Youth Art Month
March 3, 2010Exhibit opens this Saturday at Portland Museum of Art
Skowhegan Middle School student, Frank Chin art teacher
The Maine Art Education Association has once again collaborated with the Portland Museum of Art for a Youth Art Month exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art. The celebration reception is being held this Saturday, March 6th, 5:00-7:30.
Students, parents and friends are invited to gather in the auditorium at 5:30 to see students in K-5 receive their certificates. At 6:30 the students in grades 6-12 will be receiving their certificates. If you can not attend the opening on Saturday the show will remain in place until the end of March.
Art in the Heart will be hosting a student exhibit at the Bangor Mall, March 14-28th and the Northern pARTners art educators will be hosting “Essence of the North” student exhibit at the Aroostook Centre Mall March 15-April 9th.
March is Youth Art Month!
Celebrate YOUTH ART MONTH with MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids.
Our child host visits with San Diego illustrator Lori Mitchell author of DIfferent Like Me and Holly Blooms’s Garden from FlashLight Press. Lori talks about her life as an illustrator and her life as an artist. Links to fun websites filled with great art projects for kids.
MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids (www.meetmeatthecorner.org)
is a series of free educational video pod casts is directed at kids ages 7-12. Each three-minute episode includes links to fun websites, a list of recommended books and a Learning Corner of questions and extended activities about the topic.
Our school district, especially our elementary art department has always taken this opportunity to exhibit children’s art in a museum setting. Organizers of Youth Art Month, MAEA and Portland Museum made it possible in creating an “academy awards” like atmosphere. Tory Tyler-Millar, Manon Lewis, Sandy Brennan, Stacy Rodenberger to name a few of the organizers that make this happen every year. I am very appreciative for their hard work and support to help make this happen!