Natural Mandalas and Seed Bombs
Jul
19
6:00 PM18:00

Natural Mandalas and Seed Bombs

Using plants and rocks we’ll experiment with these geometries and colors creating our own temporary outdoor installations and have paper mandalas for you to color and take home. Though it is late in the planting season, we’ll also share techniques for making “seed bombs” these are flower and plant seeds packed together in a dirt or paper scraps that you can toss into empty lots or other unplanted spaces to create a guerrilla garden patch.

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Felted Geodes at Art Park al Fresco
Jul
12
6:00 PM18:00

Felted Geodes at Art Park al Fresco

With a little soapy water and wool roving we’ll be creating our own soft rocks which have gorgeous layers when cut in half. Danielle Olinger the outreach coordinator for School of Mines Museum of Earth Science will be on hand to tell us how geodes are formed, where to find them and other cool facts about rocks and minerals.

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Jurassic Art Park the Ballet
Jun
26
9:00 AM09:00

Jurassic Art Park the Ballet

Join artists and ballet lovers Dani Hicks and Shawn Bowman in an interactive kids and family workshop where we make costumes, learn some fancy dance moves and perform a dance interpretation together of the epic saga of man versus beast. No previous dance or dinosaur handling experience needed! In the infamous words of Dr. Ian Malcom… "'Ooh, Ah.' That's How It Always Starts. But Then Later, There's Running And Screaming."

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Yarnbombing for Teens
Jun
22
2:00 PM14:00

Yarnbombing for Teens

In part 3 of this community fiber project we’ll be exploring the special relationship between fiber arts, activism and graffiti. Participants ages 12- 18 will learn some basic finger knitting skills as well as ideas on how to transform permanent objects into outrageous temporary art installations.

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Adult Community Yarnbomb
Jun
14
10:30 AM10:30

Adult Community Yarnbomb

This is the first of four workshops at the Anythink Huron Library where we’ll be embarking on a two week community project, weaving our wishes into crochet and knit pieces. In this adult class we’ll learn about the history of this very unique fiber artform and learn how to make a finger knit chain.

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Apr
21
6:00 PM18:00

Even MORE Stickers Slaps and Digital Arts

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From mural pieces to the back of cars and notebooks... cool sticker art pops up everywhere. In this hands-on workshop we’ll teach you tricks for making your own unique work and look at the history and influence of stickers in contemporary urban art. During the workshop we’ll talk about ways to make hand drawn and digital stickers- touching briefly on cool tools like embedded QR codes. After our session we’ll add your art work to a sticker pack swap for all our participants to share.

Our guest artist for the workshop is Wiser Owner, the lead designer at Pureblind Wraps and Graphics company. A Denver native, Wiser is known for high profile spray paint murals to traditional and digital art, video, graphic design and also has become a well known master in the special FX makeup world. Our workshop host is Shawn Bowman who has partnered with the Rino Arts District on several graffiti and urban arts inspired projects.

Click here to join this program on April 21st at 6:00 PM MST.

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Apr
15
6:00 PM18:00

Yarnbombing with High Plains Library

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Love crocheting and knitting? Want to learn how to be a guerilla artist and decorate your neighborhood? . At this virtual program you will learn some fun yarn projects and learn about the history of yarn bombing. We hope you will put some of your yarn art up around the community! Register for the Go To Meeting link and to reserve your Take and Make kit. Pick up your kit after you register, we will have it ready for you! Open to all ages. Recommended for 4th grade and up.

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Stickers, Slaps and Digital Arts
Jan
25
2:30 PM14:30

Stickers, Slaps and Digital Arts

In this hands-on workshop we’ll teach you tricks for making your own unique work and look at the history and influence of stickers in contemporary urban art. During the workshop we’ll talk about ways to make hand drawn and digital stickers- touching briefly on cool tools like embedded QR codes. After our session we’ll add your art work to a sticker pack swap for all our participants to share.

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Game Design Class with DU
Nov
2
to Nov 30

Game Design Class with DU

Four part hands on Board Game Design Class for Adults and Teens through DU on Zoom- combining art and storytelling in table top format, we'll be building our own games from the ground up. Design something to play just with family and friends or take a deeper dive and learn the steps to professional looking prototypes and self published masterpieces. Along the way we'll look at the psychology and history of some favorite games in a hands on and discussion based class. Class registration is here https://rb.gy/ushpkm

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Family Day at CRUSH 2020
Sep
19
10:00 AM10:00

Family Day at CRUSH 2020

This year’s Kids CRUSH will give attendees the chance to safely experience two separate mediums popular in the street art scene and be a part of the larger art community. Local artists will work one-on-one with kids at separate stations to allow them to experience both wheat pasting and yarn bombing through interactive demonstrations.

**This event is FREE and all art materials will be provided. No experience needed, all ages welcome! Registration is limited to ensure safety, so sign up for a specific time slot via the ticket link and make sure to bring your mask and sunscreen! Please only book a ticket for participating kids.**

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Interactive Kids’ Wall Demonstration: Wheat Paste
Instructor: Greg Gandy

Learn the art of wheat paste and leave your mark in Denver with this interactive demonstration! Kids will receive a fun art pack that includes a recipe to make their own wheat paste at home.

Interactive Kids’ Wall: Yarn Bombing
Instructor: Shawn Bowman

With granny squares, pompoms, and finger knit ropes, attendees will decorate large toy horses and learn about the temporary and transformative magic of knit graffiti.

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Street Art Munny Design Youth Workshop
Sep
16
6:00 PM18:00

Street Art Munny Design Youth Workshop

Vinyl toy design and painting combines techniques and styles of graffiti and "lowbrow" art to create and transform small sculptures. Instructor Shawn Bowman will visit with Denver artist Mike Graves about his work, and attendees will learn to customize our own collectible piece in this hands-on virtual workshop hosted by the RiNo Art District and the Denver Public Library.

To register for workshop and get info to pick up your free kit including Munny figure, check the Denver Public Library website here https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/street-art-munny-design-crush-2020

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Learn to Wheat Paste Graffiti with CRUSH 2020
Sep
14
6:00 PM18:00

Learn to Wheat Paste Graffiti with CRUSH 2020

Combining print and other techniques like paint and stencils, wheat paste art allows artists to create some work ahead of time for murals and smaller pieces. In this hands-on virtual workshop hosted by the RiNo Art District and Denver Public Library, instructor Shawn Bowman will discuss the history of this style and talk about its influence in arts activism. We'll also meet local wheat paste artists and learn about their work and how to take these skills out into the world.

To register and get PDF downloads, please visit the Denver Public Library website here https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/learn-wheat-paste-crush-2020

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Altered Canvas Art Workshop
Nov
18
6:00 PM18:00

Altered Canvas Art Workshop

Join us as we transform large paintings sourced from thrift stores with acrylics and paint markers, we will add graffiti slogans and/or monsters for “upcycled” sofa art. You get to take your transformed art home to display! Materials are limited to the first 15 participants.

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Graffiti Calligraphy for Kids
Nov
16
3:00 PM15:00

Graffiti Calligraphy for Kids

Hands on workshop where you willl create word art using easy airbrush and paste techniques. In this 45 minute studio session kids are introduced to concepts in color theory, shading, the importance of fonts and what it means when we take words out of context. Readers and emerging readers will recognize the uniqueness of the text based process and younger kids will enjoy playing with new and fun supplies. Recommended for ages 5 and up

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Graffiti Calligraphy for Kids
Nov
16
11:00 AM11:00

Graffiti Calligraphy for Kids

  • George Reynolds Branch Library (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Hands on workshop where participants create word art using easy airbrush and paste techniques. In this 45 minute studio session kids are introduced to concepts in color theory, shading, the importance of fonts and what it means when we take words out of context. Readers and emerging readers will recognize the uniqueness of the text based process and younger kids will enjoy playing with new and fun supplies. Recommended for ages 5 and up.

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Spell Book Workshop
Oct
25
5:00 PM17:00

Spell Book Workshop

Just in time for Halloween, we’ll be making creepy 3D transformations from donated books. You’ll learn cool decorative techniques which have snakes, bugs and skeletons popping from the cover- perfect for decorating your secret lair, mad scientist laboratory or just sprucing up the crypt. https://jeffcolibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/search/local_start=2019-10-25%20TO%20&fq=branch_location_id:(ED)/event/5cb619bb62206f0373f5b6a3

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Dragon Eye Pin
Oct
19
10:00 AM10:00

Dragon Eye Pin

Smaug, Toothless, Rhaegal, Viserion, Drogon, and Norberta are some of the famous dragons in literature- On the 19th you’ll create a pin honoring your favorite- In this two hour workshop we’ll paint glass eyes and combine them with polymer clay and special paints to make a fantastic fantasy heirloom to take home. The workshop is free and open to all ages, pre registration is preferred. https://www.anythinklibraries.org/events/dragons-eye-pin

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Paint Chip Poetry Workshop at ReCreative Denver
Apr
14
1:00 PM13:00

Paint Chip Poetry Workshop at ReCreative Denver

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we will use paint chip samples to create verbal & visual poems by cutting & pasting the samples into a collage. Let the random words guide your poem, or create something motivated by entirely color!

Blushing Rose Bud, Mood Indigo, Pudding Pot, Azure Blue & Patriot Red… color pallets evoke a mood, guide design choices and even take a political stance! But without adjectives to name these colors, how can we describe the subjective nature of colors?  Are words and colors disparate abstracts? And how does understanding color lend itself to poetry? Enjoy crafting & conversation at this unique event!

Tickets $10 http://www.recreativedenver.org/classes-workshops/paintchippoetry

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Re-Define FABRIC
Mar
22
6:30 PM18:30

Re-Define FABRIC

I’ll be one of eight artists booths where participants will have the opportunity to work with and explore fabrics and fibers in hands on, creative ways. Three of my Denver comic artist friends, Kristina Maldonado Badhand, Dion Harris and Terra Necessary have designed paper dolls for my table that we’ll dress in vintage fabrics and scraps, in an exploration of representation in past and the current craft world. Within the comics industry there has been an conscious effort to promote artists of color, women and people who are LGBTQ. By including illustrators, colorists and writers from traditionally marginalized communities, comics are able to reach larger audiences while presenting work from authentic and talented voices.

Other participating artists:

// Collaborative Weaving with Holly Foerster Harrison of Textile Restyle
// Fabric Collage with We Made This
// Scrappy Stories with Betterish
// T-Shirt Tote Bags with the Denver Sewing Collective
// Wrapped Branches with Sonya Erickson aka Doctorigami
// Yarn Dying with Independence Street Yarn
// Yarn Spinning with Kim Mirus

Tickets: $8 adults, $5 children, free for kids under 5 http://www.recreativedenver.org/classes-workshops/redefinefabric

765 SANTA FE DRIVE, DENVER, CO, 80204 720-638-3128 INFO@RECREATIVEDENVER.OR


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