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 Families Connect is on break this summer! Continue to explore the arts at home with these activities inspired by past Families Connect workshops and Mills Gallery exhibitions.
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Collage for ages 4 and up
Artist Beverly Sky uses images and patterns from different kinds of fabric to create narrative collages. Use the same techniques at home to create your own collage that tells a story about you!
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Printmaking for ages 4 and up
Printmakers like Ruth Ginsberg-Place are able to make many copies of the same image by reapplying ink to their printing block. Create your own block at home.
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Encaustic/Crayon Painting for ages 4 and up
In encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, artists apply colored wax to the surface of their painting. This simplified kid-friendly process uses crayons.
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Musical Instruments for ages 2 and up
The encaustic painters In Future of the Past make their paintings by adding colored pigments to heated beeswax; however, this is just one of the ways wax can be used to create works of art. In this project, use wax-covered paper to create your own musical instruments!
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Theatre Arts Program
Lions, Tigers and Bears: Theatre Arts for ages 2 and up
Create characters by imagining a world where animals talk, laugh and play just like us!
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