Now offering this NEW one-time workshop in-person! This special workshop is designed for one adult and one child (ages 6-9) to do together! Smartphone photography and video allow us to document our lives in an instant, but what is the essence of true memory-making and why is it important? The best memories grow from experiencing time and space together while engaging multiple senses, no matter the age. Start creating a legacy together by setting aside time for art-making-in-the-moment.
Offering this one-time workshop in-person! Need something unique for your home or as a gift? Learn the art of wet felting using wool, a resist, soap, and water to make a seamless no sew project in a day! Many variations to choose from to make it your own unique creation. All skill levels welcome.
*Cost includes all art supplies. *$27 worth of materials included in class cost *Please bring an old bath towel, hand towel, and plastic bag to take your artwork home in.
Now offering this NEW Art Play Date in-person! Parents, come join your little artists in multisensory art making activity stations for both of you to enjoy together. Learn to interact creatively with your little one while helping your child get started in the world of art. Did you know that playing with colors actually boosts language skills in young children? Learning to identify and describe colors improves a child's ability to communicate and express themselves while also strengthening math skills through sorting, categorizing and comparing.
Now offering this NEW Art Play Date in-person! Parents, come join your little artists in multisensory art making activity stations for both of you to enjoy together. Learn to interact creatively with your little one while helping your child get started in the world of art. Our sensory play dates are developed to stimulate your toddler's sense of touch, smell, sight, hearing, and balance while encouraging creativity and exploration in a safe environment. Ok-to-get-messy attire suggested; aprons provided.
Now offering this NEW one-time workshop in-person! Inspired by the cities in the exhibit "Continued Continuing: Paintings by Amy Casey." The setting of this world is a lone tower, overlooking a vast island covered with a canopy of treetops, that stretches to the sea. As the only known inhabitant on this island, you must ask yourself what the future world looks like? Will there be a balance of landscape and industry? Will we eventually run out of shared, safe spaces? Sculpt a small scale model of an imaginary, unfinished world using building materials and found objects.
Offering this one-time workshop in-person! Design and create your very own wall vase. Use earthy stoneware clay to make a vase that will hang on a wall. Choose patterns and textures to enhance a bouquet of flowers. No experience needed, all levels welcome!
*Cost includes all art supplies including firing and glazing of your pieces!
COVID UPDATE: *At this time, CMA no longer requires students and instructors to wear a face mask inside the building. (Mask policies subject to change based on CDC guidelines)
Now offering this NEW one-time workshop in-person! In conjunction with the Art for Health & Healing Program, the Canton Museum of Art welcomes you to a special mindfulness workshop that focuses on slowing down, relieving stress, and learning to use creativity to increase awareness of self and be present in the moment. Join our Art for Health & Healing Program Coordinator, Dianne Papes, as she directs you through the intuitive process of creating a mandala using watercolor techniques. Mandala's have been found throughout the centuries.
Now offering this Art Play Date in-person! Parents, come join your little artists in this exciting daytime workshop. You and your child will be immersed in multisensory art making activity stations for toddlers and adults to enjoy together. Have fun learning and playing together while helping your little artist get started in the world of art. Who needs a paintbrush when you have your head, fingers, and toes? Parents, join your little artists as they explore fun new ways of making art using their little bodies!
Now offering this NEW one-time workshop in-person! Customize and create your own unique decorative lantern light out of tissue paper, twine, natural materials and more! Add a battery operated tea light, hang and enjoy! All skill levels welcome.
*Cost includes all supplies
COVID UPDATE: *At this time, the CMA recommends but no longer requires students and instructors to wear a face mask inside the building. (Mask policies subject to change based on CDC guidelines)
Now offering this NEW one-time workshop in-person! Inspired by the exhibit "Abandoned America: Everything Must Pass." Students will discover how artist, Matthew Christopher, captures the mesmerizing beauty and lost history of various derelict buildings. His artwork advocates for rehabilitation and reuse by emphasizing the cultural importance of preservation.
