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Family Matters: Connecting Kids With Art

Family Matters: Connecting Kids With Art

[ 1 ] 3.9.2012 |

Visiting an art museum can be magical at any age. Sharing the experience with our kids offers the opportunity to see the world in new ways, engage our senses, share our opinions, and possibly inspire us to make our own art. I have fond childhood memories of visiting the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo with my family. I was mesmerized by Amedeo Modigliani’s portraits, I laughed at Andy Warhol’s Tomato Soup Cans and was intrigued by George Segal plaster life size model of himself with Cinema. I thought walking inside the Lucas Samaras’s Mirrored Room was the coolest place to be. I remember Sunday jazz on the lawn and art workshops for kids. I made art every chance I had.

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In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak at the Providence Public Library

In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak at the Providence Public Library

[ 1 ] 3.6.2012 |

New traveling exhibition explores the influence of Jewish culture and history in the work of renowned illustrator Maurice Sendak.

The Providence Public Library is delighted to host a traveling exhibition, “In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak.” The exhibit will be open to the public Friday, March 9 and run though Friday, April 20, 2012.

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“Painting Air: Spencer Finch” Opens at the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, February 24 – July 29, 2012

“Painting Air: Spencer Finch” Opens at the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, February 24 – July 29, 2012

[ 1 ] 3.5.2012 |

Take your children to see “Painting Air: Spencer Finch,” the new exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Spencer Finch at the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design. In this two-part show, the Museum debuts a large-scale installation by Finch, shown with more than 60 pieces—from ancient objects to late-20th-century art— selected by the artist from the Museum’s collection. The show opened
Friday, February 24 and runs through July 29, 2012.

Kids will enjoy exploring his joyful colorful mixed-media work along with discovering what and pondering why Finch pulled what he did out of museum storage. The exhibition invites conversation and may lead to interesting discoveries and creations at home.

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The Storybook Connection

The Storybook Connection

[ 0 ] 3.1.2012 |

Have you ever watched a time-lapse video of a flower opening in the spring? I imagine that’s what a child’s brain looks like when it connects with a storybook. If you have read aloud to children, either alone or in a group, you know what I mean. While you’re reading, you can almost see the child going into a zone. At the end of the book, for a moment, she may sit and smile or ask a question. But almost every time, if she connects with the story, she will come away with something: a deeper understanding, an emotion, an inspiration, an inside giggle. That is the magic of storybooks.

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Going to the Movies…2012 Providence Children’s Film Festival

Going to the Movies…2012 Providence Children’s Film Festival

[ 0 ] 2.17.2012 |

Since seeing movies in a theater is still a big treat and opportunities to watch kid-appropriate films other than Disney or DreamWorks on the big screen are rare, my family eagerly supports the Providence Children’s Film Festival (PCFF) and we are looking forward to this year’s festival, February 16-21, 2012. Kidoinfo is a proud media sponsor for the third year.

Now that the festival (and school vacation) has begun I am taking some time off from Kidoinfo to volunteer at the PCFF, watch movies with my boys and assist them with their blog, FlickFlackMovieTalk.com. They enjoy being “press kids” at the fetsival—interviewing children and adults about what they thought of the movies. When not watching films or attending workshops they will be interviewing the audience, staff and directors.

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