Friday, June 22, 2012

Gospel Music Festival & Morbid Curiosity

We finished up our FIRST WEEK of summer camp by attending a gospel concert at the Chicago Cultural Center! We watched two acts perform in the beautiful building designed by Tiffany and Company! One of our campers, Tre, enjoyed the first group of performers because of their simplicity. Jada enjoyed the second group, pictured below, because of their vibrant color schemes, passion, and amazing voices.

The building was so large and filled with staircases leading all over the place, so it was easy to explore. We ended up in an exhibit which showcased mash up photographs of Brazilian locals, the rainforest, and animals. Nelson enjoyed this exhibit the most because there was no violence, and Jenna enjoyed the exhibit's colorful uniqueness. Check out our group picture in front of a row of these vibrant pieces of art.

Next, we went to see an exhibit called "Morbid Curiosity", although we were a bit nervous about how gruesome it seemed! Tre said this exhibit made him think that people do many things we shouldn't do, Keiara thought it was cool and creepy. Jenna informed us that there were many hidden messages within the art work that she was able to recognize because of her history classes at school. Jada liked the skull pictures, Riane was particularly fond of a red statue with a skull face, and Mark learned many new things. See one of the skulls from the exhibit below?

Finally, we took a walk and enjoyed the sunshine along State Street, and ended up at State and Adams for "Color Jam", where all four corners of the intersection were painted in hues of blue, green, pink, and red. Of course, we had to take a picture!

Today was a lovely day and a terrific end to our first week of summer camp! We have tons of activities and field trips planned so keep checking our blog to see what we're up to!







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