Collaborative Exhibition on View at UMFA

Community:

Eat, Work, Play



On view through January 9, 2011

Big canvases, bold colors, and intriguing ideas are offered in Community: Eat, Work, Play, a collaborative exhibition on view in the Emma Eccles Jones Education Gallery at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

During the 2009-2010 school year, first- and sixth-grade students from Lincoln Elementary School in Salt Lake City worked with UMFA Curators of Education and University of Utah Arts bridge Scholars to create large, energetic works inspired by the Mexican muralist movement.

“I wanted my students to take part in the art community not only as an audience but as active participants, as art-makers,” says Janelle Wride, Art Specialist at Lincoln Elementary School. “My students are being challenged in art class to think abstractly, to make connections, to work as a class and in small groups, all with the goal of communicating a meaningful message about themselves and their community.”

Each child was asked to explore themes from their everyday lives and then visually translate their observations onto large canvas panels. They thought about what and how they eat, where their food comes from, the impact that school and work has on their families and community, and what play means in their neighborhoods and homes.

Community: Eat, Work, Play visually demonstrates the influence and impact of Mexican art on Utah schoolchildren, and reflects the UMFA’s mission to provide local students with arts education opportunities. The exhibition will be on view at the UMFA through January 9, 2011 and will serve as one of three companion exhibitions to Las Artes de México, an exhibition on view at the UMFA during the summer of 2010.

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