Finding Inspiration: Day 37
In honor of starting Summer Camp Tomorrow! Cool Slime! From Camp Counselor Resource!
Read MoreFeatured @ Fiddlehead Center for the Arts in Scarborough
I am pleased and honored to have had some of my batik art work hanging for the months of July and August at the Fiddlehead Center for Art in Scarborough. Fiddlehead- Scarborough is located at 383 US Route 1 in Scarborough, ME. If you are not familiar with the center I encourage you to go to their website to check out their great fall class...
Read MoreSummer Continues
What a wonderful week I had teaching the Fabric Art Camp at Fiddlehead Center for the Arts in Scarborough, Maine. I had a group of nine very creative girls that enthusiastically attacked every project or process I gave them to try! The unexpected highlight of the week was the creation of imaginary fabric creatures that the girls worked on in their free time all week. They even created an imaginary worlds for their creatures! Sometimes the best things in life are the unplanned...
Read MoreHome Again!
I’ve returned from a wonderful week of fun and experimentation as artist-in-residence at the Schoolhouse summer camp in Vermont. We made art flags, tie dyed t-shirts, printed marbled fabric, started a weaving using an old door frame, made 3-D puppets, and created a batik hanging with glue and paint. A big thank you to the great staff – Jessica the director, and counselors Jevin and Kelsey – and all 20 campers for making my week a fun learning experience! Thanks, too, to my friend Tana for arranging it all, and to my other Vermont friends for spoiling me with fun dinners and...
Read MoreSummertime is Calling!
Summertime means summer camps – a rite of passage for so many kids and families! So my focus for the last few days has been planning and preparing for summer camp…well camps! This summer, I am expanding my teaching horizons with two new opportunities and I am very excited! I get to play and teach and watch great kids come up with some really cool creations! Does it get better than that? July is camp month for me. First, I will be at Summer Stage in South Portland. Next, I will travel to South Burlington Vermont for a week.as a teaching artist at the School House Summer Camp....
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