Winter Art Classes 2022

Welcome to Winter Art!

For the fall I tried to cluster a younger and older group but family logistics took over. So once again I will have multiple age groups so carpooling and getting here works for everybody. Both classes welcome 5-11 yr olds. Projects will continue to be the kind each child can work at their own level. We will continue to wear masks inside and will probably be mostly in the studio. I am not scheduling park visits but will watch the weather closer the start of the session and will plan to go outside if there is beautiful snow to exploit!

I am starting the session at the end of January.

Our focus will be building in 3D using cardboard in the first 4 classes then multi media in the last 4 (wire, fabric, paper, recycled materials, wood)

Here’s what I am planning for the next few months:

Monday 3:30-5pm 8 classes: 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21
Tuesday 2:30-4pm 8 classes: 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22

Fees:
8 class session $180
4 classes- either first 4 or last 4 $100

Open Studios
Monday and Tuesday January 10 and 11 3:30-5pm
Thursdays February 10 and March 10
Drop in time for families to play and use available materials. Let me know the week before if you are coming so I can limit numbers)
$5, $10 max for families

To register: Send me an email with your child's DOB and class preference and I will let you know if there is still space. If so I will send you the registration papers.

Thanks, Ann

Artisan Sale at Roasted Granola Cafe

Come to the artisan sale at Roasted Granola! Saturdays 2-5pm. 12/11, 12/18

I will be there with journals and cards Dec 4 and 11 

Fall Art Classes 2021

Farm country northwest of Toronto

Hello to All! The corn is high and the smell of mature grasses is in the air. I am in Canada visiting family and savoring the August days.

 I am offering classes on Mondays and Tuesdays this fall. Unlike prior years the classes will be consecutive. You have the choice of registering for 4 weeks or 8 weeks of the Fall Session, October-November. I am in Canada until 8/30 but have internet and email!

Pandemic Protocols: I want to be hopeful that soon we will be mask free but not yet! So I will continue to use outdoor spaces as much as I can and while indoor, we will all wear masks. I'll use my backyard and the local parks. Park classes will be rescheduled for severe weather. 

The Art: The focus for the fall is print making and versatile paper. Projects will use a combination of 2D and 3D materials to explore the possibilities with a variety of printmaking techniques. Experimentation and play is the goal!

I hope to do one park class per 4 class block. We'll move to play with art principles like line, form, texture, symmetry, composition and to exercise our artist senses!

Here is the Schedule:

Gr 2-5 Monday afternoons 3:30-5pm
Fall Block 1 10/4, 10/18, 10/25*, 11/1   *class at Robbins Farm Park
Fall Block 2 11/8, 11/15, 11/22*, 11/29   *class at Menotomy Rocks Park

K-Gr3 Tuesday afternoons 2:30-4pm. Note the earlier time due to school early release on Tuesdays

Fall Block 3 10/5, 10/12, 10/19*, 10/26   *class at Robbins Farm Park

Fall block 4  11/2, 11/9, 11/16*, 11/23.  *class at Menotomy Rocks Park

The age categories I choose are arbitrary and can be flexible to accommodate your schedule.

Open Studios: 

Art Play! Open Studios is a chance to visit the studio and choose to make art with materials offered. Or  build with blocks and other building toys. ( I don't lead a project during this time) All family and friends welcome to stay and play. It is a drop in time but registration is required- simply email me and tell me you are coming! (just so I can keep handle on numbers)
2 Thursdays 10/28 and 12/ 2  3:30-5pm

Fees: $5 drop in fee

To Register:

Classes: Send me an email with your child's name, DOB, anything I should know about your child's comfort in groups and class preference. I will send you the paperwork. If you are a family that has not participated I'm my programs before, please send me the paperwork by mid September. Returning families can bring it with fees the first day of class.

Open Studios: Send me an email before the Thursday it is on.

Fees:
Classes: Each 4 week block $100, choose 2 blocks for $180
Sibling discount: 10% off total eg. 2 children, one block $200-20=$180

Open Studios: $5 drop in fee

Summer Art Camp 2021

Happy August to All!

Summer Art Camp 2021:

Thanks again to all who participated in summer Art Camp this year. We continued to use the pandemic push outdoors, the silver lining of the challenging year and a half we have had. Our themes were Water, Earth, Paper, Light which we used to inspire 2D and 3D projects. 

Water:
-water surface tempera paintings
-tiny dioramas with sculpted clay
-painted recycled packing forms
-watercolor fish strings

Earth:
-rock paintings with grey/black tempera paint

-decomposer search, observe and draw

-big clay stories telling

-clay moulds and poured plaster

Paper
-paper mâché
-bas relief with crush/twisted/folded newsprint
-accordion books
-3D paper collage

Light
-shadow paintings
-hot color mix and paintings
-shadow scapes with wood scraps
-recycled clear plastic and acetate sculpture 
-shadow puppets

playing at Robbins and the backyard

Art camp weeks full except July 19-23

 Hi Everybody- 

I hope summer is going well and here's to adapting to all the changing weather. I am on the Cape and we have had Tropical Storm Elsa, cool cloudy weather, hot sunny days and today another glorious beach day. Part of the beauty is the constant change.

Registration for art camp has been slow and steady. As of today Week 3 July 26-30 is full. There is still space for next week July 19-23. send me an email if you would like the registration papers. 

Thanks, Ann

Scroll down for more information about camp

Summer Art Camp Update

 Summer Camp is still enrolling! Here are the weeks that are full and that have space:

Week 1 June 28-July 2  Full

Week 2 July 19-23  7 spaces left

Week 3 July 26- 30  5 spaces left

Week 4 August 2-6 Full

Happy Summer, Ann

Summer Art Camp 2021

watercolor and marker summer 2019

 

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 28- July 2

Week 2  July 19- July 23

Week 3  July 26-July 30

Week 4  August 2-6 

 

Where:

115 Robbins Rd, Arlington 

Camp will be held at the studio down the driveway to the right of the house. Door is on the left. We will minimize the use of the indoor space as we have all this year. We will work and play in the backyard and at Robbins Farm Park

 

Approximate Schedule:

9:00 Gathering activity outside 

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:

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

-simple snack (no nuts)

 

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)

 

Assistants:

I will have an assistant with me from 9-12 each day. They will help

me with materials, bathroom runs, cleanup and the trip to the park. 

 

The Art

Visit my blog archive 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 the registration package to be sent  by old fashioned mail (paper).  When I receive a complete package your child will be registered. 

(This way I won’t chase anyone for contact information or $ and I can think about ART!)

 

 Fees: 

$225 per week per child, $50 due at time of registration, balance due on or before 1^st day of class

Sibling discount: 10% off total

 

The Registration Package

-contact information form

-photo and walk release

-$50 deposit per child per week

-cheques payable to Ann Wynne 

-mailing address: 115 Robbins Rd Arlington, Ma 02476

Spring Art

Hello Art Families, Happy Winter Break!

brisk block building in the backyard. Fall 2020

I hope your set of pandemic restrictions and pandemic perks are serving you well. I have enjoyed having my winter studio making journals and cards, leaving paper spread across tables and taking up all the space but I really miss the energy and enthusiasm of children artists young and old.

We are getting through! Hope is on the horizon. I am happy to offer another outdoor session starting April. Again I will use my backyard space and local parks. I will send reminders about location each week. I am sure we will all be still wearing masks and giving each other space!

As always I can’t predict enrollment so I am offering the same number of classes and will combine classes if the numbers are low. I would like to have at least 5 children in each class. The same goes for age groupings. I will offer one older class but if there is a greater proportion of older students I will try to make another older class. Also age groupings aren’t rigid so if logistics require to mix ages we can work it out.

Spring Session at a Room for Art

It is the tradition in the Spring to paint here at the studio and paint we will! We will do the projects that require lots of materials it the back yard and go light into the woods, using natural materials, journals, our senses and a few simple props. We will continue experimenting with games that play with color, line and shape.

115 Robbins Rd 02476

Ann’s cell: 781 366 5955

April-June 2021

4 Class Session

Every other Tuesday or Thursday

All Classes 3:30-5pm

Fees: $100 for the 4 class session

Tuesday K-Gr 3  4/6, 4/27, 5/11, 5/25

Tuesday K-Gr 3  4/13, 5/4, 5/18, 6/1

Thursday K-Gr 3  4/8, 4/29, 5/13, 5/27

Thursday Gr 4-8  4/15, 5/6, 5/20, 6/3

It’s an Outdoor Session! 

-dress for the weather

-eat and drink way before class if possible, bathroom for emergencies only (when we are at the park no indoor plumbing at all)

-as always wear clothes that can get dirt and paint on them

-shoes for running

Registration: Send me an email with your interest and we will go from there!