Joseph Cornell inspires

Joseph Cornell has always been one of my favorite artists and I love teaching kids about his work. In class with the 7- and 8-year-olds they made "dream boxes" by turning shoeboxes into custom shadowboxes. They then painted them, added an animal (or two), and some found treasures. I love the results, and so did they. And the book "Mr. Cornell's Dream Boxes", by Jeanette Winter, accompanied the project nicely.

Check out the warm-up exercise from Tuesday's adult collage workshop. We played a sort of "exquisite corpse" game: Each person glued down one piece of paper, said whether it was to be a human or creature, and then passed it around for everyone to add to it until deemed finished. The results are great, sometimes very funny. I'll be posting some new upcoming workshops soon, too, so check back and see what's on the horizon!

Printing on Fabric workshop for adults: Sept. 13th, from 6:30-8:30PM

I'm not saying that you should stop buying dishtowels, but you could make one with me and satisfy that crafty urge, too. September 13th, from 6:40-8:30PM.