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Who NEU? This blog by Museum Director Tracy Fitzpatrick keeps our members and friends informed of the 'backstory' behind all t... Who NEU? For more than five years (and 250 posts), Museum Director Tracy Fitzpatrick's blog has been keeping members and friends informed of the ‘backstory' behind all that is happening at the NEU.

From the Director.

Blog posts:

  • Oil painting on canvas with gold leaf

    backstory: The story in the quiet things

    I’ve always had a soft spot for the quiet things.

  • red squirrel sitting in bird feeder house looking towards the camera. blurred natural background

    backstory: The Squirrel

    Let me set the scene: I’m standing at the window, coffee in hand, watching a squirrel in my garden attempt what can only be described as Mission: Impossible—but with more tail flicking and less Tom Cruise. He’s going after the supposedly “squirrel-proof” bird feeder. Spoiler: it is not.

  • A young female on a ladder with a man standing, each holding part of a sheet of protective plastic that is being draped over a sculpture.

    backstory: Learning by Doing—Then Doing Some More

    It’s the last week of classes, graduation is coming up on Friday, and as always at this time of year, I find myself thinking about just how much of the Museum’s heartbeat comes from our students.

  • Several young children create glow sculptures in the Proscenium gallery.

    backstory: Glow

    Last week, I wrote about Stephen Antonakos’s neon sculpture Proscenium and how it is serving as a frame for so many meaningful experiences in the Museum. 

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