Nursery World - Our working relationship: Bringing fine art to children

Greg Lane, nursery manager and creative lead at LEYF Soho Nursery in London, and Zoe Bates, children’s programmer at The National Gallery, work together to provide children with opportunities to experience a wide and diverse range of artistic activities

Together they have organised many trips and activities designed to allow early years children the freedom to explore art through their own perspectives and use their unique ideas and imaginations.

Greg Lane: ‘Just visiting a magnificent building like The National Gallery is so inspirational’

What goals did you set to achieve by working with Zoe?

I’ve always been passionate about bringing big experiences into children’s lives, and that includes art. I think there can be a bit of a misconception that early years is too young to appreciate fine art, but this simply isn’t true. Our children are fascinated by the paintings, reading their own interpretations into what the paintings are showing them.

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