On August 25, 2016 Art Sphere Inc. was honored to be the recipient of funds raised by an art raffle at the Social Art event, hosted by 1100 Social at XFINITY Live! We are so grateful to the artists who donated art pieces, and the guests who purchased raffle tickets, which helped …
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, …
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 …
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 …
This year we decided to honor the creations of Art Sphere Inc.’s Preschool students at each site by hosting a final art show at each site! At Fishtown Recreation Center, Samuels Recreation Center and Shissler Recreation Center we set up displays of the students artwork and artist statements for students …
We are so excited to have an art show at each site we have been teaching at to celebrate the students’ work this spring! Photos from each event will be shared here and on our social media.
On May 5, 2016 ASI is excited to be painting a mural at Penn Treaty Middle/High School! The hallways in the video below will soon be turned into a collaborative mural, with the help of volunteers from Guy Carpenter.
Samuel Recreation Center Preschool Ceramics Class Teachers: Sarah Gregory and Nicole Giusti ASI Spring 2016 These lessons are intended to reinforce the shape/color curriculum being covered at the preschool sites. Students will learn to identify shapes, colors, fruits, and vegetables, create pattern, develop fine motor skills through working with clay, …
Penn Treaty Reflection Notes from Conversation with Nicole There is an overlap among the students that attend the Penn Treaty Afterschool and In-School program, some students attend all three sessions. Approximately 7-9 students regularly attend the Monday After-School Claymation Program at Penn Treaty. Over the course of the semester, 100% …
