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3 reasons to visit the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Despite many trips to Washington DC, I had never been to the Smithsonian American Art Museum until this summer. It is not one of the...

Lara Neri
Aug 10, 20192 min read


art camps: pursuing Beauty together
Two intensive weeks of art camps have come to an end, and I am thankful for the experience. I kept enrollment to four students per camp...

Lara Neri
Jul 26, 20162 min read


love despite ugliness
Today at our last elementary art camp we read Beauty and the Beast – the classic fairytale that speaks of the great sacrifice required by...

Lara Neri
Jul 5, 20161 min read


rebirth & regeneration: the image of the snake
Today in our third Tuesday of elementary art camp, we read Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, an African fairytale about a prince who...

Lara Neri
Jun 21, 20161 min read


the iconography of faerytales
With the collapse of Imperial Russia and the rise of the Bolsheviks in 1917, the art & prayer of icon painting was suppressed....

Lara Neri
Jun 15, 20162 min read


beauty & simplicity
The Japanese have a gift for the pursuit of Beauty. It is apparent in their art, their fashion, their gardening, their tea ceremony. The...

Lara Neri
Jun 8, 20161 min read


enjoy an art museum today
Now that school is out, many parents are looking for interesting, fun alternatives to sitting around at home watching their children...

Lara Neri
Jun 2, 20161 min read
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