## What’s new at The Art Garage? #### 2024 Park Hill Open Studio Tour ###### Saturday and Sunday ###### October 19th and 20th, 2024 ###### 10:00am-5:00pm ###### Learn more about the talented artists who make The Art Garage an imaginative and wonderful place for everyone! #### Halloween Hootenanny ###### October 31st, 2024 ###### 5:00-7:00pm ###### Trick or treat! Arts and crafts! Free slime workshop! #### Fuel your creativity! A fundraiser gala ###### November 1st, 2024, 5:00-8:00pm ###### Support your local art nonprofit! ##### Check out our full event calendar [HERE](https://artgaragedenver.com/articles/294)! ## Featured classes: #### Friday workshops and School Days Out: ###### Early dismissal? No school? No problem! Join us every Friday and on DPS days off from 9am-12pm and/or 1-4pm for hands-on art education and a ton of fun! See classes [HERE](https://artgaragedenver.com/courses?categories=45)! #### Artsy Tots at Denver Public Libraries ###### October 8th and October 15th Join us for classes at Corky Gonzales and Schlessman Libraries! At The Art Garage, we believe it’s never too early to introduce your child to art! In this Toddler & Me style class, we’ll utilize your young one’s budding curiosity to explore a variety of visual art materials in a safe and supportive environment. Register [HERE](https://artgaragedenver.com/courses?ages=1)! #### Teen Classes: ##### Teen Ceramics ###### Sundays 1:00-3:00pm ###### This 5-week session is perfect for any skill level and will be structured to ensure you learn the essential aspects of hand building, wheel throwing, and glazing. Students will develop and grow their ceramic skills through techniques and projects led by our skilled instructor. Sign up [HERE](https://artgaragedenver.com/courses?ages=14)! ##### Teen Studio ###### Sundays 1:00-3:00pm ###### Oil pastels, acrylics, watercolor, printmaking, and so much more! In this 5-week, open-studio-style class, you can bring your own projects, come with ideas and let our instructor help you make them a reality, or explore media and techniques through provided projects and prompts. Sign up [HERE](https://artgaragedenver.com/courses?ages=14)! #### Adult classes: ##### Intro to Punch Needling ###### Sunday, Oct 13, 4:30-6:30pm ###### In this 1-day workshop we'll learn the basics of punch needling! Create your own design and use an embroidery hoop to create a decorative and fuzzy needle point! Sign up [HERE](https://artgaragedenver.com/courses?ages=19)! ##### Ceramics ###### Sundays 4:00-7:00pm ###### This 5-week session is perfect for any skill level and will be structured to ensure you learn the essential aspects of hand building, wheel throwing, and glazing. Sign up [HERE](https://artgaragedenver.com/courses?ages=19)! #### Friday Night Fun: ##### Creation Station ###### October 9, 4:30-6:30 ###### Young artists will call all the shots in this station-based, open-studio-style art class on the 2nd Friday of every month! Choose from a variety of art activity stations and enjoy the freedom to follow your creativity wherever it takes you. Sign up [HERE](https://artgaragedenver.com/courses?categories=62)! ##### There's so much more to explore at The Art Garage! See all of our upcoming classes for toddlers, kids, teens, and adults [HERE!](https://artgaragedenver.com/courses) ## Kid Quotes of the Month ###### "I have a crusher on all the girls in the universe" -6yo ###### "I wish I was a dog because I wouldn't have to sit down for dinner and I could just put my face down in my food." -8yo ## Local Events ###### Don't miss The Art Garage's Joy Giles' fabulous artwork at [DIRT Coffee](https://www.dirtcoffee.org/)'s Park Hill location! Her mixed media work will be on display and for sale throughout the month of October. ## Community Corner: #### <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"></span>Scholarships: ###### Partial and full scholarships are awarded to students of all ages for The Art Garage classes, camps, workshops, and parties! ###### Please fill out the scholarship application and find additional information [HERE](https://artgaragedenver.com/articles/87)! #### Tasty Food: Free Meals for Denver Youth: ###### "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! ##### [See dates and times!](https://denver.prelive.opencities.com/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Office-of-Childrens-Affairs/ProgramsInitiatives/Tasty-Food) #### [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.](https://scfd.org/) ###### 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. ##### 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. ##### Thank YOU for voting for arts, science and culture! ### Love, ### The Art Garage #####