Amber Art and Design

Join us each month from June - Nov 2023 to experience various forms of art making, connect with neighbors and make new friends.Cobbs Creek Art club is a FREE monthly art workshop designed to express creativity and learn about nature with a focus on community building, meditation and mindfulness! The monthly workshops create space to spend time exploring the natural environment and expressing yourself through art. We’ll explore different art forms led by local artists and inspired by nature. No experience necessary, only a willingness to explore and create with neighbors and local artists in Cobbs Creek.Workshops in June -

Join us each month from June - Nov 2023 to experience various forms of art making, connect with neighbors and make new friends.Cobbs Creek Art club is a FREE monthly art workshop designed to express creativity and learn about nature with a focus on community building, meditation and mindfulness! The monthly workshops create space to spend time exploring the natural environment and expressing yourself through art. We’ll explore different art forms led by local artists and inspired by nature. No experience necessary, only a willingness to explore and create with neighbors and local artists in Cobbs Creek.Workshops in June -

Free monthly art programming for young people and their grown ups in Cobbs Creek!We're creating a space for young people ages 5-10+ and their grown ups to come and enjoy 2 hours of creating and connecting with nature. Each month we'll experiment with different forms of art making. We ask that grown ups stay for the entire duration of the workshop to experience art making with the special young person in your life. Cobbs Creek Art club for kids is a FREE monthly art workshop designed to express creativity and learn about nature with a focus on community building, meditation

Join us each month from June - Nov 2023 to experience various forms of art making, connect with neighbors and make new friends.Cobbs Creek Art club is a FREE monthly art workshop designed to express creativity and learn about nature with a focus on community building, meditation and mindfulness! The monthly workshops create space to spend time exploring the natural environment and expressing yourself through art. We’ll explore different art forms led by local artists and inspired by nature. No experience necessary, only a willingness to explore and create with neighbors and local artists in Cobbs Creek.

Join us each month from June - Nov 2023 to experience various forms of art making, connect with neighbors and make new friends.Cobbs Creek Art club is a FREE monthly art workshop designed to express creativity and learn about nature with a focus on community building, meditation and mindfulness! The monthly workshops create space to spend time exploring the natural environment and expressing yourself through art. We’ll explore different art forms led by local artists and inspired by nature. No experience necessary, only a willingness to explore and create with neighbors and local artists in Cobbs Creek.

Join us for a hands-on session with Justin Keller and dive into the world of Monotype Printmaking, where creativity meets ink and paper!Monotype Printmaking with Justin KellerJoin us for an exciting hands-on workshop on monotype printmaking with the talented artist, Justin Keller! This in-person event will be held at the Christy Rec Center. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, this workshop is perfect for anyone interested in exploring the world of printmaking.During the workshop, Justin will guide you through the fascinating process of creating unique monotype prints. Experiment with found materials to bring your creative ideas to life!Don't

Join us for an awesome family workshop where we'll create tactile maps of our favorite places.Felt Nature Maps with Jihan ThomasJoin us for an exciting event where you can explore your creativity and connect with nature! Cobbs Creek Art Club for kids presents: Felt Nature Maps with Jihan Thomas. You'll have the opportunity to learn the art of creating beautiful nature-inspired maps using felt materials. This in-person event will be held at the Christy Rec Center.During this hands-on workshop, Jihan Thomas, a renowned artist and nature enthusiast, will guide you through the process of making your very own felt nature

Amber Art & Design shares their recipe for collaboration and approach to community engagement in Philadelphia and beyond.Join Amber Art and Design and Mural Arts Philadelphia for a workshop and guided tour of "Common Space / Espacio Común 10 years of practice with Amber Art & Design", an exhibition celebrating 10 years of collaboration and community engagement. We will share how we started, what's kept us going and welcome any questions or ideas for the future.About the exhibit:Amber Art & Design, known for producing murals, public art installations, community engagement processes, educational programming, and arts and culture consultancies in Philadelphia

Join us each month from June - Nov 2023 to experience various forms of art making, connect with neighbors and make new friends.Cobbs Creek Art club is a FREE monthly art workshop designed to express creativity and learn about nature with a focus on community building, meditation and mindfulness! The monthly workshops create space to spend time exploring the natural environment and expressing yourself through art. We’ll explore different art forms led by local artists and inspired by nature. No experience necessary, only a willingness to explore and create with neighbors and local artists in Cobbs Creek.

A panel featuring Ernel Martinez and Keir Johnston of Amber Art and Jane Golden of Mural Arts, Moderated by Li Sumpter.Join us for a special panel discussion moderated by Li Sumpter featuring Ernel Martinez and Keir Johnston, of Amber Art and Design and Jane Golden, of Mural Arts. About the exhibition:Amber Art & Design, known for producing murals, public art installations, community engagement processes, educational programming, and arts and culture consultancies in Philadelphia and nationwide, believes in art's capacity to serve as an inclusive platform for critical conversations led by and for community voices. The exhibition will explore themes of

Join us each month from June - Nov 2023 to experience various forms of art making, connect with neighbors and make new friends.Cobbs Creek Art club is a FREE monthly art workshop designed to express creativity and learn about nature with a focus on community building, meditation and mindfulness! The monthly workshops create space to spend time exploring the natural environment and expressing yourself through art. We’ll explore different art forms led by local artists and inspired by nature. No experience necessary, only a willingness to explore and create with neighbors and local artists in Cobbs Creek.

Come join us at Christy Rec for the Art Club, where creativity and fun collide.Art Club at Christy RecBring your own fabric/ blank tote bags/ old clothes to create unique designs with hand cut stencils! Join us on Wednesday Feb 7th from 5:30-730pm at Christy Rec Center, 728 S 55th St. In this workshop you’ll learn how to create your own stencil and use it to decorate just about anything.

Come join us at Christy Rec to help design artful activations along 63rd street.This Fall Amber Art and Design, Clean Air Council, and Tiny WPA will be creating public art installations along 63rd street and we need your help to inspire the designs. Four Cobbs Creek Park entrances will be improved to invite more families into the park at safe Parkway crossings and offer play and learning spaces for children. Park entrances will include asphalt art on the paved trail and areas for children and families to learn and play together. Come and join us for an evening of creativity,

Create vibrant and abstracted self portraits through story telling and story sharingIn this workshop, students will be guided in creating vibrant and abstracted self portraits. We will have discussion about how creating art can support the process of identity-building, memory and storytelling. Before drawing, I will lead students through an interviewing/ storytelling exercise with each other, and they will have the opportunity to discover which parts of themselves they are interested in sharing in their portrait. In their art piece, they have the option to portray their face or full body, their cultural background, life stories, family. They will also

Learn embroidery techniques and create symbols of home to decorate your custom tote bag.Join us on Wednesday September 25th at Christy Rec Center for a sewing workshop by Kate Welbes. Kate will guide us through embroidery techniques as we design symbols of home and create custom tote bags. This workshop will be for all ages.Cobbs Creek Art Club is a free bi weekly art workshop for all ages from youth to adults. It's a space to try something new and express your creativity with a focus on community building. No experience necessary, only a willingness to explore and create with