The Pushkin museum invited children from boarding schools to the art world. With the participation of CHEEKS

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Round the stand in a hall of art Ancient Egypt GMII named after A. S. Pushkina crowds group of school students. Children consider figurines of gods, are whispered, trying to guess the sphere of "responsibility" of everyone. It would seem, a usual situation for the museum if not to know that pupils of Bersenevsky special correctional boarding school of the eighth type came to excursion. For them this not only first "live" acquaintance to culture of ancient civilizations, but also visit of the well-known museum first in life. To see masterpieces of world art not in the form of reproductions or pictures in books children could thanks to the "Pushkin — to Pupils of Orphanages" program organized by the Pushkin museum together with company of CHEEKS and Here and now charity foundation.

The Pushkin museum invited children from boarding schools to the art world. With the participation of CHEEKS

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and Mesopotamia. Guides showed the remained historical relics: sculptures, klinopisny plates, small plasticity, jewelry and household items. Delight the mummy of a cat, a spoon caused papyruses and adaptations in children in the form of the floating girl, for the letter. Children considered long sticks by means of which ancient Egyptians made klinopisny texts, and rejoiced already to that in the writing-books they can write with a habitual ball pen. And on a table it is not so obligatory to hold a figurine of the Ancient Egyptian patron of copyists Tot as it did a little thousands years ago.

The Pushkin museum invited children from boarding schools to the art world. With the participation of CHEEKS

However, already in half an hour children, that without having noticed, got under charms of the mythological character and under the leadership of skilled teachers began to create "hand-written plates", figurines and engravings on master classes in the Center of esthetic education of children and youthes "Museyon" GMII named after A. S. Pushkina. Practical training – the integral element of the program. "We seek not only to show exhibits and technicians of work with art materials, but also to inspire children, to get to fall in love them with art. We hope that much of them this experience will help to look in a different way at the world", – the director of Here and now fund Tulchinskaya Tatyana speaks.

The Pushkin museum invited children from boarding schools to the art world. With the participation of CHEEKS

In studio of the leading Russian art therapist and the artist Dreznina Maria children drew scarabs and other symbols Ancient Egypt. "Quite often on our occupations unexpected talents at children at whom before anything similar it was not observed" are shown, – Dreznina Maria speaks who directs 12 years art and therapeutic studio in "Museyona", and before 15 years worked in the rehabilitation centers.

The Pushkin museum invited children from boarding schools to the art world. With the participation of CHEEKS

On other master classes children learned to work as br with clay and tried the hand in work with the linocut. On slices of linoleum cut out stamps based on excursion, and then by means of ink created color prints on paper.

"The classical museum is not only and not so much a place for storage and art studying. First of all, this space for dialogue of the viewer and the artist, how many would not be centuries between them", – the director emphasizes GMII named after A. S. Pushkina Marina Loshak. She hopes that children who thanks to the project will visit the museum, will come back to it all the life.

The Pushkin museum invited children from boarding schools to the art world. With the participation of CHEEKS

the Bersenevsky boarding school became the first participant of the "Pushkin — to Pupils of Orphanages" program. Until the end of the year organizers plan to capture some more special educational institutions Moscow and Moscow region. Recommendations are formed by Here and now fund. Each boarding school or orphanage wait three trips to the museum, devoted to different subjects. "Children who had no such opportunity earlier, will arrive to the museum. For them it is chance to turn the life differently. Works of art, archaeological exhibits, stories about ancient history for a long time remain in memory, inspire", – the president of group of CHEEKS Georgy Gens is sure.