{"id":613202,"date":"2026-09-27T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/613202\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:28:09","slug":"boy-showcases-his-tiny-gallery-of-artworks-in-melton-mowbray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/613202\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy showcases his &#8216;tiny gallery&#8217; of artworks in Melton Mowbray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Max, who is neurodivergent, said the idea to create a miniature gallery came from visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/crlpwd2prd0o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;lots of cake sheds&#8221;<\/a> near the family&#8217;s home in Melton Mowbray.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;My mummy and I like art and she takes me to see lots of exhibitions and does art activities with me,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There was an art competition at my school, and I did some colourful pieces. So, I thought I could use some for my first exhibition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I also made some mosaic, inspired by French art. My daddy built the tiny gallery box.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Max said he was &#8220;happy and excited&#8221; that people had seen his gallery and had donated more than \u00a3165 to charity so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m raising money for The Air Ambulance Service because they are really important in helping people,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max, who is neurodivergent, said the idea to create a miniature gallery came from visiting &#8220;lots of cake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-613202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}