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Walker’s Point Center for the Arts hosts Memorial Day art project

May 29, 2017 by Lydia Slattery Leave a Comment

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  • Children come up with ideas of what to put on their flags. (All photos by Lydia Slattery)
  • Students drew ideas for the flags on paper before painting them.
  • Maiku Vang gives advice to a student for her Memorial Day flag.
  • Melina Romo and Michael Pearson compare their drawings, which will go on their flags.
  • Sisters Gladys (left) and Grace Miller, attended the art class.
  • Students line up to get paint colors for their flags.
  • Ben Alvarado, 6, (left) and Michael Pearson paint flags honoring their loved ones and heroes.
  • The flags were decorated with bright colors.
  • Melina Romo paints a rainbow as a symbol of her family on her Memorial Day flag.
  • The students made multiple flags to honor several different loved ones.
  • The attendees spend time reading after finishing their projects.
  • The children drew pictures of relatives to honor them for Memorial Day.

On Friday afternoon, 13 grade school-aged children gathered at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts to make flags commemorating lost family members, veterans and even pets. The Memorial Project was meant to get attendees thinking about what Memorial Day means.

Maiku Vang, art education coordinator for Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, led the Memorial Project. She stood in the front of the art room asking the children to think of their loved ones and heroes, and how to draw them. Some children raised their hands asking if they could draw their dogs on the flags.

The students first sketched relatives and heroes, along with symbols such as rainbows and suns, on cloth. They chatted with one another, comparing their designs.

After they finished outlining their flags, the students lined up to put on aprons and get their brightly colored paint.

The Memorial Project was part of the workshop series Afternoons with Art held every Friday afternoon at the center. The classes encourage children to have fun and express themselves through art.

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