Current EXHIBITION
January 2012
What they saw from close to the ground:
exploration works by developing child artists
Braidwood Central School supported by BRAG (Braidwood Regional Arts Group)
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Thursday 26 January—Monday 30 January 2012
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Pablo Picasso
The twenty-six Grade 1 & 2 Students of Braidwood Central School are certainly gave it their best shot as they embarked on a journey of discovery - a discovery of the world around them. With the guidance of Jude Kovacs, a member of BRAG, it was a journey of imaginative minds. Given freedom to think, express themselves and grow, they discovered art as an outlet that cannot be found in other places; art letting them say what they could not put into words. Every child can pick up a pencil, or a brush to produce something on paper.
These 7 & 8 year olds discovered the difference between just using the tools to draw what is expected of them by the "adult world‟ and seeing with their own eyes the world in colours, shapes, sounds and emotions. Their sheer pleasure of discovery is reflected in their translation of what they saw from close to the ground with their clear eyesight and active imaginations. In the brilliance of colours and shapes they show us the creation of their "child" world on paper. For these children, people will never again be stick figures, the landscape will always be a wonder of planes and shapes disappearing over the horizon, and a bowl of fruit, a jug or a vase will trigger a vision of a still life filling all the blank paper.
This exhibition celebrates the artistic achievements of these children who show us how imagination is more important than knowledge. As Albert Einstein said, “.. knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world".
