Communicating Astronomy to School Children Through Art
Author(s): Ortiz-Gil, Amelia; Gomez Collado, Miquel
Book Editor(s): Corsini, EM
Conference: 6th International Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena Location: Venice, ITALY Date: OCT 18-23, 2009
Sponsor(s): Ist Veneto Scienze; Lettere Arti; Univ Padua, Astron Dept; INAF, Astronom Observ Padua; Vatican Observ
Source: INSPIRATION OF ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA VI Book Series: Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series Volume: 441 Pages: 479-482 Published: 2011
Artistic activities permeate our culture and our education, mainly because they speak of our most precious and intimate feelings, hopes, fears and sensations. Art constitutes, therefore, a universal language that can communicate and inspire through time and space, addressed to anybody with any kind of background. The power of inspiration of art is a wonderful way to excite children’s imagination while communicating astronomical concepts. We present an example of communicating astronomy through different kinds of art pieces to school children. Also, children artworks are very useful to understand many of their conceptions and misconceptions about astronomical concepts.
