Teen Open Studio Nights

 

Teen Open Studio Nights are MAM's latest educational offering, and our first ongoing program for teens.  On the fourth Thursday of each month, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, we open up our galleries and classroom facilities to young people ages 13-18.  We invite dynamic, experienced young artists to provide live demos on new, exciting methods and materials: everything from stencilling to textile arts to photo transfers.  Participants are also invited to take advantage of MAM's extensive material and tool collection as they create their own artwork, either independently or with friends.  Discussions of our current exhibitions are led by our fantastic volunteer Teen Art Guides. 

Teen Open Studio Nights are not art classes: they are a place to experiment and explore your own creativity and ideas. They are a place to bounce your thoughts about art off of other young people.  They are a place to develop your own aesthetic, outside of classroom instruction.  And best of all, Teen Open Studio Nights are FREE!

Check back regularly here for downloads of tutorials from previous Teen Open Studio Nights.

 

Pre-registration is not required, but is appreciated.  Please call 406.728.0447 or email  to register.

 

February 28, 2008

STENCILING demo by Lauren Norby of Muse Comics.  Our first ever Open Studio Night was a great success!  Young people of all ages gathered to learn the basics of art stencilling from local artist Lauren Norby.  Wish you could have made it?  You can download Lauren's excellent tutorial here and get some more ideas here.

March 27, 2008

CRAFT IN CONTEMPORARY ART demo by Leah Morrow, skilled seamstress and owner of Selvedge Studio, will demonstrate basic sewing techniques on our brand new Bernina sewing machines.  Participants will explore craft's role in contemporary art as they experiment with machine and hand sewing, iron-on transfer, and embellishment.  By the end of the night, you'll have a tote bag (or other creation) to take home with you!

Here are Leah's tutorials for a shoulder bag and a wrist cuff or headband.  Here is a list of other resources and ideas about craft as contemporary art.

April 24, 2008

BUTTONS, STICKERS AND MORE demo by artist Courtney Blazon.  Join us as we explore the many ways you can turn your drawings and other 2-D work into buttons, patches, stickers, books, and much much more!  Courtney's energy and talent as a painter, illustrator, publisher and teacher are sure to inspire participants who are interested in making their artwork more visible or expanding their lexicon of materials.  

May 22, 2008

DIY CANVASES:  Looking to go beyond the boundaries of store-bought, pre-stretched canvases?  Local artist Kayla Romberger will be here to demonstrate various techniques of canvas stretching and priming.  Reduce your costs, make better and higher quality canvases, and expand your painting horizons as Kayla shares her expertise in both traditional and alternative canvas-building.  This workshop is a must for all aspiring painters and drawers.  Here is Kayla's tutorial on canvas-stretching and another on how to gesso your canvas.

 June 26, 2008

IMAGES ON CLAY:  Ceramic artist and current resident at The Clay Studio of Missoula Shalene Valenzuela will offer a demo on monoprinting on clay.  Monoprinting is a printmaking technique that produces unique results.  Shalene will show us how to use newsprint, canvas and/or plaster to compose an image with clay underglaze, and how to apply these materials onto a clay slab to transfer that image.  The decorated slabs will then be fired at The Clay Studio of Missoula.  Find Shalene's fantastic tutorial on monoprinting on clay here.

July 24, 2008

SCREENPRINTING demo by Aaron Farseth, owner of Garage T's.  Aaron, who is a professional designer and screen printer of t-shirts and other apparel, has been collaborating with local artist Josh Quick to produce some of the cool concert posters you've seen around town lately, for bands like The Volumen and The Gourds.  Aaron will be here to demonstrate the ins-and-outs of basic screenprinting, teaching techniques that can be applied to a wide variety of projects.  Not to be missed!

August 28, 2008

PHOTO TRANSFER demo by Marcy James of Rocky Mountain School of Photography. 

October 23, 2008

COPPER WIRE & FOUND OBJECT SCULPTURE with Emily Crawford.  Local area teens learned how to make their own jewelry and found object sculpture.  There was everything from broken earrings and fishing lures to old watches and ! We had participants make some gorgeous bracelets, necklaces and a really cool belt buckle. To see more of Emily Crawford's jewlery and sculpture -- check it out downtown at Betty's Divine and Hausfrau!

November 13, 2008

COMIC JOURNALING with Josh Quick was a huge success at this month's Teen Open Studio Night.  Quick demonstrated how to draw simple cartoon characters and incorporate them into a four panel comic strip for the purpose of documenting our daily happenings in journal form!  To check out more of Josh Quick's artwork go to his website.  www.quickjosh.com

December 11, 2008

HOLIDAY PARTY at MAM!! Good food, great live music, and lots of ART! We hope to see you there!  All local area teens are welcome!

 

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