#### Program updates <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Join us in welcoming Primus Russell to The Art Garage team!</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">My name is Primus Russell. I was an art teacher for 30 years in the public school system. At this stage of my life, I am doing my pottery and painting. I thank God for the opportunity to have a job at the Garage.</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Art Garage presents The Laradon Art Show</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thursday, April 25th. 2024 11:00am-2:00pm</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">At 40 West Gallery’s Teller st. location (1560 Teller st. Lakewood) </span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Laradon’s mission is to empower those with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live their best lives. Since January of 2022, Laradon has partnered with The Art Garage to provide accessible classes which support creative expression. </span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thank you to</span> [<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><u>40 West Gallery</u></span>](http://40westarts.org/) <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">for donating their space for the show!</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Learn more about Laradon and their mission</span> [<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><u>here</u></span>](https://laradon.org/)<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">.</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Art Garage Sticker Contest </span> Enter The Art Garage’s Sticker Contest for a chance to win a $100 Gift Card to The Art Garage and have YOUR design turned into a sticker that will help raise donations for our visual arts nonprofit! Submit your design by April 30th to The Art Garage via [info@artgaragedenver.com](mailto:info@artgaragedenver.com), The Art Garage’s Instagram (send in a DM), or in-person at our location in Park Hill, Denver (6100 E 23rd Ave, 80207)!<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span> #### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Featured Upcoming Classes</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Creating with your Kid:</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">A Workshop For Parents</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Tuesday, April 9th</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">1:30 - 3:00pm</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Join us every second Tuesday and develop the tools to create art at home with your child! This workshop will provide tips on developing confidence through language and boosting lifelong artistic behavior for your young children.</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Adult Paper Mache</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thursdays April 25-May 23</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">5:30 - 7:30pm</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Learn about the playful and wide world of paper mache through functional and artistic sculptures in this 5-week class! Get ready to get messy and make anything from paper lanterns to wall art as you explore the basics of designing and constructing 3D artwork.</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Ceramics Art Hour</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Ages 4-6</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">4:00pm-5:00pm</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Get your hands dirty and your creative wheels turning in this 6-week after school clay club! Each month will bring new projects and challenges as our skilled instructor leads young artists through the creation of fun and unique sculpture projects.</span> #### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Local Events</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Partnership with Dirt Coffee</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">We will be hanging art at Dirt Coffee Bar's Mosaic Campus location. This month stop by to see our very own Elena Niermann, Elyse Lani, and Joy Giles! And don’t forget to grab a latte while you’re there. Stay tuned to see whose art will be up next!</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Divergent Inclusive Representation Transforms (DIRT) is on a mission to cultivate intentional workspaces for the neurodivergent population to gain meaningful, integrated, and equitable employment. </span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Mike Wilson's 14ers exhibit at DIA</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Local artist, Mike Wilson, generously donated his beautiful collection of 53 watercolors of all of the 14ers (peaks over 14,000 feet) in Colorado to Cottonwood Institute in support of their mission to break down barriers and connect middle and high school students to nature and inspire them to protect it.</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">RISE Domestic Violence exhibit at RemainReal Art Gallery </span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">(901 Santa Fe Dr.)</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thursday - Sunday</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">11am - 7pm </span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">April 5 - April 28 </span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Blue Bench presents its 3rd annual art exhibition featuring art made by survivors of sexual violence. RISE amplifies the stories, voices, and healing journeys of survivors in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">"Rumors & Bloomers" Exhibit at The Center For Colorado Women's History</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">featuring weekly workshops every Wednesday in April from 10am-12pm with Poet in Resident, Marissa Forbes. </span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Open Mic with Community Literature Initiative</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Monday, April 15th</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">6:00 - 8:00pm (sign up at 5:30)</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Hooked on Colfax</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">(in the red room)</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">3212 E. Colfax Ave.</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">FREE!</span> #### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Kid Quotes of the Month</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">"I am allergic to salad"</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">-7 year old</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">"I'm going to be an astrophysicist when I grow up and I am already a mathematician"</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">-6 year old</span> #### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Community Corner</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thank you to</span> [<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><u>Colorado AMP</u></span>](https://www.instagram.com/coloradoamp1/?hl=en#)<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">,</span> [<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><u>Community Minded Dance</u></span>](http://cmdance.org/)<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">, and</span> [<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><u>Art from Ashes</u></span>](https://artfromashes.org/) <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">for participating in our teen event on March 16th. We are so inspired by these amazing local organizations and the work they are doing to keep the arts alive in our community.</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Scholarships!</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Partial and full scholarships are awarded to students of all ages for The Art Garage classes, camps, and workshops! Scholarships are based on financial need and demonstrated motivation.</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Applicants are expected to have transportation to and from class, to attend class regularly, and to fully participate in all class activities. Students' participation and attendance will be recorded and will be considered by The Art Garage administration in awarding future scholarships.</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Please fill out the scholarship application and find additional information</span> [<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><u>HERE!</u></span>](https://artgaragedenver.com/articles/87) ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Tasty Food: Free Meals for Denver Youth</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">"Denver invites youth, ages 5-18, to enjoy breakfast, lunch, supper and/or a nutritious snack. Tasty Food meals include up to five food groups that are low in fat and prepared fresh. No ID or registration required - just show up and eat up, and YES ... you can bring a friend, or two, or three, or more!"</span> ##### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">SCFD is the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, a tax collected and distributed to nearly 300 cultural organizations in our seven-county Denver metro region.</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Culture creates vibrancy for us individually and collectively. It gives our kids a unique perspective and understanding of the world. It inspires all of us to get off the couch, discover the radical and the beautiful, and stretches our capacity to be transformed. Through our diverse, local culture, we come together, we come to new ideas, we come to our senses. Beginning with taxpayers and with the expert shepherding of the SCFD, our collective mission is simple: We fund culture.</span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Art Garage is sponsored by SCFD. Did you know that SCFD can offer this funding because YOU voted for it? To keep the arts and culture alive and healthy in Denver, SCFD uses just one penny of every $10 sales tax dollars in the district to give back to the organizations like The Art Garage. </span> <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thank YOU for voting for arts, science, and culture!</span>