Dripped watercolor paint creating pools of color
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Making Art Together

The Art Studio facilitates creative projects for all ages. Join us as we share materials, ideas, and reflections.

A young guest explores glue and its sticky qualities.
A child pulling back lift flaps on their black accordion fold book to reveal colorful red collage papers.
Bookmaking Collage

Bookmaking with Second Graders

Explore how to make pop-ups and lift flaps with elementary students.
Two people sitting at a table painting with red, yellow, and blue tempera cakes on white paper.
Drawing Painting

Drawing Day

A recap of our annual Drawing Day.
Three homemade stamp pads, one red, one blue, and one yellow.
Painting Printmaking Theory and Resources

Make Your Own Stamp Pads

Create your own customizable stamp pads with tempera paint and upholstery foam.
A hand cutting a piece of purple self-adhesive foam with a pair of yellow scissors.
Painting Printmaking Theory and Resources

Make Your Own Foam Stamp

Using self-adhesive foam and a base, create a customizable stamp.
An assortment of papers across the colors of the rainbow that have been cut from images in magazines. Some images include oranges, grass, and water.
Collage Nature

A Green Thumb

Cut-up old magazines to reuse as colorful collage papers.
A Very Hungry Caterpillar made from red and green found materials including bottle caps and styrofoam shapes.
Collage

Happy Very Hungry Caterpillar Day!

Check out the recycled material caterpillars being made in the studio!
A hand holding a homemade printmaking tool, where a yarns and plastic mesh have been attached to a large PVC pipe.
Printmaking Theory and Resources

Printing with Found Materials 2

Create your own rolling stamp with found materials and spray adhesive.
A spiky plastic ball leaving grooved textures on a strip of grey clay.
Infants and Toddlers Sculpture

Playing with Clay

Explore clay with infants and toddlers.
A hand applies red paint to a styrofoam packing material using a roller.
At Home Art Studio Painting Printmaking

Printing with Found Materials

Explore the printmaking process using recycled materials as stamps!
Three educators sitting and printmaking at a large table in the Art Studio.
Painting Printmaking

Possibilities in Print Workshop

Check out what educators did in one of our recent professional development workshops.
A painted paper display in the window constructed with sheet protectors and metal ring holders.
Painting Theory and Resources

Rainbow Window Shades

Create your own colorful window shade inspired by Eric Carle’s artmaking.
Baskets of drawing tools and glue sticks next to a stack of papers on a tray with a sign that says "how can you change paper without using scissors?"
Drawing Theory and Resources

On Limitations...

Read about why the Art Studio intentionally limits materials for each Everyday Art Project.