November 7, 1942
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by especially talented children, ages 10 to 15, will open today (Saturday, November 7) in the Entrance Hall of the Brooklyn Museum. Twenty-five works will be shown to remain on view through Sunday, November 22.
The paintings and drawings in this exhibition were executed last winter by the members of the Children’s Art Classes at The Little Red School House, under the supervision of Augustus Peck, assisted by Miss Ann Brewer. The works in the Brooklyn Museum show were executed after the exhibition of earlier works by these same young students, held at the Whitney Museum in October 1941.
The opening of this exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum coincides with the opening, at 10 o’clock this morning (November 7), of the Museum’s art classes for especially talented children, ages 10 to 15, under the supervision of Miss Ann Brewer. These classes, of which there are two, will meet on Saturday mornings throughout the season, from 10:00 to 11:30, and from 11:30 to 1:00. They will be held in the studios of the Brooklyn Museum.
The thirty students in the classes come from all sections of the City and were selected from a large group of applicants
on the basis of a test given by the Brooklyn Museum in September. For some of the students it will be the third season of work under the system inaugurated by Mr. Peck.
While the children in these classes spend their one free week-day morning working at the Museum, the greater portion of their work is done on their own volition at home. They are urged to sketch from life to achieve coordination of hand and eye, so that the training may become second nature in the development of their natural talents.
Each Saturday morning the students bring into the Museum the drawings and sketches they have done during the earlier part of the week, and receive criticism from Miss Brewer who arts in the capacity of editor rather than teacher. Pictures are selected from the sketch books for use as preliminary sketches for water color or oil paintings to be done in class. Those who are not painting during class work at pen and ink drawings. Each week an exhibition of students’ work is held in the studio.
Some of the more advanced students are given sets of oil or water colors with which to work at home.
At the end of the season the Museum will hold an exhibition of works by these members of the coming generation of American artists.
(NOTE: Ten o’clock, Saturday morning, would be the best time for taking pictures of the opening of these classes or of the children view the exhibition in the Entrance Hall.)
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1942 - 1946. 10-12/1942, 189-90. View Original
