The community celebrated National Youth Arts Month by bringing kids, creativity and diversity to the 30th annual Kent Kids’ Arts Day at the Kent Commons on Saturday.
The day-long festival featured 14 hands-on art projects led by professional artists and is geared for children ages 4 to 12.
“For 30 years, Kids’ Arts Day has been showcasing the amazing talents of Kent’s young people while fostering new creative talents with hands-on art projects,” said Mark Hendrickson, city cultural programs coordinator.
Featured hands-on projects included Hands in Wax, Sew a Bean Bag, Sumi Painting, Recycled Robots, Clay Creatures and Print Making. Local school groups and community dance studios took to the stage with multicultural music and dance. Other activities include face painting and larger than life magnetic poetry on the Wall of Words.
Kids’ Day is presented by the Kent Arts Commission and the Kent Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department with partial funding from 4Culture, Washington State Arts Commission, Kent Lions Club, Fred Meyer and Kent Community Foundation.
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Fifth- and sixth-graders from Emerald Park Elementary School’s Terra Musica group perform a song on their created didgeridoos at the Kent Kids’ Arts Day program on Saturday. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
Mom and daughter team up for some magnetic poetry on the Wall of Words. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
Mark McMillen’s 3-year-old daughter, Fern, applies some finishing touches to the robot they built from scrap during Kent Kids’ Arts Day. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
