Some artworks take viewers on great quests and journeys, to places real or imagined. In finding the stories in the artwork, there are no wrong answers. When a child imagines a story, the artwork has come alive. I feel I have been successful as an educator when a child takes over the role of storyteller and finds his or her own ideas and ways of looking at art. The idea is not to create young artists, but to expand the possibilities and the imagination of the child.
Art encourages new ways of thinking and new skills for creativity.
I want children to do more than drag their feet around the exhibition each year. I want them to giggle and climb, and to beg their parents or teachers to let them stay just a few minutes more. I want them to learn in a way that encourages all learning styles and levels of development. I want them to find more in the artwork than just a two-dimensional painting on the wall. I want them to love to look, and to enjoy the discoveries looking can bring.