Nurturing Creativity in Grand Rapids, MI
Our mission is to uplift and empower people of all ages, abilities, and situations through artistic programming and the availability of an inclusive creative space.
Creativity and self-expression are paramount to one's mental well-being and sense of self at any age, walk of life or ability. We celebrate and nurture creative growth through exploring ideas and building a community of support in our studio as well as through community outreach and open studio times.
Ways To Support the Studio:
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Sign up for a class or workshop
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Pick up a gift card
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Tell a friend...tell two friends
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Plan a party or host an event
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Like and Share on social media
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Leave a kind review for us
Financial:
Your contributions help us continue to expand our outreach programs, enhance our sensory-friendly creative groups for neurodivergent friends, guarantee new quality supplies for artists during our classes and open studio times, create new opportunities for employment through teaching and keep our operational costs down.
Sponsorship:
Are you interested in becoming a sponsor?
We are interested in having monthly and/or one-time donors. Please feel free to get in touch.
Goals:
We have spent time building amazing art classes, camps and community times inside the studio and we are so excited to expand our outreach programs.
Our goal is to have available art classes and creative groups for all of our friends, throughout Grand Rapids.
To date, our outreach has:
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Brought young children's classes to the studio for proccess art play times
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Traveled to older adult homes (which is so much fun)
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Taught classes at womens group homes
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Held mindfulness classes at a sober living house
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Currently hosting creative group times for neurodivergent children, with expanded programming in the fall.
These times are what the studio is intended for and we only hope to grow and support friends and community through creativity.
Your support is greatly appreciated in order to keep theses programs going and growing.
Supplies:
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Do you have broken crayons, supplies you are no longer using or an abundance you would like to rehome?
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Is your recycling pile starting to walk and talk?
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Do you see a great deal on new socks but don't know who can use them?
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The answer is, 'yes' we will happily use them at the studio.
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Felt-cloth
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Felt Markers
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Cameras
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Pencils
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Pink/White Erasers
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Glue Dots
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Fingerpaints
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Plain Paper
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Glue
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Tape
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Watercolor Paper
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Watercolor Paint, tube or pan
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Acrylic Paint
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Printmaking Ink
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Printmaking Blocks-Pink
