ART CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ARTICIPATE WITH DEBBY Every Thursday, join us in the Artistic Techniques Classes led by Deborah Kobayashi, master teaching artist with "Articipate," an organization that champions the artist in us all by offering new materials and techniques. Dorothy supports the risk taking, the grit of attempts, the vulnerability we all feel at the start while celebrating the growth and joy that follows. CRAFTSMANSHIP WITH KRISTI - Explore this growing craftsmanship class each Monday with Kristi Ternes, a multimedia artist who loves to help people of all ages explore and create in different mediums. Kristi graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and spent 20 years in Minneapolis working with communities. She most recently worked with Carrie Morris Art Productions teaching workshops for this year’s first-ever Mardi Gras parade. Each month, Kristi’s workshops will center on a specific project. FUTURE PROJECTS THIS QUARTER:
Polymer Clay Jewelry • Simple Basket Weaving • Fairy Houses 2d Drawing With Pencil • Watercolor Painting • Printing For Gift Cards • Batik Design With Beeswax
COMMUNITY SERVICE ART PROGRAMS BAGS & BEDDINGS WORKSHOP All Seasons West Bloomfield will collaborate with the Southfield-based National Council of Jewish Women’s Green Committee, focused on environmental issues. This project aims to reduce plastic waste going into landfills and waterand aids the homeless. The effort involves taking plastic bags, cutting them into strips of plastic yarn — or “plarn” — and then knitting or crocheting into surprisingly comfortable bedding for displaced individuals. ASWB will be holding a week-long drive to collect as many plastic bags as possible and learn this unique knitting technique. Residents and management will then drop off all bags and bedding to the Council’s Green Committee.
TIE BLANKET WORKSHOPS Last Quarter, our Sales and Life Enrichment departments worked with the organization “Fleece and Thank You,” which is dedicated to providing connection, comfort to children facing illness and their families supporting them. The goal was to provide every child facing hospital treatments with a colorful, comfortable fleece blanket and a video message of support. All Seasons held a “tie blacked social” event with residents and staff, and together we made blankets and created videos, capturing each resident’s special message to each child. It was such a huge success, we’re bringing this event and community service art program.
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