The day starts out with a great morning with a delicious but not satisfying breakfast. Everyone then collected their bags and started the short walk across Chicago traffic to the parking garage where our chariots were awaiting out departure. We ditch our luggage and then began the hike to Grant Park on the shore of Lake Michigan. Halfway there out amazing professor Micheal Martin pulled the whole group aside and talked about how Michigan Ave. used to be a lake front street. He then went into how Grant Parks foundation was established. Suet from the Chicago fire and dirt from tunnel excavation was pushed from Michigan Ave. out into Lake Michigan.
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| Buckingham Fountain |
Our second stop was at the overwhelming and powerful Buckingham Fountain. The largest fountain in the world. After doing a little analysis of the fountain and its immediate surrounding areas we discovered that it was designed with a symmetrical design. This is a characteristic of the beaux art movement.
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| The BP Bridge Leading into Millennium Park |
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| Plan View of Millennium Park |
We then move our way into the dazzling Millennium Park. Over the BP Bridge, designed by Frank Gehry who also designed the Jay Pitzker Pavilion, we went to several design spaces such as Crown Fountain, Cloud Gate, and Lurie Gardens. After brief lectures of each space we were let loose to artistically express our interpretations of a single space through the medium water color.
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| a critique down of our watercolors |
Before our departure from Chicago we were allowed an hour for our last Chicago meal on the Savanna Studio. We then gathered at the awaiting chariots again to finally leave the windy city.
Once we made it through all the construction and tollways we had a three hour drive ahead of us to Galena Illinois.
After arriving in Galena we were let loose to have the rest of the night to ourselves.
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| Just the Family |
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