A few weeks ago, students (ages 6-12) along with a parent/adult took part in Happy Birthday Nelson-Atkins!, a workshop held in the Ford Learning Center.
Taught by Kreshaun McKinney, the class visited the Magnificent Gifts for the 75th exhibition. The children especially liked seeing the fiberglass chair Black Widow by Wendell Castle.
Returning to the classroom, it was time to create! Participants built impressive, multi-tiered cake sculptures and painted them however they wished. The class especially liked using corrugated paper and paint in squeeze bottles as a way to “frost” their cake sculptures.
The workshop concluded with real cake and punch served out of William Rockhill Nelson’s “Hoosier” punch bowl.
By: Lisa Schlagle