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Must post the article I was quoted in our local paper!
Children Experience Museum




Amanda Ware, a Harding University faculty member from Centerton, said she was surprised at all the opportunities for learning at Crystal Bridges. She visited the museum with her two children, Harry, 4, and Georgia Kelley, 2, last Sunday.



She said it’s important for residents who may have had limited exposure to art up to this point to have the opportunity for an educational experience.



“The only art I’ve ever been exposed to was my art appreciation class my freshman year of college,” Ware said. “(The museum) opened up a whole new world for us.”



Her son, Harry, was much more interested in the paintings at the library than she had anticipated, especially the emotions expressed in the art, Ware said.



She said she looks forward to learning about pieces in the collection with Harry.



“I’m so excited that Harry will grow up with all this knowledge. It will be one more link in his learning process,” Ware said. “He will be able to experience the art that we all looked at in textbooks and forgot about.”