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How is COVID-19 affecting the Timken?
It's collection
I most recently enjoyed a lovely week in San Diego with my husband, an attorney, and my 6 year old child while on business. It was a simply delightful time, until we made a stop at your museum prior to catching our flight home yesterday.
One of your docents took it upon herself to guide my newly 6 year old child from where we were standing to a different room to explain to her the concept of "vanitas" - specifically the permanence and inevitability of death, by showing her a lovely, -however dark - piece NOT appropriate for her age. She then guided my child over to another painting of a child bride who became widowed, asking my child's age, then explaining children were married at my child's age. She plainly explained that this child, like her, had become a widow by suffering loss - again focusing on the theme of death, focusing on the dark ribbons on the child's dress, signaling death, again with zero sense of sensitivity to my child's age or understanding. My child was visibly shaken and confused by the offering, yet the docent continued with her "education."
Of all the beautiful pieces in the collections being shown that day, could she not have shown us something more lighthearted, suitable to a 6 year old and and less macabre?
Given your impressive and untarnished reputation, I would hope you would consider retraining your staff in sensitivity. While art is something to be enjoyed by all ages, to introduce and repeat, with emphasis, the adult concept of death to a malleable and developing mind is at best - insensitive and crude and, at a minimum, reckless.
It is my understanding that there was a children's scavenger hunt offered that day?
My hope is that this was an isolated incident. For the aforementioned reasons, I would not recommend your museum to families.
POETS WITHOUT BORDERS
Featuring Beat Poet Laureate Chris Vannoy,
National Slam Poetry Champion Viet Mai,
Taco Shop Poetess Jackie Lopez, Izzy Blaze, Yvonne King & Igor Goldkind
Will Perform at the Mesa College Gallery Reception for
Mario Torero: "Artivismo Loko"
Mario Torero is an internationally renowned muralist and a legend of the Chicano community.
The title of the exhibition includes a term that Torero coined: “artivism” as the marriage of art and activism. POETS WITHOUT BORDERS is Chris Vannoy, Viet
Mai, Yvonne King, Izzy Blaze, Jackie Lopez, Igor Goldkind, a gipsy band of poets inspired by and dedicated to the Artivist vision inspired by artist/muralist Mario Torero.
By using both visual and literary arts to promote progressive social change and voice
resistance to injustice. POETS WITHOUT BORDERS promotes the higher values of
Freedom, Justice, Liberty, Planetary Sustainability and Human Rights. Mainly by actively bringing art back to the public sphere: where we live, where we eat and where
we recreate.
We also think Poetry is better than prayer because you don’t have to pretend that someone is listening.
Mesa College Art Gallery: 619 388-2829
Poets Without Borders: Igor Goldkind 858 349 6429
“Jewels of the Season”: A delightful, joyous feast for the eyes. 🤩😃
#jewelsoftheseason - Among the jewels at Timken Museum!
Enchanting #jewelsoftheseason greet Visitors! Elaborate and elegant Ornaments, and above a Model Train travels around.
Thank you for sharing your #jewelsoftheseason with me!
Thank you for sharing your #jewelsoftheseason with me!
Taken awhile back at this great exhibit.
