City Kids Meet Ashcan Art

Duration: 13

Year Published: 1998

Creator: Robert W. Snyder

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Introduces children to the "Ashcan Art" of New York from the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Features the commentary of museum tour guides and the young children from a school in the Bronx speaking about their impressions of the images of New York City 100 years ago. Emphasizes the fluency with which the kids talk about the pictures themselves. Illustrates the importance of showing the children that what they know is important and relevant to the art that they often see as distant from their experience.