Children’s Art &Craft Program

Summer 2009

Classes meet on Tuesday mornings. Our craft and art projects are inspired by famous works of art coordinating with this summer’s State Library theme: Be Creative.

Each week a new artist’s work will be on display. We will discuss the work and have our own artistic experience based on that week’s artwork.

Please register in advance by calling the Library at 609-466-1625, as space is limited. Children coming to the 3-6 age projects require parental accompaniment.

Tuesday July 21st Ages 6-10

·       Inspiration- Vincent Van Gogh: Starry Night. We will hand-sew a felt “star streamer.”

Tuesday July 28^th –ages 3-6

·       Inspiration John Singer Sargent: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose-make cut-paper lanterns.

Tuesday, August 4th- ages 6-10

·       Inspiration- Wassily Kandinsky: Farbstudie Quadrate- we will create our own version of this using watercolor.

Tuesday August 11^th-ages 3-6

·       Inspiration- Hokusai: Great Wave- we will work with potato print on paper and make our own wrapping paper.

Tuesday August 18^th ages 6-10

·       Inspiration- Marc Chagall: I and the Village.

We will work with pastels on black paper using meaningful images from our biography.

Tuesday August 25^th ages 3-6

·       Inspiration- Picasso: L’Homme a la Guitare. We will make a music shaker  and sing and shake to some rhythmic music.

Tuesday September 1^st- ages 6-10

·       Inspiration- Jackson Pollock: Composition. Pollock’s bold splashes of color will be transformed into marbleized paper.