Category: Create Together
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Mobile Paint Night: Painting Fun for Everyone!
Want to have some fun while learning new painting skills and connecting with your neighbors? In this 90-minute class, you will learn the steps in making a successful painting that you can hang in your home. Artist Leah Thompson will guide you through demonstration and step-by-step instructions. No prior art…
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Mandala Making: Moving Through Emotions One Flowerpiece at a Time
In this 60- to 90-minute session, longtime social worker and artist Misty Dawn will teach a small lesson and engage neighbors in a collaborative activity. Participants will learn about the symbolism of shapes, mandalas, and how we process emotions. Together, the group will discuss the variety of seasonal materials used…
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Kindness Stones: Show Kindness, Share Happiness
Studies show that kindness from your neighbor is the best predictor of happiness and satisfaction with your neighborhood. Exercise your neighborhood’s kindness muscles with this 2-hour workshop with artist Jane Gabrielle. Participants will be guided in painting small stones with encouraging words. Each session starts with a mindfulness practice that…
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Ignite Your Light: The Candle Pouring Workshop You Never Knew You Needed!
In this 90-minute workshop, Roanoke creative, licensed mental-health professional, and candle maker 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…
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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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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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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…