St. Patty's Day

 Hello families! Hope you all enjoyed our sunshine class on St. Patrick's Day. We have really had some nice weather. For this Irish holiday we decided to make celtic knot inspired necklaces. We talked about how the knot represents family, friendship, and infinity, among other things. It was great to see a little St.Patrick's Day celebration going on outside.

As this was our last Kerplunk! for the season, keep posted for summer dates! 

Dream Catchers

Hello all! Last weeks Kerplunk! was full of beautiful art and charming wishes! We made dream catchers. Families took a look at the Kelly Bell exhibit in the main gallery and were inspired by her dreamy ideas. With our dream catchers you could wear them as a necklaces, or hang them in your room. The final projects are quite magical. Families used lots of feathers, confetti, and wrote their wishes inside. It was a great class!

See you all next week for our final Kerplunk! of this season. Were going to be making "Everything Green". You will become a green jewelry designer for St. Patrick's day.                 See you then!

One sweet wish!

Time Machine Hats

Hello families! You've got to check out these time machine hats! They have more gizmos and gadgets then you have ever seen. We had hats with golden buttons, metal wands on the top, and some were even tied with balloons! Oh man, I hope families really watched out for each other, I'm not sure where these hat may take you!

It was so nice seeing returning families and meeting new ones.

 We will see you all back this coming Saturday! 

Wings !!!

Hello all! Oh man we sure had fun this past Saturday at Kerplunk! Check out these wings!!! So many lovely families worked together to make sure the wings were a success. Most added tissue paper in the cut out holes of the wings to create a colored light affect. Some people added feathers, other silver tinsel. All I have to say is they were fantastic! I would also like to highlight an older student who made a great negative space charcoal drawing based on Tim Scofields machines. He did a great job!

See you this Saturday for time machine hats!

Mobiles in the Air!

Hello families and welcome back to Kerplunk! Yeah! 

What a great first class back. 

Our theme for this session is flying, coinciding with the Tim Scofield exhibit Toys and Relics. I don't know about you, but I think Tim's flying machines are quite magical, and we created a bit of that magic in today's class. Families made mobiles with spinning objects, beads, and beautiful objects. Check out the beautiful results below.

See you all next week for the project Dreaming of Flying- 

You will create wings and become a flying machine yourself!

Save the Date! Spring Kerplunk!

Hello families and fellow art makers!     

Mark your calenders as the new set of spring Kerplunk! classes will begin      February 18th to March 17th. An amazing exhibit Tim Scofield: Toys and Relics, will be on display in our Main Gallery. Flying machines are Scofield's theme, so we have some time travel and movement themed projects to coincided with the work.                                          

  Check out our project list below and see you in February! 

Feb. 18th- A Claw That Spins! Build a wire sculpture that moves

Feb. 25th- Dreaming of Flying- Construct wire and tissue paper wings to wear

Mar. 3rd- Off Into Space-  Invent a hat machine to transport you into space

Mar. 10th- Tick Tock Time Machine- Create a time travel panel

Mar. 17th- Everything Green- Become a jewelry designer