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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=1 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Joy of Learning</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="id1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=140 BGCOLOR="#00CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="39a8cc00egdxlq.png"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id60_m.htm#top_of_the_page" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Childrens Gallery"><U><I>Top of the Page</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id60_m.htm#mission_statement" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Childrens Gallery"><U><I>Mission Statement</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="100_faces.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ongoing Exhibit"><U><I>Ongoing Exhibition</I></U></A><A HREF="100_faces.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ongoing Exhibit"><U><I>:</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>A Window to Our Garden</I></div> <div> <I>Last Exhibits:</I></div> <div> <A HREF="100_faces.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ongoing Exhibit"><U><I>Charcoal </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="the_other_playground.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Last Exhibit"><U><I>The Other Playground</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id60_m.htm#gallery_hours" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Childrens Gallery"><U><I>Gallery Hours</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U><I>Back to News</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atelier"><U><I>Back to Atelier</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id60_m.htm#navegation_links_1_1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Childrens Gallery"><U><I>Navigation Links</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="home"><U><I>Back to Home</I></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=478 BGCOLOR="#00CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="2ca00c00egdxlq.jpg"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="452" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 92 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2c8a3560.jpg" border=0 width="419" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <A NAME="top_of_the_page"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 73 WIDTH="446"><div> at </div> <div> <B>The Joy of Learning</B></div> <div> a "state of the art" educational center</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1355 WIDTH="446"><div> <B>Welcome to </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Curlz MT" ><B>Children's Gallery</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> The Artwork presented by the Children's Art Gallery at “The Joy of Learning” is a collection of children's creative work. Their work is respected as a genuine expression of their imagination, feelings and thinking. </div> <bR> <div> A child's art is not necessarily a reproduction of reality as many people see it. Art is a language that children use to refer to the world they known. The childhood years are described as golden age of creativity. A “young child's imagination allows them to create worlds with no limits. A child's art production is frequently accompanied by stories expressed with oral language, movement and so on. There is always a meaning behind each artwork.  As a matter of fact, when a child revisits their artwork, they are consistent in the message that they are transmitting. Furthermore, another benefit from a child's artistic expression is that we can understand their development and their educational needs.</div> <bR> <div> Art is a child' natural way of playing.  The linguistic origin of the word “play” is related to the word “plow” which means, “work”.  A child's artistic activity is part of their natural desire to explore and talk about the world. During the first and second year of life, children learn about the world through their senses.  As they grow, children begin to master various symbols or languages of their culture.  Children develop language modes depending on the meaning that they can get from others. </div> <bR> <div> It is the social environment that helps children make sense of their efforts. As children use art to express themselves, they also expect a social response that makes sense of their ideas.  However, adults try to interpret a child's artwork from the adults' perspective, not the child's. By doing this, adults discourage a child's creative work so to make it easier for them to understand. Frequently, adult's attitudes towards children's artwork are the result of their own experiences with art in early childhood. </div> <bR> <div> In conclusion, children's artwork is meaningful for the story behind it as well as its social / cognitive / emotional significance. Appreciation of children's artwork is a great responsibility.  Adults' comments can either help a child crystallize or paralyze his/her artistic expression.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Our Mission Statement</B><B> <A NAME="mission_statement"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> We see children as natural artists and intend to give them the space to show their expressions and to build on them, the confidence to speak out their minds and their emotions. We try to walk away from a traditional view, which states that artwork from children, is merely a game. We truly think that art in children is also a way of communication as it is in grown up's art. We can see in our children's artwork poetry, process of development and in most of the cases surprising technical abilities. We do not expect to put them at the level of a professional artist. Art is not only means to political or social commentary or an instrument of philosophical agenda, art is besides all of this about LIFE.</div> <bR> <div> For us art is a hundred languages of communication, Reggio Emilia uses art as a tool for learning and discovering, we believe that all forms of art are the mediums children relate to all other areas of knowledge such as science, writing and reading.</div> <bR> <div> We can see a big philosophical matter, the drama of human life, war, love, the passions of humans portrayed by an artist who is able to look at it in a different way, as we can see for instance in a big master piece that the artist was able to look inside, to look without prejudices at the idea, to look with children's eyes; not with the innocence of a child but with the curiosity and amusement of a child. </div> <bR> <div> We have often heard in a modern art museum in front of a Picasso or African Art someone saying that kids could have done it. Maybe this is not such a crazy statement, maybe there is some true in it. Not in the way these people see it but in the way the artist was able to approach the subjects and express them in such a way, that you can see the soul of the idea and the heart with which it was made.</div> <div> Therefore the gallery as part of the Joy of Learning will try to showcase the artistic abilities and poetic expression of our kids and others in the city.</div> <bR> <div> Museums and galleries today are more like cultural centers than merely spaces to hang pictures on the walls. We also expect to show grown up artist whose subjects and artwork could be appropriate and appealing to the children and to stimulate their inquiries and help them understand their life ahead.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Katiuska Salmon</div> <div> Pedagogista</div> <bR> <div> Maria Adelaida Lopez</div> <div> Atelierista/Gallery Director</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 264 WIDTH="446"><div> <I><B>Ongoing Exhibit</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="on_going_exhibition"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The Children's Gallery is pleased to invite you to join us for the unveiling of  our exhibit “100 FACES”, an art exhibition by all The Joy of Learning children.</div> <div> Mariam Salmanzadeh (Pre-K 4 Pumpkin Orange classroom) will be giving a solo flute performance for your enjoyment.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> In celebration of the exhibit we are also inviting our parents to meet us at Wachovia Financial Center's lobby on Wednesday, June 1st at 10:00 a.m. in order to tour together the Reggio Emilia Children's exhibit: The Hundred Languages of Children.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="446"><div> <I><B> <A NAME="gallery_hours"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 79 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="450" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BELOW" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 47 WIDTH="450"><div>  <A NAME="navegation_links_1_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="1b108290.jpg" border=0 width="264" height="41" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us "><U><B>About Us</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Program"><U><B>Program</B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our School"><U><B>Our School</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Web Cams"><U><B>Web Cams</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atelier"><U><B>Atelier</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="projects70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U><B>Library</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Gallery"><U><B>Children's Gallery</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Facilities"><U><B>Facilities</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U><B>News</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Staff"><U><B>Staff</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=1 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=1 BGCOLOR="#00CCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>