ART AT THE LIBRARY EXPLORES FAMOUS ARTISTS
The Center for Community Arts announces the winter-spring schedule for its very popular “Art at the Library” program at the Cape May, Wildwood Crest and Lower Township branches of Cape May County Public Library. This free program is designed for kids ages 6 -10 years old. Activities this session include enjoying a book about a famous artist and creating a related work of art inspired by the book.
- Art at the Library is offered at the Cape May City branch, Ocean and Hughes Streets, every other Thursday beginning 1/10/08 from 6:30 -7:30 p.m.
- Classes are held Mondays beginning 1/7/08 from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. at Wildwood Crest County Library at 6301 Ocean Ave.
- The Lower Township branch program at 2600 Bayshore Rd., Villas takes place every other Monday from 3:30-4:30 p.m. starting 1/14/08.
Pre registration at each library is strongly suggested. Below is a complete list of topics and activities. To find out more information, call the Center for Community Arts at 884-7525 or visit your local library.
Listen to No One Saw, a book about artists, and draw fish like Paul Klee.
Listen to Picasso & the Girl with the Ponytail, and create a sculpture.
Listen to When Pigasso Met Mootisse, and make a collage.
Listen to Uncle Andy’s, and make prints like Warhol.
Listen to Grandma Moses, and paint a landscape.
Listen to Little Sap & Monsieur Rodin, and sketch a Cambodian dancer.
Listen to Leonardo & the Flying Boy and make your own sketchbook.
Listen to Art IS, and make a cave painting.
Listen to The Wonderful Tower of Watts, and make a mosaic inspired by Rodia.
Listen to Action Jackson, and do some action painting like Pollock.
These Center for Community Arts programs are made possible in part by grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and many generous businesses and individuals.
Center for Community Arts is a multicultural educational nonprofit organization whose arts and humanities programs foster creativity, community building, and appreciation for the rich diversity of our world. CCA’s programs serve year-round residents, including low-income families and seniors, as well as visitors to the area. Its artist-in-residence programs employ artists to help engage the community’s collective imagination for community healing, problem solving and visioning. CCA’s arts programs serve ages 6-96 in Cape May, the Wildwoods and Lower Township. Its Community History Program is dedicated to preserving, interpreting and celebrating Cape May’s African American heritage through exhibits, tours, and its John and Janet Nash African American History Archive. The Center is currently rehabilitating the Franklin Street School, a Cape May African American Historic Site, to house a community cultural center. For further information, call (609) 884-7525 or access CCA’s web site at www.CenterforCommunityArts.org.
Janet Payne (pictured, center) leads Art at the Library in Cape May. The program is also offered in Wildwood Crest and Lower Township, all twice a month at County Library branches. Register at each library; for more info call CCA at 884-7525 or visit http://www.centerforcommunityarts.org/.
Listen to Picasso & the Girl with the Ponytail, and create a sculpture.
Listen to When Pigasso Met Mootisse, and make a collage.
Listen to Uncle Andy’s, and make prints like Warhol.
Listen to Grandma Moses, and paint a landscape.
Listen to Little Sap & Monsieur Rodin, and sketch a Cambodian dancer.
Listen to Leonardo & the Flying Boy and make your own sketchbook.
Listen to Art IS, and make a cave painting.
Listen to The Wonderful Tower of Watts, and make a mosaic inspired by Rodia.
Listen to Action Jackson, and do some action painting like Pollock.
These Center for Community Arts programs are made possible in part by grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and many generous businesses and individuals.
Center for Community Arts is a multicultural educational nonprofit organization whose arts and humanities programs foster creativity, community building, and appreciation for the rich diversity of our world. CCA’s programs serve year-round residents, including low-income families and seniors, as well as visitors to the area. Its artist-in-residence programs employ artists to help engage the community’s collective imagination for community healing, problem solving and visioning. CCA’s arts programs serve ages 6-96 in Cape May, the Wildwoods and Lower Township. Its Community History Program is dedicated to preserving, interpreting and celebrating Cape May’s African American heritage through exhibits, tours, and its John and Janet Nash African American History Archive. The Center is currently rehabilitating the Franklin Street School, a Cape May African American Historic Site, to house a community cultural center. For further information, call (609) 884-7525 or access CCA’s web site at www.CenterforCommunityArts.org.
Janet Payne (pictured, center) leads Art at the Library in Cape May. The program is also offered in Wildwood Crest and Lower Township, all twice a month at County Library branches. Register at each library; for more info call CCA at 884-7525 or visit http://www.centerforcommunityarts.org/.
posted by Center for Community Arts @ Friday, December 28, 2007
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