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Making Art Together

Articles from the Art Studio team document how we design and facilitate creative projects for all ages. Join us as we share materials, ideas, and reflections.
Yellow and orange maple leaves on twigs
At Home Art Studio Collage Nature

Leaping into Leaves

Explore the outdoors, collect leaves, and be inspired by nature to make beautiful works of art. 
painted paper textured with lines
Painting Printmaking

Painting with Found Materials

Explore color-mixing and painting with found objects.
palette with paint being mixed
Painting

In Celebration of Paint

Explore how the set-up and selection of materials can give children the opportunity to explore paint in a self-directed and manageable way.
tray filled with multi-colored paper scraps
Collage

Collage Storytime

How we can continue to explore stories and materials when we aren’t in-person? We share how we developed a multi-sensory, virtual story time that inspires art-making.
Hexagon collages on a wall with signage
Collage Theory and Resources

Reopening and a Collaborative Collage Mural

The process of re-opening the Art Studio during a pandemic challenged us to look at our project design, space, and materials closely. We share what we changed, and what remains unchanged.
Several hexagon shaped collages displayed together, one central collage includes the letters BLM
Theory and Resources

Returning, Re-Evaluating, and Reflecting

As educators we are taking time to reflect on our own gaps in knowledge and research anti-racist teaching practices and approaches.
Drawings divided into panels
At Home Art Studio Drawing

Creative Comics

Create characters, imagine new places or tell a story about yourself!
Print made from pressed springtime flowers
At Home Art Studio Collage Nature Sculpture

Springtime Art Gardens

Explore art inspired by gardens. 
Thread woven through a mesh and tied to a cardboard roll
At Home Art Studio Sculpture

Weave, Fold, Thread, Tie!

Attach materials together without using adhesives.
envelope with drawing of a shore and mountains
At Home Art Studio Bookmaking Collage

Art Through the Mail

Send art through the postal system, or have fun inventing your own at-home mail delivery to share messages with friends and family. 
multi-colored tissue paper layered on a window
At Home Art Studio Collage Sculpture

Reflect, Refract, Reimagine!

Explore materials and how they interact with light.
red, yellow, and blue paper swirls popping up out of a hand-made book
At Home Art Studio Bookmaking Collage

Pop-Ups and Paper Construction

Using paper, glue, and a pair of scissors, you can create interactive art that leaps off the page.