Laughter Dreams Memories

She does belong at RISD

Many of you know I am not too fond of living her in little Rhody......it is a strange little place.....but there are some benefits like Keeva's school. We couldn't ask for a better education or community of people. One of the other benefits is the great art school we have in the city, RISD, they offer such great classes one of which is photography which someday yes, someday I will find the time and the money to participate in. The other thing they offer are great art classes for kids. Last semester Keeva took a class called Art Safari. They visited the natural history museum and then took what they saw and interpreted it into an art piece, they looked at nature and did the same. The pieces she brought home where amazing. This semester she is in a class called Playing with Imagination.....which is just that...stories made into art then they tell their own stories. I love the end of this class when they sit in a circle and get to explain their piece and ask question and critic the other childrens work. It really brings them out of themselves and helps them look at their work beyond just paper and glue but more as a creation with meaning. Keeva just loves going there and if anyone mentions RISD she is so proud to go to her 'other school' there. Well I don't know if she has been watching the actual RISD students..........who are definitely colorful and creative....as we pass through the campus on the way to school everyday.....but I had laid out Keevas clothes for her for Tuessday as I always do but when she came downstairs she wasn't wearing what I had laid out. Instead she had this outfit on..........which doesn't look bad but, the thing about it is she had gone into the basement and pulled out this dress, yes it is a dress, that Pauline our Brazilian exchange student had given her when she was just two. Keeva decided it would look great as a top......I have to agree. Very imaginative and hey it recycling (hmmm......wonder if I can find anymore like it down there?). So when I saw her I said without thinking you do belong at RISD....her response "of course I do I'm an Artist...don't you know I'm going to be a photographer art teacher".......