tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49196396515714749262024-03-13T13:39:37.486-07:00Paper WindowSarah Browning: Teaching Artist and IllustratorSarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-50156412022984071072019-01-10T19:54:00.003-08:002020-06-30T18:42:18.089-07:00Why I Keep Thinking About Artist Sonia Delaunay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A digital story sharing my impression of artist Sonia Delaunay: as a visual teaching artist, why I find her inspiring, both aesthetically and personally. <br />
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This topic sticks in my mind over the years, so it seemed like a rich place to start and one that would allow me to get a running start with a better chance of success on a short timeline. I wrote most of the script with pencil and paper using a writing prompt from the instructor of <a href="https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/HPUBVDTKE4DN" target="_blank">Coursera's "Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling"</a> Course. <br />
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The images in the video include watercolors and sketches I created when attempting to put together a picture book dummy several years ago. I also included photographs of books about Sonia Delaunay, and a few photos from Wikimedia Commons.<br />
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My goal was to tell a story within a story, using personal narrative voice to engage the audience with my impressions and experience. I also wanted to closely study the step-by-step process of assembling the many parts of a digital story, so that I would be better able to guide my students in creating their own digital stories. <br />
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The most difficult part of the project for me, emotionally, was recording voice narration. I had to really struggle and overcome some self-doubt. When editing the audio, I tried to listen to my voice as if it were someone else talking. Another problem was just carving out enough time to do the very time consuming work that is required for a digital story! It did help me to just really focus on getting each step completed by the class deadline, and think of the project as if it were someone else's work, such as one of my students, so that I would not get too discouraged!<br />
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The most significant things I learned are to believe in myself, be creative with emerging technology, and work step by step to achieve a goal.Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-11225750897894139902016-07-14T18:05:00.000-07:002016-07-14T19:37:56.096-07:00Mixed Media Illustrations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been working on some illustrations that blend two of my favorite media, painting and cut paper:<br />
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Are you ready to re-invent the color wheel?<br />
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These paintings are created with acrylic paint, enjoying it's wonderfully opaque qualities, over a black surface. We added the earth pigments burnt umber, yellow ochre, and iron oxide to our primary color studies and expanded our understanding of color theory with many new mixing experiments and combinations.<br />
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We got inspired with geometric patterns from folk art, graphic art, and woven textiles. The bold results really pop! They grab our attention even from across the room. </div>
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Students and families were amazed at the striking results from this multi-step process! Several parents asked for details. <br />
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The first part of our project was to draw in reverse using a Sgraffito technique, also known as scratch art, on a clear sheet of plastic coated with ink. This can be purchased prepared for you, or you can make your own with waterproof ink. (A variation is to draw or paint with ink on a clear sheet.)<br />
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The scratch tools must be sharp enough to draw easily, or it's not much fun! Before class, I whittled dowel rods down to a point, and students used sand paper to maintain the point while working. (Of course, we always remember our safety rules with these sharp tools.)<br />
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Next, we were ready to transfer our drawings to sunprint paper. The clear sheet with the ink drawing was laid directly over the photo-sensitive paper and exposed to direct sunlight. All clear areas where the ink had been scraped away allowed light to reach the sunprint paper, creating a polarized, or reverse, image.<br />
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Also called nature print paper or cyanotype paper, sunprint paper can be found at many art, craft, and science suppliers. The paper is coated with a non-toxic chemical that turns a brilliant blue color after being exposed to sunlight, rinsed in plain water, and air-dried. <br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">As I looked around my studio for a something to challenge returning students while welcoming newcomers, my eyes landed on my collection of baskets. I thought, what a great way to introduce concepts of line to a new group of drawing students. To develop a strong sense of contour, we need clear visual pathways to follow. Baskets have many lines in repeating patterns that we can follow and study through drawing. For advanced students, working to capture the overlapping forms can give an added challenge. </span></div>
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<br />Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-19598807125344411642015-02-18T15:42:00.000-08:002015-02-18T15:44:46.517-08:00Drawing Students' Final Projects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My drawing students from Family Learning Program fall quarter surveyed a
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I could tell the students took to heart the importance of building our Drawing Community when I noticed everyone sharing their work either with a neighbor or with our whole class. </div>
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Perspective drawing is especially useful for useful for building spatial-visual connections, showing architectural and mechanical forms, room interiors, and landscape drawing. </div>
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Objects appear to diminish with distance. Things appear smaller when farther away. </div>
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Students were asked to study proportions and practice using sighting and relative units of measurements.<br />
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Every person has unique and beautiful proportions. We can use relative units of measurement to show all kinds of interesting people.<br />
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To train our eyes to see small but important changes in the light to
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At it’s most basic, a drawing is a group of marks on some kind of surface. Any drawing will relate to line, shape and/or pattern. You can draw anything visible, and many imaginary things as well, with a step by step process. Start with a soft gesture drawing that captures the shapes and motion of the entire subject. Next, check and correct proportions using relative units of measurement. Finally, add detailed contours and gradations of light and shadow.<br />
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<br />Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-34768957580575184502014-11-20T16:45:00.000-08:002014-11-20T17:00:23.727-08:00Friendship Tales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We started Friendship Tales with Cartoon Day and some very fun results!</div>
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The kids learned about word bubbles and drawing simple cartoons with basic shapes.<br />
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Finally, our button artwork came together in fine form. Meanwhile, we thought about different ways friends can help each other and work together to solve problems. <br />
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After reading <u>Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book</u> by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Arthur Howard, we made a list of good things, just like Mr. Putter. Then we had lots of fun crafting books! It turned out the students were already experts at this.<br />
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<u>Ling and Ting - Not Exactly the Same!</u> By Grace Lin led us to a painting activity. I had plans for the kids to paint the covers of their books, but the students declared mutiny and decided to create these beautiful paintings instead. We struck a happy truce!<br />
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While reading <u>The Sneetches</u> by Dr. Seuss, we began creating stick puppets to help us tell stories of friendship. <u>Best Friends for Frances</u>, by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Lillian Hoban, helped us continue our crafting fun, by this time settling into a great routine for our final few class sessions.<br />
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I am so proud of the thoughtful discussions we had on some difficult friendship problems. The Sneetches helped us talk about how it’s okay for friends to look different from each other. <br />
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Hearing Frances’ troubles helped us think about ways to get past hurt feelings and be friends again.<br />
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We decided you can have time by yourself and still be friends. But, we all especially agreed that it's not okay to exclude people because of who they are.<br />
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Our final class, we were inspired by <u>Little Bear’s Friend</u> by Else Homelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. This story helped us find ways to stay friends, even when we had to say goodbye!<br />
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Then, we're ready to get serious with some advanced painting studies. Many students would stop nowhere short of the "fancy" color wheel this session. I was continually amazed at their level of focus and dedication.<br />
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I've noticed amazing collaborative exchanges among these artist teams.</div>
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Mixed media experiments with the older kids included ink drawings on a clear sheet to create sun-print images.<br />
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When classroom dynamics got a little complicated, I brainstormed up a set of worksheets to give students an additional way to interact with complex drawing instructions. It was difficult to put aside fears that worksheets might stifle their creativity, but I forged ahead while encouraging students to honor their own unique ways to draw.<br />
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<br />Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-83860844004655579502014-03-06T12:50:00.002-08:002014-03-06T13:35:51.974-08:00Drawing, Painting and Design at Family Learning ProgramThis week the artists of Drawing, Painting and Design (ages 5-8) launched an acrylic painting project using templates and under-drawings, while expanding our study of color schemes and a comparison of art with design.<br />
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When leading each unique gathering of learners with a wide range of strengths, challenges and interests, I want to allow them to build on their existing skills while introducing a rich variety of concepts, tools and active learning experiences.<br />
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Watercolors and acrylic paints share many properties, both being water soluble. Among their differences, though, watercolors are much more translucent, and we have tried painting with both pan and liquid watercolors to discover how each behaves.<br />
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Our first mixed media experience blended charcoal drawing, glue transfer, cut paper and ink, with a little surprise at the end of class (red liquid watercolor!). </div>
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The glue transfer is an invention to avoid using toxic fixative spray on our charcoal drawings. It seems to work pretty well! The students roll a layer of glue onto a large sheet of watercolor paper and glue the charcoal drawing face up. Next, they roll a layer of glue over a sheet of waxed paper and press the glue over the drawing. Once the wax paper is peeled away, it leaves a thin coating of glue, keeping the charcoal in place. </div>
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Have you local folks been out to <a href="http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/exhibitDetail.asp?eventID=25711">Seattle Art Museum</a> to see the playful painting and sculpture of Joan Miró? I think some of my students have a similar sensibility! His art is visiting us all the way from a museum in Madrid, Spain. </div>
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When putting together lesson plans, I often think of a talk called "How art, design and technology inform creative leaders", given by John Maeda, former president of the Rhode Island School of Design. (You can find it on <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_how_art_technology_and_design_inform_creative_leaders">TED.com</a>.) </div>
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Maeda tells us that <i>art</i> asks difficult questions, often with no clear answers, while <i>design</i> solves problems. The two often overlap and inform each other in surprising ways! </div>
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<br />Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-63408193492045813792013-11-14T12:04:00.000-08:002013-11-14T12:31:21.515-08:00Stories & Art Around the World, Part 2Students of Stories and Art Around the World have continued to amaze me with their creativity at mask-making, watercolor painting, and a musical lesson inspired by a musical folk tale.<br />
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I'm pleased to share this short collaborative Stories and Art film with our community of learners, family and friends around the world, and a widening circle of supportive folks who appreciate the ancient arts of puppetry and storytelling. We can now record and access these beautiful human resources in fresh ways using new media. I hope that hearing the voices weave together will inspire you to tell a story of your own!<br />
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Pictured here are color wheel and Kandinsky-inspired painting activities: <br />
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The students persevered to meet my challenge and impressed me with their understanding of color juxtaposition!<br />
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I can't wait to see what they'll create next.<br />
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Stories and Art Around the World is a new class at Family Learning Program for 5-8 year old artists. Shown here are our own hand-made books, a large Story Map that we are fabricating together, and a handful of our many stick puppets. <br />
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Some of the Big Ideas that drive our lessons are:<br />
1. Stories and Art connect us to people and places all around the world.<br />
2. Words and pictures can tell a story together.<br />
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Our class has launched an exciting collaborative project, combining the ancient art of storytelling with high-tech multi-media. We started by capturing the spontaneous essence of spoken word using a sound recording device.Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-86366121929003132092013-07-04T14:35:00.000-07:002013-07-04T14:38:08.299-07:00A Place for Ideas to Grow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A sketchbook is a perfect place to capture sparks of inspiration. The low risk atmosphere lets your imagination play freely, allowing ideas to emerge while your inner critic is lulled into a sense of security.<br />
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Later on, during that unavoidable, ever-terrifying part of your creative cycle, when you temporarily believe that you will never have any ideas, ever, pick up one of your sketchbooks and read it like the book of designs that it is.<br />
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Your "sketchbook" could also be any sort of notebook, or could even translate to any of the infinite iterations of data capture introduced by contemporary digital media, so long as your creative self feels protected when you engage there.<br />
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How do you keep and use your sketchbook?Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-61037625281609515012013-04-02T18:54:00.000-07:002014-05-25T14:24:10.780-07:00Big Words for a Big IdeaGearing up for my final session at the TATLab, a teaching artist training lab that may well turn out to be a life changing experience for this teaching artist, I'm still trying to get comfortable crafting a Teaching Artist's Big Idea. How about this version:<br />
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"Engaging in the Visual Arts activates metacognition, empowering students to make integrative connections."<br />
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Words like "activate" and "empower" easily roll off the tongue, but who says "metacognition" in an elevator speech?<br />
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"Integrative connections" are where I try to elaborate: in art and in life, connections within and between systems, across diverse disciplines, is what I want my students to find the power to enact.<br />
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What better place to foster this synergy besides an arts rich learning environment? Where tools and training are readily at hand, and a spirit of inclusiveness clears a path to creativity and collaboration?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Experience a whole new kind of Summer Art Camp! Not only will your children return home with beautiful handcrafted clay sculptures, miniature gardens, paintings and collages, they'll always remember spending three days in nature surrounded by trees, songbirds, chickens and flowers.<br />
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Our Garden Art Activities Include: Drawing, Painting with Watercolors, Sculpting with Clay, Collage, Sun-print, Wire Garden Ornament Sculpture, and Planting Miniature Gardens. <br />
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Get inspired by the colors, textures and sounds of Village Green! <br />
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Art and Gardening materials included. <br />
Please pack a lunch and plan for the weather.<br />
Ages 8 - 12<br />
Wednesday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.<br />
Session 1: July 11 - 13<br />
Session 2: July 18 - 20<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Where</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/VILLAGEGREENPERENNIALNURSERY?sk=info">Village Green Perennial Nursery</a>, 10223 26th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98146</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Registration: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Mail-in, payment by check. </span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">For me, the art of</div><div style="text-align: left;">cutting paper</div><div style="text-align: left;">is about saying</div><div style="text-align: left;">more with less.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">It's about cutting through the surface</div><div style="text-align: left;">to expose a simple truth.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">All the action is at the edge.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm interested in the way we get lost</div><div style="text-align: left;">in the struggle to survive, and then</div><div style="text-align: left;">find ourselves again in moments of kindness.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">As human beings, we can be profoundly</div><div style="text-align: left;">transformed by this cycle.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sGIfKeY2zJQ/Ttz4z3msapI/AAAAAAAAAGg/jWgGWkD4JYA/s1600/Seastar_duo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sGIfKeY2zJQ/Ttz4z3msapI/AAAAAAAAAGg/jWgGWkD4JYA/s320/Seastar_duo.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Starfish</div>Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-17388874530192709172011-08-30T10:42:00.002-07:002012-04-16T12:56:49.746-07:00The Whole Story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ab0z79FjrMY/Tl0dOYhperI/AAAAAAAAAGA/JjZaRqsrvOQ/s1600/Whole_Story_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ab0z79FjrMY/Tl0dOYhperI/AAAAAAAAAGA/JjZaRqsrvOQ/s1600/Whole_Story_image.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 20px;"><b>The Whole Story</b></span><br />
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A unique, holistic and inclusive history and her-story class. Find your voice with writing, art, storytelling and collaboration while exploring patterns and threads of culture, communication, identity, civilization, trade, geography, basic human needs, abstract thinking, and technology.<br />
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<b>About the Instructor</b><br />
Sarah Browning delights in stories about personal transformation, positive role models, hilarious irony, and following your heart. A West Seattle home schooling parent, she has taught classes at the Village Green Perennial Nursery, Alki Community Center and Bathhouse, and the Children's Museum of Seattle. Visit her at <a href="http://www.sarahbrowning.com/">www.sarahbrowning.com</a>.<br />
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<b>Class Goals</b><br />
Basic: Learn, Share, Grow, Think, Participate, Ask Questions, Be a Good Listener.<br />
Challenge: Build a Shared Vocabulary, Find Your Voice and Articulate Your Own Story, Be an Ambassador of Your Own Personal Culture, Learn About People: How We Are the Same and How We Are Different, Practice Empathizing With Someone Who Seems Really Different From You.<br />
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<b>Lesson Plans</b><br />
Sessions have a group activity and a personal activity. The instructor will introduce maps, timelines, stories, and activities with a guided but flexible structure.<br />
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Currently offered through the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SEAhomeschoolSWCC/">Family Learning Program</a> at Southwest Community Center.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Title"></span></span> Registration Options:</b><br />
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<b>Online:</b> Go to <a href="https://class.seattle.gov/parks/Start/Start.asp">SPARC online registration system</a>, and enter course number where it says "Search for programs by barcode", then click the magnifying glass. Have password and credit card ready.<br />
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Click this link to <a href="https://class.seattle.gov/parks/MyAccount/MyAccountCreateNewAccount.asp?Referrer=">request a password or new account</a>.<br />
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<b>By phone:</b> Call Southwest Community Center at 206-684-7438, have credit card ready.<br />
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<b>In person:</b> Southwest Community Center, 2801 SW Thistle St., Seattle, 98126, or at <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/parks/centers.asp">any City of Seattle Community Center</a>; cash, check, or credit card accepted.Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-43590386543912612862011-08-20T16:32:00.000-07:002011-08-20T18:53:45.183-07:00Fall Fairy Minis & Garden Monsters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9x9AfJtWywM/TlBCO5qHq0I/AAAAAAAAAF0/Wi0tYtdGJCI/s1600/Fairy_miniatures_and_Garden_Monsters_Fall_2011_wo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9x9AfJtWywM/TlBCO5qHq0I/AAAAAAAAAF0/Wi0tYtdGJCI/s400/Fairy_miniatures_and_Garden_Monsters_Fall_2011_wo.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Enter an enchanted world of magical monsters and miniature fairy gardens! Your imagination will open possibilities, sculpting garden monsters and tiny furniture with wet clay. One week later, we'll glaze the fired sculptures and assemble a miniature garden with plants and fairy decor. Sculptures can be picked up after the glaze firing, following our second class. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Small class size; pair up and reserve your spot today!</span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Who: Parent/Child teams, ages 5+</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">When: Two Saturdays</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">10:30 am - Noon<br />
Session 1: September 17th & 24th<br />
Session 2: October 15th & 22nd</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">How: $140 per parent/child team</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Where: <a href="http://www.villagegreenperennialnursery.com/">Village Green Perennial Nursery</a>, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">10223 26th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98146</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Call 206-767-7735 to register, or <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9x9AfJtWywM/TlBCO5qHq0I/AAAAAAAAAF0/Wi0tYtdGJCI/s1600/Fairy_miniatures_and_Garden_Monsters_Fall_2011_wo.jpg">print-and-mail</a> registration form with check.</span></span><br />
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Of course, please sign the <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-bofas-foreclosure-on-vera-johnsons-home-business">petition</a>. <br />
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And treat yourself to garden shopping at Vera's oasis of a nursery (You'll probably even find your treasures at a <a href="http://villagegreenperennials.blogspot.com/2011/07/summer-sale-25-50-off.html">discount</a>!). <br />
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Finally, SIGN YOUR CHILD UP for <a href="http://www.sarahbrowning.com/Classes.html">Garden Art Summer Day Camp</a>. YES, THERE IS STILL ROOM! Session 1 starts a week from Wednesday, and Session 2 starts August 17th. <br />
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If you are interested or have questions, please contact me or Vera right away.Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-37006660363839626862011-06-08T09:43:00.000-07:002013-07-02T19:34:18.746-07:00Garden Art Summer Day Camp<div style="text-align: center;">
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**Garden Art Summer Day Camp Now Accepting Registration**<br />
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Experience a whole new kind of Summer Art Camp! Not only will your children return home with beautiful handcrafted clay sculptures, miniature gardens, watercolor paintings, collages and sun-prints, they'll always remember spending three days in nature surrounded by trees, songbirds, chickens and flowers, inspired by the many colors, textures and sounds of <a href="http://www.villagegreenperennialnursery.com/">Village Green</a>.<br />
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Ages 8 - 12<br />
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Session 1: August 3 - 5<br />
Session 2: August 17 - 19<br />
$250. Payment options available.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Click here to visit <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1269046062">Village Green's Blog, <i>Dig It</i></a><a href="http://./">.</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Online Registration available at <a href="http://www.sarahbrowning.com/">my website</a>.</span><br />
</span>Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-36372302779893256792007-04-07T23:04:00.000-07:002010-10-09T22:44:14.260-07:00Mysterious Reflection<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zs2KPk4hfNw/RhiG6BvMn6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/hLis8GEgjZ0/s1600-h/Mysterious_Reflection_on_Alki.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050935313552940962" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zs2KPk4hfNw/RhiG6BvMn6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/hLis8GEgjZ0/s320/Mysterious_Reflection_on_Alki.jpg" border="0" /></a>"Mysterious Reflection", acrylic on canvas.Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919639651571474926.post-16815218386072558412007-03-18T23:15:00.000-07:002010-10-09T22:37:00.889-07:00Welcome!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zs2KPk4hfNw/TLFQ3GMaSQI/AAAAAAAAABc/6CnUetNdsZ8/s1600/S_+Browning_Curious_Bunny.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zs2KPk4hfNw/TLFQ3GMaSQI/AAAAAAAAABc/6CnUetNdsZ8/s320/S_+Browning_Curious_Bunny.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526287125246003458" border="0" /></a><br />"Curious Bunny", acrylic on canvas, 5 x 7".<br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/58549695/curious-bunny-5-x-7-print">Prints available on Etsy.</a>Sarah Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073674726606879154noreply@blogger.com0