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BetterArts presents a free Forest Art Studio for children ages 3-10 at our Better Farm campus Aug. 22 and 23.

We will spend two one-day sessions (10 a.m.-1 p.m. each day) exploring nature, gathering materials (leaves, sticks, plants, rocks, clay, and other found objects), and making art that is age-appropriate and customized. Activities may include:

• Morning walk gathering natural materials and observing nature

• Prints from natural objects (leaves, flowers, bark)

• Small sculptures (fairy houses, clay-rich dirt)

• Natural dyes (beets, sumac, kitchen scraps) for tie-dye

• Painting on nature (found rocks and bark, chicken, turkey, and hawk feathers)

• Felting with alpaca fiber

• Paper making

• Natural crowns

• Mandalas

• Plein air painting

Activities will be tailored by age group, with groups rotating between activities:

• Group 1 does activities ABC while group 2 does activities CAB, for example so that the different age groups will not be mingling with each other)

At the conclusion of the second day, artwork will be displayed in the on-site gallery for a soft "opening" for friends and families of participants to enjoy. All participants are further invited to leave a piece behind for inclusion our annual fundraiser’s gallery show (“Better Festival” on August 29) that can be picked up afterward.

Pre-registration is now open! Please email info@betterarts.org to sign up (include number of children, ages, and any special needs they may have).