On Monday October 17 the museum studies class traveled to Storm King Art Center and Dia Beacon--two museums that broke our ideas of what an art museum could be. Both museums gave us the opportunity to experience art in big, open spaces. We started the day by sitting among the falling leaves talking to museum educators Victoria Lichtendorf and Ellen Grenley. As the day got hotter we realized seven acres is a lot of land to cover. Luckily at Storm King you can rent bikes, so we spent the day biking around amazing art. At Maya Lin's Wavefield you can experience art differently by rolling down to it.

One piece of art that caught our attention the most was Mirror Fence by Alyson Shotz. We sat in front of the reflective surface, admiring the way it warped our reflections.

Another piece of art we stopped by was the Three Legged Buddha. This sculpture prompts a lot of interesting questions like, Are the legs pushing the head down or vice versa? What is the artist's reason for this sculpture?

Our next stop was Dia Beacon, which is a museum all about light and perception. They have almost no artificial lights inside. One piece that we talked about was Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipses. Walking through these giant coils is like a maze. You could get lost in between the circles.

After walking through the huge museum we sat and talked with Education Manager Megan Mattingly about everything Dia Beacon. We learned all about the education department and everything that goes into planning events. This was such an amazing day and I recommend everyone spend a day visiting Storm King Art Center and Dia Beacon!