Editor,
I am a fifth grade student at Monte Vista Elementary School. Last Friday, my class went to the University of New Mexico Art Museum next to Popejoy Hall. My friends and I were very excited to see the art at UNM. When we got to the Center for the Arts, we were calm, quiet and well-behaved. Then the museum staff told my teacher that children under 12 years of age do not appreciate art. We were turned away.
I believe my class is a very artistic class. We have some great artists in our class, and we were all very excited to visit the UNM Art Museum. Last summer, I had the privilege of going to the Louvre, and I was welcomed to go in and see great art. I wish I could have seen the art in the UNM Art Museum, too.
Sam Allred
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