If a picture is worth a thousand words, an art gallery is like a library of intricate creativity. It makes an intriguing field trip for your kids to be exposed to greatness. Most art galleries in large cities have rotating exhibits that feature famous works of art from well-known and loved painters and sculptors of all time. Recently my family went to a Norman Rockwell exhibit, where row upon row of Life Magazine covers were displayed, capturing the essence of many decades of history.
My kids pointed out intricate details in the sketches. They noticed humorous and emotional scenes of various kinds. We saw presidents from the past 70 years or more, all with the themes of the day behind them, depicting wars, mundane life (hanging clothes to dry on the line), and the mischief of children.
I have taken my children to many different exhibits over the years. Two of our favorite artist displays were a collection of paintings of Rembrandt and the inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci.
When my children were very small, I had a large packet of postcards of famous works of art, so my children were already familiar with the artists before we went to the exhibits. This made the exhibits even more meaningful to our kids. I highly recommend taking your family to a local art museum so that you, too, can experience some of the most creative minds of all time.
I would like to leave you with a poem I recently wrote about an art gallery:
Art Gallery
The eyes of a portrait
Peer out from a canvas
Hanging larger than life
In a hall where people pass
Suspended in time
People from long ago
In elaborate costumes
In row upon row
Framed in splendor
Trapped in stone
Each masterpiece
Cries out to be known
Looking closer
Details can be seen
Inside the masterpieces
That look like a dream
Leaving the gallery
No longer night
Back to reality
Blinking in light
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