Children's Art Day stimulates imaginations
April 4, 2008

Alejandra Aguilar
Entertainment editor

The Seward County Community College Art Department hosted a Children’s Art Day in which 24 kids participated.
The event took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 29 in the humanities building, and Kylix members volunteered to help along with Art Instructor Susan Copas.
Children participated in various art stations.
One of their projects was called Mixed Media Collage. This project required them to cut out shapes with different textures and to color them using paint, crayons, or markers.
Creativity was the most important element in this activity because children were to design a collage with whatever colors and shapes they desired.
Alma Hidalgo, an SCCC student, was in charge of helping the children with their collage.
“I like teaching kids how to see art in different ways, to be creative, and use their imagination,” Hidalgo said.
Fashion Design was another project in which the kids learned to create visors, necklaces, and handbags.
“I made a necklace for my mom,” said Mark Kinser, a participant in the event.
The materials used for this activity were colored foam, beads, feathers, plastic wire, scissors, and pasting products.
Joshua Diaz, one of the children, said that this project was one of his favorites.
Children also drew bugs and painted them as part of the Science Illustrator project.
As part of the Paper Relief Sculpture project, children were expected to create a scene using construction paper as their most important material.
They were shown some examples, which included flowers and bugs, to give them an idea of how to do theirs.
The kids decorated paper sacks in which they saved their projects.