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Santa Paula Art Museum — Art Experiments, Art To-Go, ArtSPARK, and Art…Yoga?!

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Art projects and resources to inspire you and your family
Marbled Milk Art
We’re feeling so inspired after our Earth Day virtual art class with Dr. Meg Handler from The Human Nature Center! Dr. Handler uses the arts as a way to teach ecology. That got us wondering how else we can explore science through art. Marbled milk art provides a fun lesson on chemistry and polarity while you create a colorful artwork on paper.
Painting with Oobleck
Squeeze oobleck and it turns into a solid. Loosen your grip and it melts into a liquid. Drizzle it on paper and it turns into art!
Marker Chromatography
We talk a lot about mixing colors here at the Art Museum, but with marker chromatography, you can watch as colors separate.
Paper Cutting à la Matisse
With all of your new marbled, drizzled and chromatic paper, make like Matisse and cut-out shapes to keep the creativity flowing!
Online art resources for families that we love:
ART CAMP LA’s blog has a lot of unique project ideas that use materials that most of us already have at home. Our fondness for experimenting this week had us especially excited to try their Helen Frankenthaler inspired “puddle paintings.”
Art To-Go Bags Are Back!
Friday, May 1, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.
The Museum’s Art To-Go Bags are back! Thanks to donors Fran and Jim Christiansen and Willa and Earl McPhail, we’ll be giving away bags containing supplies and instructions for fun art projects to do at home. The bags will be available via a drive-thru only pick up in the parking lot behind the Santa Paula Art Museum on Friday, May 1, starting at 10:00 a.m. (while supplies last). Please enter the parking lot from 10th street and follow the posted signs.
Interested in supporting the Museum’s education department? Contact us or donate today.
Tour Dammeyer and Muna’s Inspiration and Influence Exhibit Online
When sculptor Duane Dammeyer and painter Rima Muna installed their exhibition Inspiration and Influence at the Museum in early March, they hoped it would serve others as a space for reflection and renewal in what can be a chaotic world. That was before COVID-19 transformed our daily lives. While the Museum currently remains closed, we have made the entire show available online.
ArtSPARK Educational Tour
Our ArtSPARK school tour program is online! Kids can listen as Museum Educator Miss Stefanie describes key concepts and vocabulary from Inspiration and Influence.
ArtSPARK Hands-On Project
Artists of all ages will love this hands-on art activity led by Museum Educator Miss Kat and her special stay-at-home guest. It’s a collaborative project – just like Inspiration and Influence.
Save Your Spot in Class!
We have some great classes planned for when the Museum reopens, and while we can’t confirm dates just yet, you can still save your spot. Let us know what class(es) you’re interested in and we’ll keep you updated. (No payment is required at this time.)
Landscapes in Oil – Essential Skills with Teaching Artist Gabriel Islas will be offered again soon.
The Art of Moving Free Virtual Yoga Class
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Teens and adults can join instructor Robin Briceno for a virtual yoga and movement class inspired by the art currently on exhibit, and broadcast live from the Museum! The class will be accessible for beginners and all levels of experience. The class will end with a short and simple art expression, so grab a yoga mat if you have one, plus some paper, pens, pencil, markers or crayons. Preregistration via Zoom is required.
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Árbol de la Vida by Miguel Angel González, 2005, ceramic. Collection of the Santa Paula Art Museum. Gift of Kent Kirkton.
In Mexico, there is a town not far from Mexico City called Metepec where for generations the González family has produced a type of traditional clay sculpture known as the Árbol de la Vida, or Tree of Life. In both science and art, the Árbol de la Vida is a metaphor or model for the relationships and connections between things. Originally used to depict religious stories, artists use Tree of Life sculptures to chronicle additional aspects of Mexican culture including literature, history and art. The Árbol de la Vida in the Santa Paula Art Museum’s permanent collection, a gift from Kent Kirkton, honors Chicano/a artists who have worked and/or continue to work in the Los Angeles region. To examine this sculpture more closely, follow the link below.
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