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We studied in the Hermitage. Marking the 50th
Anniversary of the Hermitage's Drawing Studio On 25 December 2007, an exhibition opened showing paintings by former students of the studio, who had studied there (Rooms 28-32 by Saltykov Entrance). Courage and huge educational experience was necessary to open the first ever museum art studio in the world way back in 1957. It was Lyubov Antonova, the manager of the Hermitage School Office, and Konstantin Kordobsky, a brilliant graphic artist and teacher, who appeared to have such experience and understanding of how a museum was able to provide children with an artistic education. They were to become the first ideologist and teacher for the first children's art studio located in a museum. As years went by, teaching and educational experience working with the little artists in the museum built up. Dmitry Mamonov introduced classes for preschool children. He recognized that it was necessary to engage museum teachers and educationists to work with children in museum halls. Olga Nekrasova-Karateeva separated age groups, created the first programmes designed for a particular children's group, and began to work closely with parents. It was in her time that the Masquerade Studio held a celebration for the first time, and the annual exhibition of the We Draw in the Hermitage Studio became a tradition. Boris Kravchunas is the head of the Art Studio today. A former student of the studio, he has used the wide experience he gained from his teacher and colleague Olga Nekrasova-Karateeva to make his own contribution to develop work with children in the museum. He developed a lesson-by-lesson program for each of the six age groups, developed about 40 classes in museum halls, and created over 30 training computer slide films. Ice and sand sculpture, mail arts, and other events are annually held allowing parents to take an active part together with their children. We Studied at the Hermitage has been made up of works painted by children who took lessons at the studio at various times. We wanted to show what those former students came to be, while hoping at the bottom of our hearts that the lessons at the State Hermitage Museum was not only a catalyst for professional artistic growth for some of them, but also inspired others to use a creative approach in their professional activities and, thus, allowed them to achieve success in their work. Taking lessons at the State Hermitage Museum gives young artists the opportunity to acquire a basic knowledge of the fine arts and gain experience with art, learn how to think in a creative manner and develop the imagination and artistic abilities. We desire that everything that children learn about the fine arts inside the museum will find its place in their paintings not directly, but through their own understanding of the subject, based on their personal experience and experience gained from the lessons. We use an easy-to-understand approach to give children an understanding of how to make use of the tools for fine art, and they use this knowledge, as well as their feelings and imagination, in paintings while bringing it into harmony with their desire for creativity, fantasy and fun. The exhibition is like a mirror reflecting everything that a child thinks, their knowledge and imagination. Here you will find pictures of the State Hermitage Museum, its history and life, our beautiful city, ordinary and remarkable things, and generally what children dream of and fancy... It would be interesting to compare this exhibition with another one - We Draw at the Hermitage, which will be held as a 2006-2007 school year exhibition in the Foyer of the Hermitage Theatre. |
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