Invitation to Create Andy Warhol's Pop Art Bill Posting

Andy Warhol was one of the most prolific and popular artists of his time. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms, including performance art, filmmaking, video installations and writing and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics.

Most of us know that art is important for children. But beyond why it is important for them to create art it is just vital to expose children to famous artists. Art connects us all. It can take us through history, introduce us to other cultures, the world around us, and to ourselves. Therefore the more a child is exposed to the arts, the more techniques they are aware of, the more they can problem solve to think critically, the more they can creatively express themselves, the more accepting they are, and the more beauty they can see in the world around them. Art is one of the fundamental components of what makes us ALL uniquely human.

Andy Warhol was obsessed with consumerist culture, including magazine advertisements, celebrities and fashion. This interest came to play out in his best-known works of art, most notably hand-painted Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962. We made copies from the Andy Warhol coloring book, did bill posting of his art on our fence, and invited the children to paint with fluorescent tempera paint.