We Did It!

Thank you to everyone who helped CREATE Arts Center earn a permanent spot on Global Giving's website! We are proud to now be a part of this international fundraising site where we can spread the word about CREATE's mission to bring art to Montgomery County community through our smARTkids Art Program. Through your generous donations and support, we have raised over $4,000!

Making dolls from recycled materials and fabric

The smARTkids Art Program brings a high quality after school program to students in need of additional support for their study habits, language acquisition, and social skills. smARTkids is offered at no cost and provides the families much needed after school care and enrichment opportunities for their children. By helping students succeed academically while building positive relationships with their peers, smARTkids helps them become productive community members.

Cartooning & comic book instruction

Dioramas from recycled materials

Pottery people inside a diorama

International Night with CREATE

On March 27, 2012 CREATE Arts Center was proud to participate in Eastern Middle School's International Night 2012! As part of their tour around the world theme, we provided the instruction and the materials for a mask making project that showcased 5 different countries.

Venetian Carnivale mask

Ndebele tribal mask, decorated with marker and gold sequins

Selected masks from Mexico, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Italy and Japan were decorated with feathers, sequins, pipe cleaners, markers and raffia! Each child who visited our table learned a brief history of the mask they chose, along with its purpose and cultural significance.

Featured countries and masks:

• Mexican animal masks & ‘Day of the Dead’ (El Dio de los Muertos) skull masks
• South African Ndebele Tribe folk art masks
• Puerto Rican vejigante coconut masks
• Venetian Carnivale masks from Italy
• Japanese Noh or Nogaku theatrical masks

CREATE Executive Director Heena Genti (standing) with a group of eager students

Many thanks to the team at Eastern Middle School. We hope to see you next year!

Do & Go Deal!

Save $50 on your Spring Class registrations with this month's new Montgomery County Do & Go coupon!

Enjoy $50 off your spring art class registration with this DISCOUNT DAYS offer! Classes begin April 15th and include Stone Carving, Cartooning, Adventures in Art and much, much more! Visit our website for a complete description of classes. Register online today and be sure to include DISCOUNT DAYS in the comments section! Not valid on MCRD courses, water color or felting. Classes subject to availability and contingent on enrollment. Cannot be applied to a previous registration or combined with any other offer.

Hurry, this offer expires April 14, 2012!

Register Now!

Summer Camp @ Create!

Looking for a great way for your child to spend the summer? At CREATE Arts Center, Summer Camp 2012 registration is underway! Students from Kindergarten to age 12 will spend the day learning new & exciting art projects, techniques and history from our team of professional artists. We begin the week with pottery and continue to explore with recycled art, paintings, self-portraits, sculptures, crafts and much more!

Still life paintings with primary colors

Volunteer Sammie F. helping with a puppet show

CITs bringing in the cones from recess

Students ages 13-14 can enroll as CITs, or counselors-in-training, who can create all the wonderful projects with their group along with assisting the teachers with daily tasks. Becoming a CIT is a great way to earn community service or SSL hours for school. High school students ages 15-18 may apply as Summer Camp volunteers by clicking here!

Visit our homepage to enroll in Summer Camp 2012 today!

www.createartscenter.org

Do You Have a Dream?

CREATE Arts Center is hosting a Digital Art Show in honor of 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Watch, read or listen to King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech and create a piece of artwork inspired by it, or use the prompts below to guide your artistic creations:

Do you have a dream for a more peaceful world?

How do you envision the future of your community?

What is your dream for improving our society?

If you could deliver a speech in Washington DC, what would your dream be?

Artwork will be featured in a photo album on our Facebook Page and on the CREATE Arts Center blog! Three (3) artists with the most original & inspirational works will be featured on CREATE’s homepage and receive a $50 gift certificate redeemable for any class (except MCRD courses), camp or art party at CREATE Arts Center!

Guidelines:

Submit one .JPEG, .GIF, or .BMP image of your artwork to create@createartscenter.org with “MLK Day Art Show Submission” in the subject line. Please include your name, age, school, grade and a short description of your artwork. Deadline for submissions is February 15^th. Open for artists 18 and under.


Learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by clicking the links below!

The King Center 

MLK Day 

United We Serve

Women, Wine & Art Making

The new Women, Wine & Art Making series of adult workshops at CREATE Arts Center have been such a success, thanks to Brooke Baker, a CREATE Arts Instructor, who incorporates the fun of a "ladies night out" with easy-to-learn art projects for all skill levels. Local residents brought their own bottles of wine and enjoyed learning how to create handmade books and greeting cards. 

The next two workshops will be held on December 9th and January 20th from 7-9pm. $30 per person. RSVP by emailing create@createartscenter.org!

Brooke Baker, Art Instructor

Workshop attendees and the cards they made.  Heena Genti, CREATE Executive Director (on  the right)

Cute handmade cards!

Making an Easy Apron

Here at CREATE, we do a lot of painting, which sometimes gets a little messy. A great way to keep your clothing clean is to wear an apron or smock. Here is an easy way to make one out of an old t-shirt! Our executive director, Heena Genti, came up with the idea:

 1. Start with an ordinary t-shirt. Lay it on a flat surface.

 2. Cut from the bottom corner to the inside corner of the sleeve.

 3. Your cut should stop at the inside corner like so.

 4. With a ruler or straight-edge, draw a diagonal line from the collar to where you stopped cutting.

 5. Continue cutting upwards to the collar.

 6. Cut around the collar to form the neckline.

 7. Cut the other side of the t-shirt in the same fashion.

 8. Measure about 2" from the bottom edge of the shirt for the ties.

 9. Cut upwards in a straight line.

 10. Stop cutting about 2" from the edge.

 11. Tie a knot for strength!

 12. Pull both ends of the tie with a few strong tugs. The knit t-shirt material will curl into a rope.

 13. Once your apron is complete, it will look like this!

 14. Happy decorating!