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Thursday, November 5

Creativity Captured in Glass | Early Learning

Creative thoughts and actions happen every minute in a child's life.  Unfettered by adult conventions, children are free to express new ideas.  Walk through the Children's Museum of Tacoma and you will see creative thoughts flowing as children play everyday.

Most of these creative moments remain with the child, helping them to make sense of the world.  They are expressed in simple ways as children use the skills and materials available to them to share their ideas.  Yet their simple marks on paper or constructs out of sticks are windows into the lives of future artists and engineers.


At the Museum of Glass, teams of atists have captured children's creativity in glass by taking the child's drawing and producing interesting works of art.  The Kids' Design Glass exhibit is a wonderful opportunity to see the child's image, for example Banana Bam! by Macay Fisher, and the piece of glass created to embody his vision.

Hopefully, these works of art will inspire you to look closer at children's creations and listen to the ideas they express.  Ask a child to tell you more a about their work and if they would like to name it.  And honor it - with a picture or few words jotted on the back.  While not every child's art will be picked to have a team of artists capture it in glass, your attention and interest will make a lasting impression.

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