When I attended a conference last week at the Toledo Museum of Art, I took a brief walk through the exhibit halls during one of the afternoon breaks.
At the end of one hall, a pair of doors caught my attention.
From afar, it looked like a story was being told in the panels. I had to look closer! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Toledo Museum of Art Bronze Doors
Growing up in southeast Michigan, I knew about Detroit’s Fisher Building early on from local radio station WJR which broadcasts from the “golden tower of the Fisher Building” as well as the Fisher Theater, where I’ve attended plays and musicals for years.
And when you walk around midtown Detroit, there’s no way you can miss the 30-story skyscraper towering over the rest of the buildings at the corner of Woodward and West Grand Boulevard in the New Center. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Fisher Building
We visited Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan this weekend and took a tour of the campus. I missed the architecture of older buildings and landscaping I’ve seen at Michigan State University, University of Michigan, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I was impressed with “Of Thought and Reason” mural by Robert Barnum… Continue reading Art and Architecture at Ferris State University