###### **Programming Updates** **Colorado Gives Day** Thanks to your support over the last year, The Art Garage has been able to increase accessibility to the arts by providing more than $20,000 in scholarship opportunities, strengthen our Denver economy by increasing full time and part time positions and paying competitive salaries, unify our community by hosting free art events and by being a presence at area festivals and arts programs, increase our programs in senior centers, after school programs, LGBTQIA youth programs and serve people with disabilities. We couldn't have done it without you! Thank you! **Art Garage Gift Cards** Give the gift of ART this year with an Art Garage gift card! Need a gift idea for someone in your family? Our gift cards are perfect for those who want to gift a memorable experience for your art loving friends and family. With classes from toddlers to adults, we have something for everyone! To purchase a gift card call us at 303-377-2353 or email [info@artgaragedenver.com](mailto:info@artgaragedenver.com)<br> <br> **Spring 2024 classes are now open!** See all of our classes at [www.artgaragedenver/courses](http://www.artgaragedenver/courses)<br> <br> ###### **Featured Upcoming Classes:** **Parents' Night Out: Winter Wonderland**: Friday, December 13, 5:30-8:30pm. 5-10 year olds Enjoy dinner out or just a little quiet time at home while your child's creativity roams free exploring a variety of art materials and methods every third Friday of the month! We will unleash young artists’ imaginations with fun, creative projects and tame those ferocious appetites by providing pizza (if you have dietary restrictions please send an alternate meal with your child). **Daytime and Homeschool Classes:** Join us on Tuesdays for our Young Artists' Club for ages 3-5 or Wednesdays for our Homeschool Art Club for ages 4-14! These classes cover art history, art styles, and both historical and modern artists while exploring a wide variety of materials and developing creative muscles. **After School Art Clubs:** Join us on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays for the perfect after-school creative outlet for kids ages 4-15! Artists of all skill levels will learn new techniques and get inspired by a wide variety of media from fiber arts and ceramics to painting and drawing! **Friday Workshops and School Day Out Classes:** Students ages 3-12 can join us at The Art Garage every Friday and on DPS Holidays to learn fundamental art elements, art vocabulary, artistic styles, about famous artists, and much more in our themed School Day Out classes and exploratory “Friday Workshops” **Adult and Teen Classes:** Whether you're just getting started or jumping back in, our art classes will develop your skills, get creative, and express yourself through ceramics, drawing, and a variety of other media in evening classes and multi-week workshops! **Adult Needle Felting Workshop:** Friday, Dec 8, 4:30-6:30pm In this special, one-day workshop you will create an adorable gnome and toadstool set and learn the basics of needle felting along the way! This project is perfect for beginners and your new felted friends are a great addition to your winter decor or the unique, handmade gift for a loved one this holiday season. **Toddler and Me Classes:** Here at The Art Garage we believe that it’s never too early to introduce your child to art! In our Artsy Tots classes, we utilize your young artists’ budding curiosity to explore a variety of visual art materials in a safe and supportive environment on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. ###### **Events in Our Community** **Marissa Forbes' Book Release:Brief & Bleeding Margins** December 16th 6:00-8:00pm, at Goldspot Brewing Company, Featuring Becca Downs, Tyler Hurula, Saveros Starling, PLUS Open Mic & Dance Party! Marissa Forbes (she/her) is an artist, writer of all genres, an instructor, and mother. Marissa Forbes’ Brief & Bleeding Margins is a fearless collection of poems and lyric essays with titles that take the current trend of long titles and turns it up to 12. **Clyfford Still Museum Exhibitions and Events** **Art Crawl: A Tour for Infants and Their Caregivers:** The Clyfford Still Museum is a great place for you and your baby to experience art and find community with other families. A Museum educator will lead caregivers with infants in a crawl through the galleries and do a hands-on activity. This program focuses on community building; return each month to socialize with fellow caregivers! **Spotlight: Inside Collections Care and Conservation:** Catch the newest exhibition which seeks to reacquaint visitors with a thorough overview of Clyfford Still’s sixty-year career—with a twist. Conservation-themed “spotlights” are integrated throughout all of CSM’s nine galleries to delve into the theory, process, and conservation techniques as they relate to the work of Clyfford Still. **Work by Elena Niermann showing at Pages and Petals:** Elena Niermann (she/her) will have two paintings for sale at Petals and Pages, a bookstore and flower shop on Santa Fe, for the entire month of December! **Anna Pausch’s Holiday Markets**: woodblock prints on handmade paper, bandanas and pillow cases at BMOCA, [https://shop.bmoca.org/](https://shop.bmoca.org/)  Horseshoe Market, Dec 2-3rd, 10am-4pm [https://horseshoemarket.com/holidayatbreck/](https://horseshoemarket.com/holidayatbreck/), Firefly Handmade Market, Dec 9-10th, Saturday 11am-4pm Sunday 10am-4pm, [https://www.fireflyhandmade.com](https://www.fireflyhandmade.com/) ###### **Community Resources** **Food Banks in Denver:** Consider donating your time, food, or money to one of the following organizations working to feed people here in Denver: Metro Caring [https://www.metrocaring.org/](https://www.metrocaring.org/), Denver Food Rescue,[https://denverfoodrescue.org/](https://denverfoodrescue.org/), Park Hill Food Pantry, https:/[www.parkhillpantry.com/](http://www.parkhillpantry.com/), Denver Food Not Bombs, Free meals and solidarity every Sunday 4PM at 22nd and Stout, [https://www.singlel.ink/u/fnbdenver](https://www.singlel.ink/u/fnbdenver)<br> <br> **Scholarships:** 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. 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. Please fill out the scholarship application and find additional information at [https://artgaragedenver.com/articles/87](https://artgaragedenver.com/articles/87)<br> <br> **Donate Your King Soopers Points to The Art Garage!** Want to support your local non-profit for the holidays but don't have much to donate? Here's an easy way you can support The Art Garage at zero cost to you other than a few minutes of setup. If you have a King Soopers or City Market loyalty card you can easily add The Art Garage as an organization that will be donated to (at zero cost to you) every time you buy your groceries. **Just follow these basic steps and you'll be donating in no time!** \- Sign in or sign up at Kingsoopers\.com or citymarket\.com \(Even if you have a loyalty card you will need to create an account online if you haven't done so before\. You can link your loyalty card after creating a new account\) \- At the home page click on "Savings" then drop down to "Community Rewards" \- Search for The Art Garage by our name or GA477 then click Enroll And that's it! Now every time you swipe your loyalty card you will also be supporting The Art Garage! Please note that the donations will only begin once you have a loyalty card registered under your online account which you can update under "My Account". <br> <br> “Did you know about **4.3 million children** get access to arts and culture educational opportunities through funding provided by SCFD.” The Art Garage’s is sponsored by SCFD; a cultural funding tax district that serves 7 counties in the Denver Metro Area. 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.  Thank **YOU** for voting for arts science and culture!