This page compiles your reflections on art, community, museums, and more, informed by your time at Night at the Museum.
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Compare how this experience reinforced or challenged your previous ideas about museums. Would you encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums?
Night at the Museum at the Brooklyn Museum changed my perception of museums completely. I used to consider them just a collection of ancient paintings and historical artifacts but my visit to Fool’s Errand #3 by Jarvis Boyland opened my eyes to a different side of museums modern art with real life issues today such as identity and emotion being the main topics. The thought-provoking nature of the art impressed me greatly and I would suggest the same experience to other Macaulay students because art that links to their own lives and experiences can be very unexpected.
Adi Feratovic
Baruch College
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Choose a piece of art you saw that invoked strong feelings for you. Describe the response you had and why. (Don’t forget to include the title and artist.)
This photo reminds me of quarantine. My sister and I would go hiking every weekend during that period of time, so I feel particularly nostalgic when looking at vast landscapes in nature.
Brooklyn College
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Compare how this experience reinforced or challenged your previous ideas about museums. Would you encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums?
I think this museum was a much different museum than what I’m used to. There were many radical paintings that I imagine was curated to shock the public especially those in the tension exhibition. I also enjoyed the exhibition with collection of vintage and contemporary lamps, clocks, and even tea kettles. I would definitely encourage others to visit this place because it’s not very traditional and sparks interesting conversations.
Alex Genkin
Brooklyn College
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Choose a piece of art you saw that invoked strong feelings for you. Describe the response you had and why. (Don’t forget to include the title and artist.)
An art piece that invoked strong feelings for both my group and I was a mural called the Web of Life by John Biggers 1958. In this mural, John Biggers juxtaposes transitions from night to day and winter to summer, as humans sow and harvest crops. Humans are born from, nourished by, and in death return to the central figure of Mother Earth. In winter, a variety of creatures find life-sustaining shelter in the crevices of decaying stumps, while in spring water flows forcefully, reinvigorating aquatic life, soaking fertile farmland, and allowing trees to bloom. Biggers also celebrates mutual care and interdependence between humans and their environment by centering black figures. This specific mural invoked strong feelings to me because I’m a huge nature person at heart and I love depictions of it in pop culture and especially art. This mural really highlighted the complexity and beauty of nature tastefully!
Chan Moe Aung
Brooklyn College
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How would you relate your current major or field of study to your experience at Night at the Museum? What connections can you see?
So much of Psychology is about the interactions and history that exists between individuals and societies, art is all about exploring these connections and how that’s manifested in society as a whole.
Christal Colón
Hunter College
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What would you add that is missing or what would you like to see in the American art exhibit in the future?
I would’ve liked to seen more feminist, riot girl pieces from the Lower East Side. I think this museum had a lot to reveal about the role of women and how often times their concerns are ignored or brushed to aside (as seen with the Heat piece). I would’ve liked pieces to spotlight feminism from a female gaze with intersectionality.
Brianna abad
Hunter College
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Compare how this experience reinforced or challenged your previous ideas about museums. Would you encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums?
This experience reinforced my ideas about museums and how there’s still so much work and artifacts to learn about and explore and to just expand one’s general knowledge. I would encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums even if their field of work may not be related to the work displayed at the museum. Sometimes it’s not about the connections within a field but also the interconnections between fields.
Shi Qi Huang
Hunter College
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Choose a piece of art you saw that invoked strong feelings for you. Describe the response you had and why. (Don’t forget to include the title and artist.)
The We are the 99% personally invoked a strong feeling of unity between the people. Sebastian Errazuriz uses this chair as a symbol of rebellion to protest income disparity and to argue that the 99% of people are against the 1% wealth. This invokes a strong feeling because everyone around me is in the 99% whether they know it or not and creates a great sense of unity with the people around me.
Matthew Groysman
Hunter College
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Choose a piece of art you saw that invoked strong feelings for you. Describe the response you had and why. (Don’t forget to include the title and artist.)
We are the 99% from the series Occupy Chairs 2012 was really interesting to me because it took an everyday object that can be seen and bought anywhere in the world and turned it into a symbol of retaliation and protest. At first I thought the work was done on a sign, but upon further look I realized it was a chair which made me realize art can be found anywhere and in anything as long as you have the creativity to turn it into something beautiful.
Terrence Liao
Hunter College
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Compare how this experience reinforced or challenged your previous ideas about museums. Would you encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums?
This experience reinforced my idea of museums being an area where art and history coincide to create meaningful pieces showcasing the cultures, thoughts, and ideas of humanity. Throughout my visit I saw different periods of time represented through furniture, paintings, sculptures, and fabrics. I’ve always admired museums and enjoy looking at how art has evolved over time. I definitely recommend Macaulay students to visit museums as it provides diverse perspectives and can bring inspiration. Exiting the museum, I feel motivated to continue my hobbies in drawing and crocheting.
Edwin Ramos
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
