a 9-year-old’s letter inspires an art show
“When LunART first started, it was mostly adults,” she said. “And I just thought it would be cool … if they could show kids’ art.”
For its Youth Arts Festival, LunART invited students in grades 2-12 to submit artwork responding to the question: “What is family and what does it mean to you?”
The young artists were asked to read the poem “Human Family” by Maya Angelou, which ends with the line “We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”
LunART received 53 works, all of which will be featured in the online show. A soundtrack of original music by Girls Rock Camp Madison will play in the background. After the live exhibition kickoff, the artists will be invited to a private Zoom meeting, and the exhibition will be archived online.
Some of the works might be displayed later this year in hospital and clinic waiting rooms, said Marie Pauls, Natalie’s mother and educational program coordinator.
