Since September, I have been working with kindergarteners and first graders in an after-school program through Camp Fire. I teach them arts & crafts, read stories, sing songs, do character voices, apply band-aids to small wounds, and other odd jobs.
In January, we worked for several weeks on creating an art installation for the Emerson Space Case, the window art gallery which I curate! The piece was displayed for most of February, and consisted of an ocean scene crawling with critters, complete with an island, ships, and a painted ocean background.
I also took photos of each kid (wearing masks that they had created), cut out the figures from the photos, and inserted them all into the scene so they looked like little masked rampagers wandering about in the art.
All in all, I think it turned out looking pretty awesome. We even had an "art opening" where the kids came with their parents to check out the scene and socialize.
What I love about doing art with kids is that they don't have a filter for their outlandish ideas, and they interpret the world in such a bizarre and specific way, it makes for some incredible creations in the end. Hope you enjoy the photos!
In January, we worked for several weeks on creating an art installation for the Emerson Space Case, the window art gallery which I curate! The piece was displayed for most of February, and consisted of an ocean scene crawling with critters, complete with an island, ships, and a painted ocean background.
I also took photos of each kid (wearing masks that they had created), cut out the figures from the photos, and inserted them all into the scene so they looked like little masked rampagers wandering about in the art.
All in all, I think it turned out looking pretty awesome. We even had an "art opening" where the kids came with their parents to check out the scene and socialize.
What I love about doing art with kids is that they don't have a filter for their outlandish ideas, and they interpret the world in such a bizarre and specific way, it makes for some incredible creations in the end. Hope you enjoy the photos!
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