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Article: A Monet Garden installation: a momentary gift of art.
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- Arts & Activities
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Each year, my elementary school has an art show. Traditionally, the show was presented on the 36 bulletin boards located throughout the building. The artworks from each grade level were hung in their respective hallways. This seemed to make sense, logistically. Parents could easily find the work that their child had created and offer their "oohs and ahs."
Nevertheless, something was amiss. Each picture was hung on the wall as a representation of one student, and so the show became a representation of a series of these individual efforts. However, art is not created in a vacuum. It is a reflection and synthesis of the culture from which it emerges. In this ...