Shriya
Laksmi’s Creation
Took Her Family to Visit New York City’s
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sachi
G. Dastidar
In the 2020-2021 academic
year little Shriya (Lakshmi) Ghosh Dastidar, a first grader in Public School
133 of School District 26 of Queens Borough of New York City, won accolade by
being selected as the creator of top art work in her grade. Shriya is the
daughter of Shuvo and Sumedha. The award was announced in spring. Before the
school year ended in July the world famous attraction of Metropolitan Museum of
Art began display of selected art work of New York City primary through high
school students. The museum is located in the Museum Mile of New York City’s
Manhattan borough, next to the Central Park. Her parents and grandparents weren’t
able to visit Manhattan, the other part of New York City they live in until
Sunday, July 31, 2021. Incidentally, Shriya’s father went to the same primary school
and her grandfather was elected in 1996 to her School District 26 making grandpa
the first person of her heritage to be popularly elected in New York State when
they formed a tiny minority.
These days, because of
Covid crisis, one has to get an entry ticket for a particular time, and wear a face mask. Although New York City is almost near normal, yet some restrictions
are maintained for greater good.
So on Sunday, Shriya got
up early, had breakfast, and left for the museum in the morning, with her
parents and grandparents. It turned out to be a perfect day for travel with
bright sunshine and moderate temperature. The city and the museum were real
busy with tourists. It gave her family a chance to visit the huge museum after
a long time. Truly speaking, it takes more than a day to go through the entire
museum covering human history of thousands of years. After the visit, her aunt
Pishi and uncle Pishey, Joyeeta and Edward, took her for a treat to celebrate her achievement.
The visit started with
the section containing New York City students’ art work, followed by other
sections of ancient art work.
Here are some pictures
from the visit:
The
Museum of Modern Art
The
Museum of Modern Art
Waiting
for Opening of the Museum
Shriya
Showing her Painting of ”Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood”
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Note
on Painting of “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” of Shriya
Shriya
Showing her Artwork to Visitors
Panel
Display of Shriya with Other Grades
Another
Panel of Student Work
Another
Panel of Student Work
Student
Art Work Appreciated by Shriya
With
Family
Ancient
Greek Art
Ancient
Buddhist Art
Arts
of the Indian Subcontinent
Arts
of Ancient Indian Subcontinent, now Pakistan
Art
of Ancient India
Arts
of Hindu Deity, Ancient India
Art
of Ancient China
Japanese
Garden
Ancient
Egyptian Art
Nearby Guggenheim Museum
Shriya
Explaining to Her Mother
Shriya
at Her Painting
Congratulations to Shriya
and her parents. Best wishes.
