Any season is a great time to notice nature's beauty and to make it come to life with amazing works of art! Each series offers different themes and different materials to engage every young artist's budding creativity. Sign up for one class at a time, or come for the whole series. Move over, Michelangelo - make room for all our Joppa artist superstars!
The Peabody Essex Museum ants to get everybody drawing! All over the world people gather every October to doodle, sketch, think and share at Big Draw events. This year PEM joins the internationally acclaimed campaign, celebrated for its ambitious reach and simple goal: To get everyone drawing.
The Peabody Essex Museum wants to get everybody drawing! All over the world people gather every October to doodle, sketch, think and share at Big Draw events. This year PEM joins the internationally acclaimed campaign, celebrated for its ambitious reach and simple goal: To get everyone drawing.
Nature journaling is a tool for making discoveries about nature. It involves drawing, but you don't have to be an artist. It involves writing, labeling, and making notes about what you notice and wonder. Above all, it involves taking a closer look. After a brief orientation and introductory exercises, the class will explore the journaling process along the trails of the sanctuary.
Join watercolorist Brenda Sloane in a monthly program that combines nature and art. We will start with a walk on the sanctuary to observe the topic of the month. We will then return to the Nature Center to create a follow-up work of art.
The Manchester Public Library invites kids in grades k-5 to a cupcake decorating session for the early release day from school! Come join Kyle Theriault of the Ipswich Bay Cupcake Co. for a fun afternoon treat that you can create on your own!
Space is limited. Please call to register - 978.526.2016
Come to the Emma Andrews Library and Community Center to enjoy a painting demonstration by local artist Anne Recchia. A member of the Newburyport Art Association, Anne has worked for many years in watercolor and has recently started working in oils. Known for painting evocative scenes of the New England coast, her work is in many private and public collections. Join her during Clothing Drive to Benefit Wellspring for a painting demonstration, hopefully outdoors, of the facade of the Emma Andrews Library.
The Ipswich Museum will host a summer art workshop, titled Coastal Culture, as part of its annual “Art in August” series. The Museum’s summer exhibit "I must go down to the seas again..." highlights the work of local artists and examines their relationship with the sea. Come explore the exhibit with a scavenger hunt, then answer the next question: why do YOU go to the shore? Participants will create their own art illustrating the reasons they go “down to the seas again.” All ages – families welcom
From zilch to a complete music production, the bootcamp is an intensive 3 half-day course covering digital audio fundamentals, editing and working with MIDI, audio recording and editing, and mixing techniques, thoroughly covering common tools and applications such as compression, EQ and reverb.
Have an iPad (or iPhone)? You can easily become a mobile music producer with the powerful capabilities of the mobile GarageBand app. In this course we produce a complete piece of only the GarageBand iPad or iPhone app, and minimal gear.
