Children & The Red Thread

Juneau’s youngest artists had an opportunity to 
display their incredible creativity in an elegant setting, with live piano music and red refreshments, including chocolate dipped strawberries and cranberry sparkling cider.  The “Children and the Red Thread” event featured over 150 pieces by local toddler and preschool artists from 15 different early learning programs, at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center as part of the First Friday Gallery Walk on Friday September 3rd 2010. Local child care programs were each given a skein of red yarn as a medium, to see what children could create. Many of the pieces reflected our southeast Alaskan environment – from life size halibut, a catch of red crabs, to a magical macaroni mermaid.   

The event was hosted by AEYC and thread in celebration of the first anniversary of thread: Alaska’s Child Care Resource and Referral Network in Juneau.  thread is the new name and brand for the Child Care Resource and Referral services funded through a grant from the State of Alaska Dept. of Health and Social Services.  The network joins together across the state to: help parents find quality care, support the quality and professional development of early learning programs, and to promote community awareness and support for affordable quality child care.

The artwork will be on display through October 15 at the our office in the Juneau Empire building, second floor north, 3100 Glacier Highway, Suite 215