Invite the power of play with the art of scribbling. Participants will explore a variety of creative choices using themes of freedom and form as well as a variety of supplies to bring a design with colorful details to the piece of art.

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver

Supplies:
-Watercolor or mixed media paper
-Watercolors, watercolor pencils, watercolor crayons or markers, etc.

-Ultra fine permanent black marker
-Water
-Paper towels
-Palette
-Brushes

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"Signal Stories" are anecdotes and vignettes you share with someone new you meet, or someone you have coffee with for three hours. In this memoir-focused workshop, participants will summon their signal stories then have a skeleton of what to include in a larger piece of memoir writing. All levels are welcome.

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Pearl Klein

Supplies:
-No supplies needed

COMMUNITIES:

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Create tactile surfaces using watercolor and salt and let watercolor's natural behavior co-create playful results.

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver

Supplies:
-Watercolor paper
-Masking tape
-Board to tape watercolor paper on
-Large round brush
-Small round brush
-Fine round brush
-Table salt
-Paper towels
-Palette
-Water

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Get your dancing shoes ready as we travel around the world and learn popular dances through the decades. Whatever your dance level, come ready to have fun as we dance the time away with #1 hits from South Korea, Spain, Germany and the US while learning a little about the history of the dances.

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Merri Ann Osborne

Supplies:
-Dress comfortably
-Wear comfortable shoes for movement
-Water

COMMUNITIES:

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Explore color-mixing, shapes, lines and movement in this expressive painting workshop.

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Dez'Mon Omega Fair

Supplies:
-Paper or Canvas/any size works (5x7" suggested)
-Acrylic paint
-Palette (or palette paper or a plate)
-Brushes (round and flat)
-Cup of water
-Paper towels
-Pencil
-Palette knife (optional)

COMMUNITIES:
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Capture summer's delight in this drawing workshop. Using colored pencils, participants will learn layering, depth, and blending to bring a summer scene to life.

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver

Supplies:
-Colored Pencils
-Blending stump
-Mixed Media or Drawing Paper (natural or tan color - "neutral tone")
-Tissue or rag for blending

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COMMUNITIES:

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In this watercolor workshop participants will explore color mixing and wet-on-dry layering and brush strokes to bring roses from the garden to life.

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver

Supplies:
-Watercolor paper
-Watercolor paints
-Brushes (flat and round)
-Water container
-Paper towels
-Pencil

COMMUNITIES:

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Together participants will explore the medium of collage - we will select collage materials based on colors and shapes (textures) that appeal to us to utilize for our background. We will continue to warm up those creative talents by beginning the piece with a doodle - anything that comes to mind from drawing a person or even abstract lines and scribbles. We will then paint over our doodles with watercolor - selecting colors that compliment or contrast our collage inspiration. As that dries, we will assemble a torn paper collage for our background using the visually appealing elements we have selected. Each participant will create a collage featuring a doodle!

Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Ashley McEneny

Supplies:
-Collage materials: Newspapers, Magazines, Books etc. Images that have colors and visual textures that appeal to you
-Glue Stick
-2-3 pieces of paper (or substitute 1 small piece of cardboard for your collage to be built on (4x6") and 1-2 pcs of paper for your doodle)
-Scissors
-Permanent Marker (Sharpie recommended)
-Watercolor Paint, Dish of Water and Brush

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