Organizations

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Arkansas Sculptors Guild

Arts Cooperative Team

Children's Pocket Theatre

Garland County Girl Scouts

Garland County Library  

Garvan Woodland Gardens

Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute

Hot Springs High School Key Club

Hot Springs Jazz Society

Hot Springs Music Festival

Mid-America
Science Museum


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Join us Saturday, November 28, 2009!  Dress to Get Messy!

ArtBlast 2009 Saturday, November 28, 2009
Hot Springs Civic Center 10am-2pm Tickets $5
Pack up the kids and join in the fun at ArtBlast 2009, Saturday, November 28, at the Hot Springs Civic Center. Hall A provides 22,000 sq. feet of hands-on interactive art activities for kids aged 4-18.

What do bandages, aluminum foil, shaving cream, and dirt have in common? They are some of the materials that will be used to give year’s ArtBlast participants an opportunity to tap into their creative talents in unusual ways. 

ArtBlast, Hot Springs’ annual children’s arts festival, is the collaborative effort of local non-profit organizations and schools.

Presenters this year include:

           Arkansas Children’s Hospital – Circle of Friends
         
 Arkansas Sculptors Guild
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Arts Cooperative Team
         
 Children’s Pocket Theatre
        
 ● Garland County Girl Scouts
         
 Garland County Library
    
     ● Garvan Woodland Gardens
         
 Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute
         
 Hot Springs High School Key Club
         
 Hot Springs Jazz Society
          ● Hot Springs Music Festival
         
 Mid-America Science Museum 
         
 Poet's Loft

As new presenters, the Poet's Loft will be building a "poet tree" of young poet's works and Garland County Library will help kids produce a book to be displayed at the library, made up of pages they design.

The Arkansas Sculptors Guild will teach the secrets of using aluminum foil to create 3-D sculptures and Children’s Pocket Theatre will offer an opportunity for kids to act on stage.

The Garland County Girls Scouts will help kids turn recycled items into artistic creations. River rocks
are the canvas for kids to draw their own hieroglyphics with Hot Springs High School Key Club.

At the Hot Springs Music Festival booth, kids will be decorating kazoos and creating pandemonium with them as they learn tunes from professional musicians. Visit the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute for an interactive documentary film experience.

Ever had a cast decorated??? For a different interpretation of art, make a “finger cast” and decorate it with your own artwork at Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s Circle of Friends. At Hot Springs Jazz Society kids will create a rhythm instrument and listen to a live jazz band.

The Arts Cooperative Team will offer f
ull-sized Adirondack Chairs for schools, individuals, groups, or clubs to paint prior to a special exhibit at ArtBlast when prizes will be awarded.

Garvan Woodland Gardens will be busy pilfering smelly flowers all season for kids to use as potpourri ingredients. Dig in and turn plain thumbs into green thumbs as kids learn the art of potting plants.

At the Mid-America Science Museum booth kids will discover how art and science work together to impact our lives.

Included again this year, is a special Junior Philanthropist (JP) promotional package. For a $25 donation, children will receive a ticket to ArtBlast, the official ArtBlast t-shirt with their name on it, along with other JPs names, and admission to the JP table where they will receive their badge of appreciation.

The JP packages can be purchased as gifts for friends and relatives. Entries can be submitted until Monday, November 10th. Contact ACT at 501-625-3992 or email kids@artblasths.org.

Need a way to work off those Thanksgiving calories? “It takes almost 300 volunteers to encourage and inspire kids as they take part in the ArtBlast activities,” said Sissi Bennett, ACT President. “”

Events such as ArtBlast could not take place without the support of Arkansas’ praiseworthy sponsors and volunteers. Enthusiastic volunteers from the presenting organizations and from groups such as Teen Challenge, the Mayor’s Youth Council, and the Blue Coats have found ArtBlast to be a rewarding way to spend the day.

Donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations, along with local, state and federal grants are needed to present programs of this scope. Contact ACT for more information about becoming a sponsor or to volunteer. 625-3992 or email act@hotsprings.net.
 

Tickets for ArtBlast are $5 for ages 4-18. Accompanying adults are free.

 

For info or to volunteer, contact the Arts Cooperative Team at 501-625-3992 or kids@artblasths.org. 


 


Support for ArtBlast is provided in part by

AT&T, Youth Advisory Council, Reynolds Packaging Group, Simmons First Bank, Archie Crittenden, Epsilon Sigma Alpha Intl, The Springs Magazine, Crystal Springs Gallery, Direclynx, Sentinel Record, StudioLoud, Subway,

The Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, and the National Endowment for the Arts
C. Louis & Mary C. Cabe Foundation
Morris Foundation 
Elisabeth Wagner Foundation
Munro Foundation
Hot Springs Area Community Foundation
Reynolds Packaging  YAC  AT&T 
Simmons First  Bank 

Epsilon Sigma Alpha-Zeta Chi Chapter

Cato  Archie Crittenden
Sentinel Record
   The Springs Magazine 
Alliance Rubber  Subway
Gallery Central
    Crystal Springs Gallery
Direclynx  ●  Studioloud

 

 




      
 
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