We recently added Paris to our summer itinerary, and I am obviously excited! We are reading this book to get in the mood. You can expect more posts coming up soon about artists and books that are getting us ready for our family trip to Europe. Picasso and Minou by P.I. Maltbie and illustrated by Pau Estrada …
Ugo Schildge’s cogwheels are mesmerizing. He makes paintings with them and uses them as metaphors to think about time, human nature, and the need for adjustments. The broken and spinning images are enthralling. The squeaks and thuds keep the experience real. We chilled out to these videos during a break. Now, we might need to paint or put …
The poem begins… A Ghost in the shell, >dancing the procedural revolution<. You know how every child puts a blanket over their head and the world instantly turns into magic? It’s the first game my babies learned to play. Then they learned to play chase while running around with blankets or buckets on their heads. Blind chase, running into doors …
Eric Carle’s simple board book reads, “I am an artist and I paint…blue horses… orange elephants… and polka dotted donkeys!” My children think it is funny because obviously the horses at the farm are not blue. We know that artists think outside of the box and imagine new things, but it is equally important for engineers, dads, …
The Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta includes The High Museum of Art, The Alliance Theatre, and The Atlanta Symphony on one beautiful campus. It is a fun stop for families, especially over the next month! In addition to their regular programming, they also offer summer camps and special events for families that you can find out about on their websites. Note …
Yesterday, I shared my experience visiting the Vik Muniz retrospective with two preschoolers, including the things we talked about, what they liked best, and how to know when they’ve seen enough. Vik Muniz is a great photographer to introduce to children, who are captivated by the unusual materials, realistic drawings, and eye spy games. They learn to be …
I recently visited the High Museum of Art with my littles (2 years old & 4 years old). There are quite a few worthwhile exhibitions currently on view. We went to the High to see the Vik Muniz exhibition and that is where we spent most of our time. When we visit as a family we don’t have …
During my trip to Atlanta, I took my littles to the High Museum of Art. A beautiful museum that I would visit for the architecture, courtyard, and atrium alone. In the lower galleries, there is an exhibition of collages by Eric Carle, a prolific illustrator who is best know for writing The Very Hungry Caterpillar. His first book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What …
I stopped by Kelly Kristin Jones’ solo exhibition to see the artwork she made at construction sites in Atlanta. If you are a caregiver or parent of truck-crazy preschoolers, Kelly Kristin Jones’ Gray Space exhibition has a moment for you. Kelly Kristin Jones won the 2015-2016 Emerging Artist Award from the Swan Coach House Gallery in Atlanta. She is an Atlanta-based artist with an MFA …
At the Gagosian Gallery in London through the end of May, Jenny Saville is showing new artworks in a solo exhibition called Erota. In a recent article about this exhibition, Saville tells the Guardian that “It was having children that changed her work.” That’s not a statement you hear very often from an artist, especially not publicly. I would …