Delight Art Foundation Presents:
THE VOYAGE TO COME TOGETHER
Date and Location
July 19-27
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
@ Shatto Gallery
3130 Wilshire Blvd #104, LA, CA, 90010
Our Mission
“One’s Odyssey: The Voyage to Come Together” is an art gallery curated by the Delight Art Foundation team meant to display children’s thoughts and feelings about where they belong in their communities through the Family Project, Friends Project, Rights and Responsibilities Project, and “Build our Town” Project.
The mission of Lumiere Art Studio is to create a space where children can freely tell their stories. Believing that art can communicate visual narratives, we support children in expressing themselves through their visual voices. Additionally, we aim to demonstrate to adults, through exhibitions and various activities, that children's art holds significant value as a means of expression and communication, and as a cultural heritage reflecting society, comparable to that of professional artists. We invite everyone to listen to the stories children convey through their artwork.
The “One’s Odyssey” Art Gallery Show is the combined production of the Delight Art Foundation and Lumiere Art Studio. From using fabric as a medium to express their understandings of rights and responsibilities to creating character illustrations to represent their role in their families, the show puts watchers into an indescribable universe. Assisting the artist’s works will be an interactive background created by the Delight Art team, turning the gallery space into a intricate network of diverse personalities and opinions.
The “Build Our Town” Project
The “Build Our Town” Project is a joint effort by Claire Song and the Delight Art artists. Each cell, which all make up the working body of a plant, represent each childrens’ dream home and personalities. Together, all these homes work together to form a community, just as a group of plant cells would work together as a community to keep the plant alive.
The Family Project
This project focuses on “family” as the most fundamental unit of society.
Students were asked to draw their families and given the option to turn family members into character illustrations based on things they love — such as favorite places, activities, foods, and colors. While students were encouraged to incorporate these elements into their design, they also had the freedom to express themselves more intuitively depending on their age and experience.
The Friends Project
Outside of home, children spend the most time at school — often with friends. To them, school is their community. Like the Family Project, students illustrated their friend groups, but this time the brainstorming focused on exploring similarities and differences between themselves and their peers. The goal was to help students reflect their identity within a peer group. While some were able to explore these ideas in depth, others expressed their thoughts more instinctively — and that’s perfectly fine. Each student’s artwork still carries personal insight, conscious or not.
The Rights and Responsibilities Project
Though the title seemed intimidating at first, this project seemed to grow on the students. It introduces a very basic concept: “If I have the right to _____, then I have the responsibility to _____”, or “If I want to _____, I must _____”.
Student visualized these statements through fabric based illustrations, using stitching and textiles instead of pencils and paint. This unique format encourages concentration, creativity, and the ability to communicate ideas clearly through design.
