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Course Description

Young children and their caretakers gather for a nourishing story, which serves to inspire the art activity of the morning. Children will work with a variety of media on a simple project, led by Liz or Lizbet, assisted by their trusted adults. Through creative activity involving painting, drawing, printing, fiber arts and 3-d work, children explore a variety of sensory materials, exercising and developing their fine motor skills. The creative process provides young children valuable opportunities to strengthen their dexterity, learn creative problem solving, and practice perseverance and focus in a playful setting. Dress to get messy!

Cancellation Policy

AAN depends upon student tuition to continue to offer classes and workshops. Due to our commitment to small class sizes and the hands-on nature of art education, we are greatly impacted by cancellations. Nevertheless, we do understand that plans change. If you need to cancel your reservation for a class or workshop, please note our cancellation/refund policy here and let us know as soon as possible.

Materials

All materials are included.

FREE Story & Art! For ages 2-5 (with Caretaker)

Lizbet Carroll Fuller

Color is inspiring. Whether it is a landscape, a flower, or a still life, I seek to explore and play with the relationships and combinations of color within the blueprint of the form. I gather imagery from places I love, whether Nantucket, Maine or Ireland, and seek to express a real sense of being in that space and the feeling it engenders within through the medium of paint, and usually oils. A particular flower or an object might serve as another exercise in playing with color and form. I prefer working on a smooth surface and find that wood or board gives a painting a body of its own. While I majored in Studio Art and English at Wesleyan, I had worked primarily in drawing and printmaking. The making of art and things has always been central for me, in my work as a teacher, and in the island school I co-founded, Nantucket Lighthouse School. Working with one's hands, figuring it out as you go and, like Rumpelstiltskin, making something from 'nothing' seem to be both a fundamental human task and a meaningful exercise for all. I find the process of focused seeing to be a meditative one at its best and a worthy challenge always.
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