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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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Columbus Day at Magical Minds

October 11, 2016

Throughout the school year, Magical Minds is offering activities and…

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Not Your Average Color Theory

September 30, 2016

When was the last time you held a prism up…

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Meet Our New Teachers

September 8, 2016

When a new school year starts, there’s all the build…

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Improv with Jackie Sestak

August 29, 2016

We built collaboration skills while learning improv with Jackie Sestak…

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The Great Outdoors

August 26, 2016

What’s your favorite bug? That was the question of the…

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Sewing with Amy Struckmeyer

August 22, 2016

Sewing camp has been a wonderful theme to host in…

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Sweet Tooth

August 19, 2016

We’ve been baking up a storm this week! There have…

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Tinker Lab

August 12, 2016

Tinker Lab v1.0 is up and running this week at…

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Community Kindness

August 5, 2016

Arts and crafts have the power to brighten anyone’s day,…

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Ancient Olympics

July 29, 2016

In the 5th century BC, the Ancient Olympics were extended…

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Tell Us A Story

July 22, 2016

This week we invented characters, performed stories and created worlds for our…

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