#tbt: Meet the Designers of SPARC Lab!
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by Haley Searcy
8M ago
It’s Thursday so we’re throwing it back to AIR’s Bloom’d Fashion Show! This past spring Arts In Reach hosted two wearable art programs: SPARC Lab for ages 11-13 and Wild Imaginings Project for ages 14-18. Participants upcycled donated clothing using methods including: block printing, embroidering, painting, sewing, and more! We celebrated these teen fashion designers with a runway at the fabulous Mall at Fox Run. Without further ado, meet the designers from SPARC Lab: Meghan Meghan is a 7th grader and in her free time she likes to paint, draw, and play basketball. Vintage and weird core ..read more
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“The Fredding” Is On Display at Bedrock Gardens!
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by Haley Searcy
8M ago
Arts In Reach is proud to present The Fredding, a diorama of a wedding that occurred between a squid plushie and a cardboard pigeon at ArtVentures Forever this past June! The 11-13 year old artists at the program conceptualized and created each character and setting piece. Each participants’ real life plushies inspired the sculptures of the wedding attendees. It was truly an amazing collaboration to witness. We are thrilled that you can view the final piece! The Fredding is on display at Bedrock Gardens from September 5 – September 18, 2023. Bedrock Gardens is open Tuesday thro ..read more
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“Altered Futures” On Display at the New Hampshire Art Association!
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by Haley Searcy
8M ago
Arts In Reach is proud to have a gallery show Altered Futures as part of the New Hampshire Art Association’s Fledgling: Artists Under 30 Exhibition! All of the incredible creations are made by AIR artists and a couple of AIR staff! Most of the pieces were upcycled during our spring wearable art programs, where teens learn to sew, block print, screenprint, embroider, and more. Sustainability is at the heart of these programs—we collected clothing from the community for these projects, giving new life to old garments! The pieces encompass a variety of wearable art forms, from painted clothing to ..read more
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AIR’s Spring 2024 Programs
Arts In Reach Blog
by Haley Searcy
8M ago
Explore a spring filled with creativity through visual arts, performance, and sustainable fashion programs in Portsmouth, NH! Keep checking our website or follow us on social media for more program updates throughout the season. World of Wonder II (Ages 11 – 18) Monday, Feb 26 – Friday, March 1 || 10am – 3:30pm || Portsmouth, NH (Location Given to Confirmed Participants) Bring your visual art and performing chops to this week of developing a unique character and their imagined world. We’ll be using set design, costuming, prop making, music, and performing to explore your character’s whole worl ..read more
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Humans of AIR: Gemma Soldati
Arts In Reach Blog
by Haley Searcy
8M ago
AIR Teaching Artist Gemma Soldati (she/her) shares about her favorite AIR memory, how working with teens has impacted her creative practice, and being silly. What is your background in the arts? I was in a play in kindergarten in Dover and I remember my dad came to see it. He was like, “Woah, you’re really good.” When I was a kid I didn’t know there was such a thing as what I’m doing now. I wanted to be an actress because that’s all there was. Now that I’m older most of my experience has been in comedy, even though at some point maybe I’ll do stuff that’s not funny. I do a lot of physical come ..read more
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Chronicles of Creativity: Recapping AIR’s Fall + Winter Programs
Arts In Reach Blog
by Haley Searcy
8M ago
Our fall and winter of 2023 was filled with laughter, friendships, and, of course, ART! We visited theatres across the Seacoast to witness the power of live performances, and created our own original artwork along the way. From crafting disguises to writing poetry, we covered a lot of ground in these past few months. In this blog, I invite you to join an exploration of AIR’s diverse, fun programming! Thirst for Freedom at NH Theatre Project On September 29th, we kicked off our fall programming with a trip to NHTP to see Thirst For Freedom! This powerful play introduced us to the story of Ona ..read more
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Humans of AIR: Olivia Moore
Arts In Reach Blog
by Haley Searcy
8M ago
Olivia Moore (she/her), AIR’s Mental Health Support Person from Seacoast Mental Health Center, shares about her role at programs, her favorite AIR memories, and more in this interview. What is your role at Arts In Reach? I am what’s known as the Mental Health Support Person. What I understand is that AIR reached out to Seacoast Mental Health wanting to have a Mental Health Support Person at each program. That’s because AIR is awesome, trauma-informed, and wanted to make sure that they had mental health support at every program. At Seacoast Mental Health I’m a Case Manager and something called ..read more
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Humans of AIR: Liliana Mangan
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by Haley Searcy
8M ago
AIR’s Program Coordinator Liliana Mangan (she/her) shares about her musical and theatrical background, how working at AIR has impacted her personal creative practice, and her newfound love of solar printing. What is your role at Arts In Reach? I’m the Program Coordinator. Cara officially hired me in October, so it’s coming up on one year. I do a lot of co-facilitating with you and Cara. I carry a lot of craft supplies. I’ve gotten pretty ripped since I started working here. I would say that I sometimes teach, but we’re all teaching and learning constantly. How did you get involved with Arts In ..read more
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Crafting Connections: Reflections on Summer
Arts In Reach Blog
by Haley Searcy
8M ago
Summer 2023 at AIR was full of all kinds of different artistic adventures, newly crafted connections, and so much fun! Read on to learn all about the different mediums we were able to try out together. ArtVentures Forever! At ArtVentures Forever! we explored a plethora of visual arts! Liliana Mangan, the Program Coordinator at AIR, led us in a jewelry making and bead frankensteining workshop. We created earrings, necklaces, and sculptures out of the fantastic array of beads and findings. Karen Rosaniaof Oliveteal Arts stopped by to lead us in a mosaic frame workshop. We added tiles and other ..read more
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February Fun!
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by Haley Searcy
8M ago
We offered a Saturday workshop and two weeks of February Vacation programs! Read on to learn more about all of the fun that was had this past FebruAIRy. AwesomeBlage We visited the MONA (Museum of New Art) to make some awesome assemblage! Our day started with a private gallery tour of the the contemporary art museum in downtown Portsmouth. We took in the work of assemblage artist Judy Pfaff who MONA’s describes as “a pioneer of installation-art.” We learned about the art of assemblage while our guide showed us some of Pfaff’s site-specific exhibit smokkfiskur: a tale. After our gallery t ..read more
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