Summer at YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio

Join us at YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio this summer as we explore the world.  No need to pack a suitcase for this vacation, we will travel the globe through art.  From Australia to France, we’ll make art from a different country every Saturday from 10 - 4, June 14th - August 23rd.  Participants will receive their very own passport to keep track of their travels, and we’ll end our journeys with an International Art Show at the studio.

The Studio will also be offering Mommy and Me classes for children 18 months to 5 years to explore art in all of its messiness on alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays through the summer months.  Additionally, the summer Visiting Artist Workshop series will be in full swing offering a workshop in new painting techniques, basic knitting to get a head start on creating holiday gifts and exploring Arkansas’ music through creating  a personalized jug band.

FAMILY DAY
Free Family Day at YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio
YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio hosts Family Day the first Saturday of each month. During our Family Day program, we open our studio to all families in Northwest Arkansas to come and participate in family themed art projects for free.

June’s Family Day will be held on Saturday, June 7th from 10-4pm. This Family Day’s theme is “Painting and Planting!”  Come paint stepping stones and fabric banners to decorate our yard and help us plant flowers to liven up the exterior of the studio!  We invite everyone to bring any sun loving perennial plants they’d like to donate - either from the store or straight from your own yard!
We will also celebrate Father’s Day by making Father’s Day cards, plus our painting Studio will be open as usual.

Family Day events are free for all participants and no pre-registration is required. The Community Imagination Studio is located at 818 N. Sang Ave., in Fayetteville. Contact Alison Carter for more information at alison@communityimaginationstudio.org, 442-8585, or visit  www.communityimaginationstudio.org.

SATURDAY STUDIO HOURS
YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio Saturday Studio Hours.
All of Northwest Arkansas is invited to Saturday Studio Hours every week from 10-4! Please join us at the Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Ave. in Fayetteville. During Saturday Studio Hours, we open our doors to community members of all ages to come, use our studio space and art supplies to paint, draw, make collages, or get creative with clay. Staff artists will be on hand to help guide you.  Each week, we will have featured projects that participants may also choose to participate in.  Cost is $5 for adults and children. $10 to work with clay.  Free to parents of participating children. For more information about this program, please visit www.communityimaginationstudio.org/ or contact Alison Carter at  alison@communityimaginationstudio.org or call 479-442-8585.

Featured projects for Saturday, June 14th  :  We will be kicking off our Summer Art Series, Passport to Art!  The first country we will visit is Australia.  We will learn about Aboriginal art, and make our own works in similar styles by learning about rock and bark painting. Cost is $5 for adults and children, free to the parents of participating children. No pre-registration is required.

Featured projects for Saturday, June 21st :  Passport to Art!  This week’s theme is South Africa!  Come and make masks and drums! The painting studio will also be open.  Cost is $5 for adults and children, free to the parents of participating children. No pre-registration is required.

Featured projects for Saturday, June 28th: Passport to Art! This week’s theme is Egypt!  Come and make Egyptian themed dioramas, Egyptian styled jewelry, and hieroglyphic paintings! The painting studio will also be open. is $5 for adults and children, free to the parents of participating children. No pre-registration is required.

JUNE’S ARTIST WORKSHOP SERIES

The Community Imagination Studio invites all of Northwest Arkansas to participate in the Saturday Workshop Series. The Workshop Series will be held on the 3rd Saturday of every month and involves a demonstration of the facilitating artists’ methods, guided instruction, and a chance for participants to get feedback on their work.

June’s Saturday Workshop will be June 21st from 2-4. On this day you can come and learn about acrylic painting with Duane Gardner, a local Fayetteville artist.  Workshop fee is $10 per participant, ages 10+.  Pre-registration is required.  The Community Imagination Studio is located at 818 N. Sang Ave., in Fayetteville.  For more information about this program, please visit www.communityimaginationstudio.org/ or contact Alison Carter at alison@communityimaginationstudio.org or call 479-442-8585.

MOMMY & ME ART CLASSES!

For Parents or Grandparents and their little ones ages 18 months-5 years of age. Together, you will explore art in all its wonderful messiness! Art teaches developmental and cognitive skills such as problem solving, cause and effect, color mixing, and many more! The masterpieces that you take home will be treasured for years! Class meets once a week on alternating Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 10 to 11 am. Cost is $10 per class, per child. Register for whole month and receive a $5 discount if you have more than one child. The Community Imagination Studio is located at 818 N. Sang Ave., in Fayetteville. For more information visit: www.communityimaginationstudio.org/ or contact Alison Carter at alison@communityimaginationstudio.org or 479-442-8585.

Featured Projects for June 4th:  Welcome this summer with all kinds of fun projects for outside!  We will be learning how to tie dye and making bug hotels.  We will also be painting with fun summer colors.

Featured Projects for June 10th: This week’s theme is Bon Voyage!  Come visit the studio and travel to the other side of the world!  We will create art projects from Australia and South Africa.  We will paint rocks and bark and create drums and masks.  We will also be celebrating Father’s day by creating Father’s Day cards.

Featured Projects for June 18th. This week’s theme is Go Diego Go!  Go Diego Go! Will be playing at the Walton Arts Center next Saturday.  At the Studio, we will create a rainforest collage and make a backpack for your own exploring adventures.

Featured Projects for June 24th:  Come and find out what happens on a country’s birthday!  We will celebrate the upcoming 4th of July holiday by creating a party pack that will have a visor and a never ending sparkler.  We will also be painting.

JULY EVENTS

*The Studio will be closed June 30-July 7th so families can celebrate the 4th of July Holiday.

SATURDAY STUDIO HOURS
YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio invites you to Saturday Studio Hours every week from 10-4! Please join us at the Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Ave. in Fayetteville. During Saturday Studio Hours, we open our doors to community members of all ages to come, use our studio space and art supplies to paint, draw, make collages, or get creative with clay. Staff artists will be on hand to help guide you .

Featured projects for Saturday, July 12th: Passport to Art!  Join us this week as we travel through art to visit Turkey and China!  We will be weaving rugs and painting ceramic tiles.

Featured projects for Saturday, July 19th: Passport to Art!  This week’s theme is Japan! We will create netsuke, or miniature Japanese sculptures, origami, soft sculptures, and rice paper lanterns.

Featured projects for Saturday, July 26th : Passport to Art!  This week we’ll visit Italy!  Stop by and paint upside down like Michelangelo, learn to make figure sculptures and figure drawings.  We will also be making Arte Povera, or “poor art” out of rocks sticks and twine.

JULY’S ARTIST WORKSHOP SERIES

The Community Imagination Studio invites all of the Northwest Arkansas community to participate in the Saturday Workshop Series. The Workshop Series will be held on the 3rd Saturday of every month and involves a demonstration of the facilitating artists’ methods, guided instruction, and a chance for participants to get feedback on their work.

Join us for July’s Saturday Workshop and learn basic knitting techniques with Alison and Amy.  The workshop will be July 19th  from 2-4. Relax this summer vacation and start knitting gift items for the Holiday Season! The Saturday Workshop Series will be $10 per participant. The Community Imagination Studio is located at 818 N. Sang Ave., in Fayetteville.  For more information about this program, please visit www.communityimaginationstudio.org/ or contact Alison Carter at alison@communityimaginationstudio.org or call 479-442-8585.

MOMMY & ME ART CLASSES!
Mommy & Me Art Classes at the Community Imagination Studio
For Parents or Grandparents and their little ones ages 18 months-5 years of age. Together, you will explore art in all its wonderful messiness! Art teaches developmental and cognitive skills such as problem solving, cause and effect, color mixing, and many more! The masterpieces that you take home will be treasured for years! Class meets once a week on alternating Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 10 to 11 am. Cost is $10 per class, per child. Register for whole month and receive a $5 discount if you have more than one child.

Featured Projects for July 8th: This week’s theme is Heat Survival!  Come to the studio to create tools to help you beat the summer heat.  We will be making elephant squirt toys, silly sunglasses, water purses, and sponge balls!

Featured Projects for July 16th: This week we will be reading “Black Meets White” by Justine Fontes.  We will be creating tape and paper resist paintings and interactive collages.

Featured Projects for July 22nd:  This week’s theme is Passport to Art!  Come to the studio and visit Italy and Japan.  We will experience what Michelangelo felt like as he painted lying down.  We will also paint landscapes and make paper lanterns.

Featured Projects for July 30th: Vroom! Clatter! Smack!  During this class we will create art that moves!  We will make a balloon car, noisemakers and kites.

AUGUST EVENTS
FAMILY DAY

Free Family Day at YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio
YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio hosts Family Day the first Saturday of each month. During our Family Day program, we open our studio to all families in Northwest Arkansas to come and participate in family themed art projects.

Our next Family Day will be held on Saturday, August 2nd from 10-4pm.   This week’s theme is Passport to Art France!  We will be creating our own works inspired by impressionism, and our own sculptures inspired by Nikki de St. Phalle.  Family Day events are free for all participants and no pre-registration is required. The Community Imagination Studio is located at 818 N. Sang Ave., in Fayetteville. Contact Alison Carter for more information at alison@communityimaginationstudio.org, 442-8585, or visit www.communityimaginationstudio.org.

SATURDAY STUDIO HOURS
YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio Saturday Studio Hours.
All of Northwest Arkansas is invited to Saturday Studio Hours every week from 10-4! Please join us at the Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Ave. in Fayetteville. During Saturday Studio Hours, we open our doors to community members of all ages to come, use our studio space and art supplies to paint, draw, make collages, or get creative with clay. Staff artists will be on hand to help guide you. Each week, we will have featured projects that participants may also choose to participate in. Cost is $5 for adults and children. Free to parents of participating children. For more information www.communityimaginationstudio.org/ or contact Alison Carter at Alison@communityimaginationstudio.org or call 479-442-8585.

Featured projects for Saturday, August  9th: Passport to Art!  This week’s theme is Native American art!  We will be creating molas, which is a type of Native American clothing.  We will also make dream catchers and works using sand paint.

Featured projects for Saturday, August 16th:  Passport to Art!  This week’s theme is Good Ole Arkansas!  Come and learn about Jug bands, and make your own rag dolls and quilts.

Featured projects for Saturday, August 23rd:  Passport to Art! Join us for an end of the summer celebration.  We will be hosting an International Art Show!  Stop by and see the art from around the world that was created during our Passport to Art program.

Featured projects for Saturday, August 30th:  The Studio will be closed in celebration of the Labor Day Holiday.

AUGUST’S ARTIST WORKSHOP SERIES
The Community Imagination Studio invites all of Northwest Arkansas to participate in the Saturday Workshop Series. The Workshop Series will be held on the 3rd Saturday of every month and involves a demonstration of the facilitating artists’ methods, guided instruction, and a chance for participants to get feedback on their work.

Jug bands, blues, and more! August’s Saturday Workshop will be all about Arkansas music! We’ll make instruments out of recyclable materials and have fun making music!  August 16th from 2-4.

MOMMY & ME ART CLASSES!
For Parents or Grandparents and their little ones ages 18 months-5 years of age. Together, you will explore art in all its wonderful messiness! Art teaches developmental and cognitive skills such as problem solving, cause and effect, color mixing, and many more! The masterpieces that you take home will be treasured for years! Class meets once a week on alternating Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 10 to 11 am. Cost is $10 per class, per child. Register for whole month and receive a $5 discount if you have more than one child. The Community Imagination Studio is located at 818 N. Sang Ave., in Fayetteville. For more information visit: www.communityimaginationstudio.org/ or contact Alison Carter at alison@communityimaginationstudio.org or 479-442-8585.

Featured Projects for August 5th: This week we will learn about Native American folk tales, and fine arts. We will create our own pinch pots, dream catchers and make sand paintings.

Featured Projects for August 13th: This week’s theme is “Where is the Beach?”  We will create an ocean in a bottle, beach themed diorama, and paintings.

Featured Projects for August 19th: This week’s theme is “Back to School.”  This week we will create a bottle bank to hold our college savings!

Featured Projects for August 27th:  This week’s projects are inspired by local art shows.  We will make sculptures inspired by Eugene Sergeant’s work at the DDP Gallery, and create picture books inspired by Wendell Minor’s work at Crystal Bridges at the Massey.

Susana O’Daniel
Director of Community Relations and Development
YouthCAN!
818 Sang Ave.
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 442-8586
www.youthcaninc.org
www.communityimaginationstudio.org