Archive for the 'Art' Category

Sharing Art with Children: The Right Way and the Wrong Way

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Apropos of my post about kids and art, Daddy Types describes an art outing gone sour at the National Gallery. The first part of the post is an excellent example of how to share art with your children. For example:
Taking the kid to see art, contemporary or otherwise, just seems like the most […]

DIY: Bubble Magnets

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Amy at MotherLoad describes how to make cool glass fridge magnets. I’ve actually been making these for years, and I can attest, they are way fun and really easy. I use silica glue instead of Modge Podge to stick the magnets and glass marbles together, but otherwise I follow the same directions she does. […]

Teaching Kids About Art

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

The Wall Street Journal had an article recently about child art collectors, whose wealthy parents supply them with the cash to buy works by classic artists like Cezanne, Pissaro, and Rembrandt as well as contemporaries like Jeffrey Koons, Nao Matsumoto, and Michael Vasquez. We are treated to the somewhat unseemly sight of art gallery owners […]