The
fun in visiting museums lies with the ability to captivate and involve its
audience and this book does exactly that. Art Making with MoMA is aimed towards
children of all ages, it encourages them to learn through a variety of
activities, making the art come alive.
It uses everyday items that you would
have at home and that children would be familiar with. Turning an everyday item
into an artwork ignites their imaginations.
The
book groups activities together into ones that will make a mess, that will
require more than one person - a team approach, projects that simply use items
at home and the activities that definitely will make a mess. While this book is
American, the teaching methods are ones parents can use to highlight different
types of art that they are more comfortable with. For instance parents could showcase
Australian art or encourage their children to explore art and maybe discover
their children have a knack for painting, architecture or furniture design.
One
of the activities in the book is to design a piece of furniture, a chair. It
asks the questions, what features will the chair have, swivel, rock or recline;
will it include a back, arms or cushions; what will you use it for? All the
while explaining this is what designers think about when creating furniture. It
then suggests an assortment of everyday materials that you can use in the
design of the chair. The images in the book show that anything can be made from
pipe cleaners and cardboard to bubble wrap and paper.
This
book has something for everyone to enjoy – play dough, cardboard buildings,
dress-ups, wearable sculptures all of the activities are inspired by children
making art at the Museum of Modern Art.
Title: Art making with MoMA
Author: Elizabeth Marguiles, Cari
Frisch
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, $35
Publication Date: 1 December 2018
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781633450370
For ages: 2 - 12
