Top 10 Posts of 2019

We love a good retrospective, especially right at the end of the year (like our 2019 Museum Recap)! If you’re anything like us, you’ll enjoy this list of our top 10 most popular blog posts this year:

We’re working on fresh new content for 2020 – stay tuned, and Happy New Year!

2019 Museum Recap

Since we’re all about FRESH design, we need plenty of time away from the screen and lots of art in our lives to keep the inspiration flowing. This year, I did more hiking than art-gawking (which I’m totally fine with too), but here are some standout museums, exhibits, and installations I enjoyed immensely in 2019:

  • Kimbell Museum (Fort Worth, TX) “Balenciaga in Black” exhibit

  • Behind the scenes with Lindsay’s Art Cart at the Arlington Museum of Art (Arlington, TX) during the “Hiroshige: Along the Eastern Road” exhibit

  • Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Houston, TX) “Transparent Migrations” by Amalia Mesa-Bains; “La sordidez/Sordidness” by Antonio Berni; “Vivir sin seguro/To Live without Assurance” by Rómulo Macció.

  • Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston, TX) “If I can’t dance, it’s not my revolution!” by Steven Evans

  • The Jung Center (Houston, TX) “A Man in a Suit holding a Succulent” by Alex Hysinger

  • The Neon Museum (Las Vegas, NV)

  • Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, TX) “Dior: From Paris to the World” exhibit

  • The Chinati Foundation (Marfa, TX) “15 untitled works in concrete” by Donald Judd; “100 untitled works in mill aluminum” by Donald Judd
    (not pictured/no photography allowed)

  • Branigan Cultural Center (Las Cruces, NM) “Originales” exhibit by Lidia Avina; “It holds the remedies of my grandma” by Nanibah Chacon

  • Las Cruces Museum of Art (Las Cruces, NM) pottery exhibit
    (not pictured/no photography allowed)

  • El Paso Museum of Art (El Paso, TX) “Acta de Nacimiento” by Ivan Calderon; “Krag” by Guillermo Gutierrez; “Families Belong Together” by Andrea Bowers

  • Prada Marfa (Marfa, TX)

  • Tiny Target (Marathon, TX)

  • Art inside Amy’s Ice Cream 6th & Lamar (Austin, TX)

  • Public art in the Postoffice District (Galveston, TX)

Inspired Women Luncheon Recap

Organized by the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce Women's Alliance, the Inspired Women Luncheon is the largest and most lovely event of its kind in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Green Apple Lane was proud to sponsor, as the graphic design sponsor for the sixth year, while the fabulous Live! by Loews Arlington hotel served as the new venue in 2019. Everything was top-notch, from the food, to the service, ambiance, and decor.

The theme of this year’s event was, “Finding Your Passion and Purpose.” Those sentiments were woven throughout the programming and details of the day, from the professional development session, to the especially moving keynote address from the esteemed Thasunda Brown Duckett, CEO of Consumer Banking at Chase. Her message of balancing life like a diversified financial portfolio versus the standard “work-life balance” challenge we all face, was powerful. “When she saw her life as a balancing act, she felt like she was consistently failing at being a mother, executive, and philanthropist. Now, she views her life as a diversified portfolio that is made up of her passions,” says the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce. “She urges everyone to create their portfolio by first writing down everything that matters to them. The structure of her portfolio changes depending on the demands of her office or family. However, she knows which portfolio structure will bring her the most joy.”

Enjoy a few photos from the event, here:

(click to enlarge thumbnails)

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