Art program to auction works by pre-schoolers — and hopes to raise $10K!

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Scribble Art Workshop seeks to raise money for low-income students. Don't say 'My kid could do that' before you see these beauties!

Think your kid could do that? Well, you’re right — but it’s unlikely your kid’s fingerpainting be sold for $3,000 at an auction.

But Scribble Art Workshop will sell off three dozen works by their pre-school “artists” — some as young as 17 months old — in hopes of raising tens of thousands of dollars for scholarships to the after-school program on Broadway near 212th St.

“This is not art to put on the refrigerator,” said mother Kate Wilson who plans to spend at least $800 to buy the three-by-six abstract painting, “Draw to the Music,” which was created by her daughter, Ella, 10, working with a group of 2 year olds.

“We are going to spend a lot of money on this,” Wilson added.

Starting bids range from $50 to $150 — depending on size of the canvas, rather than renown of the artists. Some of the three-dozen works — which were created by the tots as they rolled around, drew on or spilled onto fiberboards — may go for $3,000.

But don’t expect to own a Monet.

“They’re kinda pretty,” said veteran art critic and Paper Magazine Senior Editor Carlo McCormick, “but you won’t find the next Picasso or Banksy. The bidding will come from proud parents.”

But “proud parents” is just another way of saying “art lovers.” After all, the works by the two dozen “Mini Scribblers” is not paint-by-numbers hackery, but bona-fide paintings.

For example, the youngsters used their hands, butts and limbs as brushes producing “Body as Art Tool” - a four-panel piece with echoes of Rothko.

The tots also produced “Drip, Drop & Pour,” a tryptich reminiscent of Jackson Pollack, albeit with a wider funnel.

No matter how much money it goes for, it’s art.

“We just give them paint and then they explore. They scratch, they push the paint around, they love touching and feeling,” said Scribble founder Sasha Schwartz.

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