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 blue and pink monotype print with textured lines.
Painting Printmaking Theory and Resources

Monotype Prints in a Drop-in Setting

Learn how we developed monotype programming in the studio.
A postcard to the moon with a collage moon on black background with the words "The shimmering 'WOW!'"
At Home Art Studio Collage Drawing Nature

Kate's Special Sunday: Postcards to the Moon

Create your own postcards inspired by the moon!
Red, orange, and yellow yarns on a white wall.
At Home Art Studio Infants and Toddlers Sculpture

From Sticky Strings to Scribble Sculptures: Our New Toddler Area Installation

A toddler-made sculpture installation using yarn and glue.
Four night-sky themed dioramas lined up on a wooden table.
Collage Sculpture

Setting the Stage for Storytelling

Explore how a simple cardboard box can become a back drop for stories.
A child painting with orange and yellow paint onto a white piece of paper.
Painting Theory and Resources

Painting in a Drop-In Setting

Explore how the Art Studio at The Carle facilitates painting in a drop-in setting.
A black and metallic colored mobile on a splatter-painted night sky backdrop.
Sculpture

Materials, Movement and Mobiles

Make mobiles inspired by the night sky using found materials.
Baskets on a tray filled with colorful tape, straws, and scissors.
Sculpture

Party Time! Occasions for Creating

Explore how having a party can be inspiration for artmaking!
Two young children cutting colorful construction paper at a table.
At Home Art Studio Sculpture

Paper Cut Patterns

Experiment with paper and scissors to create layered artwork.
An adult prints circles onto white paper using a cardboard tape roll and tempera paint.
Painting Printmaking

Natalie's Special Sunday: Paint With It All; Big and Small!

Explore painting on a small and large scale.
A table with the colors of the rainbow behind it, with colored pencils and postcards with drawings on them.
Drawing

Colors, Inspirations, and Drawing Digitally

Read about the creative gallery interactives at The Carle.
A pile of five colorful accordion-fold books with collage plants, people, and landscapes on the pages.
Collage Theory and Resources

Paper Trails of Paper Tales

Explore how the Art Studio reuses papers in collage projects.
A hexagon-shaped piece of black construction paper with gold and silver stamped shapes on it.
Painting Printmaking

A Honeycomb of Hexagons

Explore the printmaking project behind the evolving honeycomb installation.