11.15.08 Portland Art Museum + 4yr old = Naked people!

Maybe the art museum isn’t for 4 yr olds.

So on Saturday, we took Olivia to the Portland Art Museum. We use the cultural pass which gives you free access to many of the Portland and Salem area Museums and Institutes for free. It’s a little known gem.  The museum is located in the South Park Blocks, near Portland State University.  My personal opinion is that it was fantastic; however we walked away with one slightly unfortunate result. Olivia now has a fascination with drawing naked people!

Of course, many artists like to draw the human body without clothes on, sometimes to an uncomfortable level! But with a 4 year old who seems to have a mild appreciation for art, seeing naked people is like feeding her 3 straight cups of Starbucks fully loaded with sugar!  It’s ALL she can talk about on this particular evening, and she’s even trying to draw some of the pictures (from memory) herself.  Hmmmm, maybe that was a mistake taking her  there!

Obviously I don’t mean that because every thought that she has is innocent. But it does make us feel uncomfortable. Why is that?

Looks like I have to go now because Olivia’s drawings are getting a little too detailed for my tastes.  Back to the Children’s Museum from now on!

One Comment

  1. Amy Gray | Jan 13, 2009 at 11:46 am

    I enjoyed reading about your daughter’s experience at the art museum. I am currently a docent trainee and have a blog about art from PAM, I also work in the education department there. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It is so nice when parents let us know how they feel about the time they spent at the museum. No matter what the outcome.

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