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High School Art Immersion Workshop: Screenprinting to Clay
Grade 9-12 Tuesday - Friday 10:30 am - 3:00 pm April 18 - 21, 2017 Create artworks for your art portfolio or just because! Join two local artists in this 4-day April vacation week exploration of two versatile mediums. For four hours each afternoon, students will immerse themselves in the subjects of ceramics and screenprinting alongside two talented artists. Students will dive into working with clay in the ceramics studio, both on the wheel and building sculptural objects, take a snack break,…
Find out more »Artful Architecture: Design | Fabricate
Grade 5 -8 Tuesday - Friday 1:00 - 5:30 pm April 18 - 21, 2017 Explore how architects, designers and artists approach the creative process! In this 4-day April vacation week program, students will experiment with various raw materials including wood, plaster, clay, metal and paper to develop functional and sculptural forms. Students in grades 5-8 will delve into two subjects, architectural fabrication techniques as well as processes in ceramics, both on and off the wheel. This workshop is a program…
Find out more »LEGO City Cambridge
Friday, April 21, 2017 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Free, RSVP, registration opens March 15th Max 30 participants Join architects from BSA Space to envision the future of Cambridge with LEGO bricks. Learn how the Envision Cambridge planning team is considering sustainability, transportation, housing, parks and open space. Participants will delve into hands-on activities that share their creativity and vision.
Find out more »Torn and Folded: Work by Bill Flynn
Reception: Thursday, April 27, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Artist talk: Wednesday, May 10, 6:00 - 7:00 pm Bill Flynn Draws on Both Sides of the Paper at the Chandler Gallery For 30 years, artist Bill Flynn has been collecting crushed gloves. He is fascinated by the way the random creases reshape each glove into a visually exciting flat piece. Flynn’s glove collection served as a major influence for his latest show at the Chandler Gallery: Each drawing borrows the techniques…
Find out more »Monotypes and More
Adult / Teen 8 Mondays, 10 am - 12:30 pm April 24 – June 19, 2017 Excludes May 29, 2017 Enjoy this self-expressive medium. Explore a variety of processes in printmaking, including viscosity monotype and relief monoprint, in experimental and exciting ways. We will use Akua inks to discover the potential for transparencies and layering. Randy has extensive experience with Akua inks, and highly developed skills in identifying individual needs, skills honed by years of advising students at MassArt.
Find out more »Snack ‘n Track
Monday - Friday, 2 - 3:30 pm Grades K - 5 If your child is unsupervised between arrival of the buses and the beginning of classes, you must sign up your child for Snack 'n Track. What is Snack 'n Track? A program offered to ensure the safe arrival and supervision of students whose parents and guardians are unable to bring them to their art class. Students registered for S'nT either attend the Baldwin School or arrive at the Baldwin School stop via…
Find out more »Hands in the Mud: Clay
Grades 1 - 2 8 Mondays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 24 – June 19, 2017 Excludes May 29, 2017 What does clay feel like? As little hands grow, and their experience of the world expands, clay becomes a perfect way to express and describe and invent reactions to so much that is new and stimulating. The feel of smooth, cool clay, easily shaped into anything, is a sensory pleasure, and once fired, the end result is something that never fails to elicit…
Find out more »Creativity Circus
Grade K 8 Mondays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 24 - June 19, 2017 Excludes May 29, 2017 Let's go to the circus! Build a class circus train with animals and performers through 2D and 3D projects in a variety of mixed media. Storybooks and students ideas will inspire imaginative making and a circus that is real and imagined. Snack 'n Track is available for students who are registering for this class.
Find out more »Paint, Print, Collage
Grades 3 - 5 8 Mondays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 24 – June 19, 2017 Excludes May 29, 2017 Use a variety of printing techniques to create images in multiples. Images will be used as source material for collage and painting projects. Students will explore new directions to take their original prints, engaging in the process of editing and reinventing their own work. Draw, ink and construct and develop all elements of their designs. Snack 'n Track is available for students…
Find out more »Narrative Illustration
Grades 6 - 8 8 Mondays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 24 – June 19, 2017 Excludes May 29, 2017 Tell a story through text and image! Basing our projects on favorite artists, books or personal experiences, we will develop our characters and storyline with sketches. The final project will be to develop a character and utilize the silkscreen printmaking technique to print a T-shirt or a poster. Examples of book illustrations as well as comic books will be shared with the…
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