There Are Plenty of Choices at LACMA for Our Children

My children and I, who attend Family Day at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art every Sunday, feel that Marisa Silver misrepresented the event in her article (“Aren’t Real Artifacts of History Good Enough for Our Kids?,” Nov. 29).

My two children did not make the medallions that the Silver children did, but they did make tile mosaics of their own design and laurel leaves to wear on their heads. There were six or seven project booths to choose from, and not just the medallion project that involved tracing popular culture characters.

If Silver thought the project stooped to a “level so low,” why didn’t she encourage her children to make their own designs or to “direct their attention”--as she did with “careful editing” when showing her sons the Pompeii exhibit--to another booth with a more creative project?

The truth is, Silver made a big deal out of nothing. So one project involved popular culture images. For that she is going to condemn the entire museum? If she was unhappy with the projects at Family Day, she could’ve shown her children any of the five buildings filled with art for a truly educational experience.

ROSE SELEVY

Los Angeles