During a recent “teachers only” visit to the museum’s current exhibit
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we encountered several works of art surprisingly suggestive of some of the works that our children create in the studio each and every day. Curious as to how the children would respond to these pieces, we decided to bring small groups into the museum to observe how they interacted with these works of art.
One group went, equipped with Magna-tiles in hand to pay a visit to Marta Chilindron’s Plexiglas sculptures. In the Linde Gallery, in the presence of these immense sculptures, we wondered if the children’s creations would vary from those they build in the studio.
A second group visited the exhibit Cool Medium: Art, Television and Psychedelia 1960-1980. These paintings were full of different colors and shapes. Would these familiar items inspire the children? Supplied with an assortment of colored pencils they set to work creating in their journals.
