This is my favorite two hours of the week! Genie opens the session with a group warm-up that is both fun and instructional. Then, the participants can work on projects of their choice. If you're not sure what you want to do, or how to do it, Genie guides you. As you work, you feel supported and by your fellow artists. The sense of community is second only to the spirit of creativity at Social Studio.
Elated Adult Student
It’s so much more than an art class. She had them engaging with science, nature and geography. They were singing songs. My daughter was bubbling over with pride after class. When she draws with us she is easily discouraged that she can’t draw like an adult. With social studio the projects are age appropriate and she is able to engage with peers. As a fellow arts educator I’m super impressed.
Happy Parent
Love that it was interactive. I wasn't sure if my daughter would be allowed to talk during the class because of the size but, she was able to talk and show her art work. I was very impressed. The teacher is very enthusiastic and you can tell she genuinely loves her job.
Diana B.
Lila has absolutely loved this class! Being exposed to different types of media and techniques while getting to explore an inspiring artist has been a wonderful experience for her. Genie is awesome and — even at a (Social) distance — has built a relationship with all of the students and a sense of camaraderie. What a fabulous experience!
Happy Parent
Go to Social Studio Baltimore for all your kid and adult art making needs! R made this treehouse playground in a mere two hours this morning. Genie Arnot is such an amazing teacher and she has put together a beautiful studio that makes art accessible to everyone.
Happy Parent
Genie, congrats on accomplishing a such meaningful feat. With art, we can feel the ground move beneath our feet and the air more oxygenated. You’ve given the community a dedicated place to grow and daydream. You’re amazing!! Go on!
Social Studio Enthusiast
You taught me negative space, how to draw faces and many more really cool things! Most of all you showed me how to connect to other people and things and that is really powerful.
Art Student
Being a student in your class is a gift that we are so thankful for.
Grateful Parent
I could not let this year end without telling you how grateful I am that you were Avelynn's art teacher for four years. She sees herself as an artist and a problem solver because you expect them all to be.
Proud Parent
Thank you for being a wonderful art teacher! I loved art classes with you!
Happy Student
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Instead of playing with food, this cohort of ART ACTIVITY played with kitchen utensils inspired by Jim Dine’s tool prints.🍴for warm-up, kids set the table, traced their utensils on their “paper napkin” and used pencil and pen to “etch” around the shape. Then kids were presented with an old hand mixer! They drew it from observation and used ink to emphasize the negative space around the edges of their form....
SKETCH EXPRESS is all pen & ink this spring and this week’s change was drawing landscapes with line, lots of lines. Artists used brushes, bamboo pens, and metal nib styluses with India ink to explore direction, density and diversity of marks. ✒️...
This group of #homeschool artists are figuring out the magic of paint layering as they paint their spirit animals and learn about animism (everything has a spirit) through Native American stories. ✨...
Children’s Day (こどもの日, Kodomo no hi) is a public holiday in Japan which takes place annually on May 5 and is the final celebration in Golden Week. It is a day set aside to respect children’s personalities and to celebrate their happiness. On this day, families raise the koinobori, carp-shaped windsock because of the Chinese legend that a carp that swims upstream becomes a dragon and flies to Heaven. 🎏...
ART ACTIVITY saw their cell paintings become part of a whole by adding color to unify all of their pieces into a single bizarre beast! Then, each artist drew their own version and added members to its imaginary family. 🔬...
DRAWING LIFE meets from 6-7:30pm on Thursdays and we will draw from still life set-ups or live (clothed) models. Materials and getting started prompts included! Last week artists used graphite and charcoal to draw boxes stacked with a metal pot and drapery. It’s always amazing to see how people “see”! 👀...
Kids get really inspired by @gregottoart artwork and thanks to the artist’s generosity Social Studio has a full collection of his prints! As an intro to architecture drawing, these kids traced parts of his paintings using tracing paper and thin black sharpie. Then they cut and arranged the tracing paper in Bristol paper, glued down with rubber cement, added their own architectural shapes and details. Then they colored with markers. They loved this ART ACTIVITY!...
Social Studio has camps for ages 3-5, 6-9, 10-16, and adults! Check out socialstudioart.com "camps" schedule to register. 💥 If cost is prohibitive, please use the Pay It Forward Fund coupon codes when registering: