FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct 22, 2015
Door Community Auditorium
3926 Hwy. 42 • PO Box 397
Fish Creek, WI 54212-0397
(920) 868-2728
Peninsula School of Art (PenArt)
is proud to display artwork created by youths attending their 2015 Summer
Studios for Young Artists workshops, as well as the School’s Family Art Days outreach
program, in the upcoming Art of the
Family exhibition, on view starting October 23 at The Link Children’s Art
Gallery at Door Community Auditorium.
Artwork from PenArt’s summer
youth workshops includes pieces created in the fine art media of painting &
drawing, ceramics (hand building and on the potter’s wheel), animation,
sculpture, and printmaking.
Contributions to Art of the Family from September’s Family
Art Day follow the theme of “#ArtofTheFamily,” with family members working
together to draw a “selfie” of their family enjoying a special memory from within
a paper iPhone-shaped frame. In a world where the
“selfie” self-portrait is seen consistently on Facebook and Instagram
newsfeeds, PenArt stepped away from a focus on the individual to concentrate on
what truly makes Door County unique – the families that support a
strong arts-centered community.
After discussing their ideas,
families drew a “#familie” that expressed what makes their bond unique. Those
visiting the exhibition are encouraged to create and add their own #familie to
the Link Gallery walls. By doing so, they join the featured artists of Art of the Family in a celebration of
the beauty that is created when families collaborate their creativity and express
their feelings through art, and then share it with the Door County community.
Since PenArt’s founding summer in
1965, the commitment to providing meaningful and fun curriculum for young artists
remains strong. The summer youth arts program has grown from only two
children’s workshops to today’s nearly 40 classes for children ages 3.5 to 17
years old, including those with family-centered activities.
The Link Gallery of Children’s
Art is Door County’s first exhibit space dedicated to the showing of artwork
that portrays the world through the eyes of children. Exhibits can be viewed from noon-5 p.m.
Monday-Friday and from noon to show time on show nights. The Link Gallery of Children’s Art is located
at 3926 Hwy 42 in Fish Creek, inside the Door Community Auditorium.
