This week I will be attending the American Association of Museums (AAM) conference, being held in, of all places Indianapolis — the Crossroads of America. I will be sitting in on a few presentations, visiting the newly expanded/renovated Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), and pondering how museum education departments took over the AAM conference (honestly, one third of the presentations this year are about “educating” the disinterested public about this “confusing” thing called Art).

In the meanwhile, read Indianapolis Star’s review of the new IMA addition and remodeling. It just strikes me as little sad that in the midst of major museum renovations with exciting face lifts that the IMA doesn’t even look like it’s trying. “Don’t worry about me, I’ll just sit here quietly and inconspicuously like an office building. It’s OK if people visit thinking that this is where they renew their driver’s licenses. I can live with that.”

P.S. Does anyone else find GM’s ad campaign for OnStar a little disturbing? “Hot Button?” “Push it Real Good?” Ew. So they first equate it with sex, then they have another set of commercials likening it to a seat belt and how it’s for your child’s safety. Double ew.