The objective on our field trip today with San Francisco Museum Detectives (we hunt for free great art to see) was Robert's idea-- viewing thehuge Diego Rivera mural at City College of San Francisco. Our competent docent Gabby was a treasurehouse of information.

Rivera said of this work "My mural which I am painting now--it is about the marriage of ( Read more... )

For yesterday's monthly museum field trip, my group chose the Columbarium of San Francisco, just off Anza near Stanyon. The building itself has remarkable ornamentation and baroque flair, and the contents of such a building--not only people's cremated remains, but other memorabilia as well--make a person feel a bit sad and sentimental and touched.
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