Become an Art with Amy member

Hello AWA community,

I am pleased that I was able to get AWA running online pretty much immediately as the current crisis hit. It's been great to see that the true spirit of the studio lives- and quite healthily- online! 
During these uncertain times I am hoping to keep our actual studio alive and here for all of us when we are Corona-virus free! Looking forward to in-person art classes, parties and supporting local artists with our First Friday events. 

As it stands now although there are no clear answers on physically opening up, in the meantime I do need to continue paying rent on the studio.

In this spirit I am creating an Art with Amy membership and hoping you will join on. I have wonderful perks for each tier of giving: for example, a summer workshop, art project boxes, art parties, and more. 

https://www.patreon.com/artwithamybrookline?fan_landing=true&fbclid=IwAR3dSGtv3O6Qqq-Eoo_JopRSpMYFdaCy-EtXSWqZqApzPB3eeggqej3452s

Much love,
Amy

New links for 11:00 and 2:30 classes

We have 11am 40 minute meet ups daily and 2:30 art class daily Email artwithamystudio@gmail.com for the links.

AWA/ Classes and workshops for the week of May 11th

We've got lots going on this upcoming week!

Week of May 11th

11am and 2:30 classes daily
Make and share art together, look at art history, watch fun short inspiring videos... if you've been to the AWA studio on Harvard Street these classes feel pretty much the same..plus everyone's pets and people do seem to be snacking more :).

Monday

4:00  Design a treasure chest with Alex Vaillancourt $20
Bring along a box and collage materials

5:00 Pokemon meet up with Danielle (pay what you will)

Tuesday

12:00-12:40  Sketching with Rachel E. $15
Join Rachel as we travel around the world on google maps with sketchbook in hand!

1:00- 2:00 Art History $25
Hands-on art history fun. Painting, drawing and building of all sorts

4:30-  Rachel Bird's journaling sketchbook class
$80 for 4 classes. First class meets May 12th. We have a mix of adults and children who have signed on for this one.

Not quite a sketchbook and not quite a scrapbook, art journaling is a creative way to experiment with different art media and explore new techniques with low stakes! In this class, students will learn how to build layered art journal pages with fun techniques including bubble painting, image transfer, crayon resist, and more. Because art journaling is so versatile, you can use any supplies you currently have at home—no need to leave quarantine for a trip to the art store! Even the most basic office supplies can be transformed into an art journal.

Wednesday

12:00-12:40  Character writing and drawing with Milo $20
Students have been developing their own characters, creating story boards and comics. Lots of writing and drawing!
 

4:00- 4:40 Family Music with Seth (pay what you will)
Join us in singing and dancing fun. Some original music, some classics and some spur of the moment inspired singing... Last time around adults and children joined on bringing along a ukele, a flute and a piano. Good vibes all around! 

Thursday

12:00-12:40  Character writing and drawing with Milo $20
Students have been developing their own characters, creating story boards and comics. Lots of writing and drawing!
 

1:00- 2:00 Art History $25
Hands-on art history fun. Painting, drawing and building of all sorts

Friday

9 -9:40 am Origami $15
Join Rachel E for an early morning meet up folding little animals & more

12-1  Join Danielle for this simple animation project: make a thaumatrope  $20

Coming soon:
Summer art membership/workshops and classes
Would you be interested in Minecraft meet ups? Please reach out.

With love from the AWA bunker,
Amy

** drawing by Claire Maddocks.
Created on the Zoom white board

AWA links/ upcoming classes

Here are the links for our daily 11am and 2:30 classes.

Also: Please email me at artwithamystudio@gmail.com for the links to one time workshops and special classes. Ongoing: Character Building/Comic Classes with Milo, Art History classes, Pokemon meet ups with Danielle and Sketching Around the World with Rachel. In the works: more Family Music with Seth, Minecraft meet ups and Creating a Treasure Chest with Alex.

11:00 AM Morning meet up

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Time: Mar 19, 2020 02:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Travel the world and sketch with Rachel

Hi all! 

Rachel’s google maps drawing class was wonderful today. Students travelled to Paris, Hawaii and Peru. Sketching all the way. We've decided to do this again next Tuesday April 28th 12-12;40. Let me know if you'd like to join the fun. $15 per student.

New workshops added and more

Good morning from the Art with Amy bunker,

We continue to make lots of all sorts of art! Here's a quick list of what's happening:

11 am Art Meet Up
Open to all. We've settled into a fun schedule of morning meet ups filled with art assignments and conversations. No need to sign on. The Zoom link is on the Art with Amy web site artwithamy.com . Or feel free to email artwithamystudio@gmail.com for details. This one is a 40 minute class. Pay what you will via Venmo. Recent projects have included designing houses, drawing dreams and creating fantasy botanical drawings. 

2:30 pm Art Class 
These are regular weekly art classes. We meet for 80 minutes making all sorts of art together including painting, drawing and building projects. In the true spirit of Art with Amy, students will often pursue their own creativity while I follow, guide and support. We check out art history, watch short movies and make art. We also do group projects and these days kids seem to love homework assignments. Please email for availability and pricing.

1;00 pm Art History
Hands-on one-hour art history classes meeting on either Tuesdays at 1 or Thursdays at 1. Emphasis on fun.
$100 for a four week set

5;00 pm Pokemon art meet ups with Danielle!
Mondays at 5 
Stay tuned for plans on a 4:00 pm meet up as well 
Pay what you will via Venmo.

12;00 pm Comic class drawing and writing with Milo!
Build your own character and create a story line. 
Wednesdays and Thursdays 12-12:40   Meeting for a month of classes $160

Tuesday April 21 12-12:40 pm Sketchbook class

Students will travel around an area using google maps and their sketchbooks as we recreate scenes and draw together.

This one is inspired by artist Mishka Henna who has been doing exactly this.

Workshop meeting Tuesday 21st ( that's next week for those of you losing track of time ). $15

We have more 40 minute workshops in the works including touring museums worldwide with your sketchbook in hand, zine workshop (folding, drawing, collage ), origami, and make your own diorama. Stay tuned for details.

Hope to see you soon1
Amy 

Pokemon meet up at 5 today!

Pokémon meet up Monday at 5!

Join us to draw and voice your Pokemon concerns and annoyances!

Pokémon is a vast world filled with many cool creatures!! At this point there are probably over a 1,000 Pokémon! More than enough to draw for what is called the 100 day challenge where students draw the same subject matter for 100 days! Our fearless Danielle will lead the group in 40 minutes of Pokemon conversation and art.

Pay what you will. Email artwithamystudio@gmail.com to join on. Pictured: Danielle’s drawing of Snivy.

Today will be our first meet up. If another time works better for you let us know.

More workshops on the way:

-Create and draw your own character/ a writing and drawing workshop
-Make a diorama
-Make a zine- tiny booklet 
-Tea time with Amy

If you have other ideas please reach out.

Daily 11am and 2;30 classes ongoing.

With love from my bunker,
Amy
artwithamystudio@gmail.com
 

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drawing of Snivy by Danielle

Some fun ZOOM classes

Getting used to this virtual life. Art history, pets, painting, jokes, drawing, movies.

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AWA on Zoom

HI all-

From here on out I will be offering 11 am art meet ups. These will a fun 30 minutes of talking about and sharing art, dreams, thoughts, jokes and sometimes music. I will be giving an art assignment each class. All are welcome. These meet ups feel like a party line. If we start to get too crowded happy to add on. If you'd like to donate any amount to help keep the AWA studio running during these difficult times i am enclosing my Venmo.

Here's the link for the 11am meet up:

Topic: AWA art fun every morning at 11:00 am
Time: Mar 19, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Afternoon art class
This link is for students who normally come to the studio on a certain day. If you'd like to drop in on these that's fine with me. i expect these are smaller groups and the kids pretty much know one another.

i set this up as a 2;30-3 and 3-3;30 time. Thinking this will soon just be one long meeting. i’m trying all this out to see what works best.

Topic: AWA studio art class Part 1 - 2:30 pm
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Topic: AWA studio art class Part 2 - 3:00 pm
Time: Mar 19, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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i am putting together a hands art history classes for kids. These classes are limited to 6 students per class. We'll be using museum virtual tours and will be touring all over the world.

I’m working on a list of short daily workshops that you can sign on to as well.

If you have any ideas that you'd like to see happen please let me know.

Hoping to see your faces soon
Amy
617-435-9768

ps please excuse my giant venmo…it’s just the way it appears…

AWA Covid 19 response

Hello Art with Amy community,

As painful as this is for me I am shutting my studio down for the next couple of weeks. I will not be running any art classes this week and next. It is the most responsible thing to do under the current circumstances. Not sure what lies around the corner so I will be in touch.

I plan on running a daily Amy With Amy on Zoom video where I will show the kids what I'm working on and they can show me what they are up to. Hoping many of you will tune in and join on. The exact plan is in the works and I'll follow up with that soon. Realizing this does not replace actual studio time but hoping this helps with the quarantine.

Many of you have read this article by a Brookline parent. If not it is an important read.

https://medium.com/@ariadnelabs/social-distancing-this-is-not-a-snow-day-ac21d7fa78b4

Another you have likely seen...this visually shows how we can slow down the virus together.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/?fbclid=IwAR33ts4Wi7wNaYd6iNu6uNi-O_i5p3f6EGqwBqBd-HYkCKQkaJ1qP-bfjgc&itid=hp_hp-top-table-main_virus-simulator520pm:homepage/story-ans

Already missing all of you!

More soon.

Stay healthy!

Amy

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Summer week in June added!

Summer add on:
Looking at the Brookline school calendar. We were holding off on these days thinking we may have some snow make up days. Looking unlikely so AWA will be offering classes June 23rd-26th. 8:30-2:30 and 2:30-6. Details coming soon. To sign on email artwithamystudio@gmail.com

Open June 22nd-26th!

MORE SUMMER FUN

This past week

Some art from classes this week.
Feeling lucky this morning to be
surrounded by so much heartfelt
real art.

Art with Amy News

Join us for creative evenings of art making, community and refreshments. These workshops are great for adults, teens and parent/child teams.

This week! 
Thursday Feb 27th

Egle returns with Meditative Dot Painting 
Create a beautiful mandela on a canvas
No experience needed. Paint! Relax!
7:30-9:00  $30 per person

Thursday March 12th 
Learn the art of gel prints 

Make your own cards and prints with Martha and Danielle!
We will be learning the basics of monoprinting using a gel printing plate, stencils and many other materials. Always satisfying and easy form of printmaking. Create an array of unplanned effects and color interactions. This class is great for artists and non artists alike!
7:30-9:00   $35 per person

Friday March 13th
Family terrarium night! 
Danielle is back in the studio with more planting fun! Families welcome! Create your own terrarium. Drops off for ages 8 and up welcome. Pizza included!
6:00-7:30 $35 per person

Friday March 20th
Make stamps
Together we will learn the art of linocut prints and make personalized stamps. Design, cut and print! 
7:30-9:00 $45 per person

Thursday March 26th 
Decoupage Night
Learn the art of decoupage. Transform a box, chair, table or another object you own that needs some sprucing into a personal work of art.  Collage, cut and transform! 
7:30-9 $30 per person

Do you have a group you'd like to gather with and create? We are happy to organize a personalized meeting time and project.

Summer schedule is up on our web site. Taking sign ons!

Booking for birthday parties, organizing Saturday morning class for the younger set, Seth will be in the studio with a make your own musical instruments and play class on an upcoming Saturday morning and lots more! 

Image: Martha Friedman's gel prints

Cheers,
Amy

February vacation pictures!

We made musical instruments with Seth and played them :). We made jewelry with Tamar. Dot paintings with Egle and flip books with Danielle...and of course art with amy.

February vacation update!

February vacation art class update: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30-2:30 is filling. Still a few spaces open. We have space in the afternoons 2:30-6 as well. Email artwithamystudio@gmail.com for details and to sign on. This is next week :D Paintings by Layla.

Meditative Dot Workshop during February break!

Excited to have Eglė Galdikaitė-Brazienė back in the studio with a Kid's Meditative Dot Workshop. We incorporated this one into the February school break classes but also great to sign on as a stand alone AND stay if you'd like to do this with your child too. Friday, Feb 21 10-12.

Meditative Dot Workshop

Studio News 02/02/2020

February school vacation is almost here!

Our studio will be open Wed - Fri 2/19-2/21 during February break for all sorts of art explorations!

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30-2:30 and 2:30-6.

Sign on for some or all.  We'll be painting, drawing and building AND we have Seth with a Make Your Own Instruments workshop. Danielle is teaching Animation class and a Make Your Own Terrarium class. Tamar will be teaching Jewelry and Alternative Sculpture and Egle is back Friday morning with a Meditative Dot Workshop.

In other news

A few after school spots available

Saturday morning art for the younger set returns Feb 29th 

Egle returns for an evening meditative dot art workshop Thursday Feb 27th. This time on round canvases! 

Booking for March birthday parties for both adults and children! 

AND the full summer schedule up on artwithamy.com

Hope to see you soon!
:) Amy

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