MaryAnn F. Kohl

Bubble Wrap Night! MaryAnn Kohl, an award-winning author, artist, educator and speaker, returns with art projects made from easy-to-find, everyday materials in her 23rd book, "Art with Anything: 52 Weeks of Fun Using Everyday Stuff." She celebrates her milestone anniversary (25 years of bringing art ... (more)to children) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, at Village Books, in Fairhaven. Participants will explore hands-on bubble-wrap art projects with Kohl, and view slides showing other artworks by kids who explored hands-on art from "Art with Anything." Kohl is the author of numerous award-winning, art-idea books for children, now available in seven languages. For more about her, see brightring.com.

Kim Solga's award winning book introduces kids to 75 great American artists through fun and easy hands-on art-appreciation activities in the distinctive style of each artist. Great American Artists for Kids encourages children to learn by doing, to become familiar with new ideas, and to expand their ... (more)awareness in many different forms of art, from painting and drawing to sculpture, photography, architecture, and more. Kids can dive right into all kinds of fun projects at this event! Join us and discover how much fun art appreciation can be! Art centers will be provided so that kids, and their parents, can create a monoprint picture in the style of Mary Cassatt, assemble a rocking sculpture in the style of Alexander Calder, and make an abstract painting with tissue paper in the style of Richard Diebenkorn. Great American Artists for Kids was just awarded a
2009 Benjamin Franklin Award from the Independent Book Publishers
Association.
Author Kim Solga is a former elementary teacher, a professional artist
and stained glass designer, a writer, an internet developer, and the
owner of KidsArt, a mail order art supplies catalog for teachers and
parents. Her best-selling book Discovering Great Artists was the
precursor to this new title focusing on American art for children. Kim
lives in Mt. Shasta, California.