Art Sphere Inc.’s “Envelope Project” is a creative assignment for all ages and has been especially helpful for those facing physical, mental, and emotional challenges, including poverty, incarceration, and violence. This workshop curriculum helps individuals and groups to explore their lives through self-reflection and to empower themselves through making art. When we …
people walking on street near building during daytime by Svend Nielsen, via Unsplash Activities for Ages: 5-12 Anticipatory set: Students sit on edges of square sheets of paper placed on the floor. Teacher plays name game with students. Part 1: Teacher discusses what a mural is, explains the mural-making process, …
Image by John Hain from Pixabay We invite you to make art for healing by participating in a journey through the four directions of the Medicine Wheel. The Medicine Wheel teaches us about the interconnectedness of all things. As each season brings its own special energy to the cycle of …
Stencil Painting Directions (Materials: stencils, rags, brushes, tape, acrylic paint) Choose a theme for stencil mural project. (theme for Fishtown – “Aquatic Life”) Choose specific location and decide how stencils will fit space. (We have small stencils designed specifically for painting over benches and bigger ones for walls) Brainstorm ideas, pick stencils and …
Origami, or paper folding, is a traditional Japanese art form that travels easily. Origami has been used in medicine for operations (DNA origami delivers cancer drugs to tumors,) stomach origami is the latest in weight loss surgery, and even architecture is becoming origami inspired! Origami’s portability make it a perfect art form for Art Sphere Inc.’s …
View Art Sphere, Inc’s work at Cohox Rec Center in our video and photos below! A youth participant explains how to create an origami boat and then shares a funny and entertaining story about an iceberg and captain’s t-shirt! See in our video below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tbsom2cOww
Know a person who isn’t feeling well and want to cheer them up? Do you like making crafts with paper? Make a Senbazuru! A Senbazuru is a set of 1000 origami cranes joined together by thread. Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. In Japan, the crane is a …
Step-by-Step Origami Duck Folding Instructions Original ASI Design by John Guilfoyle Directions to fold origami duck: Start with a square piece of paper Fold the square in half at a diagonal to make a triangle Unfold Positioning the paper like a diamond, fold two edges in the center fold line …
