Kids’ art to celebrate environment

By: centraljersey.com
BASKING RIDGE – "Nature Through a Child’s Eyes," a children’s art show with an environmental theme, is on exhibit at the Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center at 190 Lord Stirling Road.
The show runs through Sunday, Feb. 13, every day except major holidays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free.
More than 300 pieces of art have been created by Somerset County kindergarten through sixth-grade students. The works communicate their views of nature and the environment though application of textures, shapes and colors.
Past projects have included fall leaves printed with tempera, nature landscapes in pastels and impressions of trees. For information on the exhibit or other center activities, call 908-766-2489. Information on this event and other Somerset County Park Commission activities also may be found at www.somersetcountyparks.org.