Amid the turbulent times in our world, even our youngest friends can benefit from lessons in mindfulness. Today, at the Lunchtime Literacy session at Fishtown Community Library, preschoolers learned about the emotionally calming effect of coloring intricate images. What makes you worry? Worrying is when you think about something too …
Repetition refers to one object or shape repeated, while pattern is a combination of elements or shapes repeated in a recurring and regular arrangement. Patterns appear in many art forms around the world, from geometric motifs to symmetrical patterns on blankets to the contemporary art designs. Every culture has its own distinct …
Before I talk about this week’s lesson at Towey, I just wanted to mention that Jess, who specializes in Art Therapy, has worked alongside Kristen & me. We started off class with some basic meditation and deep breathing exercises to calm our minds and relax our bodies. Next, we gave …
Before I talk about this week’s lesson at Penn Treaty, I just wanted to mention that Jess, who specializes in Art Therapy, has worked alongside Kristen & me as we picked up where we left off from the last class with the students designing jewelry with a 3D pen from …
Greta is a working artist and is currently attending school for art education. This is her first semester working with Art Sphere. Her goal is to inspire her students to learn about the world through art, and express themselves freely. Wednesday at Cohocksink Recreation center, Greta’s class celebrated Dr. Seuss’s …
Julie Shaffer is a docent at Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. This is her second semester volunteering with Art Sphere. She loves yoga, artisan ice cream, post-modern fiction, and art history. Julie wants to cultivate a love and appreciation of art in young children. At Fishtown Recreation Center, we celebrated …
With February 2020 being leap year, we thought it would be fun for the students at Towey to design their own ponds with frogs, fishes, water lilies, bubbles, etc. It was very nice to see the students working quietly and sharing crayons & glue with one another. I was very …
Starting off this week’s class at Penn Treaty, we introduced the students to an artist named Iris Van Herpen through some videos showing off her work. Herpen designs sculptures, clothes, shoes, and masks from a 3D printer, which are worn by models & dancers to perform on stage. I was …
