STUDIO KIDS: SESSION 2 //
ocean rescue
Rachel Catlett
1 week — MONDAY - THURSDAY
1:00p - 3:30p
June 16, 17, 18, + 19
$140
Boxed and Burlap ART STUDIO —DOWNTOWN—
230 East Walworth Ave Delavan
ages 10 - 17
all skill levels welcome
Basic art supplies are included in the course fee.
class content / description
This year Studio Kids sessions will focus on the environment. Sessions will all have different themes but will bring a special focus to reusing and recycling materials to make art with. Please think about this when you gather materials and try to ‘shop at home’. Use things you already have, and raid the junk drawer, instead of buying all new.
Dive into creativity and conservation in this ocean-themed week! Campers will explore the beauty and challenges of marine life while transforming everyday plastic waste and recycled materials into ocean themed artworks. Kids will learn about ocean pollution and how art can inspire action to protect our seas—all while having a splash of fun!
The class will be tailored to the individual student and their abilities.
Basic art supplies are included in the course fee.
*Students are asked to bring a few items from home that could be recycled into art. The studio will also have some of these materials available.
Please review registration policies prior to finalizing your registration.
ARTIST STATEMENT: RACHEL CATLETT
I am a visual artist and a farmer living on a Wisconsin sheep farm. I make paintings about relationship between the farm and the farmer, the land, and our connection to it. I am motivated by what it means to be a steward. Stewardship of the environment is central to regenerative farming practices. My images are centered on this story. I am most passionate about the work of farmers and ranchers. Farmers steward their land through their physical work. Through their labor, they connect intimately with the land, their animals, and the environment. Their work is inherently good. It is important. It is beautiful. I am infatuated by the sensual quality of oil paint and capturing gesture in brushstrokes. I love the physicality, immediacy, and fluidity of marks for the sake of marks. My aim is to make paintings that create tension and balance between marks that describe and marks that celebrate themselves. I work from life, from notes and photographs and from memories. For me, paintings are visual narratives. I am interested in how we keep our personal histories, how we remember, and how we carry each other both forward and backward, in our stories, from the past and into the future.
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