The tables are covered, the smocks are on, and the brush is loaded and ready to go. What happens next? Even with all the precautions, within seconds there is more paint on the ground than on the paper. We’ve all been there! Our instincts are to clean up the mess...

Remarks from a parent, during our 10th Birthday Bash April 6, 2014: Every time I drop my son off at Fairmount Art Center I know that the teachers will have something new for him to do that has been well thought-out before he arrives. They are pro-spontaneity – it is Art...