Art at Work: Education
September 13, 2021
Our partnership with Team Success Scholars at Northwest Connecticut Community College has provided incredible internship opportunities and amazing interns!
Students AMPing - learning about internships opportunities at the American Mural Project. Fantastic career exploration in the arts, youth, film and more!
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
July 24, 2021
Another great week of Summer @AMP! Dabbling with a variety of mediums, our campers always impress us with what they create.
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
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
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!
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.
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!
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!
Art at Work: Education
January 31, 2021
Check out our new virtual art program for teens in March: CreativeMinds @AMP!
Teen artists will unwind together with relaxing art projects in this four-week virtual program. From collage and mobiles to simple wire sculptures, participants will try their hand at a variety of different media. It is often said that keeping the hands moving allows the mind to follow suit—sometimes without us even noticing. These projects are specially designed to deeply engage creative minds. In the end, participants will not only have a collection of conceptual art pieces, but also a deeper experience in communicating and sharing their unique identities! Click here for more information and to register.
Art at Work: Education
January 20, 2021
Our CHAMPS after-school art enrichment program is virtual, but that doesn't stop the fun! Our Tuesday afternoon participants, supported by teaching artist Jess Russell and intern Izzy Jacobs, did directed drawing exercises and made awesome and inventive party animals!
Art at Work: Education
December 30, 2020
We have another new virtual art program for kids in February: LoveWorks @AMP! Click here for more information and to register (registration closes on January 18).
Art at Work: Education
December 23, 2020
Meet Lena, one of our interns from Northwestern Connecticut Community College! Pictured on the left, she's helping teaching artist Meredith Arcari with a virtual CHAMPS after-school enrichment program recording.
"I was ecstatic when I was given the opportunity to become an intern at AMP! I have grown up around the arts my whole life. I went to arts schools for both elementary and high school. At my high school, I was the head of their costume department for all four years. I absolutely adore the arts and love how I am able to incorporate it into my college career!"
Art at Work: Education
December 7, 2020
Makaela, one of our Digital Story Work summer interns, has continued her internship through the fall, and is busy working on "Meet the Teaching Artist" videos. These videos will be a great way for participants and families to get to know the teaching artists who lead our virtual, summer, and after-school programs. The Digital Story Work internship program will be back next summer—a great opportunity for young adults ages 17 and older to develop basic skills in video production and the art of digital storytelling. More details in the coming months!
Art at Work: Education
November 25, 2020
Welcome Izzy Jacobs, one of our interns from Northwestern Connecticut Community College, who is helping with the CHAMPS after-school enrichment program at AMP (which is now virtual)!
"When I am not doing schoolwork or helping at AMP, I enjoy skateboarding with my brother and binge-watching reality TV shows. I have been working with children for 2 1/2 years by coaching gymnastics, and I absolutely love continuing that experience through AMP!"
Art at Work: Education
November 17, 2020
Meet Jessica Jane Russell, one of our incredibly creative teaching artists for the CHAMPS after-school enrichment sessions, Summer @AMP programs, and our December virtual program Gifting @AMP!
Originally trained in architecture, Jessica (a.k.a. Messy Jessy) taught art at the New Orleans Children’s Museum before converting her personal studio space in a 19th century factory building on the Bantam River into a creative space for families, called Art Room Atelier. Jessica believes that creativity matters—especially for children, whose adaptability and resiliency depend on it—and gets better with lots of encouragement, space, and opportunity.
Art at Work: Education
November 16, 2020
We have a new virtual art program for kids starting in December: Gifting @AMP! Registration is open to participants across the country; maximum 10 kids per session (two time slots available).
In this four-week virtual series, participants will welcome winter together with crafting and gifting projects, using a custom kit assembled by AMP teaching artist Jessica Jane Russell. Explore three creative processes based in simple, all-natural materials: rolling beeswax into candles, winding yarn to make pom-poms and tassels, and painting creations in homemade salt clay. Each virtual session starts with discussion and demonstration, followed by working together on the project, and closing with a mindfulness game, giving children all the tools necessary for independent, off-screen creative work.
Click here for more information and to register.
Art at Work: Education
November 11, 2020
Welcome Sarah Zahran, one of our new teaching artists who will be leading Adventure @AMP, a weekly virtual art program for kids in January! Sarah brings together the left and right sides of the brain—with an education background in mechanical engineering and a recent career in visual arts. As an artist, she plays in a variety of media to process and celebrate traveling the non-linear path. Outside of art and teaching, Sarah is passionate about music, running, and being outside.
We can't wait to see what Sarah and the Adventure @AMP kids create! For more details, check out: americanmuralproject.org/virtual-programs.
Art at Work: Education
November 9, 2020
We have a new virtual art program for kids starting in January: Adventure @AMP! Registration is open to participants across the country; maximum 10 kids.
Escape the scenes of the daily routine and take a virtual hot-air balloon trip! Draw inspiration from elements in your world to imagine and construct entirely new ones. Will you explore pizza caves, or a teddy bear forest? In this four-week virtual program, you will use drawing, collage, and some brand-new art techniques to travel great lengths from the comfort of your home. Don’t forget to record your journeys on your unique travel map!
Click here for more information and to register.
Art at Work: Education
October 30, 2020
Students from the Team Success Scholars program at Northwest Connecticut Community College visited AMP last week. We've had incredible interns from this program, helping with events, education programs, and development initiatives over the last few years. And two interns are working with us this semester on our new virtual education programs!
