Family Day this month focuses on the exhibition “Jane Manus, Undaunted.” Undaunted means not giving up when you have something very hard to do. Are you undaunted when you have something hard to do?
The artist Jane Manus was born in New York. Now she lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her sculptures have traveled all around the world for different exhibitions.
Manus said, “I try to make the pieces work when you (walk) all the way around them.” If you see these sculptures in person, walk all the way around one. What do you notice? Does the sculpture look different when you see it from different angles?
“Jane Manus, Undaunted” is on view through February 12, 2023.
Manus has said, “I don’t do circles. I don’t have anything against them. It’s just not me.”
She does not use any curved lines in her sculptures.
Use that idea as inspiration and write your name without using any curves.
Now it is your turn to create a sculpture!
You’ll need the following supplies included in the art kit (or found at home*):
- Colored blocks
- Cardboard base
- Popsicle stick
- Tacky glue
- Newspaper or Kraft paper*
To make your stacked sculpture:
- Cover your work surface with newspaper or kraft paper for easy clean-up.
- Stack your blocks without glue to see what patterns and shapes you can create.
- When you are ready, use the popsicle stick to spread glue on one side of a block.
- Stack the next block on the glue. Keep gluing blocks together until your sculpture is finished.
- Once it is dry, display it so you can walk around it and view it from all sides.
We’d love your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete a survey about this program.
Family Day art kits are sponsored by Lucy and Buddy Allen and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.
