♪ Yeah, we'll make it right on City Island ♪
[upbeat music]
- Hello class!
Your art teacher, Ms. Easel, and I
are very excited for today's field trip!
- The Mayor has asked our class
to paint a mural for the city on this wall.
- Mayor Sitwell!? I better bring my A game today.
- I want everyone to paint a picture
of your favorite place in City Island.
- There's so much I love about City Island.
I can't decide what I want to paint.
I have painters block.
- I know a place around the corner
that just might give you some ideas.
- Is it an idea store?
- No. But that's a good idea.
- Wow. What is this place?
- This is the City Island Art Museum.
It's a place with art from all over the world
for the whole community to see.
- What kind of art?
I'm a bit of an expert in comic books.
So if it's comic books,
I could probably lead the tour.
- Let's go inside so you can see for yourself.
This is the painting gallery.
- Cool pictures.
Oh, I like this one.
It looks delicious.
What kind of art is this, Ms. Easel?
- One of the best things about art
is that it can speak for itself.
- Hi, I'm Pigment.
I may look like a bowl of fruit, but I'm a still life.
That means I'm a painting of an arrangement of objects.
- Cool. So art is flat paintings of things?
- Art comes in all shapes and sizes.
This is the sculpture gallery.
- Whoa. What's this?
Are you from outer space?
- I'm from Earth, just like you.
My name is Abby. I'm an abstract sculpture.
My look is more about feelings than real things.
- I feel like you look awesome.
- Thanks!
Come by the museum anytime and we can hang.
- I get it.
Art looks like something and sits still so you can see it.
- That's true. But art can move too.
This is the motion gallery.
Some people find it very moving.
- Hilarious.
- Wow. Look at this one.
Are you a merry-go-round?
- Nope. I'm Zoe the Zoetrope.
When my pictures spin fast enough, they start to move.
I'm a cartoon. Whee!
[mechanical clacking]
- I hope one day I can be a cartoon.
Wow! I never knew there were so many different kinds of art.
I'm totally inspired.
- I thought you would be.
Are you ready to head back to the mural?
- I sure am.
I know just what to paint.
- That's a really cool painting, Watt!
- Thanks, Windy.
This is a place that really inspired me.
- Brilliant work, class.
Mayor Sitwell, are you enjoying the mural?
- I love it!
It looks just like City Island.
A beautiful mix of cultures and ideas.
This is a mural that everyone can enjoy!
- Oh thanks, Mayor. The class did help too.
- I think that everyone gets an A plus.
- Yay!
[upbeat music]
01x11 - Art Museum
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Watt takes part in all sorts of activities in his community, and meets interesting people along the way.
Watt takes part in all sorts of activities in his community, and meets interesting people along the way.