Keeping Busy Making Stick People
While staying at home, or close to home, we have all been trying out new ideas. I saw a photo of a stick person from Mini Mad Things. ...
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Alameda Arts
- Dec 6, 2020
- 3 min
Incredible November Art
This year is going by quickly now. It seemed like it might be the longest year ever and now we are in December. 2020 has proved to be...
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Alameda Arts
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Art of the month-October
Hazel and I visited a Yayoi Kusama exhibit in Los Angeles. We brought some friends who are not regular museum goers which made the visit...
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Alameda Arts
- Nov 13, 2020
- 3 min
Art by the month-September
We are in our studio full of stuff. We can look around and come up with all sorts of ideas for our projects. It's a little wild in this...
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Alameda Arts
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
New Tricks
We have so much fun coming up with ideas for projects for the children. Parents often comment that they wish they could skip work and...
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- Sep 27, 2020
- 2 min
What's going on with Ms. Kate and Ms. Hazel
It has been a while since we last blogged about anything. Since SIP, Hazel and I found a new direction for Alameda Arts. At first we...
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Alameda Arts
- Dec 7, 2017
- 2 min
PICASSO INSPIRED SELF PORTRAITS
We love projects where we learn about an artist and their life's work and then the kids are inspired to create in their style. At Maya...
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Alameda Arts
- Oct 20, 2017
- 2 min
Cardboard Challenge 2017
Our expansion from two to four schools has been fun and challenging. We hunt and gather supplies, deliver and set up snacks, projects,...
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Alameda Arts
- Sep 27, 2017
- 1 min
We Left Our Hearts in San Francisco
We were so busy over the summer and haven’t posted in quite a while. Summer camp was pretty amazing. We met new kids, had a lot of fun,...
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Alameda Arts
- Jun 7, 2017
- 1 min
GROWING CRYSTALS
This project was truly amazing. Online there are many ideas that look oh-so-fancy but when you try it at home, or in this case the...
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Alameda Arts
- May 26, 2017
- 1 min
FABERGÉ EGGS
We have wanted to decorate eggs in the style of Fabergé for the last few years. When Kate found small wooden eggs while shopping she...
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Alameda Arts
- May 17, 2017
- 1 min
Tie-Dyed Pillows
Every year we do a project where we make pillows. We make soft, squishy, snuggly pillows, created in some way by our little friends. This...
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Alameda Arts
- May 12, 2017
- 1 min
Dumpster Albums
One of our greatest joys is turning one person’s trash into treasure. What a lucky day it was when Kate found 4 boxes of old record...
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Alameda Arts
- May 5, 2017
- 1 min
Inspired by Chiura Obata
Chiura Obata (1885-1975) was a well know Japanese-American artist who had a long and interesting life creating art. Born in Japan, he...
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Alameda Arts
- Apr 21, 2017
- 1 min
Name Game
Our friends at Speedpro continue to give us their extras and here is our latest fun with the foam core board. They write their names in...
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Alameda Arts
- Mar 31, 2017
- 2 min
Tribute to Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo was a strong woman who created powerful images. Her signature flowers in her hair have made her recognizable throughout the...
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Alameda Arts
- Mar 31, 2017
- 2 min
Thoughts on Change
One thing about being a parent is everything changes. First steps, preschool, first day of kindergarten, middle school, high school...
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Alameda Arts
- Mar 24, 2017
- 1 min
Play Dough!
Kids love playing with play dough! Over the past few years we have tried many different recipes to find the perfect consistency. We...
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Alameda Arts
- Mar 17, 2017
- 1 min
Dear Leprechauns
With St. Patricks Day upon us, it was time to make Leprechaun traps. Amelia doesn't care if the Lepracon escapes this one- she just wants...
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Alameda Arts
- Mar 10, 2017
- 2 min
Loose Parts Playground
This is a bit of a turn from our normal blogs. It won’t be about what we do as Alameda Arts. It is all about working with the school...
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