Through the Eyes of a Child

I love kids and when I saw that there was an OOCLO where we could go look at artwork I thought it would be a lot of fun. For another OOCLO I went to Rodman Hall to see the artwork there and I thought it would be fun to see the difference between the two. Through the Eyes of a Child was in a small studio, there were only about 25 pieces up. However, there was a man walking around with the kids who did the artwork. As we walked in about 5 minutes late, we missed the first two descriptions. I thought it was a great idea to get the kids to describe their art and what they used and why they chose to do it. Each kid talked about how much fun it was and had a chance to speak out in front of everyone. The man who was walking with them would ask them questions about their pieces and then complement their work. The kids ranged from 3 to 16 and most of the pictures had the age of the artist below the picture. Under each piece, there was a plaque it had the person’s name on it and the name of the piece and some had the person’s age. My favourite speaker was a young boy, he would have been about four and he drew a fire truck. However, his picture came up as rather abstract because he ended up scribbling. He was very cute as the man picked the little boy up so we could all hear him; he pointed to the picture and explained what each thing was. He pointed to the bottom, explained that it was the grass, then to the top, and explained that it was the sky; lastly, he pointed to the red blob in the middle and said it was the fire truck. I thought this kid was very cute; he spoke very quietly and kept looking at his parents. All the kids were cute describing their pictures and they were all very proud of their work.

All the other people there seemed to be parents of the children and they all seemed to enjoy themselves. All the kids were very cute and I could not help but smile at them as they told their stories. At the end, I went around and looked at each picture more closely so that I could see it better. At the end of the ceremony, the man started posting more pictures that the kids had done that day. He got each child to draw a picture of something they liked to do and he stuck them to a canvas that was up, the canvas was painted like a dream catcher. I loved seeing the kids so happy, they all really seemed to love art. This was a great experience because I got to see how close this community is. All the parents seemed to know one another and seemed to enjoy each other’s company. It was a great experience and I had a lot of fun looking at the kids’ artwork.

I have learned what art means to different age groups and how important it is to children. I learned this by listening to them explain their artwork and hearing the excitement in their voices. This learning matters because I got to understand how important it is for children to draw and pint. Every kid there was having fun and was excited to see not only their artwork but also everyone else’s too. In light of this learning, I got to see how art makes a positive impact on kids. They were all having a lot of fun and listened to each child talk. All the kids stayed quiet during the presentations of the different pieces. I also got to see the different way these children view art. I personally love art and could sit down and draw or paint for hours. All the kids were very creative and many of them had talent. Some of this kids did it for fun because there was a satire of Harry Potter that was done with cows instead. There was Dairy Potter, Hermionie Utter, and Ron Cheesely. While other kids did it because they like it because one child carved a scene into a bar of soap. He did mountains and a moon, he did all this using tools and it was very well done. Each piece had a great story behind it and it was a lot of fun to hear it from the artist. All the kids did a great job and I learned a lot from going to the Through the Eyes of a Child opening reception. If you love art, I would recommend going to see it, it is a lot of fun and I find better than the artwork I saw at Rodman Hall.