Official behind-the-scenes blog of the Dallas Museum of Art
Even though our galleries had “the day off,” today the Museum hosted Art in Bloom, the Dallas Museum of Art League’s annual symposium and luncheon. The springtime event provides generous support for the League’s Floral Endowment and the Museum’s exhibitions and educational programs.
Photography by Adam Gingrich, Marketing Assistant at the Dallas Museum of Art
Marilyn Hailey has been a member of the Dallas Museum of Art and a Museum Store volunteer for more than twenty years. Last week, she stopped in to purchase a gift membership as a Christmas gift for a friend. I had the opportunity to sit down and ask her a few questions about why she loves the Museum.
Do you remember why you joined?
MH: A friend had a volunteer position with the Museum Store and was moving. She asked me to take over for her and I did.
If you could have one work of art from the Museum’s collections in your home, what would it be?
MH: Vase of White Lilacs and Roses by Édouard Manet.
What is your favorite activity at the DMA?
MH: I enjoy coming to the exhibition previews on the member days. I love the jazz on Thursday nights as well. I sometimes tell Wendell [Sneed, Jazz in the Atrium Program Coordinator] who to bring back.
What has been your favorite special exhibition?
MH: Splendors of China’s Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong. That Christmas, every gift I bought was from the Splendors of China’s Forbidden City gift shop. I love oriental art. My husband, HM, and I lived in Japan for a while when he was in the Air Force.
What is a typical day like for you?
MH: I get the newspaper and read the funnies, and then work on the computer crosswords. I spend too much time doing that. I’m in a lot of leagues in the city.
