Winter Art 2018

This fall we printed. This winter we will build!
-paper folding to create 3D forms to assemblage, bas relief and sculptures from recycled materials.
And middle schoolers who enjoyed the castle/manor/mosque project at Ottoson come build some more with Eileen!

Tuesday K-Gr 3 3:30-5pm 1/2, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27
Wednesday Gr2-5 3:30-5pm 1/10, 1/24, 2/14, 2/28, 3/14
fee: $100 for the session, 10% discount for siblings
Registration: send me an email with class preference, bring fees first week of class, and if first class this school year please bring contact information I will send by email

Architecture for Middle Schoolers
Gr 6-8
Do you like to move the furniture in your room? Do you imagine designing you own buildings? Do you notice how being in different spaces affects how you feel? Do you like to make things with your hands?
Join Eileen Murphy McNamara, artist and architect, for a 4 week hand on workshop that explores basic architectural principles. Through exercises and model building we will play with important ideas about space making!

4 Thursdays: 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8
fee: $100 for 4 classes

Fall Art 2017

Hi Everyone- 
Happy End of Summer! I hope you are enjoying the cooler weather we are having. We are fortunate not not be dealing with catastrophic weather like so many people in this country and others. Thanks to all who are sending aid!

It has been a summer of transitions for me. I apologize for the lateness of this email but have been traveling back and forth to Canada this August. My parents are adapting to the loss of independence in old age and my youngest son just took on more as he starts University in Montreal at Concordia.Life is change!
Speaking of change, this Fall classes at A Room for Art will be different. I will be running an after school course at Decordova in Lincoln this October and November on Thursdays in Lincoln. I am reducing classes in the studio to concentrate on this. It is a great education for me to get to know the art, some artists and staff at this sculpture park and an opportunity to integrate natural history, art and pedagogy. So out of the studio into the park! All this is contingent upon the course enrolling of course. Look out for the course called What do You See Now? for 7-11 yr olds in Decordova’s Fall offerings at decordova.org 
Maybe some of you can join me?

Here at the studio I will run a Tuesday and a Wednesday class. Each class will be every other week allowing for no class the week of Hallowe’en. Tuesdays will be younger school age and Wednesdays older school age. These aren’t rigid categories.

Tuesdays K- Gr 3 10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5
Wednesdays Gr 2-5 10/11, 10/25, 11/15, 11/29, 12/13

What will we do? play with a variety of media, 2D and 3D, a project a class and some time to breathe and play!

To register : send me an email with your name, your child’s name and date of birth

Bring first day of class:

and 
Fees $100 for 5 classes, 10% off total for siblings

Thanks, Ann

Art Camp 2017

What:

Summer Art Camp is a morning program for 5-11yr olds. Art projects are linked to games, stories, playful physical challenges and experimentation with elements like water, sand, clay, bubbles, earth and air. We do individual and collaborative work with a variety of 2D and 3D materials. The work is inspired by nature, fine artists, the materials themselves, and each other. It’s summer and the aim is to get wet, dirty and immersed in the elements!

When: 9am -12noon
Week 1 June 26- June 30
Week 2 July 17- July 21
Week 3 July 24-July 28
Week 4 July 31-Aug 4

Where: 115 Robbins Rd, Arlington
Camp will be held in the studio down the driveway to the right of the house. Door is on the left. We will also work and play in the yard and at Robbins Farm Park

Approximate Schedule:
9:00 Gathering activity outside and inside
9:15 Meeting and Art Project, free play
10:30 Bathroom and snack

11:00 Walk to the Park, Games (this timing is subject to weather, how much everybody needs an open space to run and the whim of all the artists involved)
OR
Free play at studio

12:00 Pickup at 115 Robbins Rd
Early Pickup: Let me know if you need to pick up your child early. You can come to the park if we are there.

How to contact us during camp:
Studio: 781 646 8880
Ann’s cell: 781 366 5955

Drop off and Pick up: 115 Robbins Rd

What to bring
Bring:
-water bottle
- if raining, a rain coat
Wear:
- hat
-shoes to run in(no flip flops please)
-clothes that can get dirt, paint, glue and more on them(I have smocks)
-sunscreen (please apply at home)
It is also helpful if you eat breakfast and do a bathroom visit before you come to camp! (full stomach, empty bladder)

Snack:
-Mid morning snack of some combination of crackers, cheese, bagels, muffins, yogurt, fruit or vegetables.
-Water for the drink.
Let me know if there are food issues

Assistants:
I will have an assistant with me each day. They will help
me with materials, bathroom runs, cleanup and the trip to the park.

The Art
Visit my blog for pictures of past projects and summer camp archives. It will give you an idea of the materials I use regularly and the kinds of activities we do at camp. During Summer Camp we will do more with the outdoors and nature for inspiration. Each week will have a loose theme to tie the activities together. Some of the projects will produce products that we can play with outside. Some projects will be collaborative and others will simply be art to look at. There will be free time to experiment with materials.
The media will be a mixture of 2D and 3D.

I’ll let you know the themes later! (Not only do I need time to get it altogether, I also think that a theme does not tell a child what camp’s going to be like)

Registration! Please Read-
Send me an email and I will send you a registration package.

Fees:
$200 per week per child, $50 due at time of registration, balance due on or before 1st day of class
Sibling discount: 10% off total

The Registration Package-contact information form
-photo and walk release
-$50 deposit per child per week
-cheque payable to Ann Wynne, address above

Spring Art 2017

Spring Session
April-June 2017



Welcome to the Spring Session at a Room for Art!

As in the Winter Session Art Play gatherings invite students to define their own projects, choose materials, and experiment. The studio is set up as a work space for the group to share.

Art Classes offer a specific project with a set of materials. Experimentation is encouraged within the limits of the project.

Art Play

Choose from materials available: build, paint, play. All gatherings 3-5pm, for K-Gr5
Art Play Tuesday 4/4, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6
Art Play Thursday 4/6, 4/27, 5/11, 5/25, 6/8

Art Class
Art that Moves: splatter, marble, tops and pendulums? Let’s experiment with paint! All classes 3:30-5pm, for K-Gr5
Art Class Tuesday 4/11, 5/2, 5/16, 5/30, 6/13
Art Class Thursday 4/13, 5/4, 5/18, 6/1, 6/15

Registration:

Send me an email with your choice of class. Fees and contact information (if you have not been with me this school year) due by first class/gathering. I will send you the file.

Returning students let me know now if you are doing the Spring Session.