GOMA art workshop by corymbia

GOMA art workshop

My brother and nieces are visiting us at the moment and we took them into GOMA where the kids got to make birds and nests as part of Fiona Hall's 'Fly Away Home' workshop. This is my mother reading the instructions to my kids and one of my nieces (in the middle) as there was only one set of instructions between 5 kids.
I think our kids were the only ones who made their own art without adult intervention (ie - when a parent ... usually the mother ... makes it "properly" and the poor kid gets bored waiting for her to finish "their" masterpiece).
I think its sad when parents focus on doing like the destructions say rather than letting a child experiment with their own sense of design.....


PS - Thank you everyone for your recent comments and favs. With my brother and nieces visiting us, I haven't had time to reply to your lovely comments nor check out your wonderful work, but please know that I will get there!!!
Hey Amanda, I'm so with you on adults doing the childrens work/art anything. The achievement is in the doing not the final product. I was a Montessori teacher and never touched art or activities that belonged to the child....oops better climb down off my soap box.... beautiful capture. I love love love GOMA.....
April 12th, 2012  
I agree! Although when we go to GOMA hubby and I are having way too much fun making a mess of our own masterpiece to bother helping out kids :P
April 12th, 2012  
Lol I have to remind hubby of this at times... my standard line... JUST LET HIM DO IT AND LET HIM BE!!! Hence the jellyfish which I held the body of whilst Oskar put tentacles all over it has oh like a gazillion tentacles lol...

Nice capture, Amanda :)
April 12th, 2012  
Great POV Amanda, so nice to have your mum visit and spend some time. It's just right and proper that the kids get bored with us adults doing it properly and right, they will have their chance one day too :)
April 12th, 2012  
This is amazingly clever
April 12th, 2012  
It is wonderful to see kids exercising their creativity!
April 12th, 2012  
It's great when kids get the chance to express themselves through art! 8)
April 12th, 2012  
A very nice capture and wonderful narrative! It's nice that you take your kids to things like this!
April 12th, 2012  
Lovely shot ...they are so involved ,,,so agree with you ...kids feel so much better about themselves and learn more when they do it themselves!!
April 12th, 2012  
Love thie capture!
April 12th, 2012  
How fun! This is composed nicely!
April 12th, 2012  
I'm sure your kids and nieces had a fantastic time creating their bird feeders. Did they hang them out for the birds? Nice photo to remember their fun day.
April 13th, 2012  
awesome shot, keeper for the all time album memory shots for sure!!!! destructions should always be thrown out when it comes to kids - their imagination is way better.
April 13th, 2012  
Love the absorption in their faces
April 14th, 2012  
Nicely composed! Yeah, kids should be allowed to exercise their own creativity. Too much following the rules when we become adults.
April 20th, 2012  
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