a little bit of art...

... in the afternoon.

Yesterday we decided to have a little art appreciation adventure with another family in our homeschool group. We were to meet by the bean (actually called Cloud Gate) in Millennium Park.

On our way to meet them, we decided to walk down the Chase Promenade instead of walking on the sidewalk along Michigan Avenue. It was walking down this promenade that we discovered the Mark di Suvero sculptures. The kids thought the sculpture Yoga was cool even if it showered us with wet melty snow as it turned in the wind. Their favorite had to be Shang, which had a swing they could play on...


(the red sculpture behind Shang is called Rust Angel)

After this short diversion, we met up with our friends and saw what we made the trip for... Paintings Below Zero by Gordon Halloran...


The kids thought it was cool.... but only studied it briefly before moving on to other things.

After warming up at a coffee shop, we decided to head to the Art Institute since it has free admission for the month of February and was close by.

We went straight downstairs to the kids area, miniatures room, touch gallery and children's library and stayed until it closed at 5pm.

Here are some pictures of Alex and Clara doing brass rubbings....



We had a great day full of unexpected adventures... but boy were we tired when we got home!