In “Account of the Week” we talk about Katya Zapolskikh’s Instagram account* artzoo – how to introduce a child to art.

Who

Katya Zapolskikh is the head of lifestyle projects at RBC, a journalist. She is now studying to be an art critic and writes articles about art for RBC Style she. Katya has a daughter, Amina, who often appears on her blog. As Katya said on her visit to the Mum Mama Maam podcast, she believes it’s possible to start taking a child to museums and teaching art at any age.

She has been going to the Hermitage with her daughter since birth, but she believes that a parent should follow a set of rules because mostly the quality of the child’s entertainment depends on it. For example, the optimal time to visit a museum is 30 minutes.

The journalist decided to create his account in quarantine. Based on his experience, he tells subscribers how and why to instill a love of art in children.

About what

The account is quite small – now 5.5 thousand people are subscribed to the Zapolsky blog. The blog will turn 2 years old in August. The blog helps parents learn how to present art to children: what courses to take, what books to buy, what fun or useful toys to find, is it okay to go with a stroller to certain museums and is there a nursery, what to hang in the nursery and where to buy it.

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On this Instagram account, you can find a list of art-historical cartoons to watch together, interviews with invited guests about museum visit experiences with children, art books, and much more. The blog provides answers to questions such as how to prepare a child for a cultural trip, what mistakes should not be made while going to the museum, what contemporary art can teach and the importance of aesthetic education. That’s why, in one of the bloggers, the blogger says that before going to the museum it is necessary to “meet the basic needs” of the children, to keep the child interested in the space, and to choose a time when there will be few people in the museum. museum. He advises not to avoid modern art in favor of classical art – “the child does not have adult stereotypes and it is easier for him to find emotional contact with modern works.”

For whom

For anyone interested in the arts in general and especially those looking for useful tips on how to introduce a child to the arts, book reviews, art toys and looking to find places for exciting leisure time with children.

*Instagram (owned by Meta, a well-known extremist organization in the Russian Federation)