On September 14th, during the next Downtown San Rafael art walk, Youth in Arts will be hosting a gallery opening from 5-8pm for our latest exhibition, Kids Imagine Our World. For this show, we asked kids k-8th grade to create works of art based on the prompt, “I imagine a WORLD with…” We asked them where they want to be, what they want to see, and who or what will be with them. Entries include works made at home, in school, and in our weekly open studio that we hosted from this past June through August.
This exhibition follows one of our most prominent shows, Rising Stars, where high schoolers’ art is selected, and judged for prizes. While Rising Stars features brilliant art from high school students all around Marin Country, Kids Imagine Our World features an age group more consistent with the demographic of students we primarily work with.
In conjunction with this kid-focused show, we have set up our very own ode to Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room. Our kid-size version invites our gallery visitors to add their own dots. Together with the Obliteration room and rest of the gallery, there will be a slideshow highlighting other installation artists and how they imagine their world.
Come by Youth in Arts on September 14th to see how local kids imagine their world. Refreshments will be served at the gallery opening 5-8pm. Or, come any other time while the exhibition is up—through November 30th.
By guest blogger Sachiko Moran