, hundreds of them, hanging from the ceiling on one of the walkways.

Our next stop was at the Nasher Sculpture Center, another first visit for us. They currently have an amazing exhibit by Brazilian Artist Ernesto Neto called “Cuddle on the Tightrope“. The main piece if work is called Kink and it is this installation piece

Of course being a knitter/crocheter I was immediately drawn to this piece. According to the Nasher Sculpture Center website…

“Passageways of crocheted rope transport visitors up into the space above the gallery floor, changing their perspective and relation to gravity, and nestling them in an aerie of polypropylene balls and crocheted rope. Initially taught to crochet by his grandmother and great aunt in 1994, Neto did not put the skill to use in his art until many years later. The artist now relies on a team of assistants to produce the enormous crocheted installations of recent years.”

The toddler and I donned the white paper booties that you are required to wear and made our way through the exhibit. The whole exhibit kind of sways while you walk so it’s best to hold on

It’s essentially a long walkway with a slight split in the middle

The toddler really enjoyed going through the exhibit (we went through more than once)

I also really enjoyed walking around outside. The landscaping and fountains are pretty.

I also really liked the sculptures that were outside. I thought this one of a fork was fun. (Getting the toddler to pose was a challenge. He doesn’t like to hold still.)

After lunch our last museum stop of the day was at the Dallas Museum of Art, where I have been before, but their collection is so large that I kind of feel like I always find something new there. (And they did have a different traveling exhibit that they were showing.) My favorite exhibit this day was something called Formed/Unformed.

The chairs were probably my favorite part. I mean, seriously, there was a chair made of stuffed panda’s

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There were also some jewelry pieces that were beautiful. (You can read the press release about the exhibit here.)

We had a great day and it was fun to explore some new museums.

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