Art Adventures
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Guided art activities that children and their caregivers can create together, take with them, and replicate at home.
Adventures in ArtMuddy Masterpieces
Unearth your inner artist and bring on the muddy mess! Discover the magic of “nature’s paint” as you mix, squish and swirl your way to a one-of-a-kind creation.
Sundays – Saturdays from 9 AM – 12 PM and Tuesdays – Saturdays from 1 – 3 PM
May 15, May 21 - May 22, May 28 - May 29:
Bookmaking with Stacia Campbell
To you and me, books are literary art. But to artists, they’re also literal art— sculptures that began as trees. Explore art and nature as we make books with local printmaker Stacia Campbell.
Select Thursdays and Fridays from 9 AM – 12 PM
Artist bio: “I am a print maker, book artist, and writer, who combines prose, family photographs, and screen print collages to tell stories in serigraphs and artist’s books. When not in the Evanston Arts Center printmaking studio, I am on my blue couch working on Pinpointing the Sea, a memoir, and revising for publication Staying Found, a novel for adults and young adults. My artwork can be found at Secret World Books in Highland Park and Hive Center for the Book Arts in Evanston.”
Lesson Plans:
- Clay, Coffee, and Creativity: Use your senses to explore different properties of natural materials.
- Red Fish, Blue Fish: Explore colors and shapes while learning the art of Japanese Gyotaku painting.
- Tangible Tech: Reuse pieces of technology to create up-cycled art.
- Paper-Making: Turn scraps into new paper using the pour method.
- Frosty Fabric: Design cold-weather clothes for when Jack Frost comes nipping at your nose.