Thursday, August 13, 2009

ArtBeast and a Free Range Childhood









OK.
The Monkey and I went to The ArtBeast in Midtown Sacramento yesterday.
What's The Art Beast? Just one of the coolest places/ideas for kids in a long long time.
This non-profit is "...a drop-in arts exploration space for children featuring an open studio, art classes and arts exploration rooms."
There are rooms for mixed media art, dramatic play, house play, musical play, movement/dance, soft play for infants and a courtyard, which affords the freedom to make the wildest messes with chalk, water, sand/gravel and clay.
The kids can literally paint on the walls, bang pots and pans and or walk in clay.
The ArtBeast Manifesto states the promotion of a free range childhood and that children are creators and must learn stories of beauty and truth before learning letters to record them. They believe in child safety and a child's aestetic. And believe that art can never come from precut circles and step by step instructions.
Both The Monkey and myself had a blast. I especially loved painting on the pexy glass wall with him and dancing in the movement/dance room. The Monkey loved playing in the clay.
Thank you ArtBeast, we'll be back next week.

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