Leaps of Imagination is Teaching Outdoors.
We’re building connective tissue between nature and art. Since teaching outdoors in 2020-2021, we’ve learned a thing or two. Maine kids are passionate about nature. Leaps’ artists are too.
Investigating their world up close, kids discover “what’s natural” on their own school turf. They’ve seen what they’ve never noticed before. This spring second, third, fourth and fifth graders on Vinalhaven, inspired by the artist, Andy Goldsworthy, made complex 3-d sculptures in the woods. They were thrilled by what they’d built in cohorts - which became the focal point for making elaborate 2-dimensional artworks.
Every child we’ve taught takes home materials to make more art. “I’m going to use my journal as a nature journal,” one young artist shared gleefully. We can only imagine what young artists will create next.
