I kept good on my promise to bring more interesting projects for the middle schoolers. A few expressed interest in math, others expressed interest in flowers, and many of them expressed interest in more focused and detailed work. So, I planned a lesson about mandalas. I began class by asking …
Tuesday the 5th, we came with a lesson about the previous Saturday’s holiday: Groundhog Day! All students, both middle school and second grade, were familiar with the legend of Punxatawny Phil and what his shadow means. The middle school kids are just on the cusp of outgrowing Groundhog Day, but …
This past week I helped the kids at Cione and Fishtown create a song based around shapes and actions. I cut out four different shapes and linked them with specific actions such as clapping hands or shouting hooray. We glued the shapes onto sheet music and they chose where to …
We are in the middle of gearing up for our Spring and Summer programs, and you know what that means? More exciting lesson plans! Some of the projects we have in the works include: interactive weather charts, farm scenes with popsicle fences, geometric shape skylines, funky shape monsters, and more! …
The students at Fishtown created a hand-painted “Art Sphere” sign for their classroom. This is now hanging above the projects they made the first week of the Winter session. With each passing week, the classroom is getting more and more colorful! The sign looks terrific, and they had a great …
Adorable preschool love was in the air last week as the students at Cione Rec Center made valentines and created their own personal Valentine’s Day Boxes. Miss Mary Kate, the teacher at Cione, collected an abundant amount of material to decorate their boxes, allowing all of the students to make …
We began a ceramics class for adults in the fall at Dendy Playground (named after activist Marie Dendy). We studied artwork by contemporary and ancient women artists; this included African American, South American, Asian and Egyptian artists. For many of our artists, this was their first time making art or …
On December 21, 2018 at Dendy Recreation Center, adult students from Art Sphere Inc’s Thursday evening ceramic class shared their ceramic artwork and gave their extra pieces to local youth for Christmas. Art Sphere Inc staff transformed the cinder block building for the festivities: Christmas lights, delicious food, desserts, and …
