Art gurus of the future? You never know...
Poptart7O4
Auction for my son's middle school. (eeek, what was I thinking...I had
appointments booked for the entire day). Rushing around yesterday baby-sitting
clients, closing a deal and trying not to answer the cell phone in the car
during a torrential downpour the last thing I wanted to do was rush across town
to volunteer at the Middle School. Regardless, a promise is a promise so I ran
home, grabbed my son (who wasn't even aware there was an auction) and made it
to the school a little wet but on time.
I am soooooo glad that I had said yes to this. What fun. What talent from 7th
and 8th graders. Unlike your typical auction, as a piece was brought to the
front the artist was named and asked to stand. You should have seen the smiles
on these kid's faces. Minimum $10 bids were generally started by the parents
but then you would have been surprised to see other parents, grandparents and
even other students bidding for work. I found myself bidding on 3 out of the
54 items on auction (I let the parents win the bids each time but darn I really
wanted that one batik print). Even the camera guy tried to get a wooden
sculpture. Winning bids ranged from $35 for a tempura piece to $155 for a
batik.
I can't say enough about how glad I am that I was involved in this. Young
artists got to show off their work and even see strangers willing to pay for
their work. Parent's got to see that all that doodling was something they
should encourage in their children, a children's charity earned some cash and
this Creative Director got to remember what it felt like to be 12 and getting
my fingers gooey in paper mache, paint, pottery clay and oil pastels.
andrew
7 yr. old niece and 5 year old nephew, got some "glass-only" frames from Pier 1 or
something, framed them (which left about a 2" border all around), and they
actually look really, really nice.
I'm sure if she just taped them up it wouldn't be the same.
Gem
Run those fire ants outta town yet? :)
The newpaper here runs a page full of artwork done by school kids once a week,
I think. Wow, you can't believe some of the stuff by 6, 8, and 10 year olds.
Just fabulous and very inspiring.
There's nothing like getting your hands into your medium.
Nice post. :)
--
Gem
Carol Ott
That's what keeps me from being stale. Making bread helps, too. All that
kneading and pounding. Good for the hand muscles.
--Carol
"Poptart7O4" <popta...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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Michael Gastin
That is awesome! I have never heard of an auction like this, but I agree
that is could be a good way to motivate a child in his or her creativity.
The only down side I can see as a homeschooling parent is my three kids
wanting 50 bucks for every time they render Godzilla attacking the US Army
or for every KittyKat/Angel/Heart picture!
Mike
"Poptart7O4" <popta...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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> I got a call 2 weeks ago reminding me that I had volunteered to help at
the Art
> Auction for my son's middle school. (eeek, what was I thinking...I had
> appointments booked for the entire day). Rushing around yesterday
baby-sitting
> clients, closing a deal and trying not to answer the cell phone in the car
> during a torrential downpour the last thing I wanted to do was rush across
town
> to volunteer at the Middle School. Regardless, a promise is a promise so I
ran
> home, grabbed my son (who wasn't even aware there was an auction) and made
it
> to the school a little wet but on time.
>
> I am soooooo glad that I had said yes to this.
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Greg Dorr
which the art dealer Flan talks about when he saw some paintings done by
school children and every one was like a Matisse. So he asks the teacher how
all of these kids became such great artists, and she says, "They just paint.
And I know when to take their paintings away."
Or something like that.
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