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    Create and Connect Art-Starter:  April 18, Contour Drawing
    srydecki4
    • Apr 18
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Create and Connect Art-Starter:  April 11,  Creative Lettering
    srydecki4
    • Apr 11
    • 1 min

    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. ...
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    Create and Connect Art-Starter: April 4, Composition Basics
    southhavenarts
    • Apr 4
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Create and Connect Art-Starter:  March 28, Doodle Mandalas
    southhavenarts
    • Mar 28
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Create and Connect Art-Starter:  March 21, Scrap Starters
    southhavenarts
    • Mar 21
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Create and Connect Art-Starter: March 14, Drawing to Take the Edge Off
    southhavenarts
    • Mar 13
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Create and Connect:  Art-Starters, Flow Zone Doodle and River Drawing
    southhavenarts
    • Mar 7
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Create and Connect this Spring!
    southhavenarts
    • Feb 28
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Jeff and Theresa Heaton
    southhavenarts
    • Aug 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    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...
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    Artists Jeff and Theresa Heaton Get Ready to Make a Splash with Trash
    southhavenarts
    • Jun 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
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    The Art of Mittens
    southhavenarts
    • Feb 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    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,...
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    Mittens, Mittens, Mittens!
    southhavenarts
    • Jan 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    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...
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    The Art and Life of Frida Kahlo
    southhavenarts
    • Oct 2, 2020
    • 10 min

    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,...
    936 views1 comment
    Baseline Middle School Banner at the South Haven Center for the Arts
    southhavenarts
    • Sep 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Take a Walk With Frida Kahlo
    southhavenarts
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    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...
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    Public Sculpture Growing in South Haven
    southhavenarts
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    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...
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    Papel Picado Tutorial
    southhavenarts
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 4 min

    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...
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    Make Ojo de Dios to Adorn the South Haven Center for the Arts
    southhavenarts
    • Mar 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
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    ART BIKES
    southhavenarts
    • Jul 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    ART BIKES

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    Art Center Brings Public Art to Town
    southhavenarts
    • Jun 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Art Center Brings Public Art to Town

    “A Day in June” by George Bellows, Monroe Bluff; Inside|Out Artfinder; "Portrait of Postman Roulin" by Vincent Van Gogh, SHCA
    78 views0 comments

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