Articles

Published on Friday, April 28, 2006 by the Providence Journal (Rhode Island)

We Need Art To Tell Us Who We Are by Jerry M. Landay

News that the Portsmouth officials have decided to save money by shutting public-school art programs follows on the heels of the Bristol School Board's decision to deal with its budget problems, in part, by letting go a sixth-grade band director.

Zorro has struck again.

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This story is really appropriate for many catagories. Art, Child Development, Esteem Building, Health, etc. It is about connecting all the ways creative expression works for making our world better.

In a town near where I live is an amazing non profit. My trying to describe it might not do it justice so please go to the following link and enjoy!

http://artstart.us/about.html

The Association of Children's Museums has a list of Children's Museums around the world as well as a list for the United States. There is also a lot of information for supporting, visiting, enjoying and creating children's museums. Check it out at:

http://www.childrensmuseums.org/visit/international.htm

Things I didn't know include:

• The largest children's museum is The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, which has a total of 433,000 square feet.

• The oldest children's museum is the Brooklyn Children's Museum, which opened in 1899; the children's museum field is 105 years young!

After months of development the new rainshadowart.com website has finally gone live.

The new site allows users who visit the Shop to upload their children's art and to add custom text to a variety of items, such as : tee shirts, mouse pads, tote bags, coffee mugs, ceramic tiles and more.

Also the new site is much more interactive and community based. Users who are interested in children's art and art in general may submit stories, forum posts or create their own personal blogs.

There may be some bugs while we finish a few things around the site so please bear with us or let us know if something seems out of whack.

Saturday, April 22, 2006 JANET GOETZE NEWBERG -- Viewing art can help us heal by lowering blood pressure and reducing stress hormones, says Dr. George Weghorst, the medical director for Providence Health System's Yamhill County service area.

For that reason, the new Providence Newberg Medical Center, scheduled to open at the eastern edge of Newberg on June 10, has lots of art -- and it isn't bland, inoffensive public art. It's kid-designed, with youthful observations and vitality.

In recent months, 10 artists have worked with nearly 400 students in the service area of the $68.5 million hospital, which includes Newberg, St. Paul, Sherwood and Dundee. The young artists, ranging from fourth-graders to high-schoolers, have produced paintings, mosaics, sculptures, weavings, silk banners and a tile mural. The artwork will be displayed in such public places as the hospital cafeteria, a wall near the main entrance and the waiting area near the surgical suites.