Family Field Trip by Erin Austen Abbott

Author:Erin Austen Abbott [Abbott, Erin Austen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2020-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

PUBLIC ART

Public art takes many forms—murals, sculptures, mosaics, fountains—and can reveal so much about a place. These works make art more accessible, inviting, and less intimidating to the general public. I love this quote from Penny Balkin Bach’s book Public Art of Philadelphia: “Public art is a part of our public history, part of our evolving culture and our collective memory. It reflects and reveals our society and adds meaning to our cities. As artists respond to our times, they reflect their inner vision to the outside world, and they create a chronicle of our public experience.”

I remember visiting New York City for the first time as a child and seeing street art by the now-famous artist Keith Haring in the subway and on maps and garbage cans around the city. I was only ten and I still remember feeling how art was literally all around me. Seeing these urban works of art as art opened my mind up to the idea that the streets are an extension of the artist’s canvas.

FIELD TIP

“I recommend that parents encourage art appreciation by just having it around—whether it’s on your walls or in books. Kids will pick up on your enthusiasm for art. My daughter always came to museums and galleries with us. One of the ways I used to involve her in it was to play ‘What’s your favorite?’ and have her pick between different works. When she was just three or four, we would go to the neighborhood coffee shop together every week and work on drawings. She would also hang out with me in my studio and we’d listen to music together and dance while I worked.”

— MIKE PRATER is a painter living in Memphis, Tennessee, with his wife Lauren. You can find Mike on Instagram: @daddiomp.

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