Children's Summer Art Tours...How creativity is born!
As our Children's Summer Art Tours come to an end, I am reminded of the beauty of unbridled artistic creativity and the innate ability to illustrate one's surroundings. Throughout the summer, we hosted over 600 children in the J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries and the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries. The children were encouraged to explore, ask questions and relate the art to their own lives. It was amazing to hear 5-year olds explain what they liked about cut glass and 8-year olds examine the colors in the American Impressionist paintings. But my favorite thing was the beautiful pictures they created! At the conclusion of the tour in each gallery, the children participated in an art activity. They learned about printmaking and were also encouraged to draw a rendition of their favorite piece of art. The result...priceless!
