Barnsdall Arts Sunday: Celebrate the Guatemalan Rain Forest
This Sunday at Barnsdall Art Park, celebrate Earth Day and prepare for the Climate March Los Angeles by creating your own 3D sign celebrating the jewels of the Guatemalan rain forest. Create an...
View ArticlePapier-mache Workshop at the Museum of the San Fernando Valley
WHAT: Papier-mache workshop and Artist Talk WHEN: 2-4PM on Saturday, April 29, 2017 WHERE: Museum of the San Fernando Valley, 18860 Nordhoff St., Suite 204 Northridge, CA 91324-3885 All the supplies...
View ArticleBarnsdall Arts Sundays: Temple to Your Favorite Greek God
This Sunday at Barnsdall Art Park, you will construct your own temple to one of the Ancient Greek Gods of Olympus. Choose your favorite: is it Athena, God of Wisdom? Or maybe you are a lover of the...
View ArticleBarnsdall Arts Sunday: Calder Mobiles and Stabiles
Alexander Calder was an American sculptor known as the originator of the mobile, a type of kinetic sculpture made with delicately balanced or suspended components which move in response to motor power...
View ArticleBarnsdall Arts Sunday: Hopi Feathered Sun
In anticipation of the solar eclipse, we will be creating Hopi Feathered Suns at Barnsdall Arts Sunday on August 20, 2017. To learn more about the Hopi Tribe, go to: http://www.hopi-nsn.gov/ To learn...
View ArticleBarnsdall Arts Sunday: Benin Royal Art
Benin art flourished in the Kingdom of Benin or Edo Empire (1440–1897), a pre-colonial African state located in what is now known as the South-South region of Nigeria The Benin artists were master...
View ArticleBarnsdall Arts Sunday: Medusa Sculptures
Embrace a bad hair day by making a Medusa sculpture from home-made clay at Barnsdall Arts Sunday. Make a face that can turn a person to stone. Here’s the recipe for salt dough, the medium we are...
View ArticleBarnsdall Arts Sunday: Colima Animal Vessels
Barnsdall Arts Sunday travels back in time to the Colima culture in Mexico. We don’t know much about their history, but they created wonderful animal-shaped ceramic vessels that were discovered in...
View ArticleBarnsdall Arts Sunday: Build Your Own Ziggurat!
Build your own Ziggurat at Barnsdall Arts Sunday. The ancient Sumerians invented the wheel, the first writing system (cuneiform), created amazing sculpture and bas reliefs, and built magnificent step...
View ArticleBarnsdall Arts Sunday: Jaguar Masks!
Construct your own jaguar mask at Barnsdall Arts Sunday. The ancient Maya worshiped the mysterious and powerful jaguar as a god. The figure of the jaguar figures prominently in Mayan art. In the...
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