A Start With the Arts offers pre-school children ages 3-5 years the opportunity to work with a teaching artist/educator to explore the art and culture through hands-on activities.

Now that Spring is in the air, the garden comes alive with all sorts of creatures from worms to ants to fairies! Yes, every garden has a fairy or two helping the seeds and plants to grow. Work with artist Brittany Reif-Wenner to create a magical indoor garden. Then add a bit of magic and create a special home for your garden fairy out of clay and paint.

All materials provided. All class instruction will be on Zoom. You will be provided with a link after registration. 

Ages: 3-5 years
April 29, 2021
Time: 10:00-10:45 am

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A Start With the Arts offers pre-school children ages 3-5 years the opportunity to work with a teaching artist/educator to explore the art and culture through hands-on activities.

Artist Brittany Reif-Wenner tells the story of a young girl named Lola, who is inspired by a collection of garden poems that she reads with her Mom. Learn about Lola’s garden adventures in growing sunflowers. Then draw, paint and frame your own garden filled with flowers you love. Give your masterpiece to your mother in honor of Mother’s Day!

All materials provided. All class instruction will be on Zoom. You will be provided with a link after registration. 

Ages: 3-5 years
May 6, 2021
Time: 10:00-10:45 am

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A Start With the Arts offers pre-school children ages 3-5 years the opportunity to work with a teaching artist/educator to explore the art and culture through hands-on activities.

Author Eric Carle’s book, The Tiny Seed, inspires this garden project. Work with artist Brittany Reif-Wenner to design and create your own garden planter using a coffee can. Then plant the seeds from a garden grow kit included with your art materials. Place your planter in the sun, water the seedlings and count the days until your flower seeds sprout. Soon these seedlings will grow into beautiful flowers.

All materials provided. All class instruction will be on Zoom. You will be provided with a link after registration. 

Ages: 3-5 years
May 13, 2021
Time: 10:00-10:45 am

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A Start With the Arts offers pre-school children ages 3-5 years the opportunity to work with a teaching artist/educator to explore the art and culture through hands-on activities.

What better time to celebrate our flower pollinators than when our flowers from seeds will be growing stronger each day. Learn about who the pollinators are from the Rusty Patch bee to the Monarch butterfly and the important work they do. Then create your own wearable gardening hat decorated with paper and artificial flowers. Make sure to add a bee or two and a beautiful Monarch butterfly. 

All materials provided. All class instruction will be on Zoom. You will be provided with a link after registration. 

Ages: 3-5 years
May 20, 2021
Time: 10:00-10:45 am

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A Start With the Arts offers pre-school children ages 3-5 years the opportunity to work with a teaching artist/educator to explore the art and culture through hands-on activities.

Artist Brittany Reif-Wenner shares the story Van Gogh and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt, a story about artist Vincent Van Gogh. Look at his magnificent paintings of sunflowers. Then using thick paint, create your own stillife of a vase filled with sunflowers. Frame and hang in your bedroom to remind you of how much you have grown in your own artistry. 

All materials provided. All class instruction will be on Zoom. You will be provided with a link after registration. 

Ages: 3-5 years
May 27, 2021
Time: 10:00-10:45 am

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A Start With the Arts offers pre-school children ages 4-5 years the opportunity to work with a teaching artist/educator to explore the art, culture and wildlife of Japan through singing, movement, drama, art-making and other hands-on activities. This program for pre-schoolers parallels the school-age program in theme and content. Classes will be held outdoors in-person at ArtScraps (indoors in the case of inclement weather). 

Ages 4-5
July 26-30, 2021 — Traditions of Japan
10:30-11:30am

Registration deadline: July 14. Pay in installments. Scholarships are available. Contact Carol at carol@artstart.org for more information. 

Traditions of Japan

A Start With the Arts offers pre-school children ages 4-5 the opportunity to work with a teaching artist/educator to explore the art, culture and wildlife of Japan through singing, movement, drama, art-making and other hands-on activities. This program for pre-schoolers parallels the school-age program in theme and content. Classes will be held outdoors in-person at ArtScraps (indoors in the case of inclement weather). 

Ages 4-5
August 2-6, 2021 — Contemporary Arts of Japan
10:30-11:30am

Registration deadline: July 14. Pay in installments. Scholarships are available. Contact Carol at carol@artstart.org for more information.