Emma Vera, age 8 of Hurley, inks her linocut while her sister, Isabella, age 10, and instructor Jason Mones look on. (Photos by Phyllis McCabe)
On Saturday the Kingston Midtown Arts District presented its annual lively and fun EXPO to celebrate the arts, creativity and community by hosting a free hands-on opportunity to explore the various art forms of local artists and arts organizations. It was a full day of workshops in a variety of arts genres, including wheel throwing, clay hand building, drumming, dance, a community mural, instrument making, virtual reality, holograms, photography, painting, comics and more.
Vivien, age 9, inks the linocut she wants to duplicate on a balloon in the Making Linocut Prints Featherlight and the result.Kerry Madison of Tillson is using a potter’s wheel for the first time under the tutelage of instructor Brian Recchia.This is a sample of one of the clay discs to be submitted for the Time Capsule Project.Millie Radel-Bailey, age 7 of Kingston decorates a clay disc with a beach scene for the Time Capsule Project for the Wurts Street bridge.Emma Vera, age 8 of Hurley, holding the inked linocut and the resulting print on a balloon.Instructor Jason Mones shows a linocut he made.Artist volunteer Susan Whelan starts making a community coil pot.Susan Galuska of Glenford holds a clay bee she hand built and painted.
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