Category: FIELD-NOTES

This month, Bates College Student Volunteers designed a project with the theme of “Roots.” They designed the project to support youth in expressing their family

Despite the dropping temperatures & shorter daylight, Youth are still showing up for ArtVan’s outdoor sessions at Kennedy Park in Lewiston, in collaboration with the

We asked youth artists, “If you looked through a magical window, what would you want to see?” Each artist explored this question by picking out

A recurring theme we noticed this week was collaboration; here are some stories and musings on the topic! Collaboration is a key component of ArtVan’s

This week, youth artists used watercolor ink and oil pastels to create artwork centered around the theme of “dreams.” For check in, we asked, “what

This week at ArtVan, youth artists painted planets. They were encouraged to imagine what their planet would look like, who might live there, and what

It was the first visit for a youth from the NFI neighborhood. He shared that he didn’t like art and that he probably would not

Previous Next The rain held off here and there for this week’s focus on “Fidgety Art” and hammering. One Youth shares, it’s ”something for me

We have so much fun with clay! Its malleable and soft texture encourage different interactions, imaginations, and movements. River Valley Village youth artists made wood

Collage as a powerful tool for verbal enhancement. Have you felt that the weeks are also speeding by? One of the ways we are beginning