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Art Enables welcomes Keith Lewis as the newest artist in our studio! Keith is a graduate of St. Coletta's PCS, where he won last year's citywide Cherry Blossom Youth Art contest for his division. Come meet Keith this Saturday at our Anniversary Show, 1-4 pm.
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The weather might not be ideal, but our 11th Birthday Show tomorrow will still be a good time! Our artists will be there, the artwork will be there, and the cake will be there - will you be there? 1 - 4 pm at the Art Enables Main Gallery.
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Here's some of the artwork from our upcoming show this weekend
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Only two days until our 11th Anniversary Show! Come meet our artists and celebrate their amazing artwork this Saturday from 1-4 pm at the studio! Celebrating with us this weekend is "Loni Anderson", by Paul Lewis.
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Students meet Edgar.
Last December, 4th grade students from Fort Washington Forest Elementary embarked onto the National Colonial Farm at Piscataway Park for an exploration of the site’s natural ecosystems. The Pumpkin Ash Trail Tour, which is all about observing nature–looking for it and listening to it–was added to the K-12 education program offerings last year. The students and their teacher were invited as a partner school to participate in the new tour through funding received through the National Park Foundation Ticket to Ride grant program. “Fort Washington Forest has been coming to the site for years,” says MaryAlice Bonomo, manager of education for the Accokeek Foundation. “But recently, limited funding for transportation has prevented them from taking field trips to the park. This spring, because of the grant, they are able to return for a second time this school season, to participate in another tour.” At the end of the tour, which takes students through three various ecosystem along the Pumpkin Ash Trail–forested woodland, wetland, and farm–the students were introduced to the site’s unofficial mascot, a rescued box turtle named Edgar, and each were asked to write a Haiku about their experience.
Haikus on display at Fort Washington Forest Elementary
School tours for the Spring 2013 season are currently being booked. Contact MaryAlice at education@accokeek.org or call 301-283-2113 to schedule a unique experience for your class today!
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A few images from our upcoming March show, Glitterbomb
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Don't miss Splotch/Asterisk! This is the closing weekend at the Off-Rhode Studio at Art Enables. We will be open 1-4 pm Saturday for our 11th Anniversary and this amazing benefit exhibit.
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There's a lot of new artwork for this weekend's 11th Birthday Show, including this painting by Connie Reinwald, called Mama. The artist reception is from 1-4 Saturday!
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It's Art Enables' 11th anniversary this week, and we are celebrating with the artists! Donations and gifts are essential for keeping our studio going - and the artists love the excitement of getting art supplies from our supporters. To donate art supplies for our artists, please visit our Amazon wish list for the items we use the most. Here's to another 11 years of outstanding self-taught art! http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/ref=gno_listpop_wi
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Spend your summer days on an 18th century farm! Youth of all ages will enjoy this interactive and fun, self-guided tour while they “Give Ben a Break” with his farm chores. Costumed interpreters will instruct on how, in the colonial days, a child living on a farm would grind corn for baking, card wool for clothing, search the fields for hornworms, and play colonial games. This is an excellent opportunity for youth group and camp leaders, as well as families seeking an outdoor field trip to keep young minds and bodies active this summer! Contact MaryAlice Bonomo at education@accokeek.org or call 201-283-2113 ext 28 to schedule your tour.
Plan your visit between 10 am and 1 pm; allowing approximately 1.5 hours to complete the colonial farm activities. Picnicking facilities are available for you to enjoy your brown bagged lunches.
$5 per youth; camps call for reservations