Event Description:
Art in the Barn: Birdhouse Painting for Pre-K – 3rd Grade is an Art Workshop for children & their parent/ guardian at the Walt Whitman Birthplace. Taught by Lena Massari Sawyer, former Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Come and join us as we read a story and paint your own bird house.
AUGUST 10TH, 2024 @ 11AM
We will be painting a bird house. *BIRDHOUSE AND SEED PROVIDED
Pre- Registration is Required
$35 – First child & Guardian
$20 – Second child *walk-ins welcome, if space available
Picture Books are a crucial tool for developing a child’s literacy and language skills in their early years. They help build self-confidence as the child learns to read through visual thinking. The children will read a book, then tell their own story through collage and other multimedia materials. They will look at the different elements of art such as changing perspective, scale, as well as multiple points of view through drawing and using collage materials. In addition, each child will be given a small plastic magnifying glass to explore a tinker box filled with objects from nature such as seashells, rocks, etc.
Lena Massari Sawyer has been an educator for over 25 years. She taught Art History and Studio Art to children for over two decades at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While at the Met, she specialized in early childhood education, creating and teaching numerous art history and children’s literature classes. Lena has been a long-time resident of Long Island. She teaches art history, painting and other multimedia classes both at the Birthplace at the Little Studio in Northport Village. Lena holds a bachelor’s degree in art history and performed her graduate studies in Museum Education at New York University.
