yeehaw! i am delighted to introduce you to a new sponsor here at A Denver Home Companion: the Clyfford Still Museum! i’ve been there a handful of times but really fell in love with it when i finally got to take ramona with us on a family date. watching her toddle through the big rooms with the high ceilings, stopping to point out animals and, mostly, odd shapes that caught her eye. the Clyfford Still Museum is truly a magical place, for adults and young ones alike.
i’m hoping that if you live in the denver area you already know a little something about this place that has gotten much deserved press and applause. however, if you’re not in the know and/or are not from around here, here’s the gist:
The words legendary and unknown aren’t often used to describe the same artist. Clyfford Still is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. He originated the abstract expressionism movement and influenced the work of contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Yet, most people have never heard of him. At the height of his career, Still severed ties with the art world, and continued to paint. At the time of his death, Still’s personal collection of work contained over 2500 pieces of art or 95% of everything he ever made. That collection is now available to the public to view at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. Visit the Clyfford Still Museum, and experience a life in paintings.
the building is quite stunning inside and out, and it has a nice green lawn right outside the front door — not to mention its proximity to the denver art museum, the central library, and the cherry creek trail,
in celebration of this new sponsorship, the Clyfford Still Museum is generously offering one reader of A Denver Home Companion a membership to the museum! if you’d like to enter for a chance to win, simply leave a comment below.
you can gain extra entries in the following ways. please leave an additional comment w a link for each.
- tweet this giveaway (don’t forget to mention @eopower!)
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entries are accepted through 4/15. the winner will be announced on a post, tuesday 4/16. make sure you check back to see if it’s you to claim your prize. this giveaway open to residents of the state of colorado.
psst: the clyfford still museum has a free day with lots of family-friendly activities coming up on april 28. make sure to stop by!
thank you for supporting the sponsors that help this little blog keep going.
dear ramona,
your ever-present baby rolls, your tip toes, your little voice with a big vocabulary. i am just so smitten.
i love you. love, mama.
a portrait of ramona, once a week, every week, in 2013. inspired by jodi’s project.
this week was more fun in the backyard (teeter totters, drum circles, play dates); time spent at the restaurant (getting the patio ready for the nice weather heading our way!); and a bloggers’ night out (#eatdrinkcreate at west elm) hosted by lexy from the proper pinwheel and erin from artsocial. i’m spending the weekend gearing up for easter (best friends and easter egg hunts and braised lamb and a risen lord anyone?!) as well as prepping for some fun blog posts coming up (new sponsors and a giveaway and, well, blogging is just fun to me oh my!). so in the meantime, i leave you with some links!
- ramona rocking out to a school bus song at her diri and dido’s home.
- we dyed easter eggs this morning using recipes for natural dyes (all stuff found in my kitchen already!). i was surprised how little prep it actually took and i can’t wait to see the rich colors.
- children should be allowed to get bored.
- “children, far from being contrary, are by nature profoundly social. expecting them to be so is what allows them to be so.”
- a very moving piece on taking care of the elderly at end of life. i’ve had secondhand experience with this watching my mother selflessly take care of both of her ailing parents, who have since died.
- the family stories that bind us. the importance of narrative in extended family.
- a good guide for etiquette when dealing w others’ bereavement.
- having lived in 572 sq feet that past 3.5 years, i get that living w less is living w more.
the only banana ramona has ever eaten. i think she hates the texture and not sure why, this one time, she enjoyed the whole thing.
this afternoon: chicken and (finally) duck eggs. and having to tell ramona repeatedly not to eat the snow in the farm pen. yuck!
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