Artwork-makers and Earth-enthusiasts unite at Art Maker’s Outpost Earth Month celebration

Artwork Maker’s Outpost is an artwork studio cherished by artists and Earth-lovers alike.

The partitions are lined with jars of glitter, bottle caps, buttons and other imaginative products, which are sourced from the community and diverted from landfills. 

These supplies are then made use of in art classes, children’s summer time camps, adult BYOB (deliver your very own beverage) workshops and group situations hosted by Artwork Maker’s Outpost, situated at 609 South Boulevard.

Earth Month influenced the studio’s most the latest group celebration. Among midday and 4 p.m. on Sunday, little ones and people stopped by to make art out of recycled resources, paint a significant outside mural, be a part of a drum circle and snack on some cookies. 

Community users could also drop off utilised artwork materials, or take part in a plant exchange. 

Valerie Kahan, cofounder and Inventive Director at the Art Maker’s Outpost, explained that when the function offered a entertaining afternoon of art making, it also confirmed off the forms of components that the studio collects and how they can be repurposed. 

“Our space is definitely focused to serving to persons imagine how elements can be reused,” mentioned Kahan. “We do collect arts and crafts supplies that are carefully employed, but we accumulate so considerably more than that as perfectly.” 

Local art fanatic Lily Mcquarters, 11, attended the function with her mother, Rebecca Phend. She assisted paint the outside mural and did some arts and crafts within the studio.