September 2014: Chagall & Dreams
Learn
- Dream with Marc Chagall and Expressionists
- Discover monochromatic paintings
- Learn about stained glass with Daniel Maher
Create
- Tell your story with pictures
- Fly above your home town
- Ride on your dream animal
Play
- Fill your head with dreams
- Catch your bad dreams
- Bake stained-glass cookies
Recommended books and supplies
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August 2014: Picasso & Self-Portrait
Learn
- Discover the art of Pablo Picasso
- Explore Cubism
- Learn the correct way to draw a face
Create
- Sculpt your face out of wired, nylon and clay
- Draw, paint and paste your self-portrait
- Trace your head
Play
- Distort your name
- Play with a line
- Finish your portrait in few simple steps
Recommended books and supplies
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July 2014: Matisse & Fish
Learn
- Discover the bold colors of Fauvism
- Learn about positive and negative space
- Look for organic and geometric shapes
Create
- Paint with scissors like Henri Matisse
- Collage aquariums and sea creatures
- Upcycle your fish
Play
- Create a fish out of your imagination
- Play with mosaics
- Put together tangram fish
Recommended books and supplies
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June 2014: Hokusai & Ocean
Learn
- Visit Japan and discover Ukiyo-e
- Discover the creatures in the deep
- Learn about the ancient art of calligraphy
Create
- Try several printing methods first hand
- Fold and glue a paper lantern
- Make your fish shine
Play
- Send a message in a bottle
- Tell your stories in sand with Kseniya Simonova
- Print greeting cards for friends
Recommended books and supplies
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May 2014: Monet & Garden
Learn
- Visit Monet's garden and learn about Impressionism
- Discover reflection symmetry
- Watch the time move with Fong Qi Wei
Create
- Make your own watercolors
- Decorate a huge water lily pad
- Write a poem about your garden
Play
- Make paper that can grow into flowers
- Place yourself on Monet's Japanese bridge
- Learn about magically opening paper flowers
Recommended books and supplies
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April 2014: Rothko & Color
Learn
- Discover abstract Expressionism
- Learn about warm and cold colors
- Find emotions hiding on the color wheel
Create
- Make your own canvas
- Capture your emotions in oil pastels
- Visit tulip festival and abstract
Play
- Open your own gallery
- Discover the colors of the emotions
- Take a color wheel for a scavenger hunt
Recommended books and supplies
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March 2014: Miro & Playfulness in Art
Learn
- Explore paintings of Joan Miro
- Discover the thrill of automatic drawing
- Look at things quite differently than before
Create
- Sculpt collaborative paper creation
- Transform driftwood into an unique animal sculpture
with James Dorran Web
Play
- Eye-bomb your neighborhood
- Create a monster with your die
- Take pictures of letters everywhere around you
Recommended books and supplies
February 2014: Charley Harper & Birds
Learn
- Learn about minimal realism with Charley Harper
- Use potatoes and carrots to print all kinds of birds
- Discover the vibrant colors of oil pastels
Create
- Illustrate your own book with Cait
- Sculpt a paper mask with Diana
- Learn to use a quill
Play
- Build a nest on a plate
- Keep a bird-watching journal
Recommended books and supplies
January 2014: Bruegel & Snow
Learn
- Discover Pieter Bruegel’s snow landscapes
- Play with atmospheric perspective and mountains
- See the difference color can make in your work
Create
- Get outside and create snow art with Simon Beck
- Capture your favorite memory in a snow globe
- Use fractions of circles to collage snowflakes
Play
- Crystallize Borax snowflakes
- Have fun with monochromatic-landscape coloring book
Recommended books and supplies
December 2013: Holidays Around the World
Learn
- Explore Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah
- Learn about high-speed photography with Alan Sailer
Create
- Capture your holidays with Josef Lada inspired
illustrations - Collage a Kwanzaa scene with Synthia Saint James
- Light your own plaster menorah
Play
- Recycle your broken ornaments
- Build a gingerbread house
Recommended books and supplies
November 2013: Pissarro & Harvest
Learn
- Camille Pissarro & one point perspective
- Stocker Farm & secrets of corn mazes
Create
- Perspective painting of a pumpkin patch
- Gold leaves
- Smart pumpkins on recycled newspaper
- Your own corn maze with real corn
Play
- Test your creativity
- Change apples into dolls
- Design your own gnomes
- Build winter houses for fairies
- Play outside!
Recommended books and supplies
October 2013: Oldenburg & Food
Learn
- Claes Oldenburg & food
- Amy Quah & bento boxes
Create
- Clay cakes and hamburgers
- Mixed-media collage of food
- Edible art
Play
- Miniaturize your food
- Experiment with milk and eggs
- Design your own restaurant
- Decorate your plates
- Pimp up your pancakes
- Open your own pastry store
Recommended books and supplies
September 2013: Hundertwasser & My Home
Learn
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser & architecture
- Eric Standley and laser-cut windows
Create
- Happy buildings
- House in a bottle
- Paper-collage windows
Play
- Write your design statement
- Explore marshmallow architecture
- Decorate your window
- Create your own play cities
Recommended books and supplies
August 2013: Klimt & Tree of Life
Learn
- Gustav Klimt & Symbolism
- Brynn and jewelry
Create
- Gold family tree of life
- Nevelson’s tree
- Paper tree collage
Play
- Research your family history
- Create unique art gift
- Make personal jewelry
- Create family self-portrait
