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As a working artist, part of my job is to fill my own well of inspiration from other artists, artworks and the world around me. That sure looks a little different these days. I used to find inspiration by going to concerts, plays and musicals, watching a ballet or traveling Cirque du Soleil show, and walking through museums and galleries. I also got inspiration from the art lessons curated and taught by our wonderfully talented art docents and the beautiful creations of our Mukilteo Elementary students. Now would be the time of year that the beautiful fall lessons, packed with sugar skulls, pumpkins and leaves would be filling the hallways, library and office with their seasonal flair. Like all of you, I am adapting to this new terrain. Now my inspiration comes now from the painted rocks we find on our walks, the blooms and leaves in gardens we pass, and meandering virtual visits to museums near and far....and sometimes what seems endless scrolling through a carefully curated Instagram feed. In May I fell down the Instagram rabbit hole of hysterical art history gold when I found the account Tussen Kunst & Quarantine; a Dutch account, translating to Between Art & Quarantine. People were recreating famous artworks with what they had on hand, at home. A little bit of art genius was born. The Getty Museum in Los Angeles gave more life to the challenge, with instructions. The instructions are simple: Choose an artwork to recreate, find three (or more) items around your house to recreate it. The results are unique and often giggle producing. And who doesn’t need more laughter in their lives? With that, we are calling ME staff and students to participate in our very own Between Art & Quarantine-or BAQ art show-until we can be back, in person, ourselves. This also gives students a great fall time opportunity to do a little fall time dressing up as someone else! It gives us a way to see all the fabulous creativity in costume that we would see at our Boo Bash. We invite you to join us!
Here’s what you need to know: -all recreations must be age appropriate-no mature content (even though classical art can be a little racy!) -send submissions to [email protected] no later than Oct. 31st. -please include a photo of the original artwork with your submissions, as well as student name, grade, and teacher. Take some virtual trips through a few museums, and find a work of art that speaks to you, or that you can recreate. Here are 12 Virtual Museum Tours for Kids You Can Do Right This Second, from Pure Wow. Here are some tips from behind the scenes at Getty, to help you in your creative quest. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Stay tuned for our virtual ME BAQ gallery! Additionally, the art docent program at ME was getting a face lift, and we had planned to start rolling out a new, more standardized program this fall. As the summer days came to a close, lessons were built in hopes of returning to classrooms. 2020 had other plans for us, and that’s ok. We will bring the new lessons into play when we can gather again. Until then, we are working to get some lessons and practical art resources to students. There are many art resources available online, and we have included some below. We are working toward ways to bring more arts education to students while we are in digital learning, so stay tuned! We all need art. Art is everywhere. Art is not cancelled. https://www.weareteachers.com/online-art-resources/ https://www.kitchentableclassroom.com/best-art-museum-websites-interactive/ Smithsonian for kids: https://www.si.edu/kids/ Comments are closed.
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