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Art Nouveau

March 23, 2018

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the Art…

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Architecture

March 16, 2018

The theme of the week was architecture, so the kids…

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Joan Miro

March 9, 2018

Joan Miro was the artist inspiring this week’s works. He…

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A Spring In Our Step

March 2, 2018

We had a new big word this week- Iconography. Our…

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The Party Game

February 23, 2018

This week we’ve been honing our performance skills, and what…

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Valentines Art

February 14, 2018

What do we love? Pizza, pine cones and plate-making!

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Jim Dine and Hearts

February 9, 2018

Jim Dine is a representational maker, working in drawing and…

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Writing

February 2, 2018

We use words every day, whether speaking, reading or writing….

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Installation

January 19, 2018

Making art is a process, and displaying the art is…

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Functional Art

January 12, 2018

When art is something you can use at home or…

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Minimalism and Winter Break

December 22, 2017

Building off of what we learned about abstraction last week,…

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Abstract Art

December 15, 2017

When my sister and I were kids, she told me…

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Paper Crafts

December 8, 2017

We asked the students this week, what can we make…

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Dadaism Revisited

December 1, 2017

We’ve been revisiting one of our favorite art movements from…

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Storytelling

November 17, 2017

We started with the skeleton or the bread, added a…

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Surrealism

November 10, 2017

We’ve been mixing and matching and not matching and throwing…

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Expressionism and Our Grand Re-Opening

November 3, 2017

Expressionism is subjective representation. It can convey emotion, it can…

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Proportion and Portraiture

October 27, 2017

Your eyes go in the middle of your face, your…

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Found Objects, Found Art

October 13, 2017

What do collage, alphabets and sculpture have to do with…

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Crafts and DIY

October 9, 2017

This week we’ve been working on craft projects. Highlights include…

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Up In The Air

September 29, 2017

This week we’ve been talking about aerodynamics after school. This…

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Public Art, Street Art and Site Specific Art

September 22, 2017

Public art, street art and site specific art are cool…

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Bathroom Doors

September 15, 2017

All over the Studio are the marks that show that…

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Newness

September 6, 2017

We’ve hit the ground running for the 2017-18 school year….

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Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Ply

May 25, 2017

We’re settled in and feeling at home in our permanent…

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Spring in the Studio

April 18, 2017

We’re long past due for a blog update. Magical Minds…

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Balance is the Word of the Week

December 2, 2016

The thing about balance is that it takes so many…

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Elections Plus Math Equals Art

November 21, 2016

As a theatre major in college, my classmates and I…

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Days Off of School

November 16, 2016

Here at Magical Minds we’ve been taking advantage of the…

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We’re Making a Newsletter!

October 21, 2016

At Magical Minds we’re in the business of dreaming up…

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