June 29th, 2009 by John English
You’re sweet on sweets. You’re a sucker for suckers. You’re coo-coo for chocolate and crazy for caramel. You want candy. Well guess what? I Want Candy too, and this Friday we’ll all get what we want when I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art opens at the Met!
This mixed media pop-art show will satisfy your cravings for the sweet stuff and create new ones you didn’t even know you had, with works of art all about America’s favorite obsession: candy of all kinds.
As with everything at the Met, this show is fun. Humor abounds when you’re thinking about the subject of candy, and while many of the works in I Want Candy are lighthearted fare, none of them lack in the creativity or incredible detail of other art shows. These are masterpieces - just a little more sugary sweet than usual.
John English is the Met’s Manager of Marketing and Communications. He prefers Sweet Tarts, Runts and Skittles to anything chocolate. E-mail him at johne@fresnomet.org.
June 24th, 2009 by John English
If you don’t know already, this podcast from Minnesota Public Radio should help!
Listen here.
Friedman, of course, will be in Fresno tomorrow for an exclusive lecture to benefit the Met! Get your tickets here!
John English is the Met’s Manager of Marketing and Communications. No, he can’t get you free tickets. E-mail him at johne@fresnomet.org
June 10th, 2009 by Fresno MetTalk
The Fresno Metropolitan Museum values its partnership with the community.
In our continued efforts to be responsive and connected to our community we are sharing our recently adopted Strategic Plan, Fundraising Plan and Business Plan.
These documents, adopted in June 2009, lay the groundwork for the Museum’s operations for the period of 2009-2012.
View the documents here.
June 5th, 2009 by John English
It’s back! First Friday Films returns for 2009 TONIGHT!
Tonight’s films:
June 5: Imagination
Zea, Andre and Jean-Jacques Leduc, Canada, 1981
Forming Game, Malcolm Sutherland, Canada, 2008
The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg, Paul Driessen, Canada, 2000
Et Cetera, Jan Svankmajer, Czechoslovakia, 1966
Alice, Jan Svankmajer, Czechoslovakia, 1988
Join us, rain or shine! In the event of rain we’ll move the film program indoors.
May 29th, 2009 by Fresno MetTalk
A quick look at just one of the fun and interactive exhibits at the Met’s Reeves Family ASK Science Center
Video
May 13th, 2009 by Amanda Allen
The Met hosted the 2009 Mini Grants for Innovative Science Education Awards Ceremony to honor the finest science educators in Fresno County.
The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, in partnership with the Reveas Foundation and Fresno County Office of Education is pleased to announce the nine award winners of the competitive mini-grant program in science education. Grant awards ranged from $500 - $1,000 and all teachers in Fresno County were eligible to apply. The award winners were chosen for their creativity and originality in the implementation of how the grant funds will be used to further science education with the purchase of equipment and materials to develop or enhance science curriculum.
1. Katrina Williams
3rd Grade Teacher
Harvest Elementary
Central Unified
Description of Project: NASA’s Lunar Sample Project allows certified educators to check out rock and regolith samples from the moon. This project is important because it allows school children to hold a part of the moon in their hands and learn about this important part of our nation’s history while learning about the geology of the moon.
2. Mary Funk
4th Grade Teacher
Burrel Union Elementary
Riverdale
Description of Project: Outdoor Learning Center – Observation Deck: Burrel Union Elementary School has an outdoor learning center complete with 200 foot river and 2 ponds. With the grant money we will build an observation deck where students can lay down on the deck, scoop up water, fish pollywogs, or even mud, place it in a basin for close up and personal observations. The much needed observation deck will prevent the students from eroding the sides of the river with every lesson.
3. Reed Schneider
Outdoor Education 4-6th Grade Program Coordinator
Sierra Outdoor School
Clovis Unified
Description of Project: Connecting Kids with Nature: The Sierra Outdoor School is a three to five day outdoor science school located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains that is owned and operated by Clovis Unified School District. A highlight of visiting the school is students having the opportunity to witness wild animals in the native habitat. The school is expanding its curriculum offerings to include the study of wild birds and thus need 40 binoculars capable of revealing visual details necessary for bird classification.
4. Kimberly Calderon
6th Grade Teacher
John Sutter Middle School
Fowler Unified
Description of Project: Analyzing Yearly Weather Patterns: A Vantage Pro Wireless Weather Station would enable my class to complete a yearlong project that would not only teach students about weather but also show them how to compile data and then analyze that data.
5. David Greenmyer
8th Grade Teacher
Computech Middle School
Fresno Unified
Description of Project: I thought that you weren’t supposed to stare at the sun: The Grant would enable us to purchase a solar telescope, making hands-on, daytime astronomy possible. We want our students to have the “wow factor” of safely viewing the surface features of the sun with their own eyes.
6. Paul H. Magill
9-12 Grade Agriculture Instructor
Fowler High School
7-8th Grade Agriculture Instructor
Sutter Middle School
Fowler Unified School District
Description of Project: Strengthening Science through Agriculture Courses: My students learn science concepts and experiments that strengthen the curriculum covered by ‘traditional’ science courses including soil testing, fertilization, pH tests, plant responses, genetics and heredity, plant propagation, pruning, plant physiology and taxonomy. With the addition of tools, plants and materials makes it easier to expand on the science concepts covered in such classes as Ag Science 1, Ornamental Horticulture, Floral Design, as well as Introduction to Agriculture.
7. Steve Harness
9-12th Grade Science Teacher
Kingsburg Jt. Union High School
Kingsburg
Description of Project: Kingsburg High Watershed Project: Having an adequate supply of safe water has been an issue for years. Fresno County is the agricultural capitol of the United States and farmers are constantly concerned about having adequate water supplies. The growing population of Central California depends on having enough safe water for its citizens. Kingsburg High School students from Geology, Chemistry, AP Environmental Science and AP Biology classes will travel to several area locations to conduct water testing, collect samples of vegetation and aquatic organisms. With our new equipment, students will measure water temperature, pH, amount of dissolved oxygen, nitrates, phosphates, conductivity, turbidity, macro-invertebrate biodiversity surveys.
8. Julie Hamilton
9-12th Grade Biology Teacher
Buchanan High School
Clovis Unified
Description of Project: DNA Fingerprinting Lab: The grant will supply our AP Biology and Honors Biology with equipment to perform DNA fingerprinting. Students will learn the process of DNA fingerprinting in Biotechnology by analyzing six different samples of plasmid DNA. Students will better understand the differences in DNA between members of our population and will better understand how forensic scientists are able to pinpoint a criminal based on a small sample of DNA left at a crime scene.
9. Stephanie Chavez
9-12th Grade Science Teacher
Washington Union High School
Washington Unified
Description of Project: The “Chicken” Body Farm: Scientists have put together an ongoing study of how bodies decompose in different scenarios. I would like to have my AP Biology class to perform a similar experiment but instead of using cadavers, we would use store-bought chickens. Students place their chickens in various created scenarios such as: submerged in water, enclosed in a box, covered in clothes and wrapped in aluminum and will track the rate of decomposition. The will also observe how long it takes for insects to show up, learn the insect life cycles and how it effects the decomposition of the chicken. The grant will provide the equipment necessary to create a secure environment in which to study as well as all the equipment needed to create each “chicken” decomposition scenario.
Amanda Allen is the Met’s Marketing Coordinator. E-mail her at amandaa@fresnomet.org.
May 8th, 2009 by John English
Hopefully your calendar’s been marked for weeks - but if not, please don’t forget to join us tomorrow, Friday 5/1, for the first of the our Friday Brownbag Cinema events!
Admission to the Museum from 12-1pm tomorrow is just $5! Bring your lunch, enjoy a great, fun film program and all that the Museum has to offer! You’ll spend more than $5 going out to that same old lunch stop, spend half your time waiting for food, with nothing fun and exciting to do once you get it. Come to the Met and have a great time on your lunch hour instead!
John English is the Met’s Manager of Marketing and Communications. Fortunately he’s got it easier than Charlie Chaplin’s character in Friday’s film, “A Day’s Pleasure.” E-mail John at johne@fresnomet.org.
April 30th, 2009 by John English
The Fresno Bee’s Joan Obra gave the Met a very nice writeup on many of our current and upcoming events featuring food! If you missed the article, check it out here.
John English is the Met’s Manager of Marketing and Communications. He loves food too. E-mail him at johne@fresnomet.org.
April 29th, 2009 by John English
Did you miss the Met’s 25th Anniversary celebration kickoff this past Saturday? Shame on you! Luckily the MetTalk camera was there. Here’s a sampling of what you missed:
Click here for video
Don’t forget that the Met’s 25th Anniversary continues through October, with discounted $2.50 admission on the 25th of the month!
John English is the Met’s Marketing & Communications Manager. E-mail him at johne@fresnomet.org.
You’re sweet on sweets. You’re a sucker for suckers. You’re coo-coo for chocolate and crazy for caramel. You want candy. Well guess what? I Want Candy too, and this Friday we’ll all get what we want when I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art opens at the Met!