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Let’s use imagination to spark creation! Find inspiration through storytelling and art exploration, then create work that ignites boundless creativity. This is a great introduction for the young artist to learn through exploration.
Explore the Wustum galleries to find inspiration from the community art exhibition, Cultural Reflections, then discover the wide variety of unique ideas and voices that can be found in RAM’s collection. Once you're thoroughly inspired, you can bring your ideas to life through a myriad of materials including clay, paint, paper, and more. A fabulous and fun week full of new experiences and art-making techniques!
Young artists will create museum-ready masterpieces throughout the week utilizing a variety of skills and fun materials.
Use a punch needle tool to embroider an image with yarn. Choose from a handful of predesigned patterns to get you started on your cozy needle art.
Welcome to the world of weaving! Learn how to weave a wall hanging or two using various fibers and natural found objects.
Create an artists' book or two through creative visual storytelling and cover design.
Craft paper hemp flowers that look as if they were grown fresh on a farm. No prior experience is necessary.
Try your hand at several methods of printmaking—create one-of-a-kind prints, or craft a series of prints that can be used for cards or gifts. By the end of this workshop, you too might become printmaking fanatic…once you start printing, you won't want to stop!
Craft wearable and sculptural 3-D art out of polymer clay. Learn molding techniques to blend colors and make simple canes. This workshop will feature demos and tutorials for specific projects as well as time to just play with and explore the material.
Sculpt sea creatures out of recycled materials as a way of keeping plastic away from our fish friends in the ocean!
Learn a multitude of clay handbuilding techniques while creating sculptural art! Clay pieces will be underglazed and fired, but not clear coated with a shiny glaze. Learn about ways to add to your creation at home after firing.
Create a 3-D imaginary landscape inspired by Lost at Sea—a loaned piece by artist Edouard Duval-Carrié on display in the RAM exhibition, Blurry Boundaries—that challenges preconceptions and creates a sense of time and place, whether real or imaginary.
