Communal Garden Art Gallery

As in previous summers, the girls and I took part in the communal garden this year.  One of our industrious gardeners worked to get us some grants to participate in our borough's annual Arts Week with a project designed to celebrate the joys of public art, gardening, community, and children. 

We photographed the kids all summer in the garden and then voted on our favorite photos, each of which was blown up poster-sized and displayed in the garden alongside gardener-created art.  The kids were quite excited to see their images on display in the gallery:

They were, perhaps, even prouder of their own art on display, weavings in box looms made at the garden one week.  This project has definitely given me some food for thought as far as getting children involved in public art.