Love Lab Studio

Art Camp goes live Saturday, Feb 28, 8 am
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(more details below)

Here’s to a beautiful + creative summer 2026!

wk 1 - strawberry joy
Jue 29, 30, 1 / Mon, Tues, Wed / 9am - 3pm
Ages 6 - 12

wk 2 - mini garden love
Part 1 - July 6, 7, 8 / Mon, Tues, Wed / 9am - 3pm
Ages 6 - 12
Part 2 - July 9, 10 / Thur, Fri / 9am - noon 1/2 day, younger artists
Ages 4 - 8

wk 3 - sun + clouds + birds 1/2 day, younger artists
Part 1 - July 13, 14, 15 / Mon, Tues, Wed / 9am - noon
Ages 4 - 8
Part 2 - July 16, 17 / Thur, Fri / 9am - noon
Ages 4 - 8

wk 4 - puppet theater
July 20, 21, 22 / Mon, Tues, Wed / 9am - 3pm
Ages 6 - 12

wk 4 - art journals + artist studio visits
July 23, 24 / Thur, Fri 9am - 3pm
Ages 10 - 15

wk 5 - fashion + me
July 27, 28, 29 / Mon, Tues, Wed / 9am - 3pm
Ages 6 - 12

wk 6 - make a dollhouse
August 3, 4, 5 / Mon, Tues, Wed / 9am - 3pm
Ages 6 - 12

wk 7 - all things mud + fairy houses
August 10, 11, 12 / Mon, Tues, Wed / 9am - 3pm
Ages 6 - 12

wk 8 - flower magic
August 17, 18, 19 / Mon, Tues, Wed / 9am - 3pm
Ages 6 - 12

Bringing the joy, the fun, SO much art, lots of choices, plus bits of singing, playing and all the goodness, we are super excited for this summer’s art camps! Each week is a fun theme that we make tons of gorgeous individual + collaborative art about. On the last day of each camp, we have a little “art show” and then artists take all their amazing creations home!

Fun mixed-age camp options:
- Younger artists (ages 4 - 😎 are 1/2 days, 9 am - noon
- Mixed-age artists (ages 6 - 12) are full days, 9 am - 3 pm
- Tad older artists (ages 10 - 15) are full days, 9 am - 3 pm

If you don’t get into your choice, please email us right away through the CONTACT button on our home page to get on the waiting list.
Spots open, and we can also sometimes add extra camps if there is a need 🌈

We 💙our neighbors.

We love you, and we see you.

You aren’t alone.
Keep sharing love, and connecting!

ps as seen in Portland Maine.
Make your own sign at home!

Or little cards for children at home, and bring to the studio we will make sure they get into art kits for families. 🌈💙🩷🌈💙🩷❄️

We’ve been dreaming of this!
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New Saturday afternoon workshop…
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KNIT!
Ages 7-14
Each child will learn basic knitting and work on one, or more, little projects they will complete by the end of 5 weeks.
Price includes all materials.
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AND - We are thrilled to have an amazing, oh so skilled, caring teacher leading this, Cristina Post (with Christina B as her assistant). Please read about Cristina Post and sign up at link in bio, and we can’t wait to knit with you!

This is a long time coming, and will be so rewarding to see all the children knitting.
This is geared toward super beginners, but new knitters welcome!

We have been making thank-you/gratitude leaves with children and community for over 10 years. 🍂🧡

Children tell us! (And I hear this over + over every year)
🤎 all nature!
moon, sun, birds, clouds, ocean, flowers, fish, kitties, bees…

🤎 their community!
mama, Gigi, papa, Oma, sissy…
(And they list friends + teachers!)

🤎art!
Music, Art…(lots of art love)

> They are easy to make!
And a way to co-regulate with art time, break from screens, chat together.

- Cut up any paper, we like paper bags too!
- Decorate any way you want.
- You can use a variety of prompts AND- it’s another way to share and make space for the reality that we are on Indigenous land, athe hard complexity of this day where we also celebrate food + community.

…..While the studio isn’t open this Saturday, we NEED you to keep open + going. Shop with + support us!

Our shop + open studio will next be open :
🧡 this Friday, Dec 5, 3-7!
🧡 then Saturday, Dec 6, 10-4!

🩷❤️🧡 - ONLINE buy a discounted gift card for someone you love, or get one and in the gift line write “scholarship” and we will gift to a child who needs one!
We also have classes up now to sign up for and adding more next week!

🩷❤️🧡 - PLAN to buy your gifts + art supplies from us! We have so many new art supplies you will LOVE (looms, sketchbooks, paints, new art kits- on and on!)

🩷❤️🧡 - GIVE to our community work by making a gift to the studio or you can also support the lantern walk + it’s tax deductible online.

We are thankful for you.
- Love Lab Studio team

Open Studio + Shop is back!
Friends, after a big out breath for the last 2 months, doing lots of work out in community, we are now back for an IN breath in the studio!
Once again, we open up our creative studio for you to see, + create!
Drop in community style.
> this Saturday, November 22, 10-3
> Theme is: leaves + weaving!
Things we will be doing:
🍂 MAKING sweet gratitude leaves inspired by Maine Native Plants to hang on a window or gather for table or garland with drawing, cutting, painting, writing, tieing and more.
🍂WEAVING tiny or larger paper weavings + decorating them for a table + each other.
🍂 SEW + weave on our collaborative sewing table or giant loom
🍂 GIVE if you can, bring non-perishable food items for our giant food can the children have made, we will be giving all to the that gather food in mutual respect to feed our local children. It’s super fun + powerful for children to put food in the giant food can (and touch the giant spoon too).
🍂SHOP small! Our tiny window shop will be open and will have such good new items all month! Tomorrow, a portion of each sale will go to a fund that is supporting a local family and children through
🍂READ you can look at our books, with some beautiful books from
🍂 LOOK at our evolving window display, the friend of our window art at the of Maine Native Plants!
🍂WAVE and just say hi, we love to see you
Come on by!
If you stay and do inside projects we have a sliding scale, if you just swing by and say hi and shop it’s free.
PS check out our winter art afterschool! It’s going to be so good, and you sign up 1 month at a time!
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So much LIGHT last night!

Around 400 of you brought your light to walk, sing, dance, eat apples and just be together!

The Portland Lantern Walk 2025 expanded our hearts and gave us so much joy + hope.

Thank you to everyone

> We co-create this project together - and if you are able and haven't chipped in yet, we need you!
Each donation gets a "be the light" sticker.

Make a tax deductible donation at link in bio (portlandlanternwalk.org) or reach out!

In love + lantern light, Christina + Emilia + PLW team

PS More pictures to follow

Today is The Lantern Walk!

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Deering Oaks Park
5 pm gather + apples + live music with Emilia Dahlin
We walk at dusk!

ASL interpretation, free apples from the locker project, plus fawns coffee + empanada club food trucks. Stage joy from the children at Love Lab Studio.

It’s one of the most hopeful gatherings out there!
Come bring the light with us!

We are so grateful to be able to offer ASL interpretation again this year at the walk and for the stage!
Please spread the word 🧡

The Portland Lantern Walk is back.
THE WALK
> Sunday, October 19th, 5 pm gather, 6 walk ... Deering Oaks Park..music - Emilia Dahlin + community sing, ASL interpretation, fawns coffee + empanada food trucks, free apples from Locker Project + so much joy + hope
LANTERN MAKING WORKSHOPS
Next one is…
> Saturday, Oct 18, Farmers Market Deering Oaks

Join us for this all community, free event!
Our individual lights shine so bright, when we come together.
Bring a lantern, make one with us, or we will have some at the walk!
THANK you to all our beloved partners + sponsors

Come make LIGHT with us!
Today!
Free lantern making!

Saturday Oct 4th
10-3 at Love Lab Studio

> new lantern BABY OWLS!!🦉🧡🧡🧡

Come make your own + say hi!!