Artist Focused on Color with Great Impact: A Black History Month Retrospective

Her artwork (“Sky Light”) graces the Obama’s private residence in the White House. She was the first student to graduate with a B.S. in Fine Arts from Howard University. She was the first African American to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum, and critics raved! A teacher and community arts developer, this lady…

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Take Timeout for Art: the Ultimate Stress-Buster

Art relieves angst, especially open-ended creative immersion with engaging art materials. Life today can be noisy, distracting, challenging and sometimes upsetting. Even our children fall prey to stressful situations. Give your children a timeout for a soothing art experience. A blank sketchpad with crayons, markers, pencils, paint or a nice mound of soft sculpting material…

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Art is at the Heart of Creativity

Kayla, an Abrakadoodle artist from Austin, paints her crown during art camp. Have you ever seen the gleeful expression on a child who has created a piece of art that did not exist in the world before? It’s pure magic. A blank sketchpad represents a playground for a child’s imagination. Equipped with pencils, crayons, markers…

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Sparking Creativity

At Abrakadoodle, each and every visual arts lesson seeks to spark creativity in our students. We believe in process art in which children actively explore art and make decisions that reflect their feelings and imagination. As such, we are keenly interested in current research and messaging from such thought leaders as Dan Pink and others…

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