News Center Maine reports on art camp at UMMA

News Center Maine reported on a February break art camp offered by the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor. The weeklong camp focuses on teaching kids to appreciate and understand art, and create art in response to what they see in museum galleries. The camp “just brings kids into an awareness of what’s going on with contemporary modern art, what we’ve got going on in the exhibitions, and to just tie into the idea behind the making as they make their own art projects,” said Kat Johnson, senior museum educator and marketing manager. “It gives them an outlet to work with their creativity and process.” Campers also have the chance to work on problem solving, literacy and motor skills. “They all have incredible opinions on each piece, and they are really insightful, they always pick up on all the different formal qualities that the artwork is achieving,” said Johnson.