Kidspace Summer 2008 Calendar
NORTH ADAMS — Kidspace has announced its summer public hours: starting June 28th and running through Labor Day, the gallery will be open everyday from 12 - 4 p.m.. Currently on view is Interpretations: Devorah Sperber, which features sculptures that not only explore how the brain interprets visual information but also find surprising bridges between classic painting techniques and modern digital technology. Using spools of thread like pixels, Sperber pays homage to da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Last Supper, Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, Jan van Eyck's Man in a Red Turban, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Girl with a Watering Can and Grant Wood's American Gothic.On Tuesday, July 8, 2008 children 5 and older and their caregivers can join Illuminated Art with Greylock Arts from 10 - 11:30 a.m.. Children will create their own illuminated artwork (i.e. flower, rocket) using specially designed technology kits that contain an LED, battery, conductive thread, and battery holder. This program is held in collaboration with Greylock Arts, an interactive and new media arts gallery in Adams, Mass., in preparation for Kidspace's fall technology-based exhibition Illuminating Text: Adam Chapman and as part of Networked Realitites; (Re)Connecting the Adamses. Donation of kits provided by Turbulence, MAKE Magazine and Greylock Arts.
From July 10 through August 21 Kidspace will offer a drop off program for children 5 and older focusing on exploring nature and gardening. Gardening American Gothic Style will take place every Thursday from 10 - 11:30 a.m.. This special hands-on series will allow children to contribute to a public greenhouse as well as create their own nature-inspired artwork that connects to the art historic themes in Kidspace's Interpretations exhibit. July 10's class will focus on Fairie Houses; July 17 will feature cement stepping stones; July 24 highlights paper making with nature; August 7 and 14 will focus on nature photography; and August 21 will feature a wind chime project. The program will take place off-site at the North Adams Public Schools Greenhouse on Church Street.
On Tuesdays, July 15 and July 22, from 10 - 11:30 a.m. children 3 and older and their caregivers can join Face to Face With the Mona Lisa and Girl With a Pearl Earring to learn about these two famous works of art and how contemporary artist Devorah Sperber interprets them in her spool thread work currently on view in Interpretations. Children will create their own art historic inspired portraits in paint and using craft materials.
Beginning Monday, July 28 and continuing through Thursday, July 31, 2008, Bang on a Can 3rd Annual Music-Making Review will take place everyday from 10 - 11:30 a.m.. This drop off program is held in conjunction with MASS MoCA's annual Bang on the Can Summer Music Festival, which features leading musicians and composers of experimental music from around the world. Each day a renowned BOAC musician will visit Kidspace to demonstrate his/her instrument, often something out of the ordinary like a saw or homemade drum. Children 5 and older may even have the chance to try their hand at making music with the artists instruments.
Each session will conclude with an instrument-making workshop where kids can create percussion and string instruments out of found objects.
Kidspace will also offer summer art classes in the mornings during July and August. Reservations are required for all classes. Call Kidspace at 413-664-4481 ext. 8131 or via email at kidspace@massmoca.org. All classes are $5 per person.
