Collaborative Art

Hey y'all! I'll be teaching a workshop called the playful object | ssǝɔoɹd lnɟʎɐld ǝɥʇ at my alma mater Oregon College of Art and Craft at the end of the month. There are still a few spots left in this jam-packed weekend of play exploration! Course description: A broad-based arsenal of materials and processes can be vital to any artist working in any medium. Join Hilary for an enjoyable weekend investigating improvisational processes and creating extraordinary objects, discovering new ways…

Collect branches, or just one branch, from outside and use tempera paints for a collaborative art experience for kids.

Description I did a color-by-numbers-mural for Converse Block Party in Antwerp last week ( partly organized by Vice Magazine ). It was a fantastic day with fantastic people and I thank everyone who came by to paint. Especially the kids who made the piece a little bit more psychedelic in the end. director and friend Kris Van den Bulck made a fun TIME LAPSE VIDEO. check it out here: [link] my first design was a lot bigger so I only used 1/3d of the characters here. included are: a gumball…

J.W. Killam Family Tree Year two~ Each student traced his/her hand and selected one color to decorate the hand with symbols that represent themselves or a design. Students used colored pencils, markers, and crayons. To view year one and the making of the tree, click here.

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Each student was given one page to color with either crayons or colored pencils. They could use any colors or combinations that they wished. When they were all done, they cut out each Collaboration Square. The squares were put on a table and an attempt was made to group them with 3 others of similar colors and style. Not alway easy. The four matching squares were glued on various colors of construction paper. The completed pictures were hung in the hallway of the school for about a month. At…

When everyone contributes a little, the results are pure magic!

Art Festival and Family Art Night- How to run a Family Art Night. Increase attendance and promote your art department with engaging art activities.

Kids use salad spinners and tempera paints to make spin art that can can be taped up all together on the walls for a colorful and vibrant backdrop.

A simple cube can be the inspiration for great works of art, such as those “Op Art” by Victor Vasarely. Starting from a cube, or by a series of cubes, I propose five ideas to be carried…