Access Arts

There are still a few spots left in our Nov 9 needle felting workshop. Join us to learn how to make felted ornaments for any occasion in a variety of styles. All supplies provided!

https://www.hisawyer.com/access-arts/schedules/activity-set/1058131?source=camps

Sarah and Sasha are at Stankowski Field supporting The Walk To End Alzheimer s Columbia. Folks will be making signs to carry while they walk and cards for patients in Memory Care units.

Thanks to our friends at the Conley Road Hy-Vee for donating pumpkins for our students to paint this week!

https://schoolofservice.org/adult-programs

Come create one-of-a-kind, handmade ornaments for the hard-to-buy-for people on your holiday shopping list. Into penguins? We can do that. Travis Kelce fan? Yep. The sky's the limit in this all-ages workshop. Great fun for families or date night!

https://www.hisawyer.com/access-arts/schedules/activity-set/1074547?source=camps

Have you arranged childcare for Friday? We've got you covered!

Our next group of School's Out days are coming in hot! Register today before its too late: https://schoolofservice.org/schools-out

We're honored to be recognized for kindness to youth by Children's Grove and Missouri Business Alert.

Access Arts works to unlock the inner artist in Columbia kids The Columbia art studio offers programs for Benton Elementary School students and provides youth scholarships to allow kids to experience creating art.

Join us Nov 9th and learn to make needle felted ornaments in a variety of styles! This cute tree was made by a beginner who had never felted before in less than an hour. This workshop is listed under the adult section, but kids ages 10 and up can register along with a registered adult. What a fun way to spend an afternoon! All supplies provided. Registration now open: https://www.hisawyer.com/access-arts/schedules/activity-set/1058131?source=camps

Our next session starts in less than a week, register today for our Saturday morning youth classes! https://schoolofservice.org/weekly-youth-classes

How cute would these ornaments be tied to a package, with the recipient's name written in gold ink? Ornament and paper marbling workshop registration open now! You'll also marble some nice paper that could be used to make cards or a journal cover. This is listed under adult workshops, but ages 8 and up could register if they have an adult with them. https://www.hisawyer.com/access-arts/schedules/activity-set/1058130?source=camps

😍 Look what we saw when we went to Simmons Bank downtown this week! 😍

It's the piece .art helped Connie Morris paint for CelebrARTy!

Our Benton Art Club friends made some super creative fall trees this week! Some had swings, some had critters, and one was a monster tree that would suck people in like a Venus flytrap and eat them!

HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT'S NEW AT ACCESS ARTS??? Single day workshops!! Grab a friend and come get creative!

Look at these beauties! Big THANK YOU to Chuck Bay at Chuck's Plants and Produce for donating these for an upcoming class. In addtion to their usual stand at Parkade, they have a large variety of pumpkins and other gourds over in the Columbia Mall parking lot on the Cafe Court side. KOMU did a nice feature on them:

https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/columbia-produce-stand-with-affordable-local-products-is-manys-first-stop/article_d7d6e7f2-79d4-11ef-a054-0f3683d2008f.html

What's black and white and read all over? Your newspapers! And we want them!

We're looking for a donation of newspaper for a paper mache project next week--we need about four milk crate's full. Who can help us out?

Hooray for Mae! We were so lucky to have her working with our campers this past summer.

Create something for yourself, a friend, or a wonderful Holiday Gift! Grab a friend and come spend a few hours of fun with us!!

Our next group of School's Out days are coming in hot! Register today before its too late: https://schoolofservice.org/schools-out

Some of our youth fibers students and staff celebrated the last day of class by yarn bombing a tree in front of the office.

This morning we held the last class of the session for Youth Mixed Media Exploration! This was a brand new offering this fall and we couldn’t have asked for a more fabulous first session, what a bunch of rockstar artists! 🤩 We are so excited to see this class grow and explore new projects starting in November. Check out our website to find more information on 6-week youth classes, registration is open for next session! https://schoolofservice.org/weekly-youth-classes

Sasha and Sarah are all set up and ready to art in support of Special Olympics Missouri!

If you're looking for something to do this weekend in Columbia, check out the free art show at Central Bank! fb://event/419952900768782

GREAT new fun opportunities at ACCESS ARTS!!!