Library to host art experience
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MARYVILLE, Mo. — The art education program at Northwest Missouri State University is partnering with the Maryville Public Library to bring art and literacy integration experiences to children of Nodaway County through the mobile art TAB LAB.
According to a news release, “TAB” stands for “Teaching for Artistic Behavior,” and is a student-centered, choice-based art education methodology. This experience will be documented and written about as research on TAB methodology by Professor Dyan Akkouche. According to Akkouche, the TAB methodology was founded on the principle that, “Every child is an artist and the classroom is their studio.”
The first event will be held for children in kindergarten through second grade at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the library basement. Parents may register their children by calling the library at 660-582- 5281 or through the library’s website at maryvillepubliclibrary.lib.mo.us.
TAB LAB experiences will begin with a librarian reading a selected children’s book, the release noted. The October selection is “The Leaf Thief,” by Alice Hemming. After the reading, the kids will choose a prompt provided by Northwest’s art education pre-service teachers and select a studio area they want to explore such as painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, etc. The children will go to the studio area of their choice and produce art with the support of a Northwest pre-service art teacher. Northwest art education students will provide examples of art, including those representing a diversity of cultures and perspectives.
Artwork produced by the children will be featured online or in the gallery section of the Maryville Public Library.
TAB LAB experiences alternate each session between lessons for early elementary (kindergarten through second grade) and upper elementary (third through fifth grade). The sessions are planned at the library for the third Wednesday of every month over the next six months.
The mobile art TAB LAB is funded by the College of Arts and Science at Northwest Missouri State University. Curriculum and instruction are developed and carried out by pre-service art teachers and faculty in concert with Maryville Public Library staff.
