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March 4

Creative Seeds Have Sprouted!

We are excited to announce our grassy lawn has just sprouted up INSIDE our art studio! Creative seeds have sprouted and spring has sprung! We’ve been patiently waiting and today it is finally here! A plush + luscious 10′ x 15′ indoor space to collaborate and connect on! We envision lots of creative conversations + ideas + art-filled learning to only sprout up here! We had a little aspiring artist ask “does it need to be watered?” No watering, dandelions or mowing here, just a possible red + white + polka-dotted mushroom popping up from time to time! Don’t worry mom + dad, no grass stains happening here, just the perfect texture with endless possibility for HANDMAKERY to inspire. express. create. Stay current + connected on events, classes, workshops + community happenings… join us on Facebook!

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November 13

Instructing Printmaking at Anderson Ranch Art Center: Summer 2014

Excited to announce that we’ll be back to Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass | CO for Summer of 2014 to instruct printmaking! The 2014 Summer Workshop registration will begin in January. Wanted to tell our HANDMAKERY families first, as space will be limited! Here is a link to our PRINTMAKING 101 workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center last summer creating with 6-8 year olds! Link to our 2014 workshop–> Carve Away! Below are photos of the printmaking process taken at HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio located in Carbondale | CO creating with teens. {Above photo credit: Anderson Ranch Art Center}

2014 Summer Workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center:

Carve Away! An Exploration of Linocuts and Block Printing

July 7-July 11

9am-3pm

Ami Maes, Art Instructor

9-12 Years

Discover the in depth world of printmaking as artists focus their week on linocuts and block printing. We explore the elements and principles of art and design while using our imaginations to come up with expressive themes for our art. We gather inspiration from everything around us such as nature, music, travel and more! Join the fun to create large scale carvings to print and an intricate set of stamps. Your everyday world of art making will be forever changed with this new set of printmaking skills!

Ami Maes has taught classes at Anderson Ranch, the Aspen Art Museum, the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and the Wyly Community Art Center. She is the recipient of the Mary Ellen Nix Art Educator of the Year Award through the Aspen Art Museum. Ami is the founder + creative director of HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio in Carbondale | CO and also instructs art at the middle school level.