In the DMA’s Education Department, we embrace opportunities to refresh our minds and spark our creativity. And when said opportunities happen to present themselves in the form of baked treats, well, you can bet we’re all over it.
So in honor of National Sugar Cookie Day on Saturday, July 9, I whipped up a batch of blank cookie canvases for my colleagues to craft, with one simple caveat: creations must be inspired by works of art at the Museum.
As the frosting settled and the miniature masterpieces took shape, only one question remained—when can we eat!
Irving Penn, “Girl Behind Bottle (Jean Patchett),” New York, 1949, printed 1978, platinum-palladium print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, © The Irving Penn Foundation
Vincent van Gogh, “River Bank in Springtime,” 1887, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McDermott in memory of Arthur Berger, 1961.99
Henri Matisse, “Ivy in Flower,” 1953, colored paper, watercolor, pencil, and brown paper tape on paper mounted on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, 1963.68.FA, © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Josef Albers, “Study for Homage to the Square: Joy,” 1964, oil on masonite, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe DeWitt, 1966.12, © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Mark Rothko, “Orange, Red and Red,” 1962, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, 1968.9, © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Ceremonial mask, Peru, north coast, Sicán culture, 900-1100 C.E., gold, copper, and paint, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc, 1969.1.McD
Jasper Johns, “Device,” 1961–62, oil on canvas with wood and metal attachments, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of The Art Museum League, Margaret J. and George V. Charlton, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Francis, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Greenlee, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James H. W. Jacks, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin L. Levy, Mrs. John W. O’Boyle, and Dr. Joanne Stroud in honor of Mrs. Eugene McDermott, 1976.1, © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Natalia Goncharova, “Maquillage,” 1913-14, gouache on paper, Dallas Museum of Art, General Acquisitions Fund ,1981.37
Robert Delaunay, “Eiffel Tower,” 1924, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, 1981.105, © L & M Services B. V., Amsterdam
Claude Monet, “Water Lilies,” 1908, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, 1981.128
Raymond Jonson, “Composition 7—Snow,” 1928, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan E. Boeckman, 1984.12.FA
Vincent van Gogh, “Sheaves of Wheat” (detail), July 1890, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, 1985.R.80
Maurice de Vlaminck, “Bougival,” c. 1905, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, 1985.R.82
Wraparound skirt (“kain panjang”): cloud design (“megamendung”) (detail), Indonesia, Java, c. 1910, handdrawn batik on commercially woven cotton, Dallas Museum of Art, Textile Purchase Fund, 1991.58
Wreath, Classical or Hellenistic period, 4th century B.C.E., gold, Dallas Museum of Art, Museum League Purchase Funds, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., and Cecil H. and Ida M. Green in honor of Virginia Lucas Nick, 1991.75.55
Georgia O’Keeffe, “Grey Blue & Black—Pink Circle,” 1929, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 1994.54, © The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Dressing set (scent-bottle), attributed to Charles Gouyn, St. James’s Factory, London, England, c. 1755, gold-mounted, porcelain with enamel decoration, Dallas Museum of Art, The Esther and Karl Hoblitzelle Collection, gift of the Hoblitzelle Foundation by exchange, 1995.22.10
Lynda Benglis, “Odalisque (Hey, Hey Frankenthaler),” 1969, poured pigmented latex, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, 2003.2, © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
“Nocturne” radio (model 1186), Walter Dorwin Teague, Sparton Corporation, Jackson, Michigan, designed c. 1935, mirrored cobalt glass, satin chrome steel, and wood, Dallas Museum of Art, The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange, 2004.1
“Window with Starfish,” Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, New York, New York, c. 1885–95, glass, lead, iron, and wooden frame, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., 2008.21.2.McD
Brooch, Gerd Rothmann, n.d., steel and acrylic, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Edward W. and Deedie Potter Rose, formerly Inge Asenbaum collection, gallery Am Graben in Vienna, 2014.33.283, © Gerd Rothmann
Frida Kahlo, “Self-Portrait Very Ugly,” 1933, fresco on plasterboard, private collection, © Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society, New York
Sarah Coffey is the Education Coordinator at the DMA.
When does the bakery open in the gift shop?
Sarah, these are terrific! Great idea. We have some amazing sugar artists in Education. Cheers, Brenda