On October 19 and 20, the “28th Outdoor Art Festival in Nishinomiya” was held at Rokutanji Park.
The Outdoor Art Festival is a citizen-participation cultural project run by Nishinomiya City together with the Nishinomiya City Cultural Promotion Foundation and the Nishinomiya Art & Culture Association. Its aim is to give artists, residents, students, and children a chance to experience art and culture in an open outdoor setting, where they can feel close to art, interact with it, and connect with one another.
I went to the event too, so I’d like to share a little of what it was like.
This is the event sign.
This year’s theme was apparently “Start.”
There were also some huge letters.
This is the exhibition for the “Calligraphy and Painting Performance.”
The sensibilities of elementary school students are so fresh and wonderful.
This is the “Art Flag” exhibition.
These works were created by junior high school students, Miyanomizu Junior, and the Koto Children’s Painting Group.
This is an exhibition of poems by elementary school students.
I’d love to introduce them one by one, but there were so many.
Some of them were so impressive that you wouldn’t believe they were written by elementary schoolers.
A mini concert was also being held on the stage.
Music is, of course, art too.
There was also a log-cutting area.
Would this count as art too?
There was also a photo exhibition.
A flea market was being held as well.
Here’s what it looked like.
There were all kinds of other booths too.
There were also lots of booths run by university students.
The venue as a whole was packed with people and full of energy.
I felt like there were especially many families with children.
Maybe some of their own works were on display.
Being able to enjoy and experience art from elementary or junior high school age is such a valuable opportunity.
