1. Here’s a delicious morning-waster: the New York Times Museums Special Section. There a lot of meat to get through, but one must-read is the profile on Bonnie Pitman’s efforts at the Dallas Museum of Art. Pitman has a book coming out this summer on engaging museum visitors, and she has become a leader in the field of reimagining the experience of the museum from various audience perspectives. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Director Michael Govan says of Pitman: “Bonnie represents the leading edge of this growing awareness that in order for museums to be sustainable in the future, they really have to listen to their visitors and take them into account in designing their programs.”
2. Regular Potbelly musician Tim Urban, from Duncanville, made it to the final twelve on American Idol, and fans and friends showed up at the Arlington sandwich shop where he regularly performs to show their support. He’s going to advance, like seriously, says a fan. He did, but the post-show Twitter feeds were not happy. “wtf Tim Urban should have gone home tonight,” twitted KristinSPowell. You decide.
3. Cindy on the Fine Line blog hearted Salim Nourallah hard yesterday, and that means we get a twofer – a neat mini-doc on Nourallah as well as the studio tour she shot for Art & Seek.
