http://www.theartsgaragetn.com
Karyn Walker has been an Artisan/Facilitator for over 25 years throughout America and the UK. Karyn has worked with Children’s Museums, Military Education Facilities, Community Centers, Galleries, and presently operates her own Gallery/Studio in Middle Tennessee. While working with toddlers through adults she has facilitated mixed media workshops, ceramic painting classes, Sip & Paint, Team Building & Corporate Events, as well as other arts and craft experiences in venues throughout America and abroad.
Karyn’s work has centered on cultivating a love for the Arts in an array of communities throughout her career through simple and fun arts experiences for all ages and populations. Past projects include community murals, parent/child art experiences, art camps, curating professional Artisan exhibits, Summer Arts Institutes plus many more.
Sample Programs Offered
Program Type: Arts Curriculum, Arts Integration, Arts Appreciation
Program Description:
Makers Club
A fun club atmosphere geared toward 9-15 year olds to have weekly arts experiences in many mediums. While incorporating art history with mixed media, sculpture, painting, and found objects we discover that art is fun and another way to express our emotions and feelings. 60-90 minute Sessions
Weekly projects may include
1. Painting a Picasso inspired masterpiece on canvas (self-portrait or other Maker Club
Member or Family Member/Friend)
2. Explore Paul Klee whilst collaging an emotional kitty cat
3. Create cardboard universe with mixed media/cardboard/paint- as well as tell a story with
three-dimensional world and creatures of their own design
4. Beginner jewelry-making for gift giving or home decoration
Objective : Discover Art History, self-exploration, and how making art can be a part of everyday life.
Lesson Plan Example: Download File
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Program Description:
POP ART EXPERIENCE for all ages and levels. This program is designed to explore the Pop Art Movement and the Artists that gifted us with this genre. This is a fun walk-in art experience for museums, schools, and community centers. Discovery Center in Murfreesboro took advantage of this art experience and it was a success with family members of all ages and skill levels in May 2016.
We explored artists like Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. Project ideas and supplies were made available in a buffet like manner to create works that spurred creativity and fun. Supplies included bristol board, pre-cut cardboard “tin cans”, pre-cut numbers and washable tempera paints along with sample projects to inspire their own pop art designs.
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Program Description:
A 2-5 hour experience for team building in a corporate setting. Projects available include large scale canvas panels designed by the participants or small-scale canvases in a puzzle format to create a finished piece to be displayed in a corporate setting that fosters teamwork, cooperation, and effective communication.
Staff are broken up into groups that have to coordinate their designs with the other groups to complete a cohesive work for display that fits within the boundaries of the objectives established prior to the event.
Supplies include canvases, brushes, paints, additional mixed media supplies and aprons.
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