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Art Exhibition
Time:
Children’s Art Exhibit by the Ruth Staples Child Development Lab School
Recurring Date Info:
Daily:
–
Date:
Starts at
7:00 am
Nebraska East Union
Room: Loft Gallery (on the 3rd Level)
Target Audiences:
1705 Arbor Dr
Lincoln NE 68503
Lincoln NE 68503
Additional Info: NEU
Contact:
Veronica Riepe, vriepe2@unl.edu
Loft Gallery is open 7 a.m. to midnight Monday-Friday, as well as 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday & Sunday.
During the month of March, the gallery features an assortment of artwork created by the children of the Ruth Staples Child Development Lab School.
STATEMENT FROM THE RUTH STAPLES CHILD DEVELOPMENT LAB SCHOOL:
This collection is a celebration of childhood - of possibility, belonging, and the extraordinary capabilities of young children. Through loose parts, open-ended materials, and invitations to explore, our children have engaged in deep thinking, problem-solving, storytelling, and meaning-making. What you see displayed here is not simply art; it is evidence of children constructing knowledge, expressing identity, and connecting to the world around them.
At our school, we hold the belief that all children are capable - capable of complex ideas, capable of collaboration, capable of beauty, capable of shaping their communities. When given time, trust, and thoughtfully prepared environments, children reveal powerful theories about how the world works and who they are within it.
This gallery is our gift to the public: an invitation to slow down and see childhood with new eyes. The materials may be simple - wood pieces, fabric, light, shadow, wire, paper - yet in the hands of children they become languages for expressing big ideas about belonging, future, and hope.
Children are not only preparing for the future; they are the future. To honor their work is to honor their rights - the right to wonder, to create, to take risks, to be heard, and to experience a protected, unhurried childhood.
As you move through this gallery, we invite you to reflect:
What becomes possible when we truly believe children are capable of anything?
How might we, as a community, protect and nurture the sacred space of childhood?
Thank you for witnessing their thinking.
During the month of March, the gallery features an assortment of artwork created by the children of the Ruth Staples Child Development Lab School.
STATEMENT FROM THE RUTH STAPLES CHILD DEVELOPMENT LAB SCHOOL:
This collection is a celebration of childhood - of possibility, belonging, and the extraordinary capabilities of young children. Through loose parts, open-ended materials, and invitations to explore, our children have engaged in deep thinking, problem-solving, storytelling, and meaning-making. What you see displayed here is not simply art; it is evidence of children constructing knowledge, expressing identity, and connecting to the world around them.
At our school, we hold the belief that all children are capable - capable of complex ideas, capable of collaboration, capable of beauty, capable of shaping their communities. When given time, trust, and thoughtfully prepared environments, children reveal powerful theories about how the world works and who they are within it.
This gallery is our gift to the public: an invitation to slow down and see childhood with new eyes. The materials may be simple - wood pieces, fabric, light, shadow, wire, paper - yet in the hands of children they become languages for expressing big ideas about belonging, future, and hope.
Children are not only preparing for the future; they are the future. To honor their work is to honor their rights - the right to wonder, to create, to take risks, to be heard, and to experience a protected, unhurried childhood.
As you move through this gallery, we invite you to reflect:
What becomes possible when we truly believe children are capable of anything?
How might we, as a community, protect and nurture the sacred space of childhood?
Thank you for witnessing their thinking.
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This event originated in Nebraska Unions.