children to engage with and explore its collections. Sue Owen finds out
why the project was a hit with childminders.
Earlier this year, childminders were at the forefront of a project to open up art galleries to young children. It is a subject that divides opinion, and the art world. Only recently, visual artist Jake Chapman dismissed taking children to galleries as 'a total waste of time' because they couldn't begin to understand art. In reply, sculptor Antony Gormley said, 'I don't think art is to be understood - it's to be experienced.'
The viewpoint at the Towner gallery and museum in Eastbourne is that everyone should have the chance to visit. The award-winning contemporary art gallery was established in 1923, with a bequest of 21 paintings by Alderman John Chisholm Towner together with a sum of money to establish 'an art gallery for the people'. In 2009, the gallery moved to a striking new building near the seafront.
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