My friend Seth brought his daughter, Leyna, to my house the other day for a game of Dungeons and Dragons. As they were about to leave Leyna asked my if I liked Van Gogh. A bit puzzled at the randomness of her question I replied "sure, why do you ask". She pointed to a picture of Van Gogh's " Starry Night". I was impressed that she brought up the art and the artist on her own. Furthermore, her next question was "what do you like most about Van Gogh?" I told her that it was cool that he cut his ear off in the name of love she told me she favored the short brush strokes that he used. I didn't even know about his brush strokes.
Leyna is 8. I've never really discussed art with anyone, let alone with an eight year old girl. I asked her where she learned about Van Gogh and she said her art teacher taught her. When When I was eight my art class had nothing to do with informing me about art or artists. We just finger painted. I'm glad to hear that Art Education has come this far.
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