We held our first paint camp this summer.
Everyone enjoyed exploring different ways to employ paint.
Over two days we explored a wide variety of painting mediums.
It was a fun group of artists to work with this summer.
Everyone was thrilled with their paintings.
Maybe you can join us for future classes this fall at the Art Junction.
The Art Junction is a community-based art education program designed to bring gallery space, local art exhibitions, lessons and creative opportunities to the Willard area for adults, teens, seniors, and children to learn to create together a better community! The Art Junction is a ministry of the New Haven United Methodist Church. For more information on this or future programs at The Art Junction contact Kevin Casto M.A., Director, at 419-935-3404, email theartjuction@yahoo.com or visit our blog https://theartjunctionwillardohio.wordpress.com on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-Junction/190323094344714?ref=hl
Students at the Willard Hope Center created with beads this spring.
Students created necklaces or bracelets.
Using various types of beads, students used basic skills of design and knot-tying.
Everyone was very involved in this fun project.
Students enjoyed this project.
It was great to see all of the students engaged in this hands-on project.
Everyone had something handmade to take home and wear.
The Art Junction enjoys spending time with the students at the Willard Hope Center.
The Art Junction was recently working with students at the Willard Hope Center to give the students some experience with digital photography.
Everyone had fun learning how to use the digital cameras, taking selfies and silly photographs of each other with the many features of the cameras.
We will return in a few weeks after Art Camp to work with the students again as we photograph their local environment.
Last week the Art Junction hosted several field trips.
Kindergarten and first grade students viewed “The Last Richmond School Art Show” which featured art work from the 4th, 5th and 6th grade students at Richmond.
Students enjoyed viewing and engaging all of the various art work.
Richmond students also had the opportunity to visit their exhibit.
It was a great learning experience for students to see the sculpture, digital photography and paintings on exhibit.
I hope you take the time to view and engage local art exhibits at the Art Junction.
Students at the Willard Hope Center are making progress on their painting projects based on the theme of “Love”.
After taping out areas to be painted, everyone picked colors they wanted to use.
Everyone was very focused on the painting process.
Student work in progress.
Removing the tape and seeing the fruits of their work.
Examples of the student work in progress:
Students at the Willard Hope Center were exploring adding lettering to their images recently.
Students used stencils to transfer the letters to their canvases.
Focus and concentration were a large part of our painting session at the Hope Center.
The students’ work is slowly taking shape as they add more layers to their images based on the idea of love.
Students at the Willard Hope Center began adding hearts to their paintings recently.
Everyone worked on adding various colors of hearts to their images.
The theme of the paintings this year is love, and we began with some symbols of the word.
Everyone enjoyed the process of adding this third layer to their canvases.
This session found all of the students very active and engaged in the art-making process.
Students at the Willard Hope Center added a second layer of paint to their paintings.
Everyone learned how to use masking tape to add dimension to their images.
Students added another layer of color to the images.
Everyone was excited to see their results with using the masking tape.
It was great fun to see the students become involved in the creative process as the painting process moved forward.
Elementary students visit our gallery during a field trip to the Art Junction this autumn. Make plans to stop by our gallery this spring for the student exhibit in May.
The Art Junction 