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Thursday, August 9, 2012

More Than 70 Free Art Progams at Hennepin County Libraries This Fall

Want to release your inner artist? Check out these programs!

Six free art education program series — consisting of more than 70 programs — will be presented this fall at Hennepin County libraries. The Library is collaborating with the Minnetonka Center for the Arts, the Textile Center, Springboard for the Arts, ArtStart, Artsy Smartsy and Articulture to offer workshops on art and art-and-craft techniques and business aspects of being an artist. Series’ titles are “Make This,” “Crafty Minnesota,” “Work of Art,” “Paint It Green,” “Art for Life,” and “Artitude: Comics and Manga.”   The programs, all funded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, are a follow-up to six very successful art education series presented this past spring. Registration filled quickly for almost all of the spring …

Friday, May 4, 2012

Hopkins Senior Places 2nd in Congressional District Art Competition

Amy Mathews is also a Silver Key Award winner in the Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards competition.

  (The following news release comes from Hopkins Public Schools.)   Hopkins High School senior Amy Mathews won second place in the 2012 Third Congressional District High School Art Competition. Mathews also received a Silver Key Award in the Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards competition in the category of drawing. Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. The competition provides an opportunity for members of Congress to encourage and recognize the artistic talents of their young constituents. The competition is open exclusively to high school students currently in grades 9-12 who must be a …

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Sign Up For Art, Science, Music Classes

Recreation Services offers the following art, science and music classes for kids this winter.

Minnetonka Recreation Services offers the following art, science and music classes for kids this winter. Register online or call 952-939-8203. All classes are held at the Glen Lake Activity Center at Excelsior Boulevard and Clear Springs Road in Minnetonka. Kindermusik For 30 years Kindermusik has been the world’s most respected name in musical learning for children from birth to age 7. All classes include 2 music CDs, 2 books, home activity book, instrument, and carrying bag. Science Explorers (classes for kids ages 3.5 to 6) Kidcreate Studio

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