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KIDDIE ART — Southwestern College’s Child Development Center presented “The Natural World Through a Child’s Eyes,” beginning in December. Children’s pieces were showcased and their big imaginations were visible to the public.

Artistic greatness comes in all sizes, including pint sized.
Southwestern College’s tiniest students generated one of its biggest successes with the Child Development Center’s art exhibit “The Natural World Through a Child’s Eyes.”
Natural world art by Andy Goldsworthy was shown to the children, who were then asked to create a piece of their own. Paintings, sketches, collages and ceramics made by the children were impressive to visitors.
Josh Fimbres, 19, undecided, said the exhibit was very creative.
“I never thought kids would make such great art, everything from the collages to the paintings, it was all just really good,” he said.  “They are really creative and some of them are actually good artists.”
Exhibition manager Jonathan Gomez said the kids at the CDC are very talented.
“It is really cool to see how each kid sees the world differently, and how creative and innocent they are,” he said. “It is amazing how they see the world and how they express it.”
Variety was everywhere. Child Development Assistant Irma Gomez said the exposition was a great way to help kids with their thinking process and to validate their work.
“People think of kid’s art as something really simple, but it is not just cut and paste,” said Gomez. “The art enables them to express more than we give them credit for and they create images is a way for them to express their feelings.”