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What is Educational Art?

We often overlook and take for granted the amount of products we consume on a regular basis--and the resulting waste that we create. For three generations, my family has been striving to reduce the amount of waste created annually by people, and to educate them on the ways in which many items left over from what we buy and use every day, can be utilized to create beautiful works of art. My grandmother taught me from a very early age that landfills have a negative effect on the environment, and that lack of recycling is a crisis for our oceans and marine life. An art educator since the 60s, she has made her own beads and jewelry from seeds and pits she polished after my family ate them; re-used every plastic container that entered her house because it was still functional, created bracelets and rings out of plastic bottles that she decorates with 18k gold marker, saved every paper towel and toilet paper tube for their many uses in creating crafts for children and musical instruments, and the list goes on endlessly. Being raised in a culture of “waste not, want not” and “building is cheaper than buying” cultivated in me a deep affection for the fact that everything in life must be viewed as in a state of transition. Everything has its intended purpose in life, and then a myriad of opportunities for alternatives afterward. This carried over into my philosophy about not just objects, but about myself. I learned to look at my world differently, and with an open-ended sense of possibility in every situation. My mother has fostered this love for real-time learning throughout my life, homeschooling me and teaching me that life is a classroom and every opportunity is a moment to learn. She cleans houses and supplies me with the majority of my styrofoam product, that I use to make colorful sculptures instead of letting it all become landfill refuse. At our education art shows, you will find a variety of local artists who share our passion for reducing the environmental impact of consumer waste and educating the public about ways to look at the world around you in terms of creativity and art supplies. We believe that everyone is some kind of an artist, but most people haven’t been given the right kind of supplies to cultivate their talents; not all art is paint and ink on canvas! In an effort to bring together artists and neighbors, our shows are free and open to the public, and feature a small workshop activity to get a taste of some of the techniques used in unconventional types of art. At our educational art shows, you will learn specifically how different parts of our environment are impacted by landfills and waste, and whats happening locally as well as globally. We also offer separate workshop sessions, that include an instructor-led recycle activity, an activity focused on spiritual or emotional well-being, an experimentation station where fun is the only rule, and a learning space to “get-to-know” any art supplies or tools you may be unfamiliar with.