Gallery talk tomorrow: Child produced art in the book Kara Finds Sunshine

Roxanne Carter, proprietor of Roxanne's Artiques, and Caroline Brewer, author, at the opening reception for Kara Finds Sunshine on a Rainy Day.

Below is a press release about this. I think the art will be up through the end of the month (even though the press release says differently). I went last night to the opening. The author Caroline Brewer, if you catch her, is a great "interpretator-explainer" of the pieces. And some of the art is especially amazing. One of the pieces--by a 7 year old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--compares favorably to Romare Bearden.

Really great stuff. And it shows the potential of such projects in our own schools.

Tomorrow there will be a reading with music. The reading starts at 1:30 pm.
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Art by students from the Harlem School of the Arts

featuring illustrations from the children's book: Kara Finds Sunshine
Thursday November 9th - Sunday November 12th, 2006

WASHINGTON, DC—Roxanne’s ARTiques, located at 3426 9th Street NE, on Historic Brookland’s Gallery Row, across the street from the neighborhood landmark Colonel Brooks Tavern, will be showing art produced by the young students of the Harlem School of the Arts. The show features illustrations included in the recently published children's book, Kara Finds Sunshine on a Rainy Day.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, November 9, 2006, from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm, featuring a book signing by Author Caroline Brewer. On Saturday, November 11, 2006, from 1:00pm - 3:00pm, there will be a reading accompanied by music, and a book signing afterwards. The show will be displayed through Sunday November 12, 2006.

Kara Finds Sunshine on a Rainy Day is no ordinary book! All of the illustrations were produced by children, some as young as six years old, by students attending the prestigious Harlem School of the Arts in New York City and the Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey school system. The students created ceramics, pastel drawings, and collages in the style of Romare Bearden.

According to Brewer, "The theme of Kara Finds Sunshine on a Rainy Day is that the sun is always shining even when we can't see it. It's a book of hope and healing for all ages." Readers are introduced to courageous and inspirational historical figures, such as Rosa Parks, Anne Frank, Sitting Bull, Kim Phuc, Cesar Chavez, A. Phillip Randolph, and Mahatma Gandhi. A teacher/parent guide is included to help adults discuss with children coping with life's joys and pains.

Proceeds from sales of the book are being directed to book donations to Gulf Coast families disrupted by Hurricane Katrina.

Roxanne’s ARTiques is owned by Roxanne Carter, a long-time resident of Michigan Park in Greater Brookland. The gallery features artifacts and works of art by national and international artists. The Gallery is open from 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, and from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, and is located one block from the Brookland/CUA Metro station on the Red Line. For more information contact Roxanne Carter or at (202)-526-7020.

The book starts out with a description of a hard rain, and this child took the text literally, that it truly was raining cats and dogs.

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