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Youth Art in Methuen!
I'm hoping there might be some artistic families out there interested in this opportunity...
This fall (through spring 2025) I'm organizing a free cross-cultural, international twice monthly weekend art club for kids ages 8 to 15. 2x a month on a Saturday or Sunday (10 am - 11:30 am) join me and my 10-yr old son at my place in Methuen or join via Zoom from the comfort of your own home. It's a chance not only for kids to create and express themselves through art but also to meet and create connections with children from two other youth art groups in Africa that I know very well and already collaborate with.
The first 45 minutes we will draw or paint according to a theme the kids have chosen in advance with their African counterparts. The next 45 minutes we will meet up on Zoom with the kids of Nakivale Young Talent Community in Uganda and Future Within CBO in Kibera Slums Nairobi to share our work, connect and learn about each other.
These two groups in Africa are already operating art education programs independently. I know both groups very well. I'm organizing an online art exhibit for the older more skilled artists at both of these organizations in late September.
The founders of those groups and I just launched a joint art club in the past month. From our side it's just been my 10 year old son participating. I have been looking for a youth arts education partner in the US but it's not as easy as you might think! Everyone has their programming locked up for the fall. So I figured I'd offer to facilitate a Methuen Youth Art Club for this purpose.
Art supplies offered if you come to my home. Warning, I have one cat and one dog (both small). You don't have to join us physically. You can also participate from your own home via Zoom with your own art supplies.
If you are interested or email me (see post photo). I'm looking for 8 to 10 kids to participate.
A little bit about me. I'm an artist, a writer and community development professional. Mom to 3 boys in Methuen schools, ages 10-17. I am informally teaching art for a Methuen family this summer and it's been a blast! I'm a member of Methuen Artists Unite