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
Day 6 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Rodent #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch
Day 13 of Social Studio’s “Inktober” Sketchbook Challenge: Dune. #inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch
33/100 #100dayproject #dailylittledrawings “comin round goin round” #socialstudiosketch 78/100
“Rodent” #socialstudiosketch #inktober #inktober2020
Today’s #socialstudiosketch assignment from socialstudiobaltimore — my favorite vegetable (a leek) in pastels, colored pencils, and watercolor
#inktober #inktober2020 #socialstudiosketch FISH
Today’s #socialstudiosketch assignment from socialstudiobaltimore was a bit of a catastrophe!!
My spring animal #socialstudiosketch assignment for socialstudiobaltimore and my poem for the day.
My illuminated letter #socialstudiosketch assignment from socialstudiobaltimore. My letter is relatively spare because I like things that way. The letter itself is dark green, embellished with silver dots because they remind me of metal tacks or bolts,
Another future flag idea !#socialstudiosketch 99/100
“Rodent” #socialstudiosketch #inktober #inktober2020
#socialstudiosketch drawing another 91/100
Day 11/29
when the time is right
we will burst into bright yellow flowers
our intertwined vines made stronger
by this unexpected rest
and we will appreciate where we are planted
and the sun on our petals
more than ever before
something industrial. Beneath the letter is a kuba cloth design. One of my treasured possessions is a 6 foot long kuba cloth. It hangs across from my bed and is the first thing I see every morning. I included it to symbolize my African Americanness and my appreciation for all things hand-crafted. Between the kuba cloth and the S is a piece of wood that is a pencil on one end (referring to my career and my enjoyment of writing). The other end is a paint brush alluding to my love of art — creating it and viewing it. The other two elements are a piece of yarn (which I use in my art) and a small heart (because I have been well-loved and because I collect images of “chance hearts”). I considered dangling an earring from the S but I didn’t want to detract from what I had already done. Sorry for giving more explanation than anyone wanted. Have a lot of free time!
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.
What I made today! A block weaving as instructed by socialstudiobaltimore. It was so easy to make, and I have a basement full of yarn and a few more of these chunky burlap-covered square canvases.
Shadow painting #socialstudiosundays socialstudiobaltimore
Fun things to do in the ☀️- learn how to make sun prints with @marymarymu TOMORROW at 4pm on IG LIVE 🌿#socialstudiosundays #sunprints #cyanotypes #familyartactivities
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
Shadow painting #socialstudiosundays
#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! 💡
#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!
#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.
Not pictured is the 3 episodes of Tiger King. At least that’s over! Still #socialstudiosundays Stick Weaving
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.
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.🎨
#socialstudiosundays
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
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
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
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
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”!
Check out our story to see this hydraulic lift truss bridge in action ! 🌉 #socialstudiostories #socialstudiosummer #steam #stemactivitiesforkids #steminventions @lance_makes
A mini-lesson in color mixing for tomorrow’s #socialstudiostories Read Aloud & Art Integration. The color wheel and neutrals. #colorwheel #colormixing #colortherapy
Make your own melted crayon painting! More info on the IG LIVE recording in stories! #socialstudiostories
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
Another version of color and feelings made by #socialstudiostories student! She named all the colors she mixed after a feeling or and experience that matched the color. The story for this activity is “When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry” by Molly Bang. 🎨
Sessions
Connect to art through a supportive community. These group classes develop art-making and thinking skills on various topics.
Got to love the holidays!
Monster Mash kindof afternoon! Each one could have a story! Together they are quite a creative community! #afterschoolart #bmoreart #baltimorekids #elementaryart #creativecommunity #socialstudiosessions
Getting into summer mode... lots of online art opportunities for ages 5-10, 8-15, 12-16 and adults! #socialstudiosessions
Wind or rush these kites caught a lift! 🪁#socialstudiosessions
I snuck a picture in here from August 2019 - two years ago (pre-covid) setting up Social Studio! Since then socialstudiobaltimore has become a community creative space for all ages and adults too! It’s been a team effort of many talented and supportive people. 🙏🎨🌈✏️Follow along if you don’t already to see what we create in year 3!!!#socialstudiosessions #communityartspace #localartstudio #communitycreates #artconnects #artclassesforkids #creativeprocess
Still spaces in a few in-studio “small” camps! #socialstudiosummer #socialstudiosessions #summercampbaltimore #artcamp
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
Kk. Here it is again. Took this photo upstairs in the dining room. Fluorescent lights in the basement. Hate the way they make everything look grey. Thanks again, socialstudiobaltimore for a great #socialstudiosessions.
Rabbit paintings from ADVANCED ART AFTERSCHOOL. Kids ages 9-12 painted rabbits on canvas paper showcasing their color mixing skills with a range of neutrals, their layering techniques using different size brushstrokes, and their personal style (blended, open, textured, smooth). #afterschoolart #kidart #paintingwithkids #localartstudio #socialstudiosessions
Some masking-up self-portraits and social distancing plein-air art! #socialstudiosessions #maskup #socialdistance #socialstudiosummer
See the big picture! Adult art class with “minis” #socialstudiosessions
Can’t wait to show you the animal kingdom kids created today! #socialstudiosummer #socialstudiosessions
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#holidsyseason #socialstudiopittsburgh #christmas #whovillechristmas #hotcocoabar socialstudiopgh
Love my little watercolor!
