In our Center for Creative Connections, we provide opportunities for visitors to respond to works of art through discussion, drawing, making, and writing.
Due to its history of multiple names, Arthur John Elsley’s Hard Pressed (Late for School/Any Port in a Storm) provides us with an opportunity to ask visitors to rename the painting.
Arthur John Elsley, Hard Pressed (Any Port in a Storm/Late for School), 1898, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Kim Jordan
When reading through the responses, we were surprised by how many were pop culture references. Check out some of our favorites.
Next time you are in the Center for Creative Connections, add your contribution to the wall and maybe you will see it on Uncrated!
Jessica Fuentes is the Center for Creative Connections Gallery Coordinator at the DMA.