Category: Create Together
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Face Painting: An Interactive Addition to Any Event!
Face-painting is the perfect addition to any event, from school festivals to birthday parties to church events! Book April Rose Art to come for a two-hour session and paint faces at your next event! The focus will always be on the children, but adults are more than welcome to have…
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The Neighborhood Scroll: A Crankie Portrait Project for All Ages
In this 90-minute workshop, artist and educator Brian Counihan will introduce a storytelling art form rooted in Appalachian tradition. Crankies, or moving panoramas, are drawings or paintings that can be manually scrolled within a boxed “stage.” Participants will develop basic scripts, create imagery, and use their crafting skills to create…
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Block Printing with a Steam Roller: Making a Neighborhood Image for a Steamroller Print Event
In this 90-minute workshop, artist and educator Brian Counihan will guide a collaborative woodblock design project that can be printed as a giant banner-sized image using a steamroller as a press. In this workshop we’ll collectively develop the visual content, consider how the banner can have a positive effect on…
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Building Memories: A Wooden Train Workshop
Host a four-hour workshop presented by Jonathan Chandler, lead instructor at The Virginia School of Traditional Arts. Each participant will be provided with precut wooden pieces, hardware, and instructions on how to make a wooden train engine and one car of their choice. Each person will use woodworking tools to…
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Community Pop-Up Art and Maker’s Market with Free Face-painting
Join artist Katherine Devine for a Pop-Up Art and Maker’s Market in your neighborhood! Katherine will get the party started with free face-painting. Neighbors are encouraged to bring their own tables and set up and show their artwork, crafts, hobbies and handiwork. Plan to meet and greet friends, family and…
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Create a Living Heirloom: The Art of Bonsai Workshop
This four-hour, all-ages spring workshop is presented by Jonathan Chandler, lead instructor at The Virginia School of Traditional Arts. Each participant will be provided with a tree, tools, wire, and instructions on how to make a bonsai tree. The trees will come straight from the nursery. Each person will root…
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Free Little Art Gallery: Make Art, Leave Art, Take Art!
The Free Little Art Gallery (FLAG) is a free miniature art gallery modeled after the Free Little Library. Visitors can bring artwork to leave on display, take artwork that inspires them, or just come enjoy what’s on display in the gallery. The FLAG is not only for the display of…
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Hair Art Masterclass
Gather neighbors for a fun, three-hour event with hair artist Marlee Coles. Explore hair as a creative medium and celebrate the rich hair history of our community. Using hair extensions, braiding hair, and weave bundles in various textures and colors, participants will collaboratively create works of art. Whether experienced in…
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Ignite Your Light: The Candle Pouring Workshop You Never Knew You Needed!
In this 90-minute workshop, Roanoke creative, mental-health professional, and candlemaker Danielle Austin-Johnson will teach the basics of natural soy candle making. Through this interactive course, participants will connect with neighbors, applying the symbolism of mindfulness techniques, cognitive reframing and the importance of positive self-talk. The focus will be on pouring…
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Kindness Stones
Our young people need to know we love them; they need encouragement. In this 90-minute engagement, artist Jane Gabrielle will guide parents, grandparents, and neighbor groups in painting small stones with encouraging words. Peacemaker, Believer, Resilience, Wisdom, Royalty, Love, Builder. Each session will begin with a mindfulness practice that centers…