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The Art Spot

The Art Spot

Every Saturday the Museum offers a drop in art program from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00p.m. Experience your child’s creativity by exploring the galleries together and then create an art project in our classroom. The art projects are self-guided and the gallery related monthly themes offer a different art activity each week. No registration required. Admission to the activity is free. Participants enter the classroom from the exterior entrance until the museum is open. Regular admission costs apply to view the galleries.

September

Join us this month for Eco-Friendly art!

9/4 -Bottle Top Necklaces: Use bottle tops to design wearable artworks.

9/11 -Recycled Books: Repurpose recycled materials to build your own book and fill it with all your creative ideas.

9/18 - Soda Tab Bracelets: Fashion fun bracelets from soda tabs and t-shirts

9/25 -Impressionist Trees: Sculpt your own beautiful brown paper bag trees, inspired by our The American Impressionists in the Garden exhibition!

October

This month we will focus on form in artwork and will study the role of lines.

10/2 -Linear Sculptures: Cut and shape paper to design a linear sculpture

10/9 -Drawing in 3D: Fabricate fabulous 3D drawings with wire

10/16 -Lines and Movement: Design an abstract picture which "moves" the viewer through the piece through the principles of line and perception

10/23 -Negative and Positive Space: Explore positive and negative spaces with this cut out collage of contrasting colors

10/30 -Paint in Motion: Use the motion of dripping paint to streak lines across a canvas

November

In November, Art Spot activities will be drawn from the fall exhibition The American Impressionists in the Garden.

11/6 -Impressionist Gardens: Paint an Impressionist style garden landscape

11/13 - Impressionist Flower Pots: Discover the joy of gardening with this project. Plant a seed in a flower pot painted in Impressionist style.

11/20 -Impressionist Flowers: Sculpt a three dimensional Impressionist inspired flower with a variety of materials

December

There is no time better to join us for Art Spot than during December, as we encourage young artists to participate in these winter inspired projects.

12/4 -Sun Prints: Design a winter inspired silhouette with light sensitive paper

12/11 - Snow Globes: Build an art scene in your very own snow globe

12/18 - Printmaking: Fashion seasonal greeting cards with these printmaking techniques

The museum would like to thank the New York Yankees Foundation and Wachovia for providing the funding to make these classes possible through December of the year.

Art Spot is presented by BankAtlantic.

Partnership with Boys and Girls Club of America

Each month the Tampa Museum of Art partners with a different club in the Hillsborough County area for hands-on art experiences. Clubs visit the museum and participate in an outreach visit to their site. Students explore different mediums and processes while learning about art, artists and the connections to their daily lives. For more information on this program, please contact Dawn Johnson at Dawn.Johnson@tampamuseum.org or 813.421.8372. Funding for this program is generously provided by the Veredus Corporation.

Art Space

Art Space provides and opportunity for community organizations to bring at risk populations to a safe environment that connects them with the visual arts. Groups work with a museum staff member/educator to experience special exhibitions and permanent collection galleries and participate in a hands-on experience in the classroom. Participating organizations have included Metropolitan Ministries, The Children's Home and The Spring. In 2010 we will be working with The Spring and The Child Abuse Council. Groups meet Thursdays twice a month including an offsite and onsite visit. This program is not open to the public but annually we meet with organizations and program sessions based on their curriculum. Interested organizations should contact Dawn Johnson.

Instructor: Shelli Snyder

Start with the Arts

Pre-school Program

In conjunction with the VSA arts Early Childhood Education Program, the museum presents Start with the Arts. The unique curriculum provides an art-based learning approach to literacy and includes activities in visual arts, creative drama, dance, movement and music. Classes take place at the museum with a capacity of 15 children and their parents. Program is geared for 3 - 5 year-old children accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Fees are $10 for one adult and child. Each additional child is $2 for each additional child attending.

Membership fee is $5.

All classes are held on Thursday mornings from 10-10:45 am during the school year.

Instructor: Amanda Dowd

Fall 2010 Start With the Arts Datesto be announced

Funding for this program is provided, in part, by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Download Forms

HS Fall 2010 Program.pdf

Club Art for High School

The Club Art program for high school students will resume with the start of the 2009/10 school year, and will be held onsite at the new Tampa Museum of Art. Club Art is offered free-of-charge and scheduled on select weekday afternoons during the school year from 3:30-5:30pm. Club Art offers teens the chance to meet and work with art professionals, learn about careers in the arts and experiment with a wide-range of media and techniques.

Activities include guest lectures, workshops, behind-the-scenes visits to museums and galleries, and the opportunity to create art in a studio environment. A variety of snacks and refreshments are provided. Please download the attached document for more information.

Fall 2010 Club Art Dates

September 8, 22

October 6 (Off Site Field Trip), 20

November 3

December 1

Club Art for Middle School

New Program!

The popular Club Art program expands this fall to reach middle school students throughout Hillsborough County.
Program is offsite with visiting artists going to scheduled schools throughout Hillsborough County. Schedule rotates to different schools but is open to students throughout the county. Club Art brings the world of art and the art professional alive for students. The program offers a diverse selection of guest artists who facilitate demonstrations, discussion and hands-on activities dealing with a variety of media, techniques and art-based careers. Club Art meets bi-weekly during the school year, and is open to all middle school students free of charge.

Instructor: Jennifer Lancaster

Fall 2010 Club Art Dates:

September: 15

October: 13, 27

November 10

December 8

For more information, contact Dawn Johnson at 813.421.8372, or dawn.johnson@tampamuseum.org.