Elementary school-aged children from San Carlos to Los Gatos are being invited to draw, sketch, or paint their visions of nature and the open space environment in the award-winning, fourth annual Kids' Art of Open Space exhibition.
The event is sponsored by the Los Altos-based Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and the Community School of Music and Arts of Mountain View.
All entries will be exhibited at a reception and opening display on March 5, followed by local displays of the kids' art throughout the district. Art educators from the music and arts school will assist elementary school teachers in introducing the Kids' Art of Open Space project into their existing school programs.
The Community School of Music and Arts provides thousands of children and adults annually with music and visual art instruction, and is one of the largest non-profit arts education organizations in Santa Clara County. The school's offerings include music classes and lessons for all ages; after-school and special arts vacation camps for children; in-school arts education programs; family concerts; and other community outreach events.
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, extending from the San Carlos to the Los Gatos, is a public agency which has preserved more than 42,000 acres of diverse open space lands and manages 23 open space preserves. District funding is provided by a small share of the annual total property tax revenues collected within district boundaries. The district permanently protects wildlife habitat, watershed, and a variety of ecosystems, restores damaged natural resources, and provides trail improvements for low-intensity recreational use by the public.
For more information about the Kids' Art of Open Space exhibition, call Malcolm Smith at the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District at 691-1200, or Mary Bender at the Community School of Music and Arts at 961-0342.