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Light Painting at Nelson-Atkins

The kids had an awesome workshop at Nelson-Atkins yesterday!  They turned an LED light, a coin-shaped battery, tape, cardboard and decorative paper into wearable circuitry fashion.  Then, they turned that fashion into amazing light art! They started with a collection…

Plains Indians at Nelson-Atkins Museum

photo by Leslie R. Adams and courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum On Thursday the 6th we toured the Plains Indians exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. We saw some beautiful and amazingly detailed works created by Plains Indians artists – from…

Mythical Creatures Art Workshop

On Friday, May 9th, we attended a wonderful art workshop on “Mythical Creatures” at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.  The kids observed dragons in both medieval European culture and Chinese culture, as well as Hindu gods to get an idea of the…