Sunday, February 7
Year of the Tiger
Celebrate the Tiger with a paper sculpture project of a tiger! Ages 5 & up.

2nd Annual Lunar New Year Family Festival
Ring in the Year of the Tiger with Art!
12:00-5:00 pm
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Wednesday, February 10
Artist Spotlight: Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden was an African-American collage artist. Use his work as inspiration for your own collage! Ages 5 & up.

Thursday, February 11
Heart Mania Collage
It’s getting close to V-Day and that means hearts of all shapes and sizes and colors. Create your own heart collage!
Ages 3 and up

Friday, February 12
King and Queen of Hearts
Using the King and Queen of hearts as a theme we will make puppets. Ages 5 & up.

Saturday, February 13
Explore Red!
Red has some depth to it explore red in this color mixing project.
Ages 5 & up.

Sunday, February 14
Heart Prints
Design your own special heart collagraph and then print it for some one special. Ages 4 and up.

Monday, February 15
CMA OPEN 12 - 5 pm
Soft Sculpture
Using soft materials like fabric and wire create your own moveable soft sculpture! Ages 4 and up.

Tuesday, February 16
CMA OPEN 12 - 5 pm
Monster Masks
My what big eyes you have! My what big teeth you have! Using collaged materials create your own monster mask! Ages 4 and up.

Wednesday, February 17
Silouhette Pop Up art
Taking inspiration from the art works of African-American artist, Kara Walker cut out and arrange your own silouhette’s into a pop up art project. Ages 5 and up

Thursday, February 18
Collaborative Totems
Working with our guided workshop artist guest’s will collaborate on some totems and learn about their use in Native American culture.

Friday, February 19
Winter Scenes
Using cool colors and tints of white create winter scenes. Ages 4 and up.

Saturday, February 20, 2010
Artist Spotlight: Faith Ringgold
African American artist Faith Ringgold creates story quilts. Create a your own story quilt using a combination of fabric and drawing materials.

Sunday, February 21
Winter Whites
Collaborate on a wintery collage using a variety of fabrics, laces, and papers in white. All ages

Wednesday, February 24
Clay modeling
Learn basic techniques for modeling in clay.

Thursday, February 25
Photo Montage
Gather photographic images and then arrange them in a photo montage. Ages 4 and up

Friday, February 26
Peace Flags
Design your own flag of peace using fabric and paper collage.
Ages 3-12

Saturday, February 27
Artist Spotlight: Jacob Lawrence
African-American artist Jacob Lawrence used stylized shapes to his “Migration Series” which told the story of African-American’s migrationg from the South to the North from 1919-1930. Using some stylized stencils you can create your own characters to tell your story. Ages 5 & up.

Sunday, February 28
Tile Design (inspired by Arabic tile designs)
Create a mosaic using glue, paper, and other materials. Ages 4-12

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Wednesday, March 3
Artist Spotlight: Eva Hesse
Looking to the sculptor Eve Hesse as inspiration we will create draped sculptures using fabric. Ages 4 & up.

Thursday, March 4
Kite Design
Explore the design of the kite by creating your own using sticks and tissue paper. Ages 5 and up.

Friday, March 5
Found Object Sculpture
Assemble found and recycled materials into a sculpture! 4-12

Saturday March 6
Spiders!
Louise Bourgeois is a sculptor who did a series of large scale works based on the spider. Let’s create our own spiders out of a variety of materials. Ages 4 & up.

Sunday, March 7
2-D Animation
Draw your own pictures and learn how to make them into animations.

Wednesday, March 10
Explore Green!
Spring is on the way so let’s explore green!
Ages 4 & up.

Thursday, March 11
Paper Dove Sculpture
Using paper create an abstract dove sculpture.
5 and up

Friday, March 12
Artist spotlight: Beatriz Milhazes
The decorative overlapping paintings of Brazillian artist Beatriz Milhazes serve as a starting point for our own collage paintings today. Ages 5 & up.

Saturday, March 13
Get Squared
Let’s celebrate the shape of the square in today’s project!
All ages.

Sunday, March 14
Book Making
Assemble your own simple book. Then use stencils and assorted collage create the cover for your dream book and then fill in the pages with your own pictures or story. Ages 4 and up

Wednesday, March 17
Twisted sculpture
Using fabric, string, and wire create a sculpture that twists and turns as it stands. Ages 4-12

Thursday, March 18
Rasterize a Master!
Help collage over the rasterized image of a master work.
Ages 4 & up.

Friday, March 19
Collaborative Jungle
Take a look at Henri Rouseau’s Jungle painting and then create a jungle out of recycled materials and construction paper. Ages 3-12

Saturday, March 20
Starry Night
Using Vangogh’s Starry Night as an example use some collage materials to create your own textural starry night.

Sunday, March 21
2-D Animation
Animate your own paper cut outs! Ages 4 and up

Wednesday, March 24
Clay workshop
Hand build your own creatures in modeling clay.

Thursday, March 25
Making Waves
Using repeating and layered wavy lines to create op art. Ages 4-12

Friday, March 26
Egyptian Pendants
Create your own ornate pendant inspired by Ancient Egyptian art.
Ages 5 & up.

Saturday, March 27
Artist Spotlight: Mira Schendel
The organic sculptures of Mira Schendel inspire our own using fabric to create twisted and knotted sculptures. Ages 5 & up.

Sunday, March 28
Springy Sculptures
Learn how to make paper springs and then put them together for a fun and colorful sculpture.
Ages 5-12

Wednesday, March 31
Mellow Yellow
Explore the shades and tints of yellow!