In the Studio
August 31, 2021
The Energizer Bunny at work on the next sections of the mural!
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
July 30, 2021
And that's a wrap on another week of Summer @AMP! Planting, making jam and birdhouses, creating animals, and so much more for our busy bees
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
July 24, 2021
Another great week of Summer @AMP! Dabbling with a variety of mediums, our campers always impress us with what they create.
AMPed UP
AMPed UP
July 23, 2021
Ellen, our founder, and Mimi, our development director, were recently interviewed by Nick Wagner Sr. for his podcast on Innovate CT, which highlights and promotes innovation in Connecticut schools and colleges through knowledge and best practice sharing.
Building Up and Raising Funds
Building Up and Raising Funds
July 20, 2021
Planning is underway for our opening in the spring! Thanks to the many who are helping us envision what's needed and for providing us insight to make the AMP experience even better. The countdown begins!
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
July 17, 2021
This week's group of campers created outdoor art inspired by Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains and Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, among lots of other projects. A gloomy week of weather was brightened up by happy participants and really cool installations!
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
July 16, 2021
Our summer program participants have created an incredible outdoor learning and play space on AMP's campus. Next project might need to be an ark (seriously, when will this rain end?!)!
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
July 2, 2021
What a week! The sounds of Latin, jazz, drilling, and sawing by participants in our Music @AMP and Outdoor Design & Building programs filled the air, all while being filmed by our Digital Story Work interns. The building and grounds are buzzing with excitement!
Building Up and Raising Funds
Building Up and Raising Funds
June 19, 2021
The AMP property is all sorts of pretty now, thanks to O&G Industries Inc.'s pea stone donation and Justin Truskauskas' help adding it to the walkways and around the future Education/Visitor Center. Summer here we come!
AMPed UP
AMPed UP
June 9, 2021
Three of our staff members—Amy, Ruthie, and Michelle—completed a course in CPR/AED and First Aid so that our tours and programs are always covered by someone who is trained. Offered through Winsted Area Ambulance Association Official Site, our group's training was led by Ryan Weiss, WAAA's vice president, who did a great job of making it thorough and engaging. What an awesome experience!
Building Up Raising Funds
Building Up Raising Funds
June 8, 2021
Lovin' our new windows—and light—thanks to donations from Northwest Community Bank and Webster Bank through Connecticut’s Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit program!
DiGiorgi Roofing & Siding did an amazing job installing them.
AMPed UP
AMPed UP
June 6, 2021
Three of our staff members—Amy, Ruthie, and Michelle—completed a course in CPR/AED and First Aid so that our tours and programs are always covered by someone who is trained. Offered through Winsted Area Ambulance Association Official Site, our group's training was led by Ryan Weiss, WAAA's vice president, who did a great job of making it thorough and engaging. What an awesome experience!
If you are interested in the training, visit WAAA's website: https://winstedambulance.org/cpr/.
In the Studio
In the Studio
June 4, 2021
Back to work! This time Ellen is cutting out what will be the entry to the collaborative sections of the mural that have been created by people in 17 states across the country (the remaining 33 state projects to happen in the coming years). These pieces will be displayed along the ramp gallery on the second level behind the mural. More on that soon!
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
June 3, 2021
Budding gardeners at work during AMP's "Grow Where You're Planted" program with the R Dudley Seymour Elementary School! Students in grades 2–5 planted, composted, and mulched four planter boxes with flowers, herbs, berries, and veggies (all donated by Gresczyk Farms), then designed and painted gorgeous tiles to affix to the outside of the planters.
Building Up Raising Funds
Building Up Raising Funds
May 27, 2021
Rolling in to deliver the wood for the wrap-around viewing platform in the mural building! Looking forward to greater accessibility and viewing opportunities later this year.
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
May 9, 2021
Huge thanks to Gresczyk Farms for their amazing support of our new Grow Where You're Planted after-school gardening program, in partnership with R. Seymour Elementary School in Granby, Connecticut. Gresczyk Farms donated all of the herbs, berries, veggies, flowers, soil, and compost the students will need to design and plant the large planter boxes on the property. Amazing!
AMPEd UP
AMPed UP
April 29, 2021
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for our first-ever virtual event honoring workers! If you missed it, would like to watch it again, or want to share it with friends and family, check it out on YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=CcrE2wLuGcU) or on our Facebook page.
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
April 25, 2021
Our virtual stop motion program for kids is wrapping up—and what a huge hit it has been!
Moving In: Installation
Moving In: Installaion
April 19, 2021
Up, up, and away the rocket goes! Just kidding...these pieces aren't going anywhere The newly added three-dimensional elements that create the rocket "blast" look amazing!
Moving In: Installation
Moving In: Installation
April 16, 2021
Last week's install included several three-dimensional elements, including this beautiful piece which is part of the section of the mural depicting Maine fisherman Manley Doughty and his crew. It features a gigantic piece of driftwood, fishing nets, lobster traps, lawn ornaments, and a number of once-smelly bait bags that were collected as part of the Maine state project.
