Adult working artists often strive for the invention and spontaneity of children’s responses to their environments and their freedom with materials. In this exhibition 2nd through 6th graders display cubist cats, trees, faces, playful geometry, borders, painterly sophistication and beginners’ daring, with colored chalk sticks, markers, crayons, and colored pencils. Learning to create and to appreciate visual aesthetics may be more important than ever to the next generation of innovators.
Art education ignites original thought, enhances observation, spurs creative problem solving, and gives voice to imagination.
Alton Middle School art teacher Angel Weber inspires students to think big and be expressive. Her 8th grade class crafted a life size installation of Ruby Bridges, the first black child to desegregate an all-white Elementary School, designed for viewers to step on the platform and be photographed with the figures.
De’Al Collins’ Art of Universal Language kids gathered this summer to create Riverfront Park Project. Collaborating in design and stitchery of a river-themed textile, students also documented the working experience with photographs.
Professional artist and teacher Darnell Malone of Edwardsville, IL provides different lessons for each grade level based on the Principles and Elements of Design/Art. All of the pieces are colorful, vibrant with movement inspired in part by geniuses of modernism Picasso and Kandinsky and the pattern-making of Symbolists Klimt and Klee.
The Opening Reception is free to the public on Saturday, January 21, from 2 to 4pm. All are welcome to enjoy refreshments and meet the artists. Gallery Talk at 2pm. A conversation with art teachers Angel Weber, De’Al Collins, and Darnell Malone moderated by Sun Smith-Foret.
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