2007 – Focusing in On Life
Instead of viewing life from a distance, we asked the young artists to zoom in to discover the fascinating details that make up their daily lives.
They have come up with a variety of scenes featuring national, community, family, or even personal activities that are special to them. They then drew a quick sketch of that scene, and then focused in and painted a culturally significant detail of it.
An example of a full sketch and the detailed art piece is below (above).
Even though on this on-line exhibit we are unable to show you the sketches, we think you’ll enjoy the richness and amazing variety in the focused in pieces they came up with.
Included in our show is art created by young artists from VSA arts affiliates. VSA arts is an international non-profit organization which promotes education and lifelong learning opportunities in the arts for people with disabilities.
This exhibit includes pieces created by children attending mainstream to special education classrooms working with VSA arts affiliate schools and centers around the world. Look for the VSA arts logo that accompany these pieces.
To learn more about VSA arts, go to www.vsarts.org
Special thanks to
Our ArtLink partner teachers from all over the world who inspired their young student artists to create such wonderful, insightful art.
Margaret Adasko, Susie Hurwitt, Barbara Kurtz, Marsene Norbom, Lizzy Rockwell and Judy Sue Sturges for selecting the art pieces for this show.
Participant countries:
Albania
Argentina
Brazil
Cambodia
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cyprus
England
Estonia
Ghana
Guatemala
India
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Latvia
Malta
Mexico
Nepal
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Palestine
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St. Lucia W.i.
Tajikistan
Uganda
USA
Zimbabwe
