MG Kids — kid central at MorristownGreen.com — recently hosted its first art show, featuring works in varied media by preschoolers through high schoolers, at the proposed Morristown EcoCenter on Bank Street.
Participants hailed from Homeless Solutions, the Interfaith Council for Homeless Families of Morris County, the Lafayette Learning Center, Morristown High School, the Morristown Presbyterian Church, Peck School, Red Oaks School, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, the Sroka family and the Unity Charter School.
Today, one of our young artists, and writers, gives his review of the event.
By Carl Hausman, MG Kids Correspondent
On May 25, I went to an art show. It had some things I had made in it, such as a rain stick with a dragon coiled around it and a picture of a foot walking across a board game titled “Walking Through a Kid’s Life.” We had to make one in art class because my school is doing a musical called “A Kid’s Life.” In the musical, there are various interesting things, such as an extraterrestrial massive electro-magnetic attack in outer space, board game Olympics and some jump-roping.
At the art show there were many interesting paintings such as “The Old Lady” and “Roots.” There were also photographs and masks made from cardboard, feathers and papier-mache.
They had weird names as well. For example, there was one to be worn at dances of a creature that flew and tusks that gave off a scent that attracted females. Weird, huh?
We also got to paint pictures on the window. I did a picture of Gormungor, the Giant Snake, coiled all the way around the world. He has to bite his own tail to keep from falling off. (I accidentally spelled his name with a J on the window.)
At 6 o’clock, there was a cooking demonstration from Chef Melody. She dealt in organic foods.
There was homemade pizza on wheat bread, an absolutely amazing layered salad and quinoa. Quinoa is a sort of grain that is supposed to make you tall when you eat it. At least, that’s what my dad said.
Later, I got some paper and started drawing: the artist in person! I sketched a more detailed picture of Gormungor, a diagram of the solar system and a picture of the Ghoul King and his minions in battle.
All too soon, it was time to pack up my stuff and leave. But it’s hard to forget that art show.
Carl Hausman is in fifth grade at the Mountain View School in Flanders and attends St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown, where he often can be spotted drawing pictures.
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