The Grace Museum’s Night at the Museum

Have you ever wondered what would happen if the art in The Grace Museum came to life?

As a collaborative project between the Grace Museum in Abilene, Texas and Abilene Christian University’s English Department, students spent a night at the museum to spend time with a work of art and see how it comes “alive.”

Students from the Christianity and Creativity class at ACU breathe life into six art works from The Grace’s Permanent Collection by spending time with an individual work of art that was then the inspiration for a work of their own. The student’s artistic response to the work could be in any medium that could be placed on the web, including photographs, paintings, drawings, sculpture, poems, videos, sounds, music, or writings. The art inspired more art.

According to the Professor of English at Abilene Christian University, Albert Haley, “it’s an eclectic burst of creativity, crafted especially for cyber delivery, and I am very proud of the results.”