Art Exhibits San Diego

The task of teaching children the artistic value of a gigantic cushion cheeseburger, a portrait of Mickey Mouse or a gaggle of hanging yellow rubber duckies is daunting at best. But the Children's Museum of San Diego has risen to the challenge with an exhibition exploring the recurrent themes and iconography of 1950s and 1960s Pop Art titled "POP! Goes the Museum/En El Museo."

The task of teaching children the artistic value of a gigantic cushion cheeseburger, a portrait of Mickey Mouse or a gaggle of hanging yellow rubber duckies is daunting at best. But the Children's Museum of San Diego has risen to the challenge with an exhibition exploring the recurrent themes and iconography of 1950s and 1960s Pop Art titled "POP! Goes the Museum/En El Museo."

When asked about their early experiences making art at school, eyes roll and a collective groan rises from a group of graduate art students sitting on a gallery floor at the San Diego Museum of Art. "I remember a bunch of materials thrown on the table--macaroni, yarn and glue--and we were told to make something." "I felt intimidated that what I was drawing didn't look correct." "I can't remember anything that we worked on as a class."

When asked about their early experiences making art at school, eyes roll and a collective groan rises from a group of graduate art students sitting on a gallery floor at the San Diego Museum of Art. "I remember a bunch of materials thrown on the table--macaroni, yarn and glue--and we were told to make something." "I felt intimidated that what I was drawing didn't look correct." "I can't remember anything that we worked on as a class."