Art Exhibit "Pioneering Voices: Portraits of Transgender People" at ARMS

On view in the ARMS Lobby Gallery ...

"Pioneering Voices: Portraits of Transgender People"

All families are invited to visit the photo-text exhibit featuring photographs and interviews with people of all ages who are transgender with some of their family members. Through first-person accounts and positive images, this exhibit seeks to challenge damaging myths and stereotypes about transgender people and to educate people about this marginalized, and often invisible group of people. This is a sequel to the photo exhibit and curriculum called “In Our Family” that all ARMS advisories studied in Jan-Feb 2017. An ARMS all-school curriculum engages students in respectful questioning and dialogue about this exhibit during Advisory classes. The Middle School community welcomes you with "open ARMS" to explore the exhibit.

Fort River Celebrates 50 Years of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" during Eric Carle Pop Up Exhibit

"Teacher, teacher, what do you see? Maestra, maestra, ?qué ve ahí?"

Fort River is so proud to be part of the pop-up art exhibit installed around Amherst by The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art! Read more about this clever public display of art and maybe schedule a family scavenger hunt to find all of the pages!

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"I see children looking at me. Veo a los niños que me miran a mí."

Multi-Arts Opens New Art Exhibition of 3D Cardboard Sculptures at theJones Library June 1- 30

Multi-Arts, a non profit arts educational program of the Pioneer Valley, proudly presents an art exhibition of 3D CARDBOARD SCULPTURES made by the Multi-Arts children under the guidance of Titus Neijens, professional artist, illustrator, and the Multi-Arts art teacher.  The children artwork will be exhibited at the central hallway of the Jones Library during the entire month of June. On Thursday, June 2^nd, as part of the Amherst Art walk, Titus Neijens will be offering a demonstration of the creation process of 3D cardboard objects. 

Multi-Arts cultivates a vibrant and stimulating working environment that nurtures children’ self-esteem and confidence. Children learn the value of hard, focused work and the joy of collective creation. Its Outreach Program connects the children creations with the community through permanent and rotating art exhibitions and open family art events, hence contributing to the vital and rich artistic life of the Pioneer Valley.

“A vital, nourishing & supportive forum for young ones to experience many forms of the arts. Through personal one to one appreciation & instruction by true artists in the fields I saw tremendous stretches of ability, confidence & skill take place in a few short weeks.”  Parent, 2015

During the program children work daily with a faculty of 7 professional artists with teaching experience, assisted by highly educated teaching assistants. They participate in all the artistic activities and work on integrating them into a single production. The activities include theater; creative writing; music; art –which involves not only painting and exploring different materials and techniques, but also book making and cardboard animals creation; custom and stage design; black-light-theater and mime; and flamenco and funk dance.

Multi-Arts SUMMER PROGRAM starts on June 20 and goes until August 12. There children can learn the art of 3D CARDBOARD SCULPTURES and much more. Visit website at multi-arts.org