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Saturday in the Studio/ Museum of Contemporary Art Summer Studio/Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art I have an on going love affair with young artists and the positively open, spontaneous and joyful willingness that allows them to be inventors and detectives continually discovering ways to express and playfully explore. Three semesters and a summer studio make up . . . → Read More: Saturday in the Studio
I love this time of year when the Contemporary Art Center kids art classes conclude and I have the chance to share a few of the results. These images are from the 9-11 year old ‘Saturday . . . → Read More: Art Classes for Children I enjoyed a delightful week creating with over 500 students at Thoroughgood Elementary in Virginia Beach. Each class K-5 had a different experience. Here are some wee ones in second grade enjoying some time ‘down at the river bank’ drawing with ‘paint in a stick’. it always brings a sense of wonder . . . → Read More: Springing Forward
I recently heard that we, our brain and the direction it will take us, is fully formed at age six. May this sprite retain her clarity and joy. I think I’ll take my inner six year old into the studio for some real playtime today. Share on . . . → Read More: Art as Play Yesterday I had the complete and tremendous joy of presenting the ‘Clearing Creativity Salon’ for and with a group of artists and art’s educators at a hidden jewel of a center called Alternatives Inc. On the natural calendar of the Earth Wheel January represents the moon of cleansing and release. Throughout the . . . → Read More: The Clearing Creativity Salon Saturday in the Studio: the ‘gang’ (sans one little guy who had already split) as they prepare to head home after 7 weeks of creating what they want as they want. What a riot. There was not a moment of them being bored or wondering what to do. Their last day was a . . . → Read More: It’s a Wrap ‘Art in the Park’ which I present at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia http://www.cacv.org/ was a delight…9 six year old girls and paint…what could be better than that. We sketched in First Landing State Park despite the 100 degree temps (though we didn’t stay out as long as we would have liked) . . . → Read More: Summer afternoon… Summer afternoon This past weekend I traveled four hours to Lynchburg College where I presented a workshop for The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts http://www.vmfa.museum/osp/drozda.html . There I met a grand group of young artists and together we created field guides called Nature Notebooks. Afterward I was introduced to http://www.turtlesinties.com/ Bilingual Media for Kids . . . → Read More: Turtles in Ties I’ll be driving over to the mountains this weekend to present…Nature Study Handmade Books at theDaura Gallery atLynchburg College, Lynchburg VirginiaSunday January 20 This is a fabulous workshop that combines observing, writing, drawing, painting, print-making and assemblage. It all begins with ‘I Spy with My Artist’s Eye’, a warm-up game that helps young artists . . . → Read More: Nature Notebook Children’s Workshop |
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