Now that Spring is finally upon us, we are writing curriculum and planning classes to promote a greater awareness and responsibility to recycle. Join us to make art through recycling on Fridays, April 5-26, from 3-6 p.m. at Cohocksink Recreation Center; April 6, 10-1 p.m. for Lemon Street Playground Cleanup; April 13, …
Life is change and doing things you love helps people get through the rough times by adapting. Making art helps adults get in touch with their magical joyful inner child that likes to play. Creative fun gives us clues on ways we can allow ourselves to experience life and allow …
I love history and local folk lore and so I have to share this wonderful resource. Just when you think you know the City of Brotherly Love, there’s another surprise around the corner. Who can help but love this city! It’s a city with an incredible wealth of diverse stories …
It is Martin Luther King Day. When I wake early, I am feeling anxious. I have volunteered to help my daughter Kristin with her MLK event at the Fishtown Recreation Center. Although I have been to Fishtown on lots of occasions, I have never actually been to the Rec. Center …
It’s wonderful to see an example of an art term in the outdoors while contemplating the nature of things. In art, when contrasting silhouettes are layered, it’s easy to lose one’s figure-ground relationship. In art, it’s called “visual confusion” when positive and negative space make it difficult to discern spacial …
Art Sphere’s “The Envelope Projects” are creative assignments for facilitating community members facing physical, mental and emotional challenges to poverty, incarceration and violence to explore their lives through self-reflection and make art for self-empowerment. When we are awaiting news, envelopes represent lack of control …if we get the news we …
Kristin is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a MFA in painting. She completed a teaching certificate program at the University of Phoenix and received her BFA in painting from Tyler School of Art. She has extensive experience working with diverse cultural and ethnic populations and constructing curricula …
