Eye Spy Program

The Eye Spy Program with First Steps was an amazing program to be a part of. The Gibbes Museum of Art collaborated with First Steps, an organization in Charleston that works to improve the quality of child care, expand early education programs, provide access to health services and offer family support. The Gibbes Museum offered a program called Eye Spy, which aimed at providing art education and museum education to children in low-income day cares and early education centers.

The Eye Spy program works with children who are not often exposed to visual art concepts and cultural art pieces. The program expands their world by introducing them to the artworks from the Gibbes Museum, as well as to art concepts in general. It’s been inspiring for me to see the children gain an appreciation for art and the joy it brings them. The children also discover that there is a wonderful art museum in their own city that they never knew about and now can’t wait to visit when the museum reopens! The Eye Spy program is designed in a really fun, engaging way that makes them really want to be part of the world of art,

Read more about the Eye Spy Program in the Gibbes Museum of Art blog: http://www.gibbesmuseum.org/gibbes_blog/?p=4903