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Art Education, Cocktails, and COVID
From my friend Joanne in Florida
Hi Ruth!
I received a wonderful book from your sister Mary which reminded me of the creative way the Frick Museum NYC stayed connected to the public during their shut down due to the long pandemic.
First, the back story.
During 2020-21, Mary shared a link to a video series that the Frick Museum posted to YouTube. It was one of their ways to offer a virtual means of communication and keep the museum present and engaged. They offered sixty-five episodes of a series called “Cocktails with a Curator.” Each new episode (Friday nights) featured a piece of art from the Frick Collection, paired with a cocktail that “matched” the art. They provided the recipe, the curator would be online with his/her drink, and spend a half hour providing commentary on the selected masterpiece. Wonderful way to spend Friday night happy hour, and you can still enjoy all episodes of this award winning series at this link: Cocktails with a Curator™ – YouTube
Best of Cocktails highlights 15 of the 66 episodes
“Audiences under 21 are encouraged to join with a non-alcoholic drink” so Mocktails it might be
And now about the book. Based on the popularity of the video series, the Frick has produced a volume that presents histories of works of art paired with creatively inspired drinks. For example, Holbein’s painting of Thomas More, who famously clashed with Henry VIII, is combined with a Bloody Mary (named after Henry’s eldest daughter). You can find the book here:
Cocktails with a Curator – The Frick Collection Shop
Thank you Mary, for introducing me to the video series, and for sending me this lovely book. Cheers to you!
We especially enjoyed the episodes hosted by Xavier Salomon who is now “new Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, Portugal.”
I try to keep up.
Camouflage deer and cloud shadows on the sea. It’s a shared guest blog by two sisters. My granddaughters. Anna and Maura.
Earlier this week it was the Tinned Fish Tasting and Anna trying sardines and sharing her photos. Maura shares abandoned furniture sightings with me and had the trio of toilets post just a bit ago.
It makes a grandmother happy to know the granddaughters are noticing, paying attention, and documenting what they see in the world, sharing with me and now I’m sharing with you
Oh and my very own daughter Laura (their aunt) sent me the Turquoise Toilet on the lawn ❤️recently. Thank you all.
I appreciate their content contributions to the blog. (You too dc, tw and jb)
It all started when I went to photograph a little glass jar of anchovies at Bloomfield Groceria. It happened to be Wednesday. The special is Famous Meat Ball on Italian Roll.
It was a late afternoon tea but we started with a toast!
Guest blog.
My granddaughter Anna was invited to a Tinned Fish Tasting.
Do you have a favorite tinned fish?
“We had tuna, sardines and smoked salmon”
And earlier on Sunday my friend Jen brought me a tin of fish by the same brand
Here’s a tin of anchovies I found on my pantry shelf
Bob was in the Spring mud in the driveway this Sunday afternoon. Looking spry! I took a quick photo of him
I thought he looked pretty perky after going through a rough spell in January. Steve would bring him into our basement when the weather turned severely cold.
Steve takes such good care of him. Bob truly isn’t totally feral anymore. Our elderly neighbor had cats years ago but then went to a senior facility. We were able to capture him and another cat, had them fixed and then released.
Bob never had a tail. Bobtail.
