Third week at the museum of Latin American Art

Third Week at the Museum of Latin American Art
By Alexis Cruz

This week was event filled with numerous activities which culminated the three week summer art camp at MOLAA. Wrapping up the summer art camp with one final open house on Friday evening was a bitter sweet feeling. These past three weeks were both challenging and rewarding as I had to be patient and comprehensive in order to be a supportive summer art camp counselor. Nonetheless, the experiences that I had these past three weeks made me realize the enormous role that educators play into shaping the young minds of our future.





The week started off with abstract art where the children had to create a painting using acrylics and tape. The mural project was continued as well where the campers were given the task to create stencils which would then be spray painted onto the wall. The daily art activities were also followed by physical activities such as zumba and Brazilian martial art known as capoeira. As a summer art counselor, I had the task of engaging all students in the daily activities to ensure that everything ran smoothly. With this, came the great responsibility of ensuring fights didn't break out throughout the day which was quite a common occurrence. Some kids were well behaved, while others were mischievous and chaotic. At the end of the day, I learned to be patient with all the campers and learned the importance of communication and compassion.

All in all, the last week of summer art camp was sad as I finally let go of the art studio that I had spent most of my time in. MOLAA will always hold a special place in my heart and I'm excited as to what the next few years of summer art camp will bring.

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