Never Too Young for Art
New art lessons for tots help teach valuable skills and art history while bringing out your kid’s creative side. article by Kim Swain, photo by Kevin O’Riley originally appeared in 417 Magazine on 9/6/2011 regarding Noah’s Art of Springfield, MO Picasso once said, “All children are artists,” and Springfield’s Noah’s Art center is encouraging 417-land children to prove him...
Read MoreTeacher uses his skills to enrich youngsters’ lives
Noah’s Art blends art with education appeared in The Charlotte Observer on 7/7/2010 regarding Noah’s Art in Charlotte, NC Brian Bojanowski has followed his dream in Charlotte and has been rewarded again and again. His curricula at Noah’s Art have received the Charlotte Parent Magazine 2010 Family Favorites distinction in the category of best fine arts/music enrichment program,...
Read MoreFootprints in the Sand
The Summer’s almost over, but that doesn’t mean that the Summer fun has to end. Here’s a neat project that you can do weather you are squeezing in one last visit to the beach, or playing in the backyard sandbox. Sand cast plaster hand or footprints. Until I was a parent I didn’t understand why parents love handprint art. Handprint turkeys on Thanksgiving, put two...
Read MoreGetting to know… Ms. Jennifer
Noah’s Art has a lot of wonderful people who help make it a bright and as colorful as a box of crayons. Jennifer Catoe from our South Park studio is one of them. Here is an interview I did with her to let you know a bit more about her. What is your history with Noah’s Art? I’ve been with Noah’s Art 9.5 years. I started out assisting at the Ballantyne location and...
Read MoreYellow and Blue makes…
Color mixing is an everyday conversation at Noah’s Art. Everyone knows yellow and blue makes green, but not everyone knows what makes Noah’s Art green. Over the past few years we’ve made some conscious and some not-so conscious changes to make our business more eco-friendly. One of the most prevalent ways our business is eco-friendly is by the use of recycled materials. In...
Read MoreWhen I grow up… think like a child.
One of my favorite things about working with kids is to hear the conversations that go on when their little hands are busy. Some of the most shy become the most vocal, the serious become hilarious, and generally what is spoken is 100% truth (or believed truth). A few weeks ago as the kids were working hard on a project, I overheard the kids discussing what they wanted to be when they grew up. ...
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