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Try it Out: Yogurt Paintbrushes

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We serve this simple and tasty treat to our summer campers! They love playing with their food, but the paper plate helps confine the chaos and is easy to clean up. Try creating a whole "palette" with different flavors of yogurt! Ingredients  Pre-packaged rice krispy treats Large Popsicle Sticks 1/4 cup yogurt Estimated Time: 10 minutes Steps  1. Unwrap rice krispy treat.  2. Insert popsicle stickle.  3. Serve on paper plate with 1/4 cup yogurt.  Easy as 123! 

Walter Anderson ABC Styrofoam Block Prints

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As part of our June vacation to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, we're revitalizing one of our favorite projects: Walter Anderson ABC Block Prints!  Walter Anderson made a whole series of alphabet prints that inspired this Try It Out! Born in 1903 in New Orleans, LA, Anderson attended some of the finest boarding schools and art academies in the country. His mother Annette McConnell Anderson attended the Newcomb School of Fine Arts in New Orleans and wanted all of her children to become artists. The family bought a tract of land on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1918 with the intention of turning it into a kind of family artist colony that would enable them to create and sell their art. Anderson joined the new family business Shearwater Pottery in 1928, where he lived and created until his death from lung cancer in 1965.  Descendants of the Anderson still live and create in Ocean Springs. Visitors can see his work on display at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in downto

MMM Revealed! Shearwater Pottery

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This pitcher was created by Walter Anderson while he was at Shearwater Pottery! Shearwater has been a part of the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1928. Peter Anderson, Walter Anderson's brother, started the company with the support of their parents George Walter Anderson and Annette McConnell Anderson. Shearwater Pottery is located in Ocean Springs, MS and is still owned and operated by descendants from the Anderson family today! 

What Kiln Fired This Pottery?

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Monday Museum Mysteries are BACK! In this biweekly feature, we unlock the vault and share hidden treasures from our collection. Using the clues in this post, comment below with what you think the answer is. Then, come back next week when we reveal the answer and learn even more about the object!  In honor of summer, we're going to celebrate by going to the beach! Monday Museum Mysteries for the month of June will feature artists and artwork from the Mississippi Gulf Coast!  Look at the pottery set below, do you know what kiln fired it? This pottery is world renowned and has been a part of the Gulf Coast's artistic legacy since 1928. Pottery thrown on a wheel is created using clay sourced from naturally occurring Mississippi and Alabama deposits. Every November, the city where this pottery is located throws an arts festival in honor of the kiln's founder. In 2016 it attracted over 150,000 visitors and 400 vendors! What kiln could have fired this magnificent potter