Creative weeks ahead!

(: Stay Cool with our brand new Air Conditioner! :)

This week Mihoko from Saori Worcester is back with weaving on floor looms, felting, spinning, sewing and more. A few spaces are still open 9-2.


Book Arts Greta Lanes is in the studio afternoons 2-6 teaching Book Arts. Greta just graduated North Bennett Street school in bookbinding and is bringing this traditional art form back to life at AWA.Learn book decoration and bookbinding!

Next weekit's a classic Art with Amy week with lots of painting, sculpture and sketchbooking. Meeting 8:30-2 daily. Sign ons by the day welcome.

We've also got funafternoonofferings includingSlime, painting, mixed media printmaking (make your own sun print t-shirt) AND Create and draw your very own fantastical creatures!

Introducing Art and Music with Seth and Rachel for the younger set.This one is a parent/child class meeting Thursdays 9-10:30 July 25th
August 1st, 8th and 15th.

Lots more great summer programming coming includingCities and Maps, Sewing week, Saori Worcester returns in August and Miniature week.Please check out www.artwithamy.com for full listing.

If you're in the Provincetown area please stop in to see my art on display at AMP Gallery at 432 Commercial Street in Provincetown until the end of the July. http://www.artmarketprovincetown.com/

Email with questions and to sign on,

Cheers,
Amy

Art with Amy is located at
45 Harvard Street in Brookline Village
Check out our classes and workshops at www.artwithamy.com
Check out Amy's art at
www.instagram.com/amysolomon_studio

Amy's Daily Drawing Project at AMP in Provincetown in July

I have work from my Daily Drawing Project 2018 along with larger works from 2019 at AMP (Art Market Provincetown) this July!

If you are in P-town you can view my work from now until July 31st. The opening is Friday, July 12th 6 - 9.

AMP is located in the beautiful East End of Provincetown at 432 Commercial Street. Gallerist Deb Nadolney always creates exceptional art shows. Happy to be part of this one!
http://www.artmarketprovincetown.com/

Hope to see you soon!
Amy

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This week! Classic Summer Fun!

Summer Fun this week at Art with Amy in Brookline Village!

8:30-2 Classic Summer Fun with tie dye, sketchbooks, clay, building and painting. Expect the unexpected! Sign on by the day welcome.
Afternoon 2-6 classes 
Monday Altered books
Tuesday alternative jewelry making
Wednesday Slime Lab
Thursday no class July 4th
Friday Mixed Media Printmaking including cyanotypes ( sun prints).


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We are ready for SUMMER!

This summer we have lots of fantastic Summer Fun planned!
 
Classes run 8:30- 2 and 2-6 daily. We start the week of June 24th and run right through until September 4th. 

Sign on by the week. Daily sign ons available some weeks.
Reserve your space today! 

Mixed media
Weaving on looms and fiber arts
Doll house week
Cities and Maps
Egyptian studies with a trip to the MFA
Slime Lab
Bookmaking
Printmaking
Sewing
Miniatures
Hands on art history
and lots more!

Summer Slime Labs are back!

Last summer our Slime Lab was super popular so we are back with more! Wednesday/Slime day! Here are our dates. All workshops run 2-6. Cost $80. Scenty slime, sparkly slime, colorful slime! 
Wednesday June 26th, Wednesday July 3rd, Wednesday July 10th, Wednesday July 24th, Wednesday July 31st, Wednesday August 7th, Wednesday August 28th

AWA/ Amy Solomon Art Opening At Chandler Gallery

I'd like to invite you to the opening of "Writing in the Margins" at the Chandler Gallery in Cambridge. The opening is this Thursday May 9th 6-8.  Pieces from my series "Once There Was a Girl" are showing alongside beautiful work by Lola Baltzell, Carol Blackwell and Valerie Spain. 

The exhibit will be up through May 17th 
Gallery hours M-F 10-5:30

Chandler Gallery 
20 Sacramento Street
Cambridge, MA 
(617) 349-6287


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April vacation fiber arts workshops!

We may have more April break options coming soon. Let me know if you'd to join the fun <3

Monday 9-2 
A knitting day with learning to use knitting needles and working on a knitting machine 
Taught by Talia
Cost: $90

2-3 Learn to make paper beads 
Taught by Alex
Cost $35

Tuesday 9-2
Learn to needle felt and wet felting. Kids will be making these awesome felted bowls {pictured).

Cost $90

+++ Plans are in the works for a Monday night workshop to learn how to wet felt these bowls. Please do let us know if you are interested

AWA/ Spring Half Day Workshops/ Summer Is Around The Corner!

Spring half day workshops!


Wednesday April 3rd  make mixed media paintings
Thursday April 11th      create plaster sculptures
Wednesday April 24th sew your own stuffed animal
Thursday May 2nd    tie dye a t-shirt- summer is coming!

All workshops meet 12:40-2:30
Cost: $40 including PIZZA
Pick up available at Pierce

Summer is almost here! 

This year studio classes begin at 8:30am and our afternoon session runs until 6. Swimming options will be available Tuesdays and Thursdays.

We have weaving weeks, Egyptian art explorations, painting, building, mixed media, a doll house week and lots more.

Summer is a special time at the studio. As always we have a full mix of ages with a limited number of students each week. When space allows we have drop ins available. 

Hope you can join us! 

Check out www.artwithamy.com for full schedule. Please feel free to email with any questions!

Cheers,
Amy
45 Harvard St
Brookline Village
www.artwithamy.com

"Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go."  Natalie Goldberg author of Writing Down the Bones

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AWA First Friday art exhibit March 1st!

Hey! First Friday is back!
March 1st   6-8
Hang out and enjoy an eclectic collection of paintings, drawings, photos by a variety of artists from near and far. Percentage of all sales going to Brookline Food Pantry.

Artists: Jenny Edwards, Maryjane O'Connell, Amy Solomon,
Steven Solomon, Rachel Bird, Emily Mogavero, Niizeki Hiromi, Martha Friedman, Valerie Spain, Talia Lefton, Ann Pfaff, David Reed, Lisa Link

Hope you can stop in!

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February break! Art for sale from First Friday @AWA, Parent/child art returns! Sundays!

Hi all,

February break is around the corner! Here's what we have planned:
All days are 9-2
Tuesday: Make a doll and a small house for your doll with furnishings, decorations and all 
Wednesday: Art with Amy explorations! An open studio day including lots of painting, drawing and building
Thursday: Sculpey! Enjoy a full day of sculpture explorations
Friday: Build! All sorts of building

Parent/child art returns!: There's been a request for Tuesday mornings 9-10 to be added. Are you interested in joining this new group? Email us :)

Sunday morning: Learn bookmaking, embroidery and more. Details/times on our web site... www.artwithamy.com ...sign on by the workshop. We've also formed a very tiny group for quiet drawing on some Sunday mornings. This one is for 8-10 year olds and their parents. Limited to 4 students per group.

Summer! Full schedule is on the web site and includes Saori Worcester weeks of weaving, building, altered books, painting, sewing and lots more. See our web site for full list or email. We have early bird pricing until April.

First Fridays! We had our very first First Friday art event last weekend. Check out some of the work that was on display at www.artwithamy.com under the First Friday art for sale tab. AWA students and artists!  Sales include a donation to Brookline Food Pantry this month.We have lots of cards including some beauties for Valentines day<3 If you'd like to see work in person please feel free to email. Hope to see you Friday March 1st 6-8 for more art fun!

Cheers,

Amy

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First Fridays in Brookline Village! February 1st 6-8

Please join us for our 1st First Friday event! Friday, Feb 1st, 6-8 pm.

See Talia Lefton's hand knitted wall "The Meeting Point". That's a wall we can get behind! Pictured here during installation.
Pin your messages of connection to the wall. Families welcome!

Come see Prints by Martha Friedman, Emily Mogavero and Rachel Bird - Fiber works by
MaryJane O'connell - new text work by Steven Solomon - Encaustic pieces by
Lola Baltzell and Martha Chason-Sokol -Chewing-gum Heart cards by Hiromi Nizeki - Ink drawings by Amy Solomon (aka Art with Amy :) - new work by David Reed. Also on view some young Art with Amy students will be displaying and selling their work too.

All sales include a percentage to the Brookline Food Pantry.

Hope you'll join us for a fun gathering in Brookline Village!

Cheers,
Amy
45 Harvard Street
Brookline Village
artwithamystudio@gmail.com
www.artwithamy.com

Black and white studies after our Ansel Adams museum trip

Great Wednesday class! We made black and white paintings following up on the trip to the MFA to see Ansel Adams black and white photos. Also, had Rivers and Tides - the documentary about Andy Goldsworthy- playing throughout the class. A great comparison to Adams! Here’s a few of the studies.