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07/05/2018

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By Des Shoe

 

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Young museum visitors with “Tainted Siege” by Sara Jimenez, one of four artists in residency.CreditAoomiephotography

Children work with professional artists at a museum.

“Art, Artists & You” at the Children’s Museum in Manhattan is part gallery, part studio and part laboratory. It fosters interaction between artists and children: Work spaces for professional artists from diverse backgrounds include stocked family studios, so children can work, too.

Yeon Ji Yoo, one of the artists, recalled that a little boy was shocked to see her tearing paper.

“He was like, ‘What are you doing?’ ” she said. “Well, you can make artwork by ripping things up, too.” Read more »