Reynolda House Museum of American Art
On August 23, my parents and I went to Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, NC. The Reynolda House was commissioned by R.J. Reynolds, owner of the tobacco company. The original intent was to be their house and now it's an art museum. Read more about the museum here. The main reason we went was to see the Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit, Living Modern. It was a tad bit disappointing, because it had a very limited amount of her actual paintings. Most of the exhibit consisted of clothes that she made for herself or clothes from companies that she wore, along with a large amount of photography of her done by other artists. These were mainly done by her husband, Alfred Stieglitz. The exhibit was interesting and it was nice to see her life through these photos and her clothe
s, but I would have liked to see more of her personal work. When I got home, I drew some of her handmade dresses from a photo.
We also walked through the Reynolda House itself, which consisted of many interesting rooms such as a one-lane bowling alley, a tap room covered in wall to wall mirrors, a small shooting range, and a semi-circle room full of floor-length windows, just to name a few. There was also a very aesthetically pleasing pool house which you can actually reserve for personal pool parties.
The museum also held an Art-O-Mat, the second I've seen in the wild. I purchased two pieces, one of close-up plant photography and the other, a small painted desert landscape.
In my next blog post, I will finish up talking about my SCAD Rising Star experience!