After over a year in development, I Can Do That! A Kids World Art Game is now available for download from the App Store. Our mission with these art museum apps is to introduce preschool children to kid-friendly global art treasures. Why?
Our intentions with these apps is to:
1. engage young children with objects that will encourage a life-long love of art
2. facilitate experiencing diverse global cultures at a very early age
3. extend the reach of a museum to families who may never be able to visit
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| These are the 10 art objects and the four games included in first I Can Do That! A World Art Game. |
The response has been very encouraging. I am starting to work on an sequel.
Download the original app and then help us decide what will be included in number 2.
Step One:
The infrastructure of the app has been developed. Not that it won't be a lot more work, but it starts out with my favorite part of the whole process. I select another ten art treasures to be featured in I Can Do That!2.
I visit those art museums websites who have so brilliantly put parts of their collections online and available to media producers. My favorites have been the Brooklyn Museum, National Gallery of Art (DC), Portland Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, LACMA, Walters Art Museum. More are being added to this list almost daily.
Some early contenders for new images are:
Portland Art Museum
Dance Ornament from Papua New Guinea
I love this bird, it exudes such character. This would be a great addition especially because it's from Papua New Guinea, not represented in the first game.
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| Dance Ornament, 19th century. Wood, Turbo petholatus opercula, pigment, 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (18.4 x 15.9 x 32.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Helen Babbott Sanders Fund, 84.109. Creative Commons-BY |
LACMA
Chinese Lion from Japan
In the first version of our game we wanted kids to try and mimic the gesture of the artwork. This is a perfect fit for that objective.
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| LACMA Chinese Lion Scratching Its Chin, Attributed to Kaigyokusai (Masatsugu) (Japan, 1813-1892) Japan, mid- to late 19th century,Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (AC1998.249.282) |
Turkey With A Dog on Its Head
Really, this just makes me smile.
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| Walters Art Museum, Turkey effacy ocarina, Colima, Mexico, 300 BC-AD 200, earthenware |
Step two is to get feedback and suggestions. What would you suggest?
As a museum educator, parent, artist or art lover, what would you like to see included in a game that introduces young kids to the great global art treasures?
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