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Create and Connect Block Sculpture Installations!
35 Block Parties were held in and around our South Haven community between April 22 and June 7. During that time over 1,000 blocks were...
srydecki4
Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Create and Connect, Block Parties
Artists Sarah Rydecki is planning Block Parties all over South Haven, Michigan. If you are attending one or hosting, here is some...
southhavenarts
Apr 26, 20222 min read
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Create and Connect Art-Starter: April 18, Contour Drawing
There is no right or wrong way to draw, only different styles! Here, learn how silencing your inner critic and looking closely can help...
srydecki4
Apr 18, 20221 min read
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Create and Connect Art-Starter: April 11, Creative Lettering
Doodle and play with text! Have some fun transforming your own handwriting into art. We know that there can be power in our words. ...
srydecki4
Apr 11, 20221 min read
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Create and Connect Art-Starter: April 4, Composition Basics
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." We know this to be true, but there are also some guidelines to keep in mind when creating and...
southhavenarts
Apr 4, 20221 min read
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Create and Connect Art-Starter: March 28, Doodle Mandalas
In this week's video, find inspiration from the tradition of mandalas; spiritual, symbolic circle designs found throughout the world and...
southhavenarts
Mar 28, 20221 min read
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Create and Connect Art-Starter: March 21, Scrap Starters
Coffee, tea, and art? Yes! This week have some fun doodling around with "left overs" while playing with the possibilities of adding...
southhavenarts
Mar 21, 20221 min read
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Create and Connect Art-Starter: March 14, Drawing to Take the Edge Off
Neurographic Drawing was developed by Pavel Piskarev. (https://www.neurographica.us) This technique is rooted in the the brain-hand...
southhavenarts
Mar 13, 20221 min read
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Create and Connect: Art-Starters, Flow Zone Doodle and River Drawing
In this week's Create and Connect video, Sarah talks about drawing tools and materials, adopting an artist mindset, and offers two art...
southhavenarts
Mar 7, 20221 min read
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Create and Connect this Spring!
Create & Connect is a project funded by a partnership between Michigan Arts and Culture Council and Arts Midwest. Through a series of...
southhavenarts
Feb 28, 20221 min read
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Jeff and Theresa Heaton
And The Story Begins… Artist Statement 2021 Make A Splash With Trash Back in January, Kerry Hagy contacted us about the possibility of...
southhavenarts
Aug 27, 20214 min read
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Artists Jeff and Theresa Heaton Get Ready to Make a Splash with Trash
This summer the South Haven Center for the Arts is collaborating with the Michigan Maritime Museum for the third annual Make a Splash...
southhavenarts
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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The Art of Mittens
Look to the second floor windows of the art center and you will see mittens in the form of mushrooms, monsters, dinosaurs, robots, roses,...
southhavenarts
Feb 12, 20212 min read
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Mittens, Mittens, Mittens!
The South Haven Center for the Arts invites you to help us with our winter mitten project and is excited to share your artwork with the...
southhavenarts
Jan 22, 20211 min read
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The Art and Life of Frida Kahlo
In the summer of 2020, the South Haven Center for the Arts—with the participation of local businesses, non-profits, private home owners,...
southhavenarts
Oct 2, 202010 min read
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Baseline Middle School Banner at the South Haven Center for the Arts
Baseline Middle School students, led by their art teacher Sarah Rydecki, have created a banner that is now part of the exterior...
southhavenarts
Sep 15, 20202 min read
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Take a Walk With Frida Kahlo
The South Haven Center for the Arts celebrated the art and life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo during 2020 with events centered around...
southhavenarts
Sep 2, 20203 min read
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Public Sculpture Growing in South Haven
The last few years has seen the cultivation of a growing collection of downtown public sculpture created by Michigan artists for the...
southhavenarts
Aug 21, 20203 min read
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Papel Picado Tutorial
Created by Maya Ankenbruck Hello everyone, I am Maya, here on behalf of the South Haven Center for the Arts. Today we are going to be...
southhavenarts
Aug 4, 20204 min read
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Make Ojo de Dios to Adorn the South Haven Center for the Arts
South Haven Center for the Arts need your help to get ready for the Frida Kahlo’s Garden Exhibition this summer by making Ojo de Dios...
southhavenarts
Mar 15, 20202 min read
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