{"id":712,"date":"2013-10-01T12:32:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T19:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alleyartstudio.com\/?p=712"},"modified":"2017-05-02T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T18:05:21","slug":"art-in-the-annex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=712","title":{"rendered":"Art in the Annex – “I’m Nuts For Art!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was invited to join two other artist friends, Deanna White and Cynthia Herron, to teach a children’s art class at the Salem Art Association<\/a>. The class was the brainchild of Deanna, who writes:<\/p>\n

Both my children still have fond memories of the many art classes they attended at the Bush Barn Annex so many years ago. I have been a G<\/a><\/em>allery Guide <\/a>for 13 years and have seen the Gallery Guides support many art educational opportunities and so would like to revisit this tradition again.<\/em><\/p>\n

Deanna put together a proposal, invited Cynthia and I to participate, and presented it to the Bush Barn Gallery Guides, who approved the proposal and funded the class. The class was limited to 15 students, grades 3-5, and it cost each student only $10 for an afternoon of art.<\/p>\n

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The day was divided into three segments:<\/p>\n

Station 1: Book of Your Own<\/em> with Deanna White<\/p>\n

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Station 2: Coloring Outside the Lines<\/em> with Cynthia Herron<\/p>\n

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Station 3: Fantastical Creatures<\/em> with Dayna Collins<\/p>\n

For my station, we played with bendable muslin dolls and I set up a big table with fibers, jewels, feathers, boas, leather strips, buttons, ribbons, googly eyes, and lots of paint. Here’s my doll collection, which I brought for inspiration:<\/p>\n

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Some of the activity at my table during the three rotations (from clean and tidy to wildly and deliciously messy:<\/p>\n

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The kids had one hour at each station before rotating to the next table. Here’s the first group I had with their fabulous fantastical creations.<\/p>\n

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Overheard at my table during the afternoon:<\/p>\n

I never knew it was going to be this fun.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m nuts for art.<\/em><\/p>\n

I never get to paint!<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s like we are scientists making our own creation.<\/em><\/p>\n

No mom’s are here – we can paint all we want.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was a great day for the kids and teachers (and for the several Gallery Guides who helped throughout the afternoon).<\/p>\n

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Of course, I couldn’t help myself. I made a doll to add to my collection. No name, but she’s sort of a warped demented ballerina.<\/p>\n

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  I was invited to join two other artist friends, Deanna White and Cynthia Herron, to teach a children’s art class at the Salem Art Association. The class was the brainchild of Deanna, who writes: Both my children still have fond memories of the many art classes they attended at the Bush Barn Annex so … Continue reading Art in the Annex – “I’m Nuts For Art!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,69,1],"tags":[66,67,68,70],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-workshops","category-salem-art-association","category-uncategorized","tag-art-workshops","tag-cynthia-herron","tag-deanna-white","tag-salem-art-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8112,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions\/8112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}