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| CultureChild: "The Red Studio" by Henri Matisse |
It dawned on me during my research for this blog that among the benefits of connecting children to painting, sculpture, dance, music, photography, storytelling, design, theater and art at large, the most wonderful benefit of all is the deepening of our connection to our children through art that we experience together.
Every time I see my daughter joyfully creating “masterpieces” on her plastic foldaway picnic table, her “Red Studio,” as we’ve dubbed it, I am pleasantly reminded of the morning we spent with other families at MoMA, sprawled underneath Henri Matisse’s celebrated painting “The Red Studio,” drawing fanciful depictions of our favorite places.
With this fond memory in mind, I am happy to introduce “Collaborations,” an ongoing series in my blog showcasing beautiful collaborations between artists (or art lovers) and their children.
2 comments:
It's easy for us to forget how important it is to the children to share this art creation process with us. I've sat down with my son, who loves to draw, and we'll do partial pictures and then switch to complete the other's picture. We'll then put the art up on a wall if we mutually deem it "worthy" enough. I didn't realize what it meant to him until his teacher said he's mentioned several times how we draw togther.
Shawn, Thanks for the affirmation that what we do has deeper effects that we realize.
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