It’s a fabulous line up for our Saturday Family Arts Program! There’s something for the whole family with offerings by four of our talented local artists.
For children 5 & under: Clay Play with Asia Sosnowski
***Please note: children under the age of 3 must have a caregiver in the room with them. Children between the ages of 3-5 may attend with a caregiver on site, but who may be participating in our Adult Caregiver workshop.
Time to play with clay! Children will have the opportunity to dive into the soothing sensory world of clay, learning basic clay shaping techniques as they do so.
For children ages 5-10(ish): Capoeira Angola with Taganyahu Swaby
Capoeira Angola is an Afro-Brazilian martial art dance with a liberatory purpose and strong musical tradition at its core. Capoeira Angola is a movement practice that facilitates play. The performing of it is called play and not dancing or fighting as it centers joy and reciprocal interaction through music. It is also an Afro-diasporic tradition that complements Africana studies, and can serve as an important home and refuge for all students and Afro-descended students in particular. For some videos see here andhere.
For youth ages 10 - 19 (ish): Photography with Hillary Baack
The multi-talented Hillary Baack will guide participants in cultivating their photographic eye, and introduce techniques for framing portraiture, still lifes, or other subjects, following participants’ interests. Basic photo editing skills will also be shared. Participants may use their own humble phone cameras to learn techniques for beautiful photography, and we will also have some photo devices available for those without their own phones.
For adult caregivers: Drawing for Everyday with Phoebe Rotter
You can so draw! This workshop seeks to demystify the sometimes intimidating world of art, and to cultivate artistic practices as individual expression that is accessible to all.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Of ice of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.