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PROJECT LOOK! is having a birthday party

Project LOOK! turns 30

Project LOOK! is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year (2010). Project LOOK! provides reasonably priced enriching educational tours of Art Center exhibitions throughout the academic year for children in grades K-12. The program reinforces the Palo Alto Art Center’s unique focus on seeing and making—combining the experience of seeing an exhibition in a guided tour and then making art in a related hands-on project. It serves more than 5,000 children in grades K-5 every year. Approximately half the tours serve Palo Alto schools (both private and public).

Project LOOK! was started by Art Center volunteer Jeannie Duisenberg, who is still involved in the Art Center as an Art Center Foundation Board member. Duisenberg was inspired by museum education programs at other institutions in the area. She wanted to create a program for children at a time when the Art Center was focused on serving adults.

Since its inception, Project LOOK! has expanded its program offerings to families. Project LOOK! offers three free family days throughout the school year. Our Family Days bring more than 1,000 visitors to the Art Center every year, which includes family guides—activity books for families to complete together while exploring the Art Center’s current exhibitions.

Help us celebrate Project LOOK!'s 30th birthday. Thanks to the support of friends Project LOOK! has reached tens of thousands of children.

(Photo Credit: Charlotte, age 6, "My Brother's Birthday Party on the Hills, 2010" Watercolor pencils, 5 X 7 in., created during a Project LOOK! tour, inspired by the artwork of Carman Lomas Garza

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