Cause for Creativity: Creature Comforts

Saturday, November 8
6-9pm
FREE, Recommended for ages 10 to adult

Improve the quality of life for animals. Join us for a fun evening of quilting and sewing with crafter extraordinaire Jenny Ryan of Felt Club and her cadre of dexterous instructors. Participants will learn basic skills by making mini-quilts, blankets, and animal toys either for their own pet(s) or for donation to local shelters through the Snuggles Project.

www.feltclub.com
www.snugglesproject.org

Cause for Creativity is sponsored by

Click here to download the PDF Program Flier with enrollment form (64 KB)

This program is endorsed by Kids Off The Couch

Wall Works: The United States of Love
with artist Martin Kersels

Exhibition from November 12, 2008—February 28, 2009

For Wall Works, artist Martin Kersels designed a project about flags: their symbolism, their design, and the impact you can make with them. Participants made small flags (9”x12”) out of felt with collage techniques and used the theme of “love” to guide each design. Each participant created a flag about something they love (for example: mom, dad, dog, cat, Nintendo, Freedom, Democracy, pizza...) creating felt cut outs of that beloved entity and gluing them onto a solid background. All flags are installed together for the project entitled The United States of Love.


Devotionals, 2002
Felt

About Martin Kersels
A native of California, Martin Kersels attended the University of California at Los Angeles and studied with the artist Chris Burden. His multi-disciplinary practice focuses primarily on sculpture, performance, audio, and photography. In addition to his performance career, Kersels has had numerous solo shows, and has participated in many group exhibitions including Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty, Young Americans 2 at the Saatchi Collection, and the 1997 Whitney Biennial. His work is in museum collections worldwide. In 2008, Kersels received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a FOCAFellowship. He is a School of Art faculty member and co-director of the Program in Art at CalArts. Kersels lives and works in Los Angeles.

For information about Wall Works, please contact Asuka Hisa, Director of Education, at 310-586-6488, ext. 118 or at asuka.hisa@smmoa.org. Participation is on a first come, first enrolled basis.

A Mighty Message is the theme of Park Studio 2009 and the program explores art, design, and the power of political messages and graphics. Students learn about the power of visual graphics with such partners as artist Robbie Conal and curator Carol Wells from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Original prints will be created in collaboration with the artists and the silkscreen collective the Hit+Run.

www.robbieconal.com
www.politicalgraphics.org
www.thehitandrun.com

Currently accepting enrollment:

Week One: Monday through Thursday; April 6-9; 10am-2pm

Week Two: Monday through Thursday; April 13-16; 10am-2pm

For more information, please contact Asuka Hisa, Education Director, at 310-586-6488, ext. 118 or by email at asuka.hisa@smmoa.org

Participation requirement: Park Studio is FREE and takes place during the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District spring recess. High School students must be part of the SMMUSD or reside in Santa Monica. Participants may select either week one or week two of the program. Commitment to the full schedule is essential.

Park Studio is funded by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation www.rmpf.org

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