ART CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS Led by our Life Enrichment Team, “Art for Everyone” classes are for all ability and skill levels. Drop in to learn new techniques and build collaborative art with your neighbors.
Wooden Flower Bouquets for Mother’s Day: These lightweight balsa wood flowers are dipped in acrylic paint to make some of the most realistic faux flowers we have ever seen.
Intentional Etegami: In recent years, the popular Japanese art form “etegami” (e= image; tegami= letter) has captured Cardmaking with the interest and imagination of artists all over the world. The simplest English definition of etegami Claudia Henderson: National Scrapbooking Day is may well be “Japanese postcard art.” Etegami coming this May and we’ll be was conceived in the 1960s, when calligrapher learning techniques for making Kunio Koike became exasperated with the rigid traditions of his field. He envisioned an art handmade greeting cards from form that could be spontaneous, honest, and Claudia Henderson. She has a lifelong personal without being self-obsessed. Koike passion for taking photographs and preserving memories. For Claudia, the most satisfying thing began combining simple images with brief but thoughtfully chosen words on washi postcards. is knowing she made someone smile with her He sent these postcards, called this idea “New unique, thoughtful cards made with love. Year’s cards in their everyday clothes,” and Photography Workshop with Angela: created the slogan “Heta de ii, heta ga ii” which Angela Swan has been a fine art and portrait can be translated as “It’s okay to be awkward. photographer for over 20 years. During her Awkwardness has charm.” This welcoming slogan 7-year career as a wedding photojournalist, encouraged people who wanted to make art she honed skills to make you and your loved but felt they lacked the talent to do so. Come ones look great! She will teach us how to find explore and expect to be delighted by your own flattering light sources for taking people pictures authentic Etegami! and basic editing on smartphones. Upcoming curriculum may include:
MONDAY CERAMICS WITH MEG
Join University of Michigan Penny Stamps School of Art and Design alum Meg Gizzi and create your own pinch pot and slabwork bowls, vases, trays and more. Beginners welcome.
OPEN POTTERY STUDIO
Self-organized time to finish residents’ own independent projects.
COMMUNITY SERVICE ART PROGRAMS
Create art with a purpose! Artistic projects, suggested by the resident Community Service committee and Life Enrichment Team, will again include silk flower creation and arrangements for Promedica Nursing Center, our neighbor. They enjoyed the bright pop of color on their dining room tables all last year! For Mother’s and Father’s Days in May and June, join us to create Mini Tissue Tapestries and Bookmarks for local Meals on Wheels recipients.
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