Kids Art at the BAG
Creativity is more important
than knowledge
-Albert Einstein
than knowledge
-Albert Einstein
Once again, the Guild has put together an exciting show of work by young artists from the entire Rutland Northeast region. Stop by and check it out!
This annual exhibition: Art Among Us makes me realize that I was very lucky when I was a child. I had a lot of support for my crazy artist side.
(What were my parents thinking???)
But having spent many years teaching in various sorts of schools on two continents, I know that is not always the case.
Not even often the case.
The Art room is a refuge for the young creative soul, the artist-to-be. A haven where creativity and focus trump the multiplication table and spelling bees, where all sorts of wonderful colors, tools and materials are made available. In other words, heaven for a creative kid!
And this is yet another of the BAG's great successes: our support of art education in our community. From the Really Really Pig parade in 2003, when more than a thousand area school kids, and their families, friends and neighbors proudly paraded their pigs down Park Street, to this year's ongoing artistic and significant financial donation to the local SOAR program, the BAG has made a difference in the hearts and minds of the region. Art has played a vital role in the revitalization of Brandon, and in the community pride of local students from K-12 and beyond.
And an important thing to remember is that these students will become not just artists, but art appreciators, and art patrons in the future. Thanks to the efforts of many these children will grow up with the knowledge that art is important.
And we're just getting going!
BAG members, I look forward to your comments! (gulp!)
