Art
Curating your
Children’s
a Little Courage & a Lot of Creativity Your toddler comes home from preschool, her first painting clutched in tiny fingers. You marvel at her impressionistic genius, cubist form, Warhol-esque use of color. Is there any other child artist so gifted, you wonder…
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nd so it begins. You carefully collect every piece she brings home from that day forward and before long, those adorable early efforts have become an avalanche of artwork overwhelming your kitchen, leaving you feeling obligated to prove you really do love it. The fastest way to lose joy in your children’s achievements is to have it feel like a duty. By the time my third child entered elementary school, I dreaded that T HE PERPETUA L YOU
last day of school when they would trudge home with a giant roll of their masterpieces. Where are we supposed to put all of this? Even if you can’t approach your job as curator-inchief with the same sense of wonder as you did in the beginning, you can still have loads of fun finding ways to display it. Here are some ideas to get you started: