Crazy Critters
October 23, 2008
Crazy Critters clay division, Amelia, Brandon and Victoria are busy creating ‘crazy critters’ while working at the studios at Wildwood
Freedom Lake Center Mural
October 23, 2008
Youth Arts Corps Productions and Pinellas Park Recreation teamed up to create a mural at the newly acquired Freedom Lake Center. Led by mural artist Sheri Morrison, Pinellas Park teen camp youth researched Florida’s plants and animal, created sketches and began painting a mural depicting local Florida wildlife. The ambitious mural covers two walls visible from the road and from the park. Be sure to come by and see our mural at the Freedom Lake Center.
Back to after-school time
October 22, 2008
The Quilts! girls are back into the groove of after-school, creating new friends and wrapping up community service quilts to be donated to CASA.
Glass Lamping at IAC
October 22, 2008
Members at Wildwood have the exciting opportunity to be a part of our very first glass lamping workshop! Read more
TASCO Recyclable Trash Art
October 22, 2008
Over the summer artists Rose Marie Prins, Cheryl Murphy, Natalie Hall and Joshua Steward conducted sculpture workshops in every St Petersburg recreation center teen camp in the city! Read more
Art in the Environment
October 22, 2008
Youth Arts Corps members had the opportunity to try new painting surfaces while helping out 4-H. Read more
Current happenings at Wildwood
August 21, 2008
Ms. Lucy’s painting workshop is creating floor cloths, Mr. Lenzer’s clay class is making clay tiles for that will have photographic images applied to the surface. Come see this work and more at Folk Fest
Quilts! Summer Camp 2008
August 21, 2008
We had another successful 10 week summer camp, with over 62 girls creating incredible quilts, visual art and fun!
Girls Mission Possible
May 13, 2008
Jane Buck is our current artist-in-residence with the Girl’s Mission Possible program. Jane, a literary and visual artist, is teaching the girls to create handmade journals that they will use to document their life. During the journal making part of the workshop the girls are experimenting with handmade papers, beading and collage. Jane will be teaching the girls poetry and the art of journaling, which will result in a very meaningful work of art.
Artist in Residence, Jane Buck.
Fabric Portraits
May 12, 2008
The Quilts! girls created really cool art work during their after-school program. Check out the innovative banner of fabric portraits they crafted during Ms. Sarah Butz’s workshop. The banner is being displayed along with other Quilts! work at the Clearwater Main Library as part of the Convergence Conference 2008.
