Social Media Art
with Social Studio
Let’s make art together … wherever you are.
Why? Because learning and growing is a social activity.
Artists of all backgrounds and skills deserve a community built on inspiration, support, feedback, and empathy.
Though Social Studio’s social-media-based art activities you’ll:
- Build confidence
- Find greater self-awareness
- Increase your range of ideas and possible outcomes
- Find that the creativity and perspective skills you develop in art can be used in all areas of life.
- See yourself and others through art and together discover how to be ourselves.
Get started by following us on social (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube) and join the daily fun!
Social-Media Activities
Sketch
Practice. Practice. Practice! Social Studio Sketch is a daily practice of responding to an open-ended prompt with a sketch challenge as a way to explore and express our perspectives. Sharing our work teaches us to see and respect the way others see too.
Sundays
An informal introduction of an art or craft to a virtual community on Instagram Live. Social Studio Sundays presents projects you can do together as a family, at home with easy to find materials.
Sessions
Just because we’re not together doesn’t mean we can’t make art together. These group classes are designed to develop art-making and creative thinking skills on various topics.
Stories
Let’s read and get inspired to make art. Social Studio Stories creates opportunities to read and relate to stories from the children’s book collection at Social Studio. The story is followed by related art activities.
Sketch
Find new perspectives and sharpen your skills through our daily sketch challenge. Share your creation and tag @socialstudiobaltimore with hashtag #socialstudiosketch
This #socialstudiosketch was very relaxing! I grateful to be able to make some art at home even when socialstudiobaltimore is closed.
Day 10 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Hope #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch
Day 9 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Throw #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch
Day 17 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Storm #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch
Day 13 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Dune. #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch
Day 12 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Slippery... #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch
A fun little #socialstudiosketch assignment from socialstudiobaltimore
(this is my #socIalstudiosketch assignment from socialstudiobaltimore)
Playing catch up with #socialstudiosketch assignments from socialstudiobaltimore. This assignment was to take a doughnut shape and draw it aa anything except a doughnut
Need some stress relief? I just had the best time making this — part 1 of my #socialstudiosketch assignment for the day from socialstudiobaltimore. Soda cartons. Scissors. Glue. I had a plan but went in an entirely different direction. I just played without worrying about the final product — and I am in love with it.
“Rodent” #socialstudiosketch #inktober #inktober2020
(Today’s #socialstudiosketch assignment from socialstudiobaltimore was to make and illustrate a piece of blackout poetry. I used two pages from Grace: A Memoir, by Grace Coddington, creative director of Vogue)
Day 39/47
if there was a tug of war
between night and day
night has won
lasting 16 hours or so of the 24
for company In the endless wee hours
i depend heavily on Bette and Barbara and Joan
in their shirtwaist dresses, fur stoles, and tidy gloves
every hair in place as they architect their way through tough situations
as all women must do
here’s hoping lessons learned from their nighttime exploits
fortify me for the days ahead
Day 26/44
tarot cards predicting death
someone is leaving
my key in the door
a suitcase by his side
It wasn’t so sudden after all
obviously not the best of circumstances
a gray seascape of cliffs linger shyly
bordering my winding journey
a mad scramble
Sundays
Sundays are for making things together. Social Studio Sundays are art initiatives you can do together as a family, at home with easy to obtain materials. Join us on Instagram Live.
Shadow painting #socialstudiosundays socialstudiobaltimore
How awesome is this!!! @marymarymu turned today’s cyanotype print into a #socialstudiosundays banner! Thank you Mary for a great afternoon. Watch it on IGTV and make art in the ☀️with you family! #bitchinstitchin #cyanotypes #summerishere
Not pictured is the 3 episodes of Tiger King. At least that’s over! Still #socialstudiosundays Stick Weaving
#Socialstudiosundays is a free activity that’s fun for the whole family at 4:15pm on Sundays. Register online. This week intern Julia will teach you how to make dragonflies. Materials: pipe cleaners, beads, and mini google eyes. Packets available for pick-up if you add to order!
Shadow painting #socialstudiosundays
#SocialStudioSundays is a family friendly art activity made with objects easy to find around your home. We also make “Softly Social” craft packs for $5 that match the week’s activity. This week is MONSTER TISSUE BOX. Sign up to pick up your packet under “online classes” at socialstudioart.com AND get another “softly social” craft pack for free. Many of the craft packs have how-to videos on the Social Studio YouTube channel. We do the activity together on Zoom @4:15pm on Sunday afternoons. Money for craft packs goes into the “Pay It Forward” Fund. More about this fund and how to give to or access it is on the website. Pick up for packs is outside the studio - 737 Deepdene Road, Baltimore.
Join in the family fun of #socialstudiosundays and learn a perfect summer craft - Fortune Tellers! Invent your own answers, especially now when the future is so blurry!! Sunday afternoon 4:15-5:00pm/Zoom, FREE - taught be intern Liv Loeb🌟Register “online classes” - link in profile.
HAPPY MOTHER’s Day 💕 join Social Studio on IGLive at 4pm for #socialstudiosundays and we will make paper flower bouquets. Great to do together (my son will be joining me! ) or for someone who loves you like a mother. Craft idea borrowed from @gettymuseum and brought to my attention by awesome art teacher @marymarymu 💐
After 12pm tomorrow “Softly Social Craft Packs” will be available for those who requested one when you registered for #socialstudiosundays - see online classes. For more family fun craft activities check out Social Studio on YouTube.
#socialstudiosundays has moved to Zoom for an afternoon free family art activity. Sign-up under “online classes”. Gather the materials you have in the house, make creative substitutions when necessary! 💡
Fun things to do in the ☀️- learn how to make sun prints with @marymarymu TOMORROW at 4pm on IG LIVE 🌿#socialstudiosundays #sunprints #cyanotypes #familyartactivities
Shadow painting is a fun activity for the whole family! Find a light source (sun, phone, light). Put some in front of it (toys, plants, kitchen utensils, sticks) and trace the outline of the shadow in (pencil, marker, watercolor, colored pencil, oil pastel). Overlap, change shapes and directions, use various drawing tools). Work together taking turns drawing shadows, coloring in, making patterns, and more). Here Luca and I spent a few minutes working on together this afternoon. #socialstudiosundays #shadowpainting #artcollaboration #familyfun #stayhome
Stories
Enjoy a story from Social Studio’s children’s book collection followed by art integration activities.
A mini-lesson in color mixing for tomorrow’s #socialstudiostories Read Aloud & Art Integration. The color wheel and neutrals. #colorwheel #colormixing #colortherapy
At POWER HOUR the kids shared how they would help others when they thought they needed courage. Here are some of their answers: ELSIE - I will make sure that people who need courage will have an animal they really like near them to help them move through the dark mountains. OLIVIA - I will believe in whoever needs courage so that they can do it. They can always try again if they can’t do it. I will be so happy that I help a lot of people. LAURENCE - I will help them to get through the hard parts by giving them the tools they need to get through (like a boat and hiking sticks and masks). When you help others get through their fears you get more courage and friends. #socialstudiostories
Today in POWER HOUR we will read “Knots in a Counting Rope” - a sensory story about a blind boy and the importance of storytelling! Sign up to join in from 4-5pm for reading, writing, drawing and sharing! #socialstudiostories #summerreading
We will read a story about wolf brothers today and learn why the moon is full each month! Join us! #socialstudiostories
Today during “Power Hour” (Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-5pm) we read “The Quiltmaker’s Gift” - a wonderful story about a gift exchange that also distinguishes between material gifts and essential or intangible gifts. The kids write, draw and share after the story. Here is Esme’s quilt drawing. #socialstudiostories #powerhour #socialstudiosummer #readaloud
Want to stop being the teacher, but have your kids still learning? Sign them up for POWER HOUR a fun hour of stories, ideas, and sharing at that time of day everyone needs a break from each other! Space is limited. #socialstudiostories
Make your own melted crayon painting! More info on the IG LIVE recording in stories! #socialstudiostories
Give yourself an hour and give your kids a #socialstudiostories experience! Sign-up under “online” classes at socialstudioart.com Today we will take multiple adventures at once with the magical word “meanwhile”!
Power Hour: A small group of kids logged on from 4-5pm for a read aloud, writing prompt, drawing prompt, and share and it was interactive and inventive! Dr. Seuss did not always get it right. Many of his illustrations perpetuate stereotypes and present a biased world view. However he nailed it in this book: The Sneetches! #socialstudiostories #thesneetches #inclusive #exclusive #racism #equality NEXT POWER HOUR: Thursday 4pm, limited space!
A mini-lesson in color mixing for tomorrow’s #socialstudiostories Read Aloud & Art Integration. The color wheel and neutrals. #colorwheel #colormixing #colortherapy
Need a break while you transition to evening routines? Sign your kids up for #socialstudiostories ! I’ll read them a story and do art integration activities to follow! M & W 5:15-6pm #artintegration #onlineartclass #readaloud
Just in...SPREAD THE WORD! IG LIVE Read Aloud! I love this book, especially now. Kids and adults will love it. 4pm IG Live! #readaloud #socialstudiostories #notajoke #greatbook #childrensbooks
Sessions
Connect to art through a supportive community. These group classes develop art-making and thinking skills on various topics.
Getting into summer mode... lots of online art opportunities for ages 5-10, 8-15, 12-16 and adults! #socialstudiosessions
Our Social Studio sessions are on Tuesdays. Message us to join.
Planning some new Social Studio Sessions & Workshops, which Social Media & Digital related topics would you like to learn more about? 🤳🏻 #socialstudiosessions #igersvienna #creativehappylife #girlbosses
Experimental stitching in “Spiders & Stitches” a camp devoted to The work and life of Louise Bourgeois. #socialstudiosummer #socialstudiosessions #stitching
Dancing camels. #animalsandanimation #socialstudiosummer #socialstudiosessions
Kids made wolves in STORIES & STATUES camp after reading a Northwest First Nations story about how two wolf brothers separated after childhood - one went to be a leader in the forest and one went into the be a leader in the sea (as a killer whale). They reconnect once a month and howl to call up the full moon. They used egg cartons, to tubes and small containers with plaster gauze, acrylic paint, roving, buttons and bottle cap. #socialstudiosessions #socialstudiosummer
Art camp “past & future” day. #socialstudiosessions #socialstudio
Kids in DRAWING CAMP learned a little about two point perspective today and designed a dream house! #socialstudiosessions #socialstudiosummer
Big cat drawings in chalk pastel. Today’s theme was CATS & DOGS at Morning Art Session, ages 6-10. One spot left for next week! #socialstudiosummer #socialstudiosessions
New camps this week: ANIMALS & ANIMATION and SPIDERS & STITCHES. Here the kids are making cats with eyes that will follow you around the room. Check stories tomorrow for finished works! #socialstudiosessions #socialstudiosummer
Potholders were a big hit this week! #kidsweaving #socialstudiosummer #socialstudiosessions
Finished color wheels - PAINTING CAMP! #socialstudiosessions #socialstudiosummer
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