tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55589936891999351092024-03-13T08:49:01.478-07:00Monroe Street Arts Center Art ProgramMSAC's art blog is a resource for what is happening in our art department. Check here to see what news is buzzing, and what projects we are making!Beth Jesionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07633965439126463442noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558993689199935109.post-77929289591527149402013-07-09T14:42:00.002-07:002013-07-09T14:42:33.068-07:00Summer!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whew! What happened to that last few months? We have been very busy around here at MSAC. We are already in our fourth week of art camps, and so far they are running better than ever! We have a great line up of art teachers that are using their creative minds to come up with some pretty awesome art projects for the kids. There are some great camps coming up in the next couple weeks that are still open for enrollment. Cartooning, Printmaking, and Superhero Art for Ages 5-7. Printmaking, All About People, and Manga for Ages 8- 10 are some classes that still have spots (<a href="http://monroestreetarts.org/summer-art-program/">Click here</a> to check it out)! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Possibly the most exciting part of Summer is getting to see the familiar faces of students that have been coming to our art camps for years. I had a student that has been coming since she was at least 5 and now she is old enough for the 8-10 year old camps. I found an old picture of her in a camp from years ago and shared it with her and her mom last week. How wonderful a feeling to be able to watch the kids grow up from year to year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last semester, MSAC worked with the Boys and Girls Club on Allied Drive along side their art teacher to bring them some new and exciting art experiences. Their hard work is<span style="background-color: white;"> currently on display </span>at Crescendo Espresso Bar on Monroe Street! It looks great, and the students at the Boys and Girls Club are thrilled to have their artwork displayed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't forget about Open Art Studio during the week- Perfect for run-over art camps, or for a break from the heat for a few hours. We offer Open Art Studio from M-F from 3:30-5:00pm and Saturdays from 1:00-2:30pm. Each class is $12, or $48 for five classes with the Open Art Studio Pass (buy four, get one free!). We do some pretty fun stuff in Open Art, and just geared up a new bin with some fun project ideas filled in it. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://monroestreetarts.org/contact-us/">Call ahead</a> to le</span>t us know you'll be there! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Claire's Event date is set! It will be Sunday, August 25th from 5:00pm-8:00pm. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There will be face painting, art activities and and art show. Claire's Fund is a scholarship fund which awards funds to<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">MSAC music and art students in need of financial assistance.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> Great fun for a great cause! <a href="http://monroestreetarts.org/events/claires-event/">Check out</a> more information on the Fund, as well as the event.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Beth Jesionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07633965439126463442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558993689199935109.post-76790304305114463602013-03-19T15:28:00.001-07:002013-04-12T10:13:13.801-07:00Welcome Spring and Summer Art!We have a lot of things to catch up on for the art program at MSAC! Read on for all of the news!<br />
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...Well, we were at least mentioned in the Wisconsin State Journal for our grant funded OASis program! You can read it for yourself <a href="http://m.host.madison.com/news/local/education/local_schools/article_2d99037c-9004-11e2-9820-0019bb2963f4.html?mobile_touch=true">here</a>. We, at MSAC are very excited to have a mention in the newspaper. This is a great program, and we hope this reaches out to even more people about it.<br />
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This year, Arty Gras (our fundraiser) was held at Hotel Red on Monroe Street. It felt really nice to have our annual fundraiser right in the neighborhood that we serve. We had a great turn out, and auctioned off some wonderful artwork. It is good to know that such a fun and productive night also helps out scholarship recipients past and future!<br />
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Could it come any faster?! We are all geared up for our summer art group classes. Be on the look out for some old favorites like Painting and Drawing and All things Alien and Robot and some new classes like All about People, where the students will be focusing on drawing hands, feet, and all things people!<br />
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Summer is one of our favorite sessions at MSAC because we get to spend all day making art! It is 8 full hours of art-what could be any better?<br />
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You can check out our summer program <a href="http://monroestreetarts.org/summer-art-program/">here</a>, or stop in to get a copy of the program.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have made it through another year! We at MSAC are pretty excited for our year ahead. With the new year, comes a sense of rejuvenation. I'm not sure about you, but I have quite a few new tricks up my 2013 sleeve in the form of new art projects and class ideas! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We had some successful art camps last week, and met some great new faces (and were happy to see some old ones too!). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We made all kinds of projects over a three day period, it makes me nostalgic for the summer camps!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's some great examples of what we made:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have a great semester ahead of us. We are offering art classes for after school kids (which are filling up very fast!), toddler/preschool, and homeschool art. All the classes are monthly, so you can sign up for one month, or get a discount if you sign up for them all! You can check out our website <a href="http://monroestreetarts.org/art/">here</a> for more information, and to sign up for a class.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stay tuned for a Martin Luther King day camp and Spring Break camps!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As a last note, our very own art teacher, Abby Tindal sang some songs for our afternoon art camp last week, they loved it! What a heartwarming picture!</span><br />
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Beth Jesionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07633965439126463442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558993689199935109.post-24443199599665927162012-12-06T10:26:00.000-08:002012-12-06T10:26:00.524-08:00Changes, Excitement, and Art!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With the holiday season among us, it is easy for us to get caught up in it all and forget to slow down and see the art! Can you believe we are already in December?! With all of the excitement happening at the Monroe Street Arts Center, the last few months seemed to slip away!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First things first, as many of you know, we have a new Executive Director at MSAC! Her name is Holly Baris and she began in November. She brings a welcomed warmth and energy to the staff, students and parents. Many great things are in our future at MSAC-Welcome, Holly!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have winter camps! January 2nd, 3rd and 4th from 9-11:30am and 1-3:30pm. You can sign up for one class, or all three! Classes are for 5-7 year olds or 8-10 year olds. I don't know about you, but I will be happy to get back into the swing of things after the whirlwind of the holidays! We will be doing 2-d art in the mornings and 3-d in the afternoons. Check our website for more details and to sign up.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As we ease into a new year we all reflect on the things we are happy to have had in the past year, as well as what we resolve to do differently. I am thankful to continue to bring art into children's lives and be able to do it so effortlessly with the help of our great parent and staff community. I give a very humble "thank you" to all of you who help support and encourage the arts in this great city.</span><br />
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<br />Beth Jesionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07633965439126463442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558993689199935109.post-28525053920045532542012-10-24T12:38:00.000-07:002012-10-24T12:38:33.777-07:00A Few Great Changes!<br /><div>
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Art classes are humming along at the Center, and we are making some pretty neat stuff! </div>
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Stay tuned for the release of our Winter/Spring program!</div>
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Most importantly, we bid a fine farewell to our Executive Director, Jen Roth. Jen has brought this wonderful (and not so little) art center on Monroe Street so very far in her five years as the Executive Director. We attribute our past success in music and art to Jen! We will be sad to see her go, but (very) excited to have our new Executive Director, Holly Baris join us November first. Please check the <a href="http://monroestreetarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/HollyBarisLetter_Final1.pdf">link</a> to read an informative letter from our Board President, Doug Poland and Jen Roth.<div>
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Well our Fall Program is, anyway! We are in week two of the fall program, and we are off to a great start. We have a lot of great art classes running, and a few new ones, too! We started two brand-new homeschool art classes. These new classes focus on specific artists in history and specific media. This is very exciting, because we can focus all of our energy on one artist or media. So far everyone really seems to enjoy it! Check out this program <a href="http://msfac.org/art/homeschool-art-and-music-program/">here</a>. You can also check out the homeschool group music program, that runs Thursdays from 1pm-1:45. This is a great way to explore movement, singing, history, and instruments in a homeschool specific setting! </div>
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For the last year we have been offering art classes on a monthly basis, which is handy for families that have a lot of activities to plan for your young learners! I personally enjoy this monthly sign up, because, as a teacher, I get to meet so many wonderful, young artists!</div>
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Speaking of all these children that are humming about MSFAC, I had a moment where I thought about the many regular art students I get. For years now, I have gotten to know quite a few families and gotten pretty attached to them. It is so great to look at the class lists and see some of the same names. The best part is that they know their way around my art class and are very helpful to newcomers. I get the warm and fuzzies big time when a new student is nervously sitting in my class for the first time and a veteran student eases their worries. Kids are pretty great.</div>
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Beth Jesionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07633965439126463442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558993689199935109.post-65457542106104543802012-08-07T11:57:00.000-07:002012-08-07T11:57:02.879-07:00OASis<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have patiently waited for the last several months to tell you all the details of our latest grant funded program-<a href="http://msfac.org/art/oasis/">OASis</a>! OASis stands for Open Art Studio is... This is a new art program that will accommodate students with special needs from the ages of 6-18 years old.<br />
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This is not only a great step forward for MSFAC, because we can offer art enrichment to everyone, but it is also a very personally exciting adventure for me. I have an Art Therapy degree, as well as an Art Education degree, and have been wanting to combine the two for quite some time. Abby Tindal, another art teacher that works with us is in the process of earning her Art Therapy Degree and will be finished in the spring of this year. I can tell you that she is equally excited about this new adventure we are embarking on!<br />
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We are very excited to use our knowledge of art materials and supplies to create a really great space for students will all different needs and abilities to come together and gain confidence and enrichment through art.<br />
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The program will be the last Friday of every month, starting September 28th. It will start at 3:30 and go until 5:00. Thanks to the <a href="http://thekidsfund.org/"><i>Capital Times </i>Kids Fund Grant</a>, this program is free to participants!<br />
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Please contact us with any questions about this program at 232-1510, or email: beth@msfac.orgBeth Jesionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07633965439126463442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558993689199935109.post-71295942668839106032012-07-10T14:10:00.000-07:002012-07-10T14:10:34.640-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> That means that we are bustling at the seams here with art camps and music lessons! My favorite part about summer art are the kids that come back every summer. We get to see them a year older and a year taller! It is always a hoot when we look at students for long enough until we realize we know them from last year, but they are 3 inches taller!
There is such a good sense of community feeling at MSFAC and it is exponentially greater in the summer. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kids making friends; parents catching up; great art being made; that’s what makes those warm and fuzzies happen in our teachers!
You can check out our summer art program <a href="http://msfac.org/summer-art-program/">here</a>.
Don’t forget about our <a href="http://msfac.org/art/summer-open-art-studio/">Open Art Studio</a> in the summer that runs from 3:30-4:45pm every weeknight, and Saturdays from 11:00am-12:30pm.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Power2give puts the power in you to donate directly to local organizations in a new way, in whichever amount you choose. This is extremely exciting to us, because we can tap into a new funding opportunity and create and achieve goals that were limited to us in the past because of a lack of funding. I see this as a great opportunity for not only MSFAC, but for Dane County as a whole! Check out their <span id="goog_714400108"></span><a href="http://www.power2give.org/go/o/330">website</a><span id="goog_714400109"></span> and their “<a href="https://www.power2give.org/DaneArts/Home/About">about</a>” page which has a photo of some of our kids on it! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are currently raising money to help create and install some new and eye-catching signage for our buildings. We have a small sign in our parking lot we would like much bigger and updated. We also have our space next door that has no signage at all. We certainly need to visually let people know what we are doing over there! We are currently being matched $0.50 to every dollar! If you are interested in donating, or you just want to check it out, click <a href="http://www.power2give.org/go/o/330">here</a>! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Summer Classes are right around the corner, and boy, <a href="http://msfac.org/summer-art-program/">do we have some great things in store for our students!</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It has been a whole year since we have had the new space next door, and we are as excited as ever to continue to fill it with many vibrant students! Not only are we holding art classes, <a href="http://msfac.org/art/summer-open-art-studio/">Open Art Studio</a>, and <a href="http://msfac.org/art/private-art/">private art</a> in that space, we also use it for <a href="http://msfac.org/music/music-together/">Music Together </a>and recitals! If you haven't met our new, one year old space, check it out!</span></div>
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pretty great classes for toddlers up to 13 year olds. We have some new themed
classes for ages 5-7; my personal favorite, “Creatures of the Deep Sea”
(running August 20-24), will be a fun exploration of all those crazy looking
fish and living things that live at the bottom of the ocean. Jellies, crabs,
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Last month, we
officially received our grant! We applied to the Kids Fund, which is described
from their <a href="http://thekidsfund.org/">website</a>: “</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The
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We will use the money to create a new art program. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We dubbed this new program “OASis” (thanks to Jen
for coming up with the name!), which means “Open Art Studio is…” This new
program will cater to students in our community with special needs by providing
them with an outlet to make art. We have great teachers who have education in
art education, art therapy<s>,</s> and community art, so we are using our
talents to help MSFAC bring art to all community members of Madison! I will be
running the program, along with Abby Tindal, starting in the fall. (Can you
tell we are excited!?) If you want to read more about our wonderfully qualified
teachers in the art program, go <a href="http://msfac.org/art/faculty/">here</a>. The best part is that the Kids
Fund rewarded us MORE than we asked for! How wonderful is that?! I will keep
you posted on the happenings of this program as it develops!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">That’s all for now, enjoy
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Beth<o:p></o:p></span></div>Beth Jesionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07633965439126463442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558993689199935109.post-87011113042315534222012-04-24T12:10:00.000-07:002012-04-24T12:10:43.639-07:00Welcome to the Monroe Street Fine Arts Center Art Program
page! I am Beth Jesion, the Lead Art Teacher, and Art Program Assistant at
MSFAC. I’ve ventured into the
blogging world to be the eyes and ears at the art center for the digital world.
Things at MSFAC seem to happen so fast; sometimes it's all a blur of wonderful color. This is a good place to sort it all out.
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I’m here to show you all the great things we do as well as
keep you informed about art classes, art shows, and
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The month of April is printmaking with the Afterschool Art kids…and they are making some
pretty neat stuff. Printmaking is especially cool because
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are not sure what their projects will look like until the very end. So they are very
excited once they pull the first print. Those “whhoooaa”s and “cooool”s are
what make teaching so fantastic! </div>
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Coincidentally, we did some printmaking in the Homeschool
Art classes, too. Here’s an adorable print with a
rabbit, named “Fiver” by 6-year-old Axel Heiden:</div>
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During May, Afterschool Art will be doing Sculpture/Mixed
Media, which is always a blast.
You can sign up or check out this, or other MSFAC art classes <a href="http://msfac.org/art/">here</a>.</div>
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Here’s to a new venture for MSFAC in the digital world, and a
new outlet for the MSFAC art program!</div>
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Stay tuned for more of the interesting stuff happening at
MSFAC!</div>
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Beth</div>
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P.S. Look for the next month's entry…We received our grant! Hear all about it!</div>
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