Families welcome to join us monthly for free crafts
at Artists’ Exchange on the last Saturday of each month!

11am - 2pm

Craft bash themes are not only designed to be fun art activities for kids but also enriching learning opportunities. The arts can work as a tool for strengthening skills in all disciplines by offering alternative ways to think about core subjects. Many art projects unknowingly have ties to math, science and history. By exemplifying these concepts throughout the project, kids can build their art skills while learning cross-curricular information at the same time.

April 28th	- Fairy Houses: Build a home for the fairies in your garden! How will it stand up? How will you make the roof? Put your thinking cap on and celebrate earth day as you construct your home out of materials collected from spring cleaning in the garden. Use what we have or bring materials of your own to add to it.
May 26th	- Paint the Town: Put your lab coats on because this is a messy one. Kids will be making their own paints to use outside on the sidewalk at Artists’ Exchange then bring you paints home to paint at home. Get the recipe here!
June 30th	- Mondrian: Study the work of Piet Mondrian and his famous Broadway Boogie Woogie. Using elements of music and the architecture of the city, kids will create their own geometric paintings.
July 28th	- Andy Goldsworthy: Sculptor and environmentalist, Andy Goldsworthy creates site-specific sculptures and land art in natural and urban settings using only natural materials. After learning about Goldsworthy’s work, kids will build their own sculptures to take home or add to the large installation at Artists’ Exchange. Use what we have or bring materials of your own to add to the sculptures.
August 25th	- Cyanotype Prints: Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blueprints. Apply this same process to create prints from nature and everyday objects. Use our materials or bring your own objects to print.
September 29th	- Op Art Illusions and Patterns: Trick your eyes! Study optical illusions and learn how lines, patterns and shading can create these illusions. Create a drawing that can trick anyone into seeing what is not really there!
October 27th	- Moroccan Tiles: Create a clay tile in the style of classic Moroccan pottery and architecture. *These pieces will be available for pick up the following Saturday
November 24th	- The Golden Spiral: Using the mathematical Fibonacci sequence, find objects that we see every day and relate them to the mathematical pattern to create unique nature illustrations.
December 29th	- Once Upon A Starry Night: Talk about the stars and patterns in the sky and create artwork inspired by your favorite constellation. As we also examine the famous painting Starry Night, perhaps there is a constellation in this painting.
January 26th	- Upcycled Wearables: Design a new belt or bag. Create a vest or hat. When armed with a box full of recyclables or commonly discarded items, what will you create?
February 23rd	- Collage the World: Where are you from? Create a visual map that tells the story of your heritage, culture and identity that is uniquely you.
March 30th	- What is Felt Anyway?: Study the ancient, sustainable art form of felting as we create functional pieces of art using materials direct from their source! Kids will work with raw sheep wool, soap and water to make one of a kind pieces of felt.

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