Children's Summer Art Project--2014--The Canals of Amsterdam
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The Canals of Amsterdam
The 2014 Community Church Summer Children’s Art Project ~Sponsored by the Children’s Ministry Team
This summer we reinstituted the Children’s Summer Art Project. For 4 Sundays in July, over 30 church children, ages 5 to 10, worked with artist Linnea Lieth to create 12 pieces to represent the canals of Amsterdam. This project was designed to complement the upcoming play, The Diary of Anne Frank, which will be performed here in the Sanctuary November 14-15. The pieces then will be sold in silent auction. Proceeds will to go to animal rescue organizations that are a charity chosen by our children and to fund future Summer Children’s Art Projects.
We strongly believe that creative expression is an essential part of spirituality for children and all people. And creating art for our community is a service and gift.
About the Artist
Linnea Lieth is a sophomore art major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been artistically involved in many of the Community Church’s productions and events, designing and painting theatrical sets or creating flyers and programs. She returned this summer as the teacher for the Summer Children’s Art Project. She has participated in a number of local shows, art projects and publications, and her full portfolio can be seen on her website, www.linnealieth.com.
About the Project
These paintings were completed over a series of four weekly sessions, by 20-30 enthusiastic kids each week. The goal of the project was to create a series of paintings that would accompany the Church’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank, focusing on the beauty of the city of Amsterdam itself, and challenge the kids to express their creativity. A combination of collage, painting, and drawing techniques were introduced during the project and used together to create the mixed media paintings. Most of the materials used in the production of this project were recycled or reused.
Connection to the play The Diary of Anne Frank
“The best part about this room . . . you can look down and see a bit of the street and the canal. There’s a houseboat . . . you can see the end of it . . . a bargeman lives there with his family . . . They have a baby and he’s just beginning to walk and I’m so afraid he’s going to fall into the canal someday. I watch him….”
~Anne from The Diary of Anne Frank
This art show was designed to complement the play The Diary of Anne Frank that is being performed in the Sanctuary November 14-16. The play, based on a true story, is set in Amsterdam, at 263 Prinsengracht along one of the famous canals that distinguishes this medieval city. Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal) is the fourth and the longest of the main canals in Amsterdam. It is named after the Prince of Orange.
Anne Frank was a diarist and writer. She was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her wartime diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, documents her experiences hiding with her family and others during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
The group in hiding was betrayed and Anne and most of her family died in Nazi concentration camps. Her father, Otto Frank, survived and he published her diary. A play based on her diary was first performed in 1956 when it won both a Tony and Pulitzer prize.
About Amsterdam’s Canals
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than 60 miles of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht (where Anne Frank hid), and Keizersgracht, were built in the 1600s and form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. The beautiful buildings along them were mostly built in the 17th century as homes for merchants and included workshops.
· The canals are over 400 years old.
· There are 165 canals in Amsterdam.
· There are 2500 house boats.
· There are more bridges in Amsterdam than there are in Venice.
· Amsterdam is the most bicycle-friendly city in the world and Amsterdam’s water authority fishes more that 12, 000 bicycles out of the canals each year.
· The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010.
· The canals are used for sewage dumps for the buildings along the canals. The locks are opened and the canals are flushed out 3 times a week but still it is not a good idea to swim in them.
The 2014 Community Church Summer Children’s Art Project ~Sponsored by the Children’s Ministry Team
This summer we reinstituted the Children’s Summer Art Project. For 4 Sundays in July, over 30 church children, ages 5 to 10, worked with artist Linnea Lieth to create 12 pieces to represent the canals of Amsterdam. This project was designed to complement the upcoming play, The Diary of Anne Frank, which will be performed here in the Sanctuary November 14-15. The pieces then will be sold in silent auction. Proceeds will to go to animal rescue organizations that are a charity chosen by our children and to fund future Summer Children’s Art Projects.
We strongly believe that creative expression is an essential part of spirituality for children and all people. And creating art for our community is a service and gift.
About the Artist
Linnea Lieth is a sophomore art major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been artistically involved in many of the Community Church’s productions and events, designing and painting theatrical sets or creating flyers and programs. She returned this summer as the teacher for the Summer Children’s Art Project. She has participated in a number of local shows, art projects and publications, and her full portfolio can be seen on her website, www.linnealieth.com.
About the Project
These paintings were completed over a series of four weekly sessions, by 20-30 enthusiastic kids each week. The goal of the project was to create a series of paintings that would accompany the Church’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank, focusing on the beauty of the city of Amsterdam itself, and challenge the kids to express their creativity. A combination of collage, painting, and drawing techniques were introduced during the project and used together to create the mixed media paintings. Most of the materials used in the production of this project were recycled or reused.
Connection to the play The Diary of Anne Frank
“The best part about this room . . . you can look down and see a bit of the street and the canal. There’s a houseboat . . . you can see the end of it . . . a bargeman lives there with his family . . . They have a baby and he’s just beginning to walk and I’m so afraid he’s going to fall into the canal someday. I watch him….”
~Anne from The Diary of Anne Frank
This art show was designed to complement the play The Diary of Anne Frank that is being performed in the Sanctuary November 14-16. The play, based on a true story, is set in Amsterdam, at 263 Prinsengracht along one of the famous canals that distinguishes this medieval city. Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal) is the fourth and the longest of the main canals in Amsterdam. It is named after the Prince of Orange.
Anne Frank was a diarist and writer. She was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her wartime diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, documents her experiences hiding with her family and others during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
The group in hiding was betrayed and Anne and most of her family died in Nazi concentration camps. Her father, Otto Frank, survived and he published her diary. A play based on her diary was first performed in 1956 when it won both a Tony and Pulitzer prize.
About Amsterdam’s Canals
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than 60 miles of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht (where Anne Frank hid), and Keizersgracht, were built in the 1600s and form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. The beautiful buildings along them were mostly built in the 17th century as homes for merchants and included workshops.
· The canals are over 400 years old.
· There are 165 canals in Amsterdam.
· There are 2500 house boats.
· There are more bridges in Amsterdam than there are in Venice.
· Amsterdam is the most bicycle-friendly city in the world and Amsterdam’s water authority fishes more that 12, 000 bicycles out of the canals each year.
· The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010.
· The canals are used for sewage dumps for the buildings along the canals. The locks are opened and the canals are flushed out 3 times a week but still it is not a good idea to swim in them.