The Marion Art Center introduces ‘All Things Art’ for tweens
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MARION – “All Things Art” at the MAC is a new, immersive weeklong program in late summer for young artists ages 10-13. The program runs Monday-Friday, Aug. 2-6, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. daily. In this survey of different media and practices, young artists will experiment with drawing, sculpting, printing on fabric, working with clay, and more. Learn how to talk about art making and what inspires one s creative choices. Some class time will be spent outdoors, weather permitting. The cost is $225 for MAC members and $265 for nonmembers, plus a $50 materials fee per student. Classes will take place in the downstairs MAC Studio or on the MAC lawn. This class can accommodate 8-12 young artists.
Feb 6, 2021
Benares Angeley has been working with children in creative art endeavors for more than twenty years.
MARION The Marion Art Center announced Benares Angeley as its 2021 ArtStart Director in a Feb. 5 press release.
ArtStart is the MAC s summer art program for kids four-and-a-half to nine years old, offered from late June to July.
Angeley has been working with children in creative art endeavors for more than twenty years.
She is the founder and director of Children’s Art Lab, a creative, process-based mobile art studio that brings art to children and families through the South Coast.
Angeley has run many Art Lab programs at the Marion Art Center and has contributed to the MAC’s virtual programming, as well as other community partnerships such as the grassroots organization Tri-Town Against Racism.
The MAC Announces New Camp Director for ArtStart 2021
The Marion Art Center is pleased to welcome Benares Angeley as its 2021 ArtStart Director. Angeley has been working with children in creative art endeavors for more than twenty years. She is the founder and director of Children’s Art Lab, a creative, process-based mobile art studio that brings art to children and families through the SouthCoast region. Angeley teaches pre-K through 8th grade art and music at St. Francis Xavier School in Acushnet, MA while operating Art Lab through several venues. Angeley has run many Art Lab programs at the Marion Art Center and has contributed to the MAC’s virtual programming, as well as other community partnerships such as the grassroots organization Tri-Town Against Racism. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Fibers from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth in 2005 and is currently working toward obtaining her Masters in Elementary Education through Merrimack College in North And
Aidan Pollard Jan 11, 2021
The plan to return Mattapoisett’s youngest learners to full in-person learning was first unveiled and approved at a Dec. 7 school committee meeting, after months of advocacy for a return by a parent coalition called Mattapoisett Concerned.
The plan utilizes large, open spaces at Old Hammondtown School and Center School to accommodate students while maintaining six feet of social distancing.
The Center School Library will be used as a classroom.
The Old Hammondtown Instrumental Music Room will also be used.
MATTAPOISETT Despite comments from parents concerned about a return to in-person school, the Mattapoisett School Committee unanimously decided at a Jan. 11 meeting to move ahead with a plan to bring kindergarten, first and second grade students back to full-time, in-person learning starting Jan. 19.