Art by Kids

*Scenes from Laurie's art history class (ages 8-12, The Middle Ages), May 2006*

See Classes & Lectures for more information on these classes.
See also some Poems by Kids.

Laurie's Art Classes: The Geography of Poetry / Art History of the Ancient World / Cave Art / Islamic Art / Aboriginal Art

Become a published artist (or author)! Launch Pad is a new online magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, and artwork by children ages 6-12. For upcoming issues, they are looking for creative works on:

The Ocean
Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Heroes
Mysteries
Sports/Summer Fun
Variety (any topic)

Check out their submission guidelines.

The Geography of Poetry, Yonkers, fall 2007. Students show off their handmade map-covered books of their own poems.

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some of the poems

Works from Laurie's class Art History of the Ancient World, Fall 2007. Masks (Ancient Africa)

These works were done by children in Laurie's Art History class on Cave Art, Fall 2007.

After examining Ice Age art and the cave paintings of Lescaux and Altamira, students made charcoal drawings of animals

These works were done by children in Laurie's Art History class on Ancient Islamic Art (Persia), Fall 2007.

After learning about the intellectual achievements of the Golden Age of Islam and viewing examples of their decorative motifs and tessellated patterns, students made block prints and experimented with rotational symmetry.