The students at Penn Treaty are diligently working on their new art room. In honor of Halloween, they now have string spider webs and paper bats hung up throughout the room, and the newest addition this week was positive quotes that came from our students. They came up with some …
At Fishtown Recreation, the students were taught how to meditate. School is often stressful and tiring. Calming exercises, such as meditating, allow students the opportunity to breathe freely and de-stress before jumping into an art activity. After this, Fishtown students practiced playing on drums. This was a fun musical activity …
Marshmallows can be a pretty versatile food, and we decided to take this into the classroom. The goal of our project this week was to construct the highest tower using only marshmellows and straws. The students split into groups of 2 or 3 and were allowed to use scissors to …
Here at Penn Treaty, the students are still working on their new room. They made some more paper flowers as well as some other fall themed crafts to continue their fall theme. This is a longer project that they can work on, which is sometimes more fun because you can …
This past week at Southwark, we did a fun portrait experiment. The idea was to sit across from a partner and draw their face in a continuous line without looking down at the paper. Drawing faces is hard to begin with, so this was an extra challenge that was really …
This week, the students created Day of the Dead skull pictures, as well as some fall art. This is a Mexican holiday celebrated on October 31st through November 2. It’s really cool to be able to incorporate different cultural holidays into our art projects, since many of our students are …
Art sphere was able to be part of the graduation of some of our students this past week. We love being able to support and encourage the students in our community as they grow and achieve new levels. We came supplied with art supplies, of course, and gave everyone the …
The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge is a 1000-acre National Wildlife Refuge covering both Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania. It offers a fun outdoor experience with hiking trails, wild life, and environmental education. Art sphere recently hosted an event to create a fun learning experience that combined the outdoors, art, …
