Need a sterling silver bracelet with a semi-precious stone in your life? Join us on Saturday, February 6th to make one of your own! You will learn jewelry-making skills including sawing, soldering, and stone setting to create a unique bangle bracelet.
Mixed Media Winter Tree
This activity combines two mediums (watercolor and collage) and has both an exploratory, process-based step and a more focused, compositional step. In other words, a little something for everyone. The salt mixed with the watercolor will create an interesting and somewhat surprising snow storm effect that is sure to please. If you find this lesson after the holiday/winter season, you can always make a night sky and let the salt effect become the shining stars. Enjoy!
Talking Forest Collage
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During our 2020 Summer Camp series, Art and the Ologies, we paired up two fields of scientific inquiry and explored the various ways that artwork illustrates and aids human understanding in those particular fields. From our week with "Entomology and Botany," we offer this particularly successful lesson about how, why, and with whom trees communicate. This is a fascinating topic that held the attention of our 6-9 year olds, as well as our 10-12 year old cohort. At the heart of this lesson is learning, appreciation, discussion, and something akin to shared wonderment.
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During our 2020 Summer Camp series, Art and the Ologies, we paired up two fields of scientific inquiry and explored the various ways that artwork illustrates and aids human understanding in those particular fields. From our week with "Entomology and Botany," we offer this particularly successful lesson about how, why, and with whom trees communicate. This is a fascinating topic that held the attention of our 6-9 year olds, as well as our 10-12 year old cohort. At the heart of this lesson is learning, appreciation, discussion, and something akin to shared wonderment.
Secret Message Scratch Art
In September, Prairie Arts Center was asked to contribute a video tutorial of an art making project to the Annual Youth Conference put together by the Oklahoma Department of Health. This year, the conference is focused on student mental health and emotional resilience. The resulting video features a project that combines self reflection with the fun and easy DIY scratch art medium. The technique of scratch drawing can be enjoyed by kids as young as 6 on up to high school.
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Jewelry Making: Bangle Bracelet
Need a sterling silver bracelet with a semi-precious stone in your life? Join us on Saturday, November 7th to make one of your own! You will learn jewelry-making skills including sawing, soldering, and stone setting to create a unique bangle bracelet.
Landscapes Etc... Pastel Workshop with Jude Tolar
This workshop explores pastel possibilities in landscapes and other subjects. It’s a follow-up to my Landscapes pastel workshop, but attendance at the earlier Landscapes workshop isn’t necessary for this one.