Children

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    Young POM Artists Club tackles Inktober

    The Young POM artists club tackles Inktober “Every October, artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. I created Inktober in 2009 as a challenge to improve my inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. It has since grown into a worldwide endeavor with thousands of artists taking on the challenge every year.” Jake Parker, Inktober Founder After talking with Young POM Artists current members, we have decided the club should take on the challenge this year.  Graphic Artist Josh Williams will be leading the explore of inking techniques and expressive drawing.   Young POM Artists Club…

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    POM THEATRICALs — Frog in the Pond

    POM THEATRICALs — Frog in the Pond is an all-around arts education experience for children designed to encourage a broad range of creative expression through the visual arts, storytelling (drama), movement (dance), and sound (music). It’s a collaborative effort calling on all creative skills. Ingredients for frog in the pond Matsuo Basho’s most famous Haiku translated by Alan Watts The old pond, A frog jumps in: Plop! Paintings by Claude Monet — most famous painter of ponds A trip to Clary Gardens to paint pictures of the pond there A live frog Sugar Lift Etchings by frog lover & famous Australian artist John Olsen Slow-mo video of frogs jumping Assorted simple rhythm…

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    SAVE THE WORLD STORIES — with your friends

    SAVE THE WORLD STORIES — with your friends YOUNG POM ARTISTS CLUB led by Anne Cornell with guest artists Grades 7-12, $5/week 12:30-2pm, Wednesdays June 7- July 26 Building on their manga/anime drawing skills, young artists will explore making and animating shadow puppets to tell SAVE THE WORLD STORIES. We’ll be paying particular attention to the German artist Lotte Reiniger who created the first full length animated film—20 years ahead of Disney’s Snow White! Check out the videos we posted on pinterest.  The animations the young artists create will be posted on YouTube and projected in the artPARK. Speaking of shadows and how stunning they can be at night…here’s a picture of our new interactive…