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Community Programs:
Following are a list of past public programs planned especially for the local community. Children and adults were invited to explore the museum on interactive tours led by Oberlin College students docents, participated in a variety of special activities, and created their own art. Tutors from Oberlin College's America Reads program were there with free books for kids, too. Please check the current listings for upcoming family events at the AMAM.
2008
Community Day
Friday, March 21
Noon to 3pm
This semester's Community Day will feature an artist from Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio leading an arts workshop geared especially towards primary school students. Parents, mark your calendars! Community Day is taking place on a day when Oberlin City Schools are off, providing a fun and educational activity for your children.
The featured artist for Community Day, Augusto Bordelois, will be familiar to area residents from his participation in the annual Oberlin Chalk Walk. His workshop, titled ‘Dinosaur Fables,’ is an interactive combination of storytelling and real-time illustration that will keep students laughing and learning from the beginning to end. ‘Dinosaur Fables’ will help to explain the “big picture”; the relationship between human behavior and nature. The stories are an amusing “hook” to reflect on real issues, such as the water cycle, the depletion of natural resources and alternative energy sources.
This semester’s event will also include storytelling times conducted by Oberlin College student docents. Docents will read from a variety of thematic and art-related children’s books, including favorites such as ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon,’ by Crockett Johnson, ‘From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,’ by E.L. Konigsburg, and ‘The Dot,’ by Peter H. Reynolds, among others. The Oberlin College 'America Reads’ program will also be on hand to distribute free books to all interested participants.
FAVA-AMAM Workshop
Saturdays, April 12 - May 10
1pm to 4pm
The collaboration between the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) and the AMAM continues with a workshop created especially for middle and high-school aged students. The program combines an intensive studio-based course with thematic tours at the museum led by Oberlin College student docents. This semester's theme is portraiture and will be taught by Oberlin artist Gregory Cross. This class fills up quickly, so please call FAVA at (440) 774-7158, or the AMAM Education Department at (440) 775-8671 for more information or to enroll.
2007
Community Day
Friday, October 12, Noon until 3pm
This semester's Community Day event focuses on African and African-American Art, to correspond with the exhibition From Africa to America. Planned especially for primary school students, this event will feature artists and activities to help students better understand the African tribal cultures that produced the works on display, as well as the inspiration that African-American artists have drawn from African culture. Tutors from Oberlin College's "America Reads" program will also be on hand to give away books to all participants.
FAVA-AMAM Workshop
Saturdays, November 3, 10, and 17, 1pm until 4pm
The popular collaboration between the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) and the AMAM continues with a workshop exploring the techniques and styles of painting. This free workshop combines museum visits, led by Oberlin College student docents, with hands-on visual art projects. For more information, please contact FAVA at (440) 774-7158, or the AMAM Education Department at (440) 775-8671, or by email.
Saturday, March 31, 12 until 3 pm
This Community Day will be held at the Weltzheimer-Johnson House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, located on Morgan Street in Oberlin. Education staff, assisted by WJ House docents, will make the concepts and practice of modern architecture fun and accessible to children. Local origami artist Eric Hinnov will create works with participants that reflect the environment of the house and their responses to it.
Saturday, April 28, 10 am until 12 pm
Held in conjunction with the Sol LeWitt exhibition, this event will focus on the importance of mathematics in art. Art and math-related activities and tours will introduce students to visual illustrations of mathematical principles.
FAVA–AMAM Workshop
February 17, 24 and March 3, 1 until 4 pm.
The popular collaboration between the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) and the AMAM continues with a workshop combining museum visits with hands-on visual arts projects, offering students an in-depth look at the process of creation. This workshop will explore works in the Allen’s permanent collection, as well as temporary exhibitions. For more information, please call (440) 775-8671.
2006
February 25, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
10:00 am - Poetry Tour; 10:30 am–12:00 pm
Join artist Hazel Chapman in Portraits of the Black Experience as she presents her original poetry and songs. Take a close look at several works of art in the exhibition. Then, put together an extra-large collage using special papers and playing a poetic collage game.
April 10, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
10:00 am - Landscape Tour; 10:30 am–12:00 pm - Make It; 11:15 am Children's Concert
A student-performed ensemble presents elements of nature during an interactive children's concert as you celebrate the earth at the Allen! Discover beautiful landscapes by artist April Gornik on a guided tour and make your own nature book for outdoor drawing and collecting.
June 8, 11:00 am–4:00 pm
Frank Lloyd Wright house
Come celebrate Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday with us! All are invited to discover more about the house, learn about the architect, and participate in a range of hands-on activities specially planned for all ages.
October 21, 10 am–12 pm
Get to know some new faces. Take a close look at portraits on loan from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Then create your own look using a variety of materials to construct a mask filled with personality.
December 9, 10 am–12 pm
Join AMAM Education Office staff and student docents to learn about and explore contemporary art. Activities will be provided based upon artwork in the exhibition, New Frontiers: American Art Since 1945. Learn the basics of balance as you build your own colorful mobile to brighten up winter days; create abstract works using cut-out colors and shapes; create a Pop Art montage using magazines and comic books. Recommended for grades K - 6.
Teen Workshops at FAVA
March 25, April 1, and April 8, 2006, 1:00-4:00 pm
Building on the success of two previous collaborations, this spring the Allen again joins the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) to offer free art workshops for junior high and high school students. The spring workshop focuses on drawing from the Allen's collection of Asian, European and American sculpture. Visits to the museum will include tours of the AMAM galleries led by Oberlin College students. The museum visits will be supplemented by mixed media drawing workshops taught by Jean Weigl at FAVA. For more information, please call FAVA at 440-774-7158.
Funding for the workshops is provided in part by the AMAM's Asian Art/Educational Outreach grant from the Freeman Foundation.
Oberlin Chalk Walk
Join us as the Allen teams up with Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA), Main Street Oberlin, and the Oberlin Public Library to bring art from the Allen out onto the sidewalk!
Master Chalk Workshop
Saturday, June 17, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Fisher Hall, located behind the Allen Memorial Art Museum
Artist Robin VanLear will lead a hands-on workshop focusing on the history and techniques of "street painting." Participants will learn how to grid, mask, shade and enlarge an image. All ages are welcome. Admission and materials are free but space is limited; please call 440-775-8671 to reserve a place.
Oberlin Chalk Walk
June 24, 10 pm–4 pm
Downtown Oberlin
Professional artists Robin VanLear, Wendy Mahon, and Augusto Bordelois will recreate several favorite AMAM works of art on pavements around town. Artists of all ages are invited to create sidewalk chalk paintings and to learn special techniques during drop-in workshops led by local artists all day long. Admission and materials are free; for more information, contact Main Street Oberlin at 440-774-6262.
Teen Workshops at FAVA
October 28, November 4 & 11, 1–4 pm
This popular Saturday free teen art workshop will focus on the new exhibition American Art Since 1945. Explore abstract expressionism, pop art and minimalism. You will visit the AMAMA for tours of the exhibition led by Oberlin College student docents and see works by Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and many more. Museum visits will be followed by mixed media workshops at FAVA taught by Jean Weigl. All materials are provided. For more information, please call FAVA at 440-774-7158. Space is limited to 12 participants.
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