http://www.michigan.org http://www.michigan.org/global/images/puremichiganlogo2.gif http://www.michigan.org Copyright © 2009 Michigan Economic Development Corporation. 300 N. Washington Sq., Lansing, MI 48913 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:01:31 GMT 60 http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=3C60FD50-165E-49F1-B35F-F6BF7362596C http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=3C60FD50-165E-49F1-B35F-F6BF7362596C Detroit and Ann Arbor ostensibly to take in their art museums. As someone who usually goes to places like New York, London, and Paris for art, I was surprised when a Google search for Rembrandts took me to the Detroit Institute for the Arts site. But this is what I wanted to see and after e-mailing my colleague, a Michigan native, she highly encouraged me to check out DIA **as well as** U of M's art museum in Ann Arbor. I did find a number of Dutch masters at DIA and Rembrandt drawings at the UMMA. She also suggested a number of places and sights she thought I'd find interesting. I am not your ordinary tourist, but the kind of person who would take in the unusual and be willing to, for example, witness the changes of Jefferson Avenue as she drove west to east to the Grosse Pointe area. As part of social commentary, I found this fascinating and indicative of American history. She told me about Corktown with its some sort of revival via young artist and alternative types who have brought new life to an otherwise blighted area. (It also helped that there was an NPR feature on this side of Detroit.) I took this suggestion also and found a charming bistro that also grew vegetables in their gardens. I was also treated to that Midwestern hospitality at a charming inn in Ann Arbor, which took care of me, met my rather complicated dietary needs, and provided an overall lovely ambience in which I, as a stranger to that community, could relish. (I wasn't after all, going to a conference or taking my kid to college.) As for the art, I found that neither my colleague nor the DIA site was exaggerating about these institutions. There is a wealth of resources here and it does seem to match DIA's claim that it is one of the most important museums west of Philadelphia. The museums are not expensive therefore making art accessible to a lot more people than what you would find in the usual places. Because they are not so crowded, there is also space and time for visitors to really see the works and appreciate them without having to jockey for viewing space. ]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:30:35 GMT http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=64119A64-C8D1-4559-87C1-F4B77E42379C http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=64119A64-C8D1-4559-87C1-F4B77E42379C Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:04:06 GMT http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=6E150A15-359F-4A94-9EBF-FC0F34A6FAA5 http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=6E150A15-359F-4A94-9EBF-FC0F34A6FAA5 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:01:57 GMT http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=CBEBFECD-3BDD-44C1-96B6-8AC089E997C6 http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=CBEBFECD-3BDD-44C1-96B6-8AC089E997C6 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:46:34 GMT http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=EA91794F-1239-4CA7-9904-BB54BD466C93 http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=EA91794F-1239-4CA7-9904-BB54BD466C93 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:35:03 GMT http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=F6CBC2BE-C226-4CFE-A55D-0E0F64D88CCA http://www.michigan.org/Experiences/Detail.aspx?ContentId=F6CBC2BE-C226-4CFE-A55D-0E0F64D88CCA Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:56:35 GMT