Our Visit to Spark! Dallas

A few weeks ago, my daughter and I visited Spark! Dallas with her class as part of a special Field Trip. Apparently some art teachers in the district had had some sort of retreat there, loved it and, recommended it. The fourth grade acted as the guinea pig for this mysterious place.

I had never hear of it before. Each summer I look for places to visit with my kids and I had never hear it mentioned before… until now.

The place is in downtown Dallas, south of the convention center. One of the parents told me it is under what used to be the Sears building. Yes. Under. As in the basement.

We rode the bus with the students and arrived at the old building, found the entrance and saw a big room with many tables surrounded by all kinds of art. It looked meant to do what they advertise in their motto: “adventures in creativity”.

It was a field trip, so one of the teachers there told the students what was expected of them as they sat down in front of materials that they were not to use… yet.

Then, they left the tables and were led to another door where they faced this gigantic metallic playground that went beyond all of my expectations. It was high and low, it went inside the walls and through the walls. It was amazing.