ART WITH KIDS:
Painting with Sand @ The Playschool, June 2016
I did sand painting with 2-4 year-olds at a small co-op playschool in East Williamsburg. We used paintbrushes to apply glue to our paper. Then we used spoons to sprinkle on colored sand. The extra sand was then shaken off into pie tins for a easy clean up. It was still pretty messy!
Painting with Marbles @ PS 147, May 2017
(above) At PS 147, I did an abstract painting workshop using marbles and golf balls. Working with 2nd and 3rd graders and their parents, we carefully placed paper into the lids of boxes. Marbles and golf balls were spooned out of bowls of paint and plopped into a the box lid. Rocking the lid back and forth made a messy abstract painting. Colors mixed and movement was tangible.
PLAYDOUGH PLAYGROUP, The Cobra Club, Bushwick, Brooklyn, October 2014 - April 2015
Children age one through three, along with their caregivers, gathered weekly to co-play and have a sensory experience with playdough. This was a first art-making experience for very young children. Non-toxic dough was created from flour, water, oil and cream of tartar. The color and smell of the playdough changed each week. Other materials were provided as tools for material manipulation. Toddlers were introduced to new sets of vocabulary and they began to interact in imaginative play.
HALLOWEEN KIDS EVENT, Queens, NYC, Oct 31, 2014
I organized a Kids Halloween Event at Knockdown Center. We had various sensory bins that simulated guts, eyeballs, a brain, a heart and a tongue! Kids were invited to create a handprint-spider with black paint and googly eyes. Thanks to sound artist Brian Esser, there was also a musical theramin that kids could interact with to make spooky sounds.
