We want the world to see the amazing art our children make after school!  We feel it is important for our young artists to have their...

It all started with my empty nest, yes, my daughter had gone to college and that meant I needed something to keep me busy.  What better...

Our friend Victoria visited and she taught the children about the lost art of cursive writing.

For the past couple of years, Hazel and I have ended the year with a big project. We decided that we wanted to do a lesson on Faith...

With then end of the school year upon us, Kate and I wanted to do a fun take on a classic work of art.  This often parodied painting was...

I have been wanting to do this with the kids since I first saw it on Pinterest.  The original lesson plan by Cassie Stephens: In the Art...

The kindergartners did this response to literature a while back and it’s so cute I wanted to share it.  It was actually Astrid’s idea,...

Thursday, Hannah made a kite all by herself, she’s in kindergarten.  It was a folded square with a string taped to it.  She dragged it...

It’s October and we needed a fun but Halloweenish project to do.  Last year I had seen “The Scream,” by Edvard Munch, interpreted at...

Our neighbor is from Eritrea.  She is a lovely, generous woman.  She offered to bring a friend to do Henna Tattoos for the children.  We...

We like messy art.  Well, mostly Kate likes messy art and I go along with it.  Kate having seen the work of Holton Rower was the...

Did you know that today, June 29, is International Mud Day? It is a day to celebrate the outdoors, get messy and enjoy life.  The day is...

Hazel and I wanted to do something with a photo and canvas with the kids at both sites as an end of the year project.  Johannes Vermeer’s...

We were doing spin art inside salad spinners when one of the dads and I got talking about how cool it would be to have a GIANT spin art...

Hazel had me watch a video quite a while ago about a boy named Caine and his arcade.  If you haven’t seen it, please do.  I watched it,...

I took my boys to see the Chihuly exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco a few summers ago.  We still talk about the amazing...

This all began as a way to change my life.  I was working as a manager of one of the most popular restaurants in San Francisco.  I was...