The 3 R’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle workshops emphasize using discards, scraps, and other materials destined for the landfill to create an artistic product. Youth build basic art skills and learn about stewardship for the environment, as artists guide them through a fun and creative art making experience.
These 2 hour workshops are designed to teach the art of reuse and/or the special ways that natural materials can be used to create art.
For more information or to make a reservation, contact Cindy Smith or call 651-698-2787
Drop Ins or Make and Take
ALL AGES
$210.00* 2 hours, one artist, materials
*Transportation outside the 7-county (Ramsey, Hennepin, Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver and Scott) area is an additional fee.
Jewelry from Junk
Jewelry making with recycled materials such as micarta chips, beads, and buttons is a real art. Create a pin, a necklace or bracelet to jazz up your wardrobe.
See-D Mosaic
Combine natural materials and reuse. Using a variety of seeds from beans to lentils create a seed mosaic pattern or image in its own ready-made frame using a CD case.
Twig Books and Twig Frames
Learn how to create art books and journals using twigs and leaves in new and unusual ways. Make sure to bring along your new journal to record your observations of nature.
CD Mobiles and Coasters
Capture the sparkle from the sunlight with this fun project. Using discarded CDs create a garden mobile that twirls in the wind and bright, colorful coasters for the picnic table.
Critter Headpieces
Create a fanciful fish, frog, or turtle headpiece using a variety of colorful and creative materials. Then learn about how reusing materials can keep our waters healthy.
Shake, Rattle and Blow
Music comes alive with these handmade instruments. Start with the basic cone, tube, or hose and let your imagination soar to create a one-of-a-kind, never-seen-before musical instrument. Then shake, rattle and blow!
Garden Hats
Using our special foam for the hat base, create a garden hat that is home to fruits and vegetables of the garden. Don’t forget to add the butterflies, ladybugs, ants, and bees to this perfect sun hat for gardening.
Comic Book Art
Sunday comics are good for more than just a laugh. They make great gifts. Work with an artist to design and create a gift bag or journal using the funnies.
Best for Groups of 20-25 Youth
Ages 9-17 years or Adults
$235* 2 hours, one artist, materials
*Transportation outside the 7-county (Ramsey, Hennepin, Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver and Scott) area is an additional fee.
The Art of the Altered Book
Work with an artist to create art books utilizing a variety of media and construction techniques from collage to printing. See what happens when you look at a familiar object through new eyes and transform it into a book.
Painting on Glass
We use clear plastic sheets to practice the art and science of painting on glass. Once you learn this process, you can paint on glass object found in your own home. Work with an artist to create simple images and learn how to transfer them on a clear surface. Then using bright, colorful paint learn the technique of painting on a clear surface, a technique that is much different than regular painting.
The Bottle Cap Caper
Pop, fizz, a pin or magnet it is! Hats off to the Cap Caper, as bottle cap art hits the scene. Discarded metal bottle caps and images from discarded wrappers are the basis of this creative reuse project. Combine with a little glue and imagination and there you have it- wearable art or a cool refrigerator magnet.
Circle Collage Creations
Use a variety of round objects, like old CDs, different size caps from containers, stickers, words from magazines, and more circles cut from fabric, paper, and mylar to create a fun and functional treasure box.
It’s A Wrap
Wrapping paper, paper labels on cans, or candy wrappers are all the stuff for making colorful beads in different shapes and sizes. Create a necklace or bracelet using this technique.
Goin’ Buggy With BugBots
BugBot-a machine or a bug-you decide. Using all sorts of discards, scraps, recycled materials and more create your own version of a BugBot inspired by the millions of insects that inhabit our world.
Button and Micarta Chip Magic
Give new life to recycled buttons from old clothes or the lowly kitchen counter sample chip known as a micarta chip. Create a button wrist wrap or a necklace I.D. tag with fun and funky materials to jazz up these discards.
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