Abrakadoodle youth fall
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,055
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2015
End Date
December 2015
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Dakota
Project Overview
Christmas Tree (12/29): We’ll draw and paint with bright colors to create a marvelous composition. If you pick the Christmas tree project we’ll also use glitter and rhinestones.
Clay Spiders (10/9, 11/10): Come join us at the library and read a story by Eric Carle about a spider. We’ll sculpt a spider and even make a web for our spider. We’ll learn how to roll and shape our clay. We’ll use our imaginations to create cool spiders. Ages 3-12, max students 36.
Clay Turkey Bowls (11/14, 11/18, 11/25): Join us at the library and learn all about sculpting. We’ll read a story about Turkeys, learn how to shape clay and mix colors. We’ll read a funny story. Ages 3-12.
Moonlight Halloween Watercolor (10/22): Come to the library and we’ll read a Halloween story. You will learn watercolor techniques and use oil pastels and cutout shapes to create resistance and create your moonlight night. This lesson takes 60 minutes. Max students 32, ages 6-14.
Project Details
190 participated
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,055
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$1,055
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Kids will gain hands-on art experience from a professional instructor.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Clay Spiders: Model Magic clay used to shape spiders -- pipe cleaners for legs. Kids like creating their own unique spiders for Halloween. Moonlight Halloween Watercolor: Painters created a large moon shape, resistance drawing and painting over created a spooky nighttime picture--all the pictures looked good. Clay turkey bowl: Kids made a clay turkey bowl. All of them turned out great! Lezlee is great at explaining step by step directions. Christmas Tree: The kids created fun sparkly paintings of Christmas Trees to take home and hang on the wall. They really enjoyed creating fun colors and ornaments and using sparkles.
Project Manager
First Name
Ken
Last Name
Behringer
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
ken@melsa.org
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