Is it Picasso, or a first-grader? Sometimes you can't be too sure. The simplicity and whimsy, the brightness and energy associated with the modern master can be found in the student artworks on display during the month of March at the ArtHouse Cafe, as part of National Youth Arts Month.
The second annual KIDZART exhibit will feature the work of over 30 Near
East Side elementary students from Marquette, Lapham, Emerson, Lowell and
Hawthorne Schools. The exhibit will include a wide variety of two-dimensional
work; oil and watercolor paintings, drawings, cut paper assemblages, and
more.
"KIDZART was our most successful exhibit last year," said ArtHouse
Cafe owner Karen Milan Kass. "I still get customers saying how wonderful
it was and asking if there'll be another one this year, so we're happy to
make this an annual event." Kass noted that several of the student
artists sold their works during KIDZART '95.
Lapham students exhibiting at KIDZART '96 include Eilish Connor, Ellie Glunn,
Madeline Kasper, Bryce Lampe, Jermaine Randle, Natalie Reynolds, Gilbert
Splett, Maggie Spoerke, and Emma Wexler. Marquette exhibitors include Clara
Beyer, David Blodgett, Jessica Goodburn, Monte Hudson, Rachel Kroencke,
and Maria Schirmer.
The ArtHouse will hold a special reception on Sunday afternoon, March
10, 1996, in honor of the KIDZART participants, their parents and art teachers.
The reception will run from 4:00-5:00 PM and will feature an awards presentation
as well as entertainment and refreshments.
East side residents and ArtHouse supporters Judy Garcia-Landsman and Howard
Landsman are back for their second year as organizers of KIDZART. Judy,
an O'Keefe Middle School teacher and artist, has exhibited her photography
and craft items at the ArtHouse. The ArtHouse Cafe is located at 2827 Atwood
Avenue, 1 block west of Fair Oaks, in the Near East Side's growing arts
and entertainment district.
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