ART WITH CHILDREN - project-based
Children create project-based artworks base on their observations in nature: who lives in these woods? How does the forest support various habitats? Each project teaches them different art techniques. Projects may includeTexture-Based Weaving, Wooden Pole for Forest Creatures or Good Will Flags.
"What got me to make the squirrel, is because there were squirrels crawling around everywhere and they were jumping on the trees, and I thought why don't I put a squirrel on the pole."
"We can really draw whatever we want. Animals and flowers and trees... Even the worms that live in the dirt!"
“Artist-in-Residence, Deborah Coffey created the Leave Your Footprint Summer Art Enrichment Program. Projects allowed participants to be creative, make observations in nature, learn different art techniques, and apply what they learned to create features to be installed in the At Home in the Woods Family Garden. Many Thanks to Deborah Coffey for guiding the children through the creative process!” – Jan Mahon Sievers - Director, Edith Carrier Arboretum
"We were supposed to make a vine, but now it's a water monster. There's a woodpecker with two eyes. We even wrote a haiku."
"We wove lots of stuff into the weaving, like men's ties, rope, string and silk."
