Today was Homeschool Day at Nelson-Atkins, and it was one of the best yet! The kids toured the museum and learned about three different types of art, built with wooden Keva planks, made screen-printed art as well as their own pinch pot to take home, watched pottery made on a wheel, and even signed a wheel-thrown bowl made at homeschool day!
As always, the homeschool day was staffed by the museum’s wonderful volunteers and museum employees. Everyone involved did such a nice job of working with the kids, helping and guiding them as needed, and encouraging the kids to build, create and explore. A special thanks to Red Star Studios for their informative wheel throwing demonstration, and their monthly wheel throwing class for homeschoolers. And a big thanks to the museum staff for putting together another great homeschool day – our families are looking forward to the next one!
Wheel throwing demonstration
Some of the pottery examples on display
Signing the bowl for homeschool day
Using a brayer to apply paint for the screen-printing art project
Layering on more paint
Screen-printing a design
The finished product!
Painting a pinch pot
An example of a finished pinch pot
Keva planks plus a building example
One of the towers built of Keva planks
An architectural project page
