The final day of summer camp art classes was Friday. To celebrate all the great art the kids made, we put together an art show. We displayed the students work in the gym separated by artist and invited the parents to come and see. The kids made two signs for …
Bringing naturalists and wildlife representatives from John Heinz Refuge to Towey Recreation Center gave Art Sphere’s summer art programs a new dimension to our environmental art programming and murals we paints with students. Our students were delighted, amazed, shocked and curious about the taxidermy ducks positioned in flight that were brought, …
This week at the Fishtown Recreation Center and Towey we made different creatures and used folded construction paper to give each one a surprise. The pieces of paper were folding inwards leaving a tab on the top and bottom. The tap would be the face of the creature. Then when …
On Monday, June 20th “A Print Story”, an art exhibit featuring original art by staff volunteers who donated their work in support of ASI programs, opened in Shop 543 Gallery at the URBN Headquarters in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The company collaboration was lead by Anthropologie designer and Art Sphere volunteer Katrina Stokes who …
In association with the John Heinz Refuge, we will be bringing ducks into our summer programs. This week at Fishtown Recreation Center and Towey we had the students draw ducks. We are getting the work ready for a duck stamp contest and some of the art will be featured at …
I want to start out by introducing myself as one of the teachers with Art Sphere. My name is Diana and I am a local artist in Philadelphia. I have been working with this program since the winter and I absolutely love working with the kids. The summer programs at Fishtown …
On Wednesday June 22nd, Art Sphere Inc. was pleased to be an exhibitor at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Read! by 4th Partner Resource Fair. It was a valuable opportunity to meet and share lesson plans and education strategies with so many other organizations working to support children in Philadelphia. We are excited …
As part of our overarching themes this session, we are aiming to include more music into the lessons for the summer and fall. Incorporating music into our lessons will help students relax and slow their heartbeats while encouraging them to concentrate more easily on the task at hand. Studies show that listening …
