Comments on: Taking Art Students on Field Trips http://mycreativityblog.com/taking-art-students-on-field-trips/ Sharing thoughts on creativity and the artistic process. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:46:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Terry Holliday http://mycreativityblog.com/taking-art-students-on-field-trips/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 Terry Holliday Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:27:15 +0000 http://mycreativityblog.com/?p=1601#comment-1500 Jimmie, Thanks for sharing. There are so many kids that just don't get it. Even when taken to see art, they don't appreciate what they are seeing. When I was a sponsor on a senior trip to New York City we stopped at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was so excited and thrilled except that we were only given 1 and 1/2 hours to see the museum. That was fine with all the kids because it was boring to them. They wanted to go shopping in China town. You should have seen me practically running through the museum trying to soak up as much as I could. I wish I would have stayed at the museum and let the group go on without me. I hope some day to get to go back. ~Terry Jimmie, Thanks for sharing. There are so many kids that just don’t get it. Even when taken to see art, they don’t appreciate what they are seeing. When I was a sponsor on a senior trip to New York City we stopped at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was so excited and thrilled except that we were only given 1 and 1/2 hours to see the museum. That was fine with all the kids because it was boring to them. They wanted to go shopping in China town. You should have seen me practically running through the museum trying to soak up as much as I could. I wish I would have stayed at the museum and let the group go on without me. I hope some day to get to go back. ~Terry

]]> By: Jimmie http://mycreativityblog.com/taking-art-students-on-field-trips/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 Jimmie Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:50:14 +0000 http://mycreativityblog.com/?p=1601#comment-1499 This is one of the big advantages of homeschooling. You can take your own children and spend as long as you like. I was heartbroken when I took a group of high schoolers to an AMAZING exhibit where they just raced through to get to the end -- the gift/snack shop. What a shame. My own daughter doesn't do that. She knows how to enjoy the entire experience, even sketching things as you mentioned. I agree with you, of course, that taking children to see "real" art is essential. I guess it should start very, very early in order for them to gain an appreciation. Waiting until middle/high school is probably too late. .-= Jimmie´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimmiesCollage/~3/gZb1eesnu9M/" rel="nofollow">Have a Blessed Thanksgiving</a> =-. This is one of the big advantages of homeschooling. You can take your own children and spend as long as you like.

I was heartbroken when I took a group of high schoolers to an AMAZING exhibit where they just raced through to get to the end — the gift/snack shop. What a shame.

My own daughter doesn’t do that. She knows how to enjoy the entire experience, even sketching things as you mentioned.

I agree with you, of course, that taking children to see “real” art is essential. I guess it should start very, very early in order for them to gain an appreciation. Waiting until middle/high school is probably too late.
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