It’s heart time! Why give a mass-produced Valentine when it’s so easy – and fun – to make your own? Create fine, fun, and funky cards for your classmates and all the people who mean the most to you with colorful papers, lace doilies, and hearts of all sizes cut from patterned papers!
The Creative Adventures™ Valentine Card Making Kit includes everything you need to make creative cards for your friends, family and classmates. Each kit is jam packed with colorful card stock, lacy doilies, die-cut hearts and collage elements. We also give you a glue stick and 4×6 envelopes. There are enough materials in each kit to make at least 20 unique Valentines.
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Just in time for the holidays: the new Handmade Craft Gallery at ARTBEAT, offering original art and fine crafts, unique jewelry and gifts in a colorful, welcoming setting. More than a dozen local artist are represented, with gifts that will delight adults and children, including mosaic mirrors and tables, vintage-bead jewelry, one-of-a-kind stuffed animals.
Artists will be on hand during Franklin’s Holiday Stroll on December 3rd from 6:00 to 8:00 PM to discuss their art and offer customers a personal shopping experience. learn More
Make 6 Great Gifts with our Holiday Studio Pass
Here’s a way to balance spending quality family time together with finding beautiful, meaningful gifts for everyone on your list. With our new Holiday Studio Pass you can visit our studio up to six times and leave with six great gifts at substantial savings (average of $10 per project regularly $12 – $16).
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In our Art for Little Hands class, we have finished teaching the little tykes about Shapes and made cool mosaic pictures. Next week it’s on to sand!
Last week in our Art Explorers program we learned about Zentangles, a cool and creative artistic exercise. Teacher Claire Griffin, used pencils and markers on a variety of papers to show the kids how to create these intricate abstract designs.
This week it’s making paper the old fashioned way. The kids are blending colors and paper pulp to create really neat cards. There is still space in the class, so register your child now.
Celebrate the season by decorating mini pumpkins and gourds with paint, decorate a lofe sized skull with Glow-in the dark paints and more! at Artbeat this month.
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Starting at 4:30 we’ll help you unwind from your day with cold beverages, free pizza and easy, relaxing art activities everyone can enjoy. You’ll be able to choose any of our regular studio projects, such as mosaics, painting, and decoupage with prices starting at $10 plus your surface. Think about doing a family mosaic, getting a jump on making holiday gifts, or bringing friends in for a play date! Reservations recommended. Call to reserve. Franklin 508-528-5001 more info
Art for Little Hands offers parents and young children (Ages 2-4) a place to explore colorful, tactile activities while developing skills that are important for later learning.
“Every child learns differently,” “Every child learns differently,”says group leader Virginia Whitted, who is a former preschool teacher and the mom of three young children. “When you play alongside your child during one of our art sessions, you find out how your child learns. Plus, you experience the fun of doing art together.”
Activities like silly shapes, sticky mosaics, and sand paintings use non-toxic materials that engage children in exploring shapes, colors, and textures. At the end of each session, the child has a project to take home and proudly display Call us to reserve your space.
Where & When?Artbeat’s Studio in FRANKLIN Art for Little Hands is held Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
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Artbeat’s Studio in ARLINGTON Art for Little Hands is held Tuesdays from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Art Explorers, a new after school art enrichment program, starts this month in downtown Franklin. Children from age 7 through 14 will experiment with painting, sculpting, card making and other art experiences at Artbeat the Creativity Store on Summer Street.
The objective is to “make art for the fun of it, “ says program leader Claire Griffin who is a practicing artist in Franklin. “That’s the best way to discover what you like, without the pressure of having to earn grades.”
Unlike an art class that focuses on learning a specific skill, Art Explorers gives students a chance to play with materials they may not have tried before, such as gyotaku (Japanese fish printing), SUMINAGASHI (paper marbling) and paper making. Students will also learn how to keep an art journal using the materials they create in class along with their own sketches and writing.
The program is led by Franklin artist Claire Griffin, who holds a BFA from Mass College of Art. Griffin is the founder of Griffin Ink and a member of the Franklin Art Association and the Franklin Cultural Council. The 10-week program begins September 29th and is held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Snacks and materials are included in the fee. Students can sign up for one or both days, and can attend single sessions or sign up for the series.
Children not ready or able to join up for a class will be able to explore mosaics, sand painting, and other art projects at their leisure in the adjacent walk-in studio. Learn More
Exclusive offers throughout the year, FREE GIFT on your birthday! Sign your child up today!
