Another rainy day here in Maryland but that's ok. I just planted my garden this week and I am hoping all this rain makes things grow!!! Especially the pumpkins! The boys wanted to try growing pumpkins this year so I figured why.....will see what happens.....
The last few weekends I have been out and about at local events and thought I would share some of photos....
Two weeks ago I went to the American Visionary Art Museum's Kinetic Sculpture Race. It was alot of fun and the entries are so cool to look at. The sculptures are human powered for 15 miles through the downtown area and face a water test as well as an obstacle course. We went to see the water test....
Here's Fifi the 13 foot poodle....
The Platypus entry....
The catepilar from Alice In Wonderland....
Some kind of mutant dog.....hmmmm....
Lucky the elephant....
the human element to Lucky.....pedal harder!
The catepillar takes to the water.....it was really funny watching some of the entries hit the water.....they had to go around the pier and back out again. Not all of them made it.....
Part of the fun for the day is to dress up......when I saw this costume, I knew I had to get a shot....
Yup, those are thread spools she is wearing.....and I love the tutu!!
Then last week it was off the BMA for textile day. They had lots of hands on activities for people to try.....
The boys tried out screening printing....
While they were in line waiting a turn.....I saw this on the back wall.....
Vincent's Starry Night done up in mixed media by kids......
I LOVE this!!!!
Looks like clay decorations, glitter, felt......
This would be so fun to try out.....a play day project!
That's what's great about doing projects with kids. They have no "rules" in their minds about art yet and just do what feels right.....try going fabric shopping for a project with a kid sometime. They have some interesting choices than can really make a project "bloom".
I saw this table in the museum.....it is over 150 years old. The craftmanship is amazing.....and it was all done in a time when there were no power tools, computers, etc etc.....
And it's a circle with wedges.....imagine if it was an off center circle with wedges. Now that would have been interesting......I wonder if they tried things like that back then or stuck to the tried and true....
Have a good Thursday!
kathy
2 comments:
Wow!! What fun events you have attended. I LOVE those kinetic sculptures. What amazing workmanship!!! The spool necklace is fabulous. That was very clever.
The art projects for the kids looked like so much fun too. That Starry Night is a great interpretation and a great idea.
Hey how come you didn't get a picture of the Beehive? That was my friend's entry in the Kinetic sculpture race. I'm so sorry I missed it, not a good day at home, :(
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