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Saturday, October 4th from 10am-4 pm

For October’s Free Family Day we’ll be celebrating the coming of Fall! Come out to the studio and make a fall banner to decorate your home. Also, create unique paintings of your favorite Fall memories. 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.

BY KATE WARD Northwest Arkansas Times

! The former YouthCAN! and the Community Imagination Studio celebrate one year in Fayetteville

YouthCAN! has changed its name to YouCAN!

The announcement came during the group’s one-year anniversary celebration at the Community Imagination Studio’s new location in Fayetteville on Saturday.

“Our new mission statement is that ‘We are a community organization that provides empowering opportunities for all,’” Barbara Price Davis, executive director, said. “It’s a very small change, but we think it better communicates who we are.”

Located about two blocks off Wedington Drive on Sang Avenue, the Community Imagination Studio is a division of YouthCAN! that focuses on art education for the community.

While the group’s logo will remain unchanged, Price Davis said programs offered by the Community Imagination Studio will be geared toward the entire community.

“We’re just expanding more into adult classes,” she said. “We do family programs. Our programs encompass a variety of fine arts media and instruction with the ultimate goal of fanning sparks of creative self-expression, exchanging perspectives, discovering new talents and building a relationship with the community.”

The celebration Saturday recognized volunteers for their service to the organization and featured numerous festivities, including a cake walk and cake decorating contest. Let’s Bring them Home — a national missing persons advocacy nonprofit organization — offered free photos and fingerprinting as part of its Safe Kids Total Identification system funded in part through the Wal-Mart Foundation. The Northwest Arkansas Tobacco Free Coalition also hosted an educational “Candy Shop” booth for kids and parents

“This is just our way of saying ‘Thank you’ to Fayetteville for welcoming us with such open arms and making us a part of the family,” Price Davis said.

Previously located in a retail shopping center in Springdale, the Community Imagination Studio’s new facility offers 6,000 square feet of space. The new location features a larger art space and has room for individual offices, a storage area and yard space.

“It’s been fabulous for us,” Price Davis said. “The space is more welcoming, and the neighborhood gives it a family-friendly vibe. The majority of our clients come from Fayetteville anyway so we can increase our clientele and participate in more community activities.”

For more information or a list of programs offered by Community Imagination Studio, visit the Web site www.communityimaginationstudio.org or call 442-8586.

Publication:Northwest Arkansas Times;  Date:Sep 7, 2008

A Community Birthday Party-Come Celebrate With Us!

Fayetteville, AR  September 2, 2008 - YouthCAN! and the Community Imagination Studio want the community to celebrate our birthday with us!  It was one year ago that we moved to Fayetteville and the time has flown by!  To celebrate, we are having a community party!  Saturday, September 6 is free Family Day from 1-4 pm and will be a special “Happy Birthday to us” Theme! Bring your whole family to help us celebrate our first year in Fayetteville. Family Day festivities will include volunteer recognition and appreciation, making party hats, decorating a fake cake, a cake walk, and a cake decorating contest. The cake decorating contest is open to anyone wishing to participate. The theme for the decorating contest is ‘community’ and all entries need to be submitted by 12:30 on Sept. 6th. There will be awards for best use of theme, most creative, and most delicious looking.  Decorate your cake, get it to us, and then watch as your cake becomes a coveted prize in our cake walk! Read more…

YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio is hosting a new show, “Digital Eye,” photography by Harold Hull.  This exhibit will be on display in the Studio’s gallery from August 15th until September 4th.

Born and raised in Northwest Arkansas, Harold’s passion is to backpack into the back country and capture images of creation to share with others.  Most of the photographs in this exhibit are scenes from the Ozarks, although Utah and Washington are also represented.  It is the photographer’s sincere desire that this exhibit enhances the viewer’s appreciation for the natural beauty around us.

The Community Imagination Studio is located at 818 N. Sang Ave., in Fayetteville.  This show can be viewed Monday-Saturday 10-4.

For more information, please contact Alison Carter, Creative Director, at 479-442-8586, alison@communityimaginationstudio.org.

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.

818 N. Sang Ave., Fayetteville, AR (479)442-8585
www.communityimaginationstudio.org

JULY EVENTS

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.

YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio invites all of Northwest Arkansas to join us at YouthCAN!’s Community Imagination Studio this summer as we explore art from around the world during our Summer Passport to Art program.  No need to pack a suitcase for this vacation, everyone is invited to travel along.  From Australia to France, we will be making art from a different country each Saturday from 10 - 4, June 14th - August 23rd.  Participants will receive their very own passport to keep track of their travels, and we will end our journeys with an International Art Show at The Studio.

The Passport to Art program is $5 per participant, free to the parents of participating children. The Community Imagination Studio is located at 818 N. Sang Ave. in Fayetteville.  For more information, contact Alison Carter at 442-8585, alison@communityimaginationstudio.org, or visit www.communityimaginationstudio.org

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. Read more…

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, May 3rd from 10-4pm. This Family Day we will celebrate Mother’s Day by making pop-up cards and Cinco de Mayo by making masks, and paper flowers. Our Painting Studio will also be open.

Family Day events are free for all participants and no pre-registration is required. Read more…

818 N. Sang Ave., Fayetteville, AR (479)442-8585
www.communityimaginationstudio.org

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