The Art Camp Collection

I did something I thought was really cool with Duncan (age 5) this week.  [I'm usually not very good at doing "really cool" things with my kids.  I love to read books with Duncan, but that's the highpoint.  Aside from reading, I have to recommit myself again and again and again to give him the attention he needs.  Because Duncan is our middle child, lack of sufficient attention is a perpetual problem.]

But I did something good this week.  Our city has hosted a wonderful weekly art camp program the past two summers.  Duncan thrives on it.  I’m not sure that it’s because he has artistic talent; I think it might be more because he thrives on the excellent teacher student ratio.  However, even if he may be a little short on some types of artistic talent, there is no gainsaying the fact that he is extremely creative.  When I saw the Walter Wick exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art, I finally understood what shape his sort of talent might take.

Anyway, Art Camp ended last week, and we were left with a big pile of artwork.  We can’t possibly keep all the artwork Duncan generates, but it seemed heartless and wrong just to throw it in the trash.  So we transformed his bedroom into a museum and had the first ever Duncan Pfamily: The Art Camp Collection exhibition.  Family and friends visited.  In fact, after learning that it was for sale, some of the neighborhood children carried away about 1/4 of the artwork on display.  Now possessing 10 or so quarters, Duncan believes himself to be a very successful artist indeed.  I think so too.

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August 18, 2009 | Filed Under Education, Look at this!, Parenting 

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5 Responses to “The Art Camp Collection”

  1. Rebecca on August 19th, 2009 8:57 am

    This is great stuff! Duncan is a very talented artists. Of all of his work I’m most in love with the mugs and the surfer. Does the artists ship his work to admiring fans who are willing to pay?

  2. Rebecca on August 19th, 2009 8:57 am

    AND, great idea PMom!

  3. angela on August 19th, 2009 12:26 pm

    What a great idea to hold an art show. He sure did alot of art projects. I have learned to lay down my kids art pictures (about 6 at a time) on the hard wood floor and take a picture of them. Then I let them pick the few they want me to hang up and we toss the rest. I develop the pictures and put them in their scrapbooks.

  4. Lis on August 19th, 2009 6:00 pm

    You should have called! I’d of come by.

  5. Hard Disc Driven on August 20th, 2009 12:54 pm

    I agree, this is an excellent idea, one I’ll likely replicate. Perhaps you should enhance your web offerings to allow online bidding! :-)

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