ArtSpace

The place for budding Picassos is our ArtSpace - Make and take home your child's masterpiece in this hands-on craft area. Self-expression and creativity come alive while working with a variety of art materials. Creating their own piece of art helps children develop decision-making skills and teaches them how to plan ahead and follow directions. We invite you to join us in the new ArtSpace on the third floor. We have special projects Monday through Saturday!

 

Upcoming Activities 

March 8-13             Handprint Sun Decoration

March 15-20           Leaf Painting

March 17                St. Patrick’s Day Ornament

March 22-27           Paper Easter Eggs for Our  ArtSpace Tree

March 29-April 3    Easter Coloring Sheets and Stamps

 

 

 

Artist of the Month for March 2010

 Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987)

 He was an American painter, printmaker and filmmaker. He was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author and public figure known for his membership in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats. It was during the 1960s that Warhol began to make paintings of iconic American products such as Campbell 's Soup Cans from the Campbell Soup Company and Coca-Cola bottles, as well as paintings of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Troy Donahue, and Elizabeth Taylor. He founded "The Factory," his studio during these years, and gathered around himself a wide range of artists, writers, musicians and underground celebrities. He began producing prints using the silkscreen method.

 

 

Artist of the Month for February 2010

Franz Marc (1890-1916)

Franz Marc was one of the principal painters and printmakers of the German Expressionist movement. He was a founding member of “Der Blaue Reiter” (“The Blue Rider”). Among organizing several exhibits, they also published an almanac featuring contemporary, primitive and folk art, along with children’s paintings. He was born in Munich . His father was a professional landscape painter, and his mother a strict Calvinist. In Paris , he frequented artistic circles and became in contact with a number of artists. He discovered a strong affinity for the work of Van Gogh. Marc developed an important friendship with the artist August Macke, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and other artists.

Most of his mature work portrays animals, usually in natural settings. His work is characterized by bright primary color, an almost cubist portrayal of animals, stark simplicity and a profound sense of emotion. Marc also gave an emotional meaning or purpose to the colors he used in his work, blue would be used for masculinity and spirituality, yellow represented feminine joy and red encased the sound of violence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist of the Month for January 2010

Rene Magritte (1898-1967)

René Magritte was a surrealist artist, born in Belgium.

Surrealism: Style using imagery from dreams and the subconscious, often distorting forms of ordinary objects or placing them in new contexts.

His work frequently contains a juxtaposition of ordinary objects or an unusual context giving new meanings to familiar things.

In addition to these fantastic elements, his work is often witty and amusing, and he created a number of surrealist versions of other famous paintings.