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In STUDIO STORY this week we read “Gray” by Laura Dockrill and Lauren Child. Kids shared the times the had “all the feels” at once. The common theme was the overwhelm of mixed emotions when choosing one thing at the candy store or toy store. “Gray” is a great story that describes unconditional love and how feelings flow. You may feel gray for a bit but that the “colors” are always there. It’s a peek-through book with some cut out pages. Kids made their own peek through books and used the opportunity to paint all the colors the represent all the feels.🌈
That’s a wrap for 2024 WEDNESDAY WINE&ART events! And, we wrapped up holiday style with bows, sparkly things and fresh greens from @crimsoncloverfloral! Thank you Bailey! 🎀
AFTERSCHOOL STUDIO is hooked on stitching! We created sun spirals with a circular stitch to celebrate the winter solstice. We used mostly warm colors but aded a bit of blue to represent the sky.
“Radiant Snowflakes” inspired by Mary Judge’s series of Pop Flowers & Poptic series (see example on the last slide!) we tried to get these luminous layers and mandala like designs two ways in the studio. The SKILLS LAB kids cut and layered colored tissue paper in radial patterns, stacked then, and ran it through the laminator. SKETCH EXPRESS cut out snowflake patterns and traced them on marker paper with Prismacolor markers layering different design and colors to get the transparent complexity seen in the inspiration exemplars. ❄️
AFTERSCHOOL STUDIO designed ideas for gift packages. They practiced painting warm and cool gradients on canvas print, colored paper ribbons with paint sticks and constructed a 3D paper bow.
Owl paperbag puppets made after reading “Night Owl and Early Bird” - a great selection from @theivybookshop for STUDIO STORY. The intro question: Have you ever tried being someone you are not? Kids had great answers… everything from trying to be a sibling to trying to be a princess. Fun to explore and experiment, but all agreed it’s best to be yourself! 🦉
Handmade printed cards. Cherish the special things this holiday season! And, yes, sometimes we need the hairdryer to get things done in time!
Such a wonderful performance by @vibratito, Max and Ethan! 👏 Thank you to all who came out! LIVE MUSIC continues in 2025! Save “second Sundays” 5-6pm!
Some moments of joy from AFTERSCHOOL STUDIO.
This is our last Second Sundays concert of the year and it's going to be amazing! Come out on Sunday December 8th. Sitarist Snehesh Nag will be performing with Ethan Bailey-Gould on guitar and Max Jacobs on violin for a vibrant evening of Indian, jazz, and old time music.
Fun fact - Snehesh was part of Strathmore's Artist in Residence program last year and Max is part of the 2024-2025 class!
Our concert season continues in the new year with a concert by Høly River.
When you put together some Maryland greats you get a fantastic start to the holiday season!!! @crimsoncloverfloral led the wreath making workshop, @thecornerpantry catered it, and wine was selected from @oldwestminsterwinery. What a festive, fun time! 🌲