Category: Create Together
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Colorful Quotables: Inspire and Connect with Artful Words
What are your favorite words to live by? What phrases inspire? Writer Christina Nifong will provide a wide range of famous quotes accessible to all ages, from Dr. Seuss to Maya Angelou, Mark Twain, and Glennon Doyle. Or participants can pen their own favorite quotes. After neighbors choose quotes, they…
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Blue Bird Notes: Papier-Mâché Bird Ornaments for Your Neighborhood
In this 90-minute workshop, we’ll create small papier-mâché bird ornaments to paint and place around your neighborhood, like eggs in an Easter egg hunt. Each long-lasting bird will be inscribed with a word of positivity or a community-focused message. Your neighborhood can receive regional attention for years by promoting this…
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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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Chalkways to Hope: Magnifying Love of Place
Join award-winning neighborhood artist Jane Gabrielle in “chalking up” your neighborhood. This two-hour sidewalk chalk art activity engages all ages using storytelling and neighborhood pride. Participants are encouraged to envision “what gives you hope” and to amplify what is loved about their neighborhood.
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Mini Murals: Find Them All and Win a Prize!
Get your neighborhood together for a scavenger hunt to remember. Artist Megan Scott Scripps paints realistically on a small scale, hiding paintings on any flat paintable surface. Those who find all the paintings can win a prize, and Megan will donate a piece of art for the contest. This is…
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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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Sing Out! An Interactive Circlesinging and Body Music Experience
Get the neighborhood singing! Through activities that involve movement, voice, body percussion, play, and improvisation, experienced song leaders Joy Truskowski and Katie Trozzo will create space for you to open your voice, spirit, heart, and body. Together, we’lll strengthen neighborhood bonds, build confidence, and express your creativity. You don’t have…
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Rhythm Connects and Heals: A Drum Workshop for Everyone!
In this 90-minute workshop, percussionist Linda Macchia will teach the basics of drumming to get your neighborhood working in rhythm together. Community drumming is fun, it’s inclusive, and it breaks down barriers. In a drum group, everyone is a winner, and everyone contributes to the complete sound.
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Painting 101 for EVERYONE: Creative Bliss Behind the Canvas
Tap into group creativity when hosting this painting workshop with Roanoke’s original paint party instructor, Kaydee Pickle of The Heartworks Company. Participants will explore foundational painting techniques and color theory, each on their own canvas, during the 90- to 120-minute session. Attendees are guaranteed to gain a painting tip or…
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Neighborhood Footsteps: Create Your Neighborhood Path
Is there a spot in your neighborhood that could use a footpath? Is there an elder who could use a path installed on a hill? Is there a garden space that calls for a pathway? In this 2-hour workshop, artist Jane Gabrielle will walk through the process of making stepping…