The first day of Art Explorers for Winter Session was this week! Familiar faces along with a few newcomers marched into the studio fresh and rearing to go! The inquisitive energy saturated the studio as young explorers visited pastels, watercolor, clay, building, and books.
Artists and caretakers gathered around the light table to experiment with the colorful building materials available. The qualities of the blocks and other light table materials seem to organically offer explorers a chance to interact with one another, a skill that paint or clay might not so readily elicit.
Here, two artists take turns viewing each other through different color light filters. Holding them up to one eye while closing the other allows the boy and girl to see each other and the space around them in the color of choice.
This interaction led to an expedition through the studio to discover what else could magically take on red or blue tints. Drawing their attention to the ceiling, the boy exclaimed, "The sky is red! I'm painting the sky!" The girl joined in on the excitement, and the two painted the studio red and blue until it was time to clean and put materials away. These shared discoveries and focused observations are those that begin to build an artistic community that fosters learning and development.
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