NLArts Monthly Newsletter -- March 2021
Grow with NLArts!
Check out upcoming events, art to do at home and other creative news you can use!
Yay for Crochet...and Design! We had a great time learning new things together this winter! Our interior design students did an amazing job creating mood boards, scale drawings and 3-D models as well as having fun together. Big thanks to Ms. Kim and Youth Design Philly! And from first stitch to following a pattern it was great to see the progress a few short weeks could bring to crochet study.
Want more workshops for kids and adults?
Email us at nlartsorg@gmail.com with your ideas!
Spring Break Camp coming up!
Spring Break Camp (March 29 -- April 2) with the Center for Art in Wood
Join us for this amazing week of exploring craft online! Each day we will learn about a different medium - paper, clay, wood, metal and fiber - with virtual field trips to NextFab Studios, the Clay Studio, the Center for Art in Wood as well as virtual visits to artist studios. There will of course be time for hands-on making and campers in grades 5-8 will also curate an online exhibit! Cost is $100 per child -- there are still spots available but it is filling up!
And don't forget...
Virtual Summer Camp (June 21-25, June 28 - July 2)
We are pleased to offer two weeks of Summer Camp online in June! Look for more details and registration open for June Camp on February 8. We will also offer Summer Camp August 9-13, August 16-20, and August 23-27 -- format TBD. We look forward to a fun, creative and safe time together!
Celebration of African American Culture...rescheduled for May!
How about if we meet up outside? With drums? And make and take crafts? And food?
Sounds good to us too!
Look for more details later in the spring...with a new date and location!
Art at Home
Spring is almost sprung which means flowers will be blooming soon! Celebrate the new season and Women's History Month with a Georgia O'Keeffe inspired drawing....here's what you need:
A flower --a real one is great but you can use a picture too!
Your favorite drawing materials -- markers, colored pencils or crayons
Paper
Take a minute to study your flower -- look at its shapes, its outline, its color -- then draw it really big! Try to fill up your whole paper and have fun seeing what you notice.
Here's what Georgia O'Keeffe herself had to say about flowers:
“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.”
For more information about her life check out this video! And to learn more about other women artists, you can visit the excellent website of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Hope everyone is staying well and looking forward to lighter days ahead...
Thank you for your support of NLArts!