Picasso at the SAM... a successful field trip from the art to the museum in general

Last Wednesday, the 8th grade class took the bus to an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum... to see Picasso! Sixteen out of the twenty-nine girls in our class had never been to the exhibition before. Imani Apostal says, "It was really fun! I really liked all of the abstract paintings."

It was really engaging: Each group was lead by a museum docent. The docent imparted a plethora of background information about Picasso's paintings. Not only did we learn about his work, but we learned about Picasso himself. Before we visited the museum, we had a few different Picasso lessons and discussions in Spanish and Art class and it was great to see what we were learning .

Everyone found one piece they really admired. Evy Larsen says, "I love the Dora Maar picture where the woman figure is green and crying. It represents violence and sadness in the war. He made that painting to get him in the mood to make the Guernica picture." Anna Konsmo says of the artwork, "They made me think of art in a new form."

Everyone had a great time at the exhibition, and hopefully we will be able to go back to the SAM again! Payton Curtis says of the experience, "It was so unique!" The experience was so spectacular, the class is optimistic that we will be able to see the Nick Cave: Center of the Earth exhibition on textiles and art in the near future.

Ask your own daughter what her favorite works of art were, and what she thought of the museum!