PIER PRESSURE

photo: Meredith Craig de Pietro

Photo: Ilona Szwarc

Read about my family's sweaty walk through the new "al fresco" THE FENCE at Photoville Art Exhibit that I wrote for the website Brooklyn Based Kids.  Definitely see the show this summer, but bring water and sunscreen!

MIRACLE WORKERS

photo: Alabama Deafblind Project 

 photo: Alabama Deafblind Project

Photo: Alabama Deafblind Project

In celebration of Helen Keller's birthday, I wanted to write about the Helen Keller International Art Show, which is sponsored by the Council for Exceptional Children Division on Visual Impairments and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Vision Science Research Center and School of Education.  The Alabama Deafblind Project claims it "was established in 1983 as a cooperative project between agencies serving children with visual impairments."  The emphasis is on creativity and tactile mediums-- and the results are interesting in their diversity and assumed therapy.  The winning pieces go on to travel around galleries in Alabama.  

KIDS SKETCHBOOK CHALLENGE 10

artist: lincoln, 3

In this sketchbook challenge, we are drawing/ painting/ creating based off a new theme each week.  This week we focused on MOST RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENT.  I would have been so happy for this to be throwing away all of the pull ups, but alas (!) that accomplishment has still yet to happen.  Im hoping that on our two week vacation when he can wear just a bathing suit, that he will get the gist of it.  If anyone has any pointers, I'm all ears!!  Anyways, the accomplishment he chose to write about was very recent: he ate his whole breakfast.  Although that breakfast was gluten-free blueberry pancakes, he chose to reinterpret this as "cake and treats!"  Next week, let's illustrate our FAVORITE ANIMAL.

LINK OF INTEREST

photo: NY Times

photo: NY Times

This week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will discontinue it's iconic metal admission buttons.  This NY tourist stamp came to symbolize the sophistication of the leviathan museums that dot the city.  Now that they are going the way of the subway token, we'll realize how much they will be missed.  

LONG TIME, NO WRITE

Sorry to not be updating in a regular fashion this last month.  My son graduated preschool, I've been working on a few other things, started jogging, and generally have had less time to write!  But don't worry, things have settled down and you can expect updates going forward.  There's so much warm weather art to share and topics that I've been meaning to bring up.  Happy start of summer!