Student work from Skytop Art Workshops for Children on view in ‘The Big Show’ April 4

Student work from Skytop Art Workshops for Children on view in ‘The Big Show’ April 4March 30, 2009Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu

Student work from the Skytop Art Workshops for Children, an offering of the art education program in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will be exhibited in “The Big Show” on Saturday, April 4, from 1-3 p.m. in the Panasci Lounge in the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Waverly lot.

The semester-long Skytop Art Workshops are taught by art education students enrolled in the course “Methods and Practice in Teaching Art.” Nine workshops in two different time sessions are offered each semester for children ages 5-14. “The Big Show” is the culminating exhibition. The workshops cost $65 for one child and $100 for two siblings; all art supplies are provided by the art education program.

For more information about the exhibition or the workshops, contact Patti Gavigan, art education office coordinator, at (315) 443-2355 or pagaviga@syr.edu.

VPA is committed to the education of cultural leaders who will engage and inspire audiences through performance, visual art, design, scholarship and commentary. The college provides the tools for self-discovery and risk-taking in an environment that thrives on critical thought and action. Learn more at http://vpa.syr.edu.