Holly’s previous post about the good things that having a library space for teens to go to was awesome and very inspiring. But just because you’re in the library and off the streets doesn’t mean that the streets can’t come to you, in other awesome and inspiring ways.
I’d like to showcase some of my current favorite [...]
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I am definitely not a nonfiction person (Sorry, Sara) and even less a craft person, but when I saw Custom Kicks: Personalized Footwear, I flipped. It’s packed with colorful and zany ways to make sneakers, other shoes and even flip flops into masterpieces. The author invited 150 artists to present their visions and includes URLs and other ways to contact [...]
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Get ready for book 2!
Yes the art attacks continue. The Janes’ need to find a date for a school dance so they play cupid and become entangled in affairs of the heart. P.L.A.I.N. – People Loving Art In Neighborhoods – goes global when they enter into the Metro City Museum of Modern Art Contest.
Here’s a [...]
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Check out this hilarious PSA from AmericansFortheArts.org. While it’s true that the idea of 19th-century German composer Johannes Brahms crashing through your kitchen wall during breakfast to promote his Raisin Brahms is quite funny, it’s also true that each year funding for the arts gets cut at schools throughout our country. Feast your eyes on these facts:
An impressive [...]
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So I told you about the Homewood Branch’s Altered Book Workshop. Now you get to see the works in progress! Want to join in? Come July 23rd at 2:00!
–LeeAnn
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CLP – Homewood. Wednesday. July 2nd. 2:00.
Ripping. Painting. Cutting. Folding. Gluing.
Deconstruct old donated books and make them your own!
Check out this gallery for ideas.
-LeeAnn
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Come join us for an afternoon of Found Object Puppet Making! Representatives from the Mattress Factory Museum will be on hand with supplies and suggestions while you make a puppet to take home out of various recycled and found objects.
Open to all ages 4 and up. We would love to see lots of teens.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 [...]
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