Join us this week as we use our Art Center faculty as Artists'-in-Rsidence, where they will lead our campers on collaborating to create an exciting visual response to the museum's recent acquisition of artist Robert Indiana's painting, Decade: Autoportrait, 1963. The work produced this week by the campers will be on display in a public exhibition.  

As the Poster Mania exhibition at the Currier will vividly demonstrate, the rise of the poster as a means of promotion ultimately created bold, graphic and dramatic pieces of art that people wanted to own for its own sake. During this week, each group of students will be working on a collaborative "Art Center Seasons" poster project guided by Graphic Artist and Illustrator Neva Cole. The works created will be printed and put on display in the museum's Community Gallery and will function as season covers to the Art Center brochure for the upcoming calendar year!

Manch-Vegas Madness

There's no place like home, and sometimes it takes the eye and creativity of an artist to show others what a place is like. Artists like Charles Sheeler and Ann Marie Kenny have used Manchester's mills as the genesis for their portrayals of "our town." Join us this week as we investigate the different faces of Manchester and surrounding towns, and create art to show the world what we're all about.

An illustration tells a story, gives information, clarifies something, defines a statement... This week we'll be creating art that explores the many different styles of illustration and illustrators. We'll encourage you to illustrate your own story by looking at the art of Maurice Sendak, Jacob Lawrence, Faith Ringgold, Winslow Homer, Howard Pyle and Maxfield Parrish to name just some of the artists that inspire us.

This week we'll take a walk on the wild side and draw, paint, print and sculpt art that reflects the natural world around us. Our emphasis will be on using the power of art to draw attention to the animals and insects of New Hampshire, especially those that are vulnerable.

Is Clark Kent the reality or Superman? Is Oz, and not Kansas, the only place that's in color? Are the Good Witch and the Bad Witch two sides of the same person? We're not sure if we'll answer all these questions, but over the course of this week we'll have a blast exploring how artists transform everyday reality into alternate visions, universes and sometimes points of view!