Holiday Open House at We Care Arts

 

You are invited to attend our We Care Arts "Holiday Open House" Saturday,

November 8th from 10:00 am- 2:00 pm!

 

 

 

Our gift shop is decorated for the holidays and is full of gifts for everyone from infants to seniors! Shop for one of a kind handmade gifts made by our artists at reasonable prices!

 

  We will have a Make it/Take it where kids of all ages can make 3 different gifts or ornaments for a donation of $5.00. All craft supplies will be furnished and instruction given.

 

You can drop off your kids or grandkids to make crafts while you shop at our gift shop. Leave the glitter on our floor, not yours!

 

You can shop at our gift shop all the holiday season.

 

Our hours are:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am - 4 pm

Tuesday from 9 am - 8:00 pm and Saturday from 10 am - 2:00 pm

We are closed on Sundays.

 

 

 

 

You are Invited to our Fall into Art Fashion Show!

We’re excited about the twist we’ve added to our traditional fall We Care Arts Fashion Show at the Mandalay Banquet Center in Moraine!

 

This year, instead of our usual mix of models, we will be showcasing our We Care Arts clients as they model outfits from fabrics designed from other client's works of art.

 

Kathleen's Painting

The fabric made from Kathleen's painting



Aylsie's Watercolor Painting



The fabric made from Alysie's painting

Come for brunch, bid at our Quarter Auction on special artwork created by the models, and shop our boutique for unique and handmade gift items. This year we will have both Fall and Christmas items included in our boutique.

Join us for the fun on Saturday October 4, from 9:30 to 1pm at the Mandalay Banquet Center in Moraine, Ohio. For reservations call (937)252-3937 or visit our website at www.wecarearts.org.

 

 

Wine and Art Painting Class - October 27

There will be another Wine and Art Painting Class on October 27 starting at 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at We Care Arts. The class will be taught by Terry Schalnat. The picture below, painted by Diane Zubrick, will be the artwork taught.

 

You do not need to have any painting experience to join the class. The painting will be taught step by step. Water, coffee and tea will be provided and you can bring your own wine. Come with a group for lots of fun! The time is from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at We Care Arts at 3035 Wilmington Pike in Kettering. The cost is $35.00 to be paid at registration. To register, call Terry at 252-3937 or email Terry at tschalnat@wecarearts.org.

Mexican Yarn Painting

Mexican yarn paintings are created by the Huichol Indians in colorful designs as expressions of deep spiritual beliefs. Diane Zubrick's classes created their own yarn painting using sticky foam boards from McMrf. You can use tacky glue, beeswax or sticky board as your base for your own yarn painting.

Above is an example of the Huichol Indian's yarn painting. Below is the artwork from Dynamic Senior Solutions in Beavercreek plus Diane's example. They started with thicker nylon yarn to make the main design, then put in other yarns to fill in. This activity was excellent for manual dexterity and using a new material to create artwork.

The Mannequins are Arriving for the We Care Artists Annual Charity Event!

We are receiving painted mannequins for our auction for the We Care Artists Annual Charity Event! You can view them in our gallery now and all of them on the day of the event August 16th. You can bid on them online at www.biddingforgood.com.

 

Here are the details for the Annual Charity Event on Saturday, 

Aug. 16 from noon-10pm.

Here are some of the mannequins.

 

 

 

 

 

We Care Artist Annual Charity Event

 

 

You are invited to the We Care Artists Annual Charity Event August 16 from noon until 10 pm! It will be held in the large parking lot in back of We Care Arts on 3035 Wilmington Pike in Kettering, Ohio and the admission is free.  The event will include an art auction of mannequins painted and decorated by a group of tattoo artists and other talented artists. They will be auctioned on www.biddingforgood.com.

 

 

Three bands will entertain you - The Leap Years, Dulahan and Still Water River! Events will include a Corn Hole Tournament with the top prize of a full day of tattoo with Jerry Pipkins of IV Horseman Tattoo Parlor in Panama City, Florida with a 2 night stay. See the flyer below for more details.

 

 

For your enjoyment there will be Pizza from Bellasorella, Tex Mex from Chris Rubio, baked goods and Heidleburg Beer! There will be displays by local tattoo artists and raffles for tattoo equipment.

 

Bring a lawn chair and some friends, view the artwork, listen to the music and enjoy the food and beer! You can park in the neighboring lots. All of the proceeds will go to We Care Art's programs.

 

Follow us on Facebook - We Care Artist Annual Charity Event.

Wine and Art Class at We Care Arts June 25

Come and paint an acrylic picture on canvas at
We Care Arts! 

 

The instructor is our director, Terry Schalnat. You will be painting the Red Poppies pictured below.

 

You can bring your own wine. Water, coffee and tea will be provided. The class is taught step-by-step, so no painting experience is necessary!

 

 The cost is $35.00 and the proceeds will benefit We Care Arts. The class will be held at June 25 at 3035 Wilmington Pike in Kettering, Ohio.

The class will start promptly at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8:30 P.M.

Here are the proud artists and their paintings from Terry's April class!
Bring a group for lots of fun!

RSVP Terry Schalnat at 252-3937 or tschalnat@wecarearts.org.

Sculpture from Found Objects

Anthony at Beavercreek High School with his sculpture.

 

Sculpture can be made from almost anything that you can glue together. In Diane Zubrick's classes the students used the stronger formula of Elmer's Glue to glue the wood pieces. Mat board was used as a base although a wood base or corrugated cardboard will make a stronger base support.

Taylor painting her sculpture at Beavercreek High School.


 

The materials Diane's students used were wood pieces cut small from scrap lumber and various wood pieces from the recycle center and We Care Arts. After the students chose the items to start their sculpture, they played around with various compositions.




A sculpture from Fairborn High School.

 

They were allowed to go back and pick up different pieces if needed. When they were satisfied, the students glued them down onto the base. The height was limited to 12" for easier handling. The importance of a balanced bottom level was stressed.



A cute farm scene created by Mrs. Myra Ball, an aide at Fairborn High School.

 

The sculptures dried until the next class which was a week. Acrylic paint was used with a bristle brush to paint the sculpture. The sculptures were all different and very colorful!

Austin finishing his sculpture at Beavercreek High School. 
 



Norma, a retired school nurse, volunteers in Jesse Hignite's class
 every week to help with art class. She is putting the finishing touches on Josh's sculpture.



Easy Bird Watercolors from Photographs

Spring is here and many of our favorite birds are back for the warmer weather! Diane Zubrick did an art project with all her students using pictures from several bird calendars.

To make it easy, Diane traced an outline of the birds on tracing paper. Her students then used carbon paper under the tracing paper and transferred the line drawing to the watercolor paper.

 

The line was drawn over with black Sharpie. The students used liquid watercolors to finish the painting. The bird artwork turned out all different and colorful.

 Many artists do work from photos or a combination of photographs to design a picture. Tracing the bird gave Diane's students a good starting point for a beautiful painting!

Happy Easter!

Many of Diane Zubrick's students have been designing eggs for the Easter season. Their inspiration has been the Pysanka Eggs of the Ukraine as pictured below.

 

 

These eggs are from Julie Siders' and Jesse Hignite's classes from Baker Middle School in Fairborn, Ohio. They used mixed media of black Sharpie marker, oil pastel, liquid watercolors and gold acrylic paint.

 

 

The above egg is by Kiersten. The metallic gold adds the perfect touch!

 

 

This egg design was made by Brandon.  It has such a nice folk art quality about it.

 



 

TreJon is working on his egg with oil pastels. 

 

 

 Here is the finished egg.

 

 

Katie loves to paint the metallic gold on her egg!

 

 

Zahara's egg has such a painterly quality!

 

 

Devon's egg is so full of detail and the gold really shines!

 

The students found that painting the eggs on large paper was much easier than decorating real eggs...and they don't break!

Annual Garden Party

 

We  Care Arts will be holding their annual Garden Party on Saturday, May 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It will be at the We Care Arts Berkeley Center at 3035 Wilmington Pike in Kettering.

 

Knollwood Garden Center will be sponsoring the event providing soil, beautiful flowers and gift cards.

 

 

We will have many hand painted pots for sale and we will  plant your choice of flowers into them.  You can also bring your own containers, buy the plants and volunteers will plant them for you!

 

May 11 is Mother's Day and our gift shop is full of garden art, birdhouses, and wind chimes and other lovely and useful items for you and mom!