Join us for a stroll with paper through the fall and winter months! Your students will be hooked on Origami once they learn these fun and simple paper engineered models. Origami can reinforce language skills and is cross-curricular.

Inspired by English artist Lucy Sparrow, students will learn to hand sew popular foods made from felt.

In this class you will learn how to create a dragon eye box using polymer clay. The lesson will focus on elements such as color, form and texture. This engaging lesson can be one with upper elementary and higher. You and your students will love creating this functional piece of art!

Hand Rendered Patterns with exhibiting artist Kasmira Mohanty & Animal Sculptures inspired by artist Eileen Palmer

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Tour the Long Island Biennial and get inspired by local contemporary artists! Next, enjoy a talk by Kasmira Mohanty as she discusses her artwork. Mohanty’s artwork incorporates her love of street and graffiti art coupled with an abundance of pattern, color, line and texture. Get hands-on as Mohanty will share how to create a hand rendered repeating pattern in any style or medium. Finally, learn about the mixed-media artwork of Eileen Palmer and create your own imaginative animal sculpture using wire, fabric, paper and more!

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Fee: A $10 deposit/check is required to reserve your spot for this special event. This will be returned to you when you attend the event. If you do not attend, you forfeit your deposit. Please make checks out to “Suffolk County Art Leaders Association (SCALA)” and mail to SCALA at PO Box 1406, Selden, NY 11784.

Learn to incorporate mindfulness and creative expression into the classroom through abstract art. Come prepared to create, breathe and connect.

Want to engage your students in a paper engineering festival? We have mustered up some creative models, as well as exciting methods of altering and personalizing them. The practice, patience and precision of Origami reinforces spatial and kinesthetic skills, and more!

Presenting examples of Bearden’s influences as an artist of social conscience and action, this exhibit will feature a diverse collection of works through which Romare Bearden (1911-1988) explored race and racial stereotypes, often taking inspiration from history, literature, the Bible, jazz, the African American community, and his imagination. Join us for a guided tour and workshop!

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Fee: A $10 deposit/check is required to reserve your spot for this special event. This will be returned to you when you attend the event. If you do not attend, you forfeit your deposit. Please make checks out to “Suffolk County Art Leaders Association (SCALA)” and mail to SCALA at PO Box 1406, Selden, NY 11784.

Learn to use scrapbooking and journaling skills to create unique memory boxes with simple crafting materials. The lesson is appropriate for grades K-12, depending on where the students’ interests and abilities lie. The boxes can also be made as gifts to be given to local nursing homes/hospitals to keep some personal keepsakes or jewelry inside.

Digital Photography is an important skill to have both as an artist and art teacher. Concepts of file transferring, file types, lighting, composition, aperture, shutter speed and light painting will all be introduced. Together we will participate in capturing original photographs and explore way to transfer these to computers for further creative production.