Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
Ellie Cogsdill, 6, concentrates on painting a Mimbres design
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
Scarlett Avena, 6, pays attention to her design
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
Jake Calloway, 9, works out the details
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
Maria Ormand, 14, paints a design
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
Tasha Pipkins, 11, creates a design
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
A table set up for painting with brushes made of yucca and pottery sherds for inspiration
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
Lucien Cogsdill, 4, paints a bookmark
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
A busy table with busy kids and a parent
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
A happy Gina Mendez-Chacon, 8, starts a design on an ornament.
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
Ellie at the painting table trying out a yucca paintbrush
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
A pueblo model from the 1920s
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
Local artist Cece Stanford and her grandkids, Stella and Calder Leland at the painting table.
CLAY Festival WNMU kid's activities 071023
A family from Taos checks out the exhibits. From back to front are Olga Julinski, Max, Kyle (with camera), Soren and Leif Julinski.
On Monday, July 10, the CLAY Festival had activities for kids and parents at the Western New Mexico University museum. They all involved painting of Mimbres designs, on bookmarks, ornaments or for a special treat, large pieces of paper, with cups of paint to use with brushes made out of yucca. Lining the middle of the table was a group of pottery sherds for inspiration.
Another similar session will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, July 14, at the WNMU Museum.