Making Art Together

Party Time! Occasions for Creating

October 31st, 2017

What inspires us to create? Recently we’ve been thinking about how we can create occasions for making, and how this making in turn shapes or becomes part of the occasion itself. In order to explore this further, I decided to turn a recent outreach program into a party. READ MORE

Music, Motion, and Marks: Oil Pastels and Long Paintbrushes

October 3rd, 2016

On one of our Friday morning sessions of Materials Play this year, we offered a two-phase invitation to create. At our low table, toddlers and preschoolers experimented with chubby oil pastels on large white pieces of paper. When they felt done with the pastels, they brought the paper over to a setup on the floor to play with paint brushes taped to long sticks and black tempera paint while standing. READ MORE

Stencil and Paint Experiment Workshop

September 2nd, 2016

Charged with designing one of this summer's Let's Make Art Together family workshops, Helen Austin and Anne Hayes, two of our summer interns, designed an exploration of painting and printmaking techniques inspired by This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen. Anne and Helen describe their project here.

August 5th, 2016

If you’re a parent or educator, hearing the name Eric Carle probably brings many colorful pictures mind. His iconic tissue paper collages are loved by many. We’ve come up with a few alternative materials and processes so that children and adults can have a fun and successful experience creating their own visually-textured collage papers. READ MORE

Homemade Texture Rubbing Plates

May 13th, 2016

The Art Studio has a long history of offering texture rubbing plates to add visual texture to art work. We?ve used them to add interest to collage cats and birds, and in at least a few other collage projects. Doing texture rubbings with young children can be a bonding experience because they sometimes need another hand or two to help them! READ MORE