Pint-sized Picasso
August 12th 2008 04:10
Still feeling virtuous after my visit with the kids to the Boone Gallery for children in Los Angeles, I've done it again. If I keep this up, I'll be the envy (or something worse) of the mothers at school after my latest art appreciation exploit.
On a recent trip to Brisbane, again as a single parent, I needed activities and plenty of them. Even someone who was sent out of art in Year 7 (me) has heard of Picasso, so when I saw that his work was on show at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), I was keen for a look.
You know by now that I always plan and research. As usual, this paid off, because I discovered the Children's Art Centre, located on the bottom two floors of GoMA. During the Picasso exhibition, the centre is running "Yo Picasso" which is allows children to make their own Picasso style creation. We made a mask and a paper sculpture. You could either take your art work home or leave it on display. While the display wasn't as impressive as the LA museum, the children's art concept was still impressive.
Unfortunately, the children weren't keen to actually see the Picasso exhibition, so all I saw was the children's stuff but it was still a good experience.
And the main thing is the art dropout now has work on exhibition in two art galleries around the world. The fact that my work was on par with a five year old's, isn't the point.
On a recent trip to Brisbane, again as a single parent, I needed activities and plenty of them. Even someone who was sent out of art in Year 7 (me) has heard of Picasso, so when I saw that his work was on show at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), I was keen for a look.
You know by now that I always plan and research. As usual, this paid off, because I discovered the Children's Art Centre, located on the bottom two floors of GoMA. During the Picasso exhibition, the centre is running "Yo Picasso" which is allows children to make their own Picasso style creation. We made a mask and a paper sculpture. You could either take your art work home or leave it on display. While the display wasn't as impressive as the LA museum, the children's art concept was still impressive.
Unfortunately, the children weren't keen to actually see the Picasso exhibition, so all I saw was the children's stuff but it was still a good experience.
And the main thing is the art dropout now has work on exhibition in two art galleries around the world. The fact that my work was on par with a five year old's, isn't the point.
Yo Picasso at GoMA - Brisbane
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