Scout Night Out | Friday, January 31
Scout Night Out | Friday, January 31
Displays of children’s artistic expression are often limited to the family refrigerator. Any child, upon seeing his or her creative endeavors hanging in a real art gallery gets a memorable and validating experience. It doesn’t happen every day, except for the artists whose work appears in the Museum’s Good Show! Gallery.
Filling the Good Show! Gallery with children’s thoughtful work offers many unique opportunities for local students, their families, and for Museum staff in investigating the impact of creating art on critical thinking and creative development. Targeting title one schools, the Museum’s Arts Specialist, works closely with school administrators and teachers to develop art projects that support art, math, science, and literacy curriculum.
Art helps us notice the world around us in new and exciting ways.
2nd graders at Sandburg Elementary in Wheaton explored the concept of our built world. First the young artists drew an original building, then used cardboard and other recycled materials to build a model.
The students’ creations reveal their interests and imagination. Each building has a unique translation from 2D to 3D that highlights children’s creative problem-solving abilities and zest for expressing ideas through the act of making!
Thank you to program supporters Ecolab and Ronald L. McDaniel Foundation. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.
