My art students enjoyed seeing the Picasso landscape exhibit at the Mint Museum Uptown. There was also an area where students could sit and draw in their sketchbooks while looking at the Picasso paintings. Students were able to see Romare Bearden works of art too. The docents and staff were welcoming and very knowledgeable. The weather was perfect today so students enjoyed eating lunch outside. After a walk through the gift shop, we returned to school. Thank you to everyone involved with the Mint Museum for this opportunity. I highly recommend this exhibit before it moves to another city. Parents have told me that my students continue to talk about this experience. It was a childhood museum visit that created my interest in art so I feel as though I have come full circle. And as Picasso said, “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
Thank you again to the City of Charlotte, the exhibit sponsors and everyone at The Mint Museum.
Stacy C. Bottoms
Art Educator