Arlington County Community Arts

Arlington County Community Arts Arlington Community Arts is a section of the Community Recreation Division of Arlington County Virginia, Department of Parks & Recreation.

Art at Home! Make a colorful Window Cling bright your day! This project is simple, quick and you have all the supplies...
06/05/2020

Art at Home!
Make a colorful Window Cling bright your day!
This project is simple, quick and you have all the supplies at home! All ages

Art Nouveau Window Clings

Supplies you will need:

8”x8” piece of clear plastic (Ziploc bag, overhead projector sheet, etc)
Black Sharpie Marker
Assorted colors of Sharpie Markers
Scotch tape

Directions:

1. You will need a piece of clear plastic. You can use a ziplock bag, cut up or an overhead projector sheet or any other clear plastic sheet you have at home. Choose a template you like from the ones provided.

2. Place the plastic sheet over the template. Use a black sharpie to trace the template.

3. Flip the piece of plastic over so that the black outline you just traced in on the table. Now color in the design using colored sharpie markers.

4. After the marker dries, use a small amount of tape to attach it to a window!

Directions and Template in Notes tab on the side menu.

06/05/2020

At Home Art Nouveau

We would love to see the art you are making! Did you follow Mr. Jim’s art lesson or just work on something of your own? ...
06/01/2020

We would love to see the art you are making! Did you follow Mr. Jim’s art lesson or just work on something of your own? Share it with us! Here is a drawing I did.

today's inspiration: 10-year old Chelsea Phaire. She has collected art supplies, put together individual art kits and se...
05/25/2020
A 10-year-old girl has sent more than 1,500 art kits to kids in foster care and homeless shelters during the coronavirus pandemic

today's inspiration: 10-year old Chelsea Phaire. She has collected art supplies, put together individual art kits and sent more than 1500 of them to kids in homeless shelters or foster care.

Chelsea has always loved making art. When she was 8, she lost someone very close to her heart. That's when her hobby became her therapy. Realizing how much art has helped her, Chelsea wanted to give that outlet to other kids who may be hurting. With schools being closed, kids in shelters and foster homes don't have access to art supplies they usually find at school.

Knowing that other children have also gone through trauma inspired Chelsea to help make art more accessible to help others cope with their feelings.

Young people pretty much just do it. They don't see the obstacles or red tape, they just see what needs to be done and they make it happen.
story below, link to her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chelseascharity/?utm_source=ig_embed

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/20/us/10-year-old-girl-art-kits-foster-care-homeless-shelter-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2gQgri3z024xS01jeRn5mAXArVfdrlr9MfsrCo3WGELMLMUbYs4jaTrm0

A young girl with a big heart has found just the way to cheer up other kids stuck at home during the pandemic.

Summer Camp Update
05/21/2020
Arlington County 2020 Summer Camps Canceled

Summer Camp Update

In accordance with the health and safety guidelines of state, national and camp officials during the COVID-19 pandemic, Arlington is cancelling summer camps for 2020.

well- it’s the weekend- and maybe that means laundry day is near. why not have some fun and make some art! give it a t...
05/16/2020

well- it’s the weekend- and maybe that means laundry day is near. why not have some fun and make some art! give it a try and share your creation here in the comments below.
Laundry art Challenge.
1. dump out your laundry
2. use different colors and textures like paint
3.create an original or try to replicate a famous piece of art.

Have fun and stay creative! Drop your laundry art in the comments below . #KeepArtInYourHeart

Laundry art challenge. I would love to challenge any artist to create art from laundry. You could create an original or try to replicate a famous piece of art. Have fun and stay creative! Drop your laundry art here. #KeepArtInYourHeart

Children are natural storytellers, so, why not make an old school zine! Give it a try - all you will need is a piece of ...
05/15/2020
How to Make a Zine: A Kid-Friendly DIY Guide | Brightly

Children are natural storytellers, so, why not make an old school zine!
Give it a try - all you will need is a piece of regular printer paper, pens, markers or whatever you have on hand to draw with. You can even use collage techniques if you want!

Follow along with these simple instructions and you'll be creating a zine in no time — the perfect project for children looking to express their creativity!

05/10/2020

here is a pretty awesome pop up card idea. nothing fancy needed - some paper, black marker, scissors and something to color with.

05/10/2020
Sashko Danylenko Art

something so simple!! give this a try and share your little characters!

Analog characters design kit

more amazing examples of people recreating masterpieces
05/10/2020

more amazing examples of people recreating masterpieces

Museums ask people to recreate works of art at home, and here are 30 of the best.

Garden to Table
05/07/2020

Garden to Table

Here’s a great activity from our Curriculum Development Mgr, Victoria, using only vegetable scraps. She had a great time with her daughter painting over Easter!

Hey Everyone!!! This Saturday Arlington Palooza goes virtual! On Sat., April 25, 1 p.m., join us on DPR's page ...
04/23/2020

Hey Everyone!!! This Saturday Arlington Palooza goes virtual! On Sat., April 25, 1 p.m., join us on DPR's page for a special performance from Arlington’s own singer/songwriter Sarah Baumgarten on Facebook Live!

BONUS! Following Sarah's performance, our own Mr. Jim will share his tutorial on how to draw creepy cute creatures for you to try at home!!

DPR page: https://www.facebook.com/arlparksrec/
Mr.Jim's other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6WbXflHZZQ

Fun!
04/04/2020

Fun!

We challenge you to recreate a work of art with materials at home. (Inspired by Rijksmuseum and @tussenkunstenquarantaine on Instagram)

🥇 Choose your favorite artwork
🥈 Find three things lying around your house⠀
🥉 Recreate the artwork with those items

To find artworks, check out our online collection: getty.edu/art/collection

Share yours with us in a message and we'll post in the comments.

03/31/2020
Art with Jim: Monet’s Water Lilies

ART WITH MR. JIM!
Got some paint, crayons or oil pastels laying around the house? Use this video to recreate Monet’s Water Lilies with our Community Arts Programmer, Jim Halloran!
https://youtu.be/LIHTPRm4VIA

Learn how to create art like Monet with our Community Arts Programmer, Jim Halloran!

03/28/2020

Stay tuned for some Online Art lessons! #MrJimsArtDemos coming soon. Have an
#ArtFilledDay

Share your art with us! I followed a drawing demo online and did this: Now it’s your turn...#MakeArt #CommunityArtsinArl...
03/28/2020

Share your art with us! I followed a drawing demo online and did this:
Now it’s your turn...#MakeArt #CommunityArtsinArlington #DrawPaintCreateArlington #ArlingtonParksandRecreation

03/17/2020
LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems! Episode One: Welcome to Mo’s Studio!

this is brilliant! so generous and inspiring!
from IA&A at Hillyer:
Kids’ author Mo Willems is here to make Mondays a little better for a while: Starting today, he’ll release a new “Lunch Doodle” video each Monday at 1 PM.

Willems is encouraging students to send him questions at [email protected], and he’ll try to answer some of the questions in his videos. “I know a lot of you guys are not in school. You’re at home right now, because of all the things that are going on. Well guess what? I’m at home, too,” he said in a video press release. “We’re gonna hang out together. Matter of fact, I’m really looking forward to it.”

https://youtu.be/RmzjCPQv3y8

LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems! Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence at Home Episode One: Welcome to Mo’s Studio! In his first LUNCH DOODLE, Mo welcom...

Address

Arlington, VA

Telephone

(703) 228-5922

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Arlington County Community Arts posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Arlington County Community Arts:

Videos

every year at the end of camp, our campers get to spend their hard earned camp dollars at the art camp auction. the items they’re bidding on were some of things that staff made.

Some more unclaimed pieces from Spring Ceramic classes at Lee. These pieces were made at Lee Art Center this past spring in the Get Messy Play with Clay or the Handbuilding for Kids or the Handbuilding for Families classes. This work will be at TJ to be claimed- please have a look and see if you or your child recognizes any of this work and you can go by and collect it. 🙂🌈

Pieces from the spring 2019 get messy play with clay class and the kids hand building class at Lee. If your child recognizes any of these as their work, you can pick up at TJ art studios at TJ community center on S Second St.

Final firing of the work from our spring Handbbuilding for Families and Get Messy Play with Clay classes. Lots of fun was had and joyful memories were made❤️🌈 If you recognize any of these pieces as yours or your child’s- please go to the art studio at TJ and pick them up. You might want to bring a box and or packing materials to make sure everything arrives safely home 🙂!

Shortcuts

Category

Nearby government services

Other Government Organizations in Arlington

Show All

Comments

Earthfest at Arlington Mill!! We used templates to transfer on corrugated cardboard, then carved the design with incising tools. Tempera paint sponged on and...voila! Instant upcycled masterpiece!