Poetry & Art Workshop for Children - Learn, Create, Write & Draw!

Poetry and Art Workshop for Children

• Monday, February 18th
• 10 am - 1:30 pm
• 8-12 years old
• $10 per child, snacks included

The Wickford Art Association will be hosting a poetry and painting workshop for children with Page & Palette, Teaching Children’s Authors of RI, a group of local independent children’s authors and illustrators.
It will be a fun and imaginative day! Children ages 8 to 12 are invited to attend a creative writing and painting workshop. Children will learn to make their ideas into both freestyle and rhyming poems and will create a watercolor inspired by their own poem. Children will look to famous poets such as Shel Silverstein and artists such as Georgia O’Keefe for inspiration.
Participating authors and illustrators are Denise Flagg, Kerri Gaulin Sue Greco, Donna McCarthy and Theresa Schimmel. All of the authors are also members of the Association of Rhode Island Authors.
Parents may register their children online at www.wickfordart.org or at the Wickford Art Association, 36 Beach Avenue, North Kingstown, RI. Seating is limited. Non-refundable registration fee is $10.00 and includes all materials and snacks. The author’s will be available to sell and sign books after the program.

Since 1962, the Wickford Art Association (WAA) a non-profit arts organization, has hosted numerous fine art shows, classes, workshops, monthly lectures and demonstrations. Ranked as the #7 fine art festival in the country by Sunshine Artist Magazine, WAA produces annually the Wickford Art Festival featuring 200 fine art artists from around the world. The Festival was voted “Best Of” by Rhode Island Monthly Magazine and ranked #1 in New England. As part of its community involvement, WAA hosts an annual scholarship competition and awards $3,000 to three of Rhode Island’s top public high school seniors accepted into an art college. The gallery is wheelchair accessible and shows and opening receptions are free and open to the public. Wickford Art Association is dedicated to educating, encouraging and inspiring artists and art lovers throughout the community.
Wickford Art Association hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM and Sunday noon to 3:00 PM. Admission to the gallery is free, open to the public with plenty of parking. For more information, contact Wickford Art Association at (401) 294-6840 or visit http://www.wickfordart.org