Princeton Students Recreate Famous Artworks Amid Coronavirus

PRINCETON, NJ — Community Park art teacher Lara Sawers challenged her students to participate in the global movement known as #museumathome and #betweenartandquarantine amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The results she received from her students in second to fifth grades were remarkable.

Students were asked to recreate famous art works and re-interpret them creatively and then take a photo to pair with the original artwork. Clever pairings began flooding into Sawers' inbox. The results surpassed all expectations.

The idea stemmed from a Dutch Instagram account and became a social media movement when the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles amplified the challenge.

Sawers credits the creativity of her Community Park students, their appreciation of art, and their level of visual sophistication with the success of the projects. The most important part, she says, is that "students are engaging in a meaningful activity, learning about iconic works of art, and having fun during such unprecedented times."

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