Past Programming
Art Room After School
In September 2023 Art Room expanded offerings to include an after-school program: providing weekly standards-based arts education at no cost to students or their families. This program began on September 26th 2023 and will run through the academic year. The program is divided into 5 units lasting 6 weeks, with a capacity of 30 students per age bracket. By segmenting the program, we hope families have the ability avoid conflict with other seasonal extra-curricular activities. Because everyone deserves art!
2023 Art Camp at Fort Stevens State Park - In Partnership with Astoria Visual Arts
Make Your Mark
What do screens, wood blocks, seaweed, and the sun have in common? They all make pretty amazing prints! Students worked through the process of turning simple shapes, shadows, and sketches into printed motifs through screen printing, woodcut relief, cyanotypes, marbling, and more! All projects were hands-on fun and designed to let kids of all ages and abilities just be kids, exploring new materials and media to broaden their horizons.
June 26th - 29th 2023
Regenerated Gems
It's true, not all that glitters is gold, but trash can be turned into treasure! Regenerated Gems was intended to bring out the young environmentalist or aspiring inventor in all of us. Campers used unconventional materials to breathe new life into forgotten items. All projects were hands-on fun, designed to encourage kids of all ages and abilities to just be kids, be curious, explore, and appreciate the wonderous world around.
July 24th - 27th 2023
Stand Up, Stand Out
Make art that pops right off the table - no 3D glasses required! Campers explored techniques for creating 3-Dimensional art including modeling, assembling, and casting. The perfect place for those who like to get a little messy! All projects were hands-on fun, designed to encourage kids of all ages and abilities to just be kids, be curious, and explore materials and processes that they might not see in other class settings.
August 21st - 24th 2023
Forage:
Annual Wreath-Making Workshop at Anita
Annual Wreath-Making Workshop at Anita
This was our second annual Art Room fundraiser and wreath-making workshop at Anita! We gathered up evergreen boughs, herbs, flowers, berries, and fruits to be bound into fragrant and decorative wreaths, smudges, or bundles. This is a great way to celebrate the season (holiday traditions or not) by spending quality time with your little ones, enjoying treats and libations, and creating hand-made items that honor the gifts that our gardens and forests provide.
Saturday, December 10th , 2022
3pm - 4:30pm
Pay What you Can - Sliding Scale
($10-$20 Suggested Donation per family)
2022 Art Camp at Shively Park
- In Partnership with Astoria Visual Arts
- In Partnership with Astoria Visual Arts
Funtastic Fibers
Children worked individually and in groups to create fiber-based projects. They explored natural dyes, wove works of wonder, and made paper from pulp to be painted and printed on. All projects were hands-on fun and designed to let kids be kids, exploring new materials and media to broaden their horizons.
June 27th - 30th 2022
Drawing with Light
Kids made "magic" with photosensitive materials, shined light to find shapes from shadows, and told stories with silhouettes. Sure to spark that sense of wonder in any young STEAM enthusiast, the photographic processes featured in each project involved chemistry, biology, technology, engineering, math, and of course, ART! All projects were hands-on fun, designed to encourage kids of all ages and abilities to just be kids, be curious, and explore.
July 11th - 14th 2022
Invention in the 3rd Dimension
Campers explored techniques for creating 3-Dimensional art including modeling, assembling, and casting. The perfect place for those kiddos who like to get a little messy! All projects were hands-on fun, designed to encourage kids of all ages and abilities to just be kids, be curious, and explore.
July 25th - 28th 2022
Saturday Programming at Astoria Library: "Beautiful Oops" Series
Kids of all ages and their parents joined us at Astoria Library every third Saturday to grapple with the process of turning "oops-es" into ART. We spilled, smudged, stained, ripped, punctured, tore, crumpled, and literally destroyed artwork in order to see and create something new from the old. The world is a messy place! Accidents happen and mistakes are a part of being human - and it's very easy to feel frustrated when they occur. The important thing to remember is that we can always choose to use what we have to make something new. What we often find is that mistakes and accidents can lead to some pretty beautiful discoveries!
April 16 - July 16th 2022
Pilot Workshops at Anita
Clay
For our first event as an organization, we invited the whole family to join us in exploration of air dry clay, using slab building techniques and creating pinch pots.
December 4th 2021
Fiber
Parents and children worked together to create macrame projects, using various knot tying techniques, and heat transfer wax motifs onto fabric.
December 11th 2021
Forage
Using natural materials such as locally foraged branches and herbs, dried flowers and citrus, attendees created beautiful and fragrant wreaths and bundles.
December 18th 2021