Combines fine art with fun writing and sketching activities to help children record and understand their experiences with museums and art.

My Museum Journal: A Writing and Sketching Book

Vihos, Lisa

Kale, Shelly

J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, Malibu, California, U.S.A.

A journal is a popular way for children and young adults to contemplate many aspects of their lives. This unique diary, designed especially for children ages nine and up, helps kids articulate their personal experience of art and museums. My Museum Journal combines fine art with stimulating writing and sketching activities which encourage children to record and understand their art impressions. A self-portrait by Edgar Degas provides inspiration for an activity entitled "Who Am I?" David Hockney's photographic collage Pearblossom Hwy introduces the topic of travel. A European tapestry depicting a fantastical scene from China beckons youngsters to let their imagination fly away to distant places. Other themes in the journal include heroes, family, growing up, games, friends, dreams, and celebrations. Each topic includes an introduction, an artwork thematically related to the text, and a mix of writing and sketching activities intended to inspire creative drawing and writing in the shape of poetry, dialogue, and illustrations. Extra blank pages for writing and sketching and a section on visiting museums wrap up this handsome volume.

My Museum Journal: A Writing and Sketching Book (Getty Trust Publication: J. Paul Getty Museum)

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Oxford University Press

In this second volume from The Grand Avenue Poetry Collective, the poets focus on the theme of aging. Poems in this chapbook range from whimsical to philosophical, but are always insightful.

The Aging Poems

Literature & Fiction

Hogue, Dawn

Hurtt, Maryann

Zelke-Windau, Marilyn

Ressmeyer, Georgia

Cavanaugh, Sylvia

Harrison Durdin, Nancy

Grand Avenue Poetry Collective

Poetry

Water's Edge Press

In The Lone Snake, Lisa Vihos brings Renaissance artist Sofonisba Anguissola to life as a woman yearning for recognition in a world not ready for her. When Anguissola’s life intersects with a young poet, the aging artist finds she has more than just the story of her life to share. Through Sofonisba’s memoir, readers journey with the artist to her early years in Cremona, to Rome where she studies with Michelangelo, to her time at the Spanish court, and eventually out to sea, where she meets the love of her life under a starry sky. Vihos’s portrait of life in the 16th century is a rich tapestry that blends art history, romance, and verse to tell a timeless tale of what it means to create.

The Lone Snake: The Story of Sofonisba Anguissola

Genre Fiction

Water's Edge Press LLC

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