Museum Visit

Katrina told us about something called, 'Anime Night' at the Tampa Musuem of Art. She heard about it from her Japanese instructor at school, so we decided to see what they have to offer.

The wait in line to get into the museum was amazing. Since there wasn't much else to do, we broke out the camera and took a few pics. As a neat little touch, they lit votive candles and set them afloat in the fountain out front.

The entrance to the museum is just about waist level of the kid who decided to jump into this shot.

As we got closer to the entrance, and the end of the fountain, some of the votive candles piled up in the corner.

Just a pic of one of the many 'tall buildings' in downtown Tampa.

What was neat about this picture was the blue building. It actually shifts from red, to purple, to blue, then reverses the fade back to red.

Ahhhh, finally inside the museum. Unfortunately, the Japanese theme was actually an opportunity for the public to dress up in what they thought were Japanese costumes, but the authenticity, was severely lacking. The 'Anime Night' was actually quite diappointing. The people that decided to come in their interpretation of Japanese attire and mannerisms reminded us more of the people that dress up for the Rocky Horror Picture Show... Sad...

The only thing that caught our interest was the tea ceremony, and according to Katrina, they didn't perform it correctly. Instead of looking for more disappointment, we decided to cruise the art galleries. I especially liked the glassworks.. This one here is a cube that is made of multiple layers bonded together.

Here is another nice example of multi-layered glasswork. I'm pretty much hung up on sophisticated glass artwork, my favorite being the Mega Planets from Josh Simpson.

This primatic construct has dark blue and mustard yellow inserts imbedded into the clear sections.

I thought that the idea of using asian take-out containers with votive candles inside as pathway lamps was kind of neat...