Beyond Impressionism, Monday Memories

Yesterday after the 9 a.m. service at UALC we went to the Columbus Museum of Art with Joan and Jerry and Howard and Betty, and thousands of others to see the last week of "Beyond Impressionism." (Ends Jan 21) Columbus is the only American city to host this wonderful show drawn entirely from a private European collection. Betty is a 35 year CMOA docent, so she gave us a lot of details and information. We also enjoyed a wonderful meal in the Schokko Art Café, but we hear it is closing in a week. I had the most delicious corn chowder, something I never get at home.  Worth the trip is the wonderful James R. Hopkins "Faces of the Heartland" exhibit featuring his paintings of the Cumberland Falls area of Kentucky 100 years ago. Years ago we vacationed in that area and even tried to do some paintings of the Falls. 
The busy day at CMOA and the final week of this show was featured on one of the local news shows last night. It's sort of fun to be cheek to jowl in a museum with a lot of screaming children. Hopkins was an OSU art professor and you can see some of his paintings in the Faculty Club. http://www.columbusmuseum.org/art/james-r-hopkins-faces-of-the-heartland/