MOMA Kids II
Last year Jean and the MOMA Kids enjoyed their first term exploring this world-class museum in New York City. The adventure continues as we discover more art, new artists and new mediums with which to work.

At the beginning of the term, the MOMA Kids began their adventure learning about the well known modern artist, Andy Warhol. Like Warhol, they discovered how a picture could feel very different depending on what colors were used to decorate it.

After Warhol, the kids were introduced to one of his contemporaries, Jasper Johns. While in New York City last March, I had the opportunity to see John’s “Flag” of the United States. He and his father were named after William Jasper, one of the heros of the American Revolutionary War, who gave his life in saving the American flag a second time from their enemies.

The MOMA kids spent the last month learning about Johns and worked on creating their own version of “Flag.” As proud Canadians, they traced a real maple leaf, chose newspaper clippings as Johns did, glued them onto their own canvas, dripped wax over it (Johns dipped his clippings into wax and slathered them onto his canvas), finished it with a coat of white paint and finally gluing on their maple leaf and the side bars.

If Jasper Johns could see the MOMA kids’ flags, he’d be so very proud of the way they created them in a similar fashion as he had done many years ago.

ENJOY!