Art in Bloom

Last Monday  for Family Home Evening, we went to the Museum of Fine Arts to their Art in Bloom exhibit.  Admission was free that night, and in addition to the regular artwork they had floral arrangements inspired by different paintings scattered around the museum.  It was quite an adventure to find parking and then find the museum after we did find parking. :)  But despite the time and temperment setbacks, we still had a great time and the boys were pretty good, all things considered.

Here is the MFA.  We now know what it looks like, and where it is, and will hopefully be able to find it next time.  Poor Michael and Sarah waited forever for us to get there.

So this picture is kind of dark, but the size is still impressive.

Gilbert Stewart's unfinished painting of George Washington.  There were so many classic pictures in the American History section.

Keeping entertained...

Here is an example of the floral artwork.  It is kind of hard to see, but the colors of the flowers in this arrangement mirror the fruit bowl in the painting.  Some were more abstract, but I could see the inspiration for this one.

Looking at a snowy view of the common

This was another one that was easy to see the resemblance between the inspiration and the flowers.

We only got to see a fraction of the museum, and will have to go back on another free night to check out more.

But I thought would also include some pictures of a previous Family Home Evening, in which we had our own version of art in bloom...

James's first attempt at popcorning proved pretty successful.

Alan now loves taking pictures.  He took this picture all by himself.  Not bad, huh?  (Believe me, they weren't all this good.  We had plenty to choose from:)

In addition to camera man, he was a pretty determined artist this year.

And quite proud as well.

Perhaps it was not quite tasteful enough to make it in the MFA,

but it was a lot more tasty. :)

Moral: Have Family Home Evening.  It's great. :)