Winter Programs: 2024-25
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CHIMBO ELEMENTARY: Ikebana
Wednesdays, 3:30-5pm
Grades K-5
Jan 22- Feb 19
In partnership with Ikebana of Richmond, we’ll learn the Japanese art of ikebana, or scultping with nature. According to legend, Samurai warriors practiced ikebana for calmness of mind.
We’ll learn how to carefully select flowers, greenery, and other flora to create expressive sculptures, and make our own fired ceramic vessels to hold our works of art.
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Register for FREE: https://forms.gle/bF4K6tyikvYUfQNeA
WESTOVER HILLS ELEMENTARY: Ikebana
Mondays, 3:45-4:45pm
Grades K-5
Feb 3- March 17 (no class Feb 17)
In partnership with Ikebana of Richmond, we’ll learn the Japanese art of ikebana, or scultping with nature. According to legend, Samurai warriors practiced ikebana for calmness of mind.
We’ll learn how to carefully select flowers, greenery, and other flora to create expressive sculptures, and make our own fired ceramic vessels to hold our works of art.
FOX ELEMENTARY: GIVE+TAKE: Nature-Based Art
Tuesdays, 3-4:30pm
Grades K-5
Apr 8- May 13
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We’ll work outside and take resources from nature to create our own art and art supplies, while thinking of ways to give back to nature through the creative process. Go on guided nature walks to explore and collect materials, and think about our relationship to the natural world around us.
TREE TALK
Open Space at Camp Truetimber (4050 Transport Pl.)
Grades K-6 / $165 per camper
June 9-13, 9am - Noon
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​Open Space presents TREE TALK at Camp Truetimber for summer 2025 programming! In TREE TALK, students focus on tree identification and creative representation of nature as an explorative adventure. Hike, sketch, and create along the enchanted grounds of Camp Truetimber, concentrating on a different tree each day as an active scavenger hunt. What do trees have to say? How do we recognize and identify them? How do we represent them through our art? Held on the grounds of Camp Truetimber on the Southside of Richmond, 4050 Transport Pl.
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Sign Up: https://www.openspaceed.org/product-page/tree-talk
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TREE TALK
Open Space at Camp Truetimber (4050 Transport Pl.)
Grades K-6 / $165 per camper
July 7-11, 9am - Noon
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​Open Space presents TREE TALK at Camp Truetimber for summer 2025 programming! In TREE TALK, students focus on tree identification and creative representation of nature as an explorative adventure. Hike, sketch, and create along the enchanted grounds of Camp Truetimber, concentrating on a different tree each day as an active scavenger hunt. What do trees have to say? How do we recognize and identify them? How do we represent them through our art? Held on the grounds of Camp Truetimber on the Southside of Richmond, 4050 Transport Pl.
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Sign Up: https://www.openspaceed.org/product-page/tree-talk-1