Davenport, Iowa (March 25, 2014) - The Figge Art Museum will be hosting Kids Design Glass LIVE! on Sunday from 2-5 p.m. in the John Deere Auditorium.
This special event will feature a live feed from the Museum of Glass Hot Shop as they create a brand-new glass sculpture inspired by the Kids Design Glass contest winner, six-year-old Lyric Rice from Rock Island Academy. Lyric and the audience will interact with the Hot Shop team using SKYPE. Admission will be free and open to the public.
The contest ran from February 1-22 with over 350 submissions from area children (12 and under). Drawings came in from museum guests, area schools, students from the Figge's Big Picture Outreach program and Free Family Day.
The Museum of Glass Hot Shop artists had the difficult task of selecting the winning drawing titled: "Foot Woman." Foot Woman was drawn by Lyric at the Lights On For Learning after school program - where the Figge makes weekly visits with the Big Picture outreach program.
Kids Design Glass is currently on display on the fourth floor of the museum and includes 52 colorful glass sculptures and the children's drawings that inspired them. The newest addition by Lyric Rice will become part of the Kids Design Glass collection from the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington. She will also receive her own sculpture from the Museum of Glass to take home.
Kids Design Glass will be on view through May 4, 2014.
