I always enjoy going to the Johnson Museum and am always looking for excuses to go there. The art exhibits usually have profound meanings and make me think deeper about things I wouldn’t normally think twice about. Going to the Welcome Reception was no different, except there were snacks and I made a bunch of new friends!

There were a lot of different art pieces that I enjoyed, as well as the Laser Room! The Laser Room was pretty cool because depending on where you were standing and how you moved, the same lights reflected differently and were difficult to see at times. I definitely recommend going and checking it out or yourself.

One of the new exhibits were the denim-covered floor pieces. One of the pieces actually allowed you to sit on them and watch a message from the artist. The other was a charred piece that was aesthetically pleasing to the eye. These were two of my favorites because of the messages on them. One said “The fire is out but we have the light” and the other said “the sun is gone but we have the light.” We have the light is inspirational to me and I agree that we have the light to lead. I also believe that we could be the light in the sense that we have it and can use it to lead, serving as a light for others.

Another piece that I learned about were the large murals recovered form an old hospital on Roosevelt Island. It was great to earn about where they came from and what they actually meant from a lady who helped to retouch them. She told us how they had been buried but when recovered showed a story of how life was in the hospital. It being a terminal hospital, the patients decorated the walls with what they saw inside the hospital as well as outside looking out to the river. They were beautiful pieces, again with deeper meaning that I learned about only after talking to that woman.

Overall, I had a great time and hope to go on more Johnson Museum adventures and meet more great people like the ones below!