June 4 - June 20, 1997
Schools groups visiting the Rotunda Gallery use the gallery as their classroom. Exhibitions are the inspiration for individualized lessons, which include informal discussions and hands-on art making projects incorporating the exhibiting artists' ideas, materials, and/or methods. The following exhibitions are represented in KIDSART: The Press of My Foot to the Earth Springs a Hundred Affections, Trial By Water, Reading Between the Lines, and Only Child (Wanna Come Out and Play?).The Rotunda Gallery's school outreach program, Mini-Museum, integrates art instruction with school curriculum through a series of gallery visits and classroom lessons, and culminates in the creation of a mini-museum or installation project in the participating school. Student learn about contemporary art, meet working artists, create artwork in a variety of media, and learn about museum practice.