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
#inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch FISH
Day 8 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Teeth #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch
Day 9 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Throw #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch
Day 12 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Disgusting : Turkey Vulture. I love birds, but this guy...just...awful. #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
Day 7 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Fancy #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.
Radio @spencersondra #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch keep going!!
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
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.
#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.
This Sunday at 4:15pm learn how to make a Funny Faces Flip Book. Don’t want to prep materials yourself? Add “Softly Social craft pack” when you register and pick it up at the studio front door! #socialstudiosundays #freezoom #familyartactivities
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 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!
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
#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! 💡
Shadow painting #socialstudiosundays
Fun things to do in the ☀️- learn how to make sun prints with @marymarymu TOMORROW at 4pm on IG LIVE 🌿#socialstudiosundays #sunprints #cyanotypes #familyartactivities
Get a kit and get ready for fireworks (the quiet kind)! This “softly social” kit includes a salad spinner, 4 colors of paint, & 8 cut paper circles. Reserve yours now online at socialstudioart.com by clicking “optional add-on” under Social Studio Sundays online. Join #socialstudiosundays Sunday @4:15pm for demonstration how-to or Check out video on Social Studio YouTube channel. 🎉 Pick up pack Thursday 1pm-7pm or Friday 9am-3pm this week!! (You can buy pack at the studio without reservation.) Great for ages 3 and up! Cost is $25. Proceeds go to Social Studio “Pay it Forward Fund” to support art excellence for all.🎨
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.
Join mother and son special for #socialstudiosundays at 4pm where we make a paper flower bouquet. See stories for suggested materials! 💐(idea and images borrowed from @gettymuseum)
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 💐
Stories
Enjoy a story from Social Studio’s children’s book collection followed by art integration activities.
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
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
We will read a story about wolf brothers today and learn why the moon is full each month! Join us! #socialstudiostories
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
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!
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”!
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
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
A mini-lesson in color mixing for tomorrow’s #socialstudiostories Read Aloud & Art Integration. The color wheel and neutrals. #colorwheel #colormixing #colortherapy
Yep. I did it! I called it Social (Distance) Studio! A bit over 6 months ago, I started Social Studio - a local art studio in Roland Park. An amazing neighborhood of people who love the arts and community building. And, a neighborhood full of children!!! There are 7 schools in walking distance. The studio, albeit small, is packed with visual inspiration, good energy, lots of books, and almost every art supply available. Now, because of the current coronavirus pandemic, I’m expanding the studio to reach people in their homes, wherever they may be. It is my goal to bring you the creativity and connection cultivated in the actual studio through my “Studio (Distance) Studio” programs. Here they are: #socialstudiosundays #socislstudiosketch #socialstudiosessions #socialstudiostories #socialstudiosayings - You can get more information on the website: socialstudioart.com and in IG highlights on @socialstudiobaltimore profile page. Be well & be creative! ❤️
Virtual Social Studio starts next week with #socialstudiostories. Sign up for read alouds and art integration activities to follow www.socialstudioart.com “online”. Great for ages 3-8! #onlineart #artintegration #teadalouds #stayathome
Make your own melted crayon painting! More info on the IG LIVE recording in stories! #socialstudiostories
Sessions
Connect to art through a supportive community. These group classes develop art-making and thinking skills on various topics.
Preschool printing pink smiles. 45 minutes of Preschool Paint & Play Sunday afternoons and Tuesday mornings! Space for 4. Masks a must! #socialstudiosessions #printmakingforkids #preschoolart
I spend Saturday morning sketching with one of my students online. If you would like a private session online or in the studio, reach out and we will make time for your creative process! Also, in January, there will be another 8 week run of the CREATIVE PROCESS SEMINAR - an 8 week online class that works through each phase of the creative process with sketch prompts and reflections supported with a weekly check-in. The results include: full sketchbook, understanding of your own creative process and how it can be applied to other areas of your life, a series of work, connections with a creative community. Good for ages 10 & up! #creativeprocess #intentions #creativecommunity #artonline #socialstudiosessions
Paint and fall projects for kids ages 3-6! #preschoolpaintandplay #socialstudiosessions #littleartists #creativetime
This week’s landscape painting class explores ink painting techniques from Chinese & Japanese traditions. Come be creative! #socialstudiosessions #inklandscapes #adultartclassesbaltimore
These incredible sisters @spencersondra and @dianaspen have committed wholeheartedly to their creative process and take on each new experience to challenge and explore not just their art making skills, but their personal expression and critical thinking! ❤️ #creativeprocess #socialstudiosessions #saturdaypopup
You never forget your first weaving! Math integration is all about patterns this month. TUESDAY 1-3pm - spaces available! #mathandart #weavingwithkids #socialstudiosessions
The shoe drawings in the adult drawing class: VALUE - Black & White show use of value to show form and markmaking to show expression. We contemplated the question: How do artists use value (lights & darks) to show what they value (care about)? We looked at some shoe art by Van Gogh, @cj_hendry @sarahbeetson and Andy Warhol. #socialstudiosessions #onlineartclass
Triangles can be named by their sides and their angles. Tape paintings are perfect for making all the types and checking by measuring with a ruler and protractor. #mathandart #artintegration #socialstudiosessions
Give yourself the hour (9-10am Fridays). Give your kids a chance to travel, learn, create, and connect. During Plants & Animals kids learn about a plant and animal relationship in the world and how to draw them working on elementary drawing skills like combining shapes to create complicated forms, using horizon lines to show space, practicing techniques marketing-making , and blending to show realism. #socialstudiosessions #onlineart #drawingforkids
Planning some new Social Studio Sessions & Workshops, which Social Media & Digital related topics would you like to learn more about? 🤳🏻 #socialstudiosessions #igersvienna #creativehappylife #girlbosses
What’s a family flag? It’s a flag designed by the family using the Social Studio creative process to represent your family’s core values painted on a canvas to display in your home. #familytime #creativeprocess #familyflag #artisfun #familybonding #socialstudiosessions #artparty
3 spaces left for in studio class with masks! #travelbuddies #paintingclass #socialstudiosessions
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