At the Studio

Next Wednesday At the Studio will be launching a new virtual art series on FIBER ART! This class is designed for students ages 7-14. Over the course of 8 weeks we will be exploring the endless world of fiber art. We will be knitting, weaving, knotting, and stitching! We'll even spend a couple weeks with macramé. If you have a kiddo who loves to use their hands and make stuff-don't miss out!
Send a message for details on how to reserve a spot.
Virtual classes are held every Wednesday 3:45-4:30.

Our virtual Land Art Series is coming to an end next week. Our young artists have accomplished so much over the past 8 weeks. We've gathered inspiration from our sweet desert landscape and learned about other landscapes and land artists from all across the globe. We created paintings using our own earth pigments. We've balanced rocks and built sculptures out of sticks and twigs. We've carefully taken inventory of the colors which surround us and found creative and respectful ways to incorporate these colors into our land art. It's been a blast! If you missed out on this series, no worries!
The next virtual Art Series will be exploring the limitless land of FIBER ART! Students will be learning several different weaving, knotting, and knitting techniques as well as creating their own looms! Lots of exciting new projects in the works for this upcoming virtual series.

This virtual Fiber Art Series will be held on Wednesday afternoons at 3:45PM. Classes start October 21st!

Message for details on how to enroll your kiddo! Ages 7-`14.

This afternoon our aspiring young artists were introduced to the inspirational Land Artist Andy Goldsworthy. We explored patterns in his work and made connections to our own landscape. Afterwards we ventured outdoors to create pattern art using only materials found in nature.
Here are a few of the outcomes.
Virtual classes are weekly. Ages 7-12. Message for details on how to get your kiddo involved.

This afternoon we gathered, hammered, smashed, crushed, grinded, sifted, blended and experimented with earth pigments in an attempt to make our very own paint! What a fun experience! We discovered different textures and outcomes in our final products.
Stay tuned next week as we explore the talented Land Artist Andy Goldsworthy and find interesting ways to create patterns outdoors.
There's still time to get your kiddo enrolled.
Message for details.
Ages 7-13.

Here are a few Land Art Challenge results from this afternoon: Self Portraits.
The results were very unique!
Next week our Land Art Challenge is to make our own paint pigments from nature...
Stay tuned to see what we discover!
Message for info on how to get your kiddo involved!
Virtual Land Art Series (Ages 7-13)

Such a fun first virtual Land Art class! Students became familiar with the talented artist Jonna Jinton and learned how landscapes influence art and the process by understanding their own. Students did a backyard supplies search and collected rocks for their first Land Art challenge: Balancing Rock Sculptures!
The results are impressive! It required a lot of patience and focus.
Message if interested in enrolling your kiddo (ages 7-13)!
We still have many more exciting Land Art projects to create!

At the Studio has MISSED you!! These are crazy, scary, and uncertain times and all I want is to make healing, fun performance art with your talented kids. Art brings a deeper purpose into our lives and helps us understand the world around us in a way that is truly unique. Kids need ART more than ever before!!
That being said, At the Studio is embarking into the virtual world of arts education by offering an "after school" performance/fine arts program 4 days a week: Mondays/Tuesdays/ Thursdays/Fridays.
Each week At the Studio will offer 4 classes.
This program is available for children ages 8-13

1st Virtual Session will run: August 10th-October 9th

Monday--Visual Arts 3:30PM-4:30PM
Tuesday--Dance 3:30PM-4:30PM
Thursday--Theater 3:30PM-4:30PM
Friday-Music Matters 3:30PM-4:30PM

Families can register their child in as few as 1 class per/week or as many as 4 classes per/week at affordable rates!
Please message me for details regarding the different options.

Somedays it really does feel like we're on a "Road to Nowhere", but we'll take that ride.
I hope you come along.

Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere (Official Video) Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere," from the 1985 album Little Creatures.

Wow! We did It! We successfully pulled off 4 snapshot musicals and an encore song in only 8 days!!
The students danced, sang, and acted their hearts out this afternoon for a solid 35 minutes!!
There was action, suspense, heartfelt songs, and tons of laughter!
Thank you to everyone who came out and/or helped out!! Thanks to Funhouse movement theater and the Paulo Freire Freedom School - University for your generosity in making this session possible!
Your children continue to inspire me with their passion, talents and dedication!
Can't wait for next summer!!
Enjoy your summer magic makers!!
❤

Week 2 is off to a fabulous start!
We have had a very full day of workshopping our snapshot musicals! Stage design and costuming is in full swing and the designs are impressively infused with the elements!!
Join us this Thursday at 1:30PM for an entertaining afternoon filled with music, theater, art and dance!

Hard to believe our first week is already completed!! We have created an abundance of magic in a teensy window of time! Our artists have successfully written 2 snapshot musicals on the Earth's elements and even composed 2 original songs! Today we began designing costumes, stage props and found a common thread during our writer's workshop to tie all 4 element snapshot musicals together!
We cannot wait for next week!!
Happy creating this weekend.
We'll see you At the Studio!

Day 2 was music to our ears!!
We have quite an impressive and diverse group of musicians with us this summer...
We created ensembles, performed a score, created a music web, and jammed to our favorite tunes today!
At the Studio artists began writing the first element vignette: Earth. We are introducing the Goddess Nia, healer of the Earth. The role for our villian will be played by none other than all things Global Warming. And the role for our S/hero goes to EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). There's quite a battle developing...
Several musicians have even begun composing original songs.
There's so much more story to be written and songs to be sung. Stay tuned...