Follow Kathryn on instagram @kathervin for studio updates. Finished projects are posted to @a_r_t_a_m_a_y.

View fullsize We had 60+ parents and students in the studio last night for an Open house where we shared an overview of our curriculum and afterschool program. 🥹 Join us today - #GivingTuesday - in raising funds for our scholarship fund and upcoming mural campai
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View fullsize Our community is so incredible! 🥹 So many students shared traditions including dance and culinary highlights of the Hmong culture today as part of the BCPS Hmong New Years Celebration. Big thanks to the organizers and students for making this speci
View fullsize The #hmongnewyear is just around the corner and we celebrated today with students at Freedom High School. 🎊 Festivities will continue at East Burke tomorrow and we are so stoked to see the next generation of cultural stewards proudly sharing their
View fullsize Hey buds, we need your help! Several times a month we facilitate workshops in public schools - we have these in the gym so we can impact as many students as we can but it requires a lot of prep (setting up tables, chairs, and supplies). Would you
View fullsize #givingtuesday - the Tuesday after Thanksgiving is an important fundraising day for TOSS! If you have donated before or are thinking about giving for the first time, we just want to say thanks so much!! It means a lot and even the tiniest gift goes a
View fullsize This week we used over 300 pounds of clay to sculpt the microorganisms of the Catawba River! We learned how scientist/artists (like @courtneycoral ) can share the beauty of our natural world while also asking important questions about stewardship.
View fullsize Students have been makin’ some masterworks in Burke y’all! Round up of art projects from last week: ✏️We taught 90 students at the YMCA how to create a self portrait - discussing how we are each special and unique in our own ways. 🧶
View fullsize YEASSSS!!!! The MADE competition!!! ⚒️🪚🗜🎨 Join us while the competition is happening today to observe, get yo face painted, create art!!
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View fullsize We love trying new techniques and materials-stretching and exploring... this is the studio habit we are practice this week in afterschool. 🔦❤
View fullsize On the heels of the downtown student expo, student art is now on display in the Olive Hill Resource Center from all BCPS high schools. This work demonstrates the technical and conceptual development of students over the past year. 🎨 🔦Along with th
View fullsize We made some incredible sculptures this week with students at Forest Hill and Icard Elementary School. Students learned about advanced manufacturing in our series "Art at Work" and created a machine of their own with recycled materials.
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View fullsize This week visiting artist, Alexa Eliana Chumpitaz, spent the day with elementary students at Hillcrest and Forest Hill Elementary School as part of a year-long program, “Pollination Planet”. Once a month, over this school year, Alexa will
View fullsize We’ve been hangin’ with some cool little dudes over the last couple weeks and loving itttt! So many great projects and creative growth on the horizon for these mini makers. 🌅
View fullsize 📢Help us review the first draft of our community mosaic depicting signs and symbols of our local culture. 👩🏻‍🎤THE ARTIST Hannah Thrower, a resident of Morganton, is drafting the design with input from YOU and students from @tossafter ✏️Aft
View fullsize We are thrilled to share the work of @zakfoster.quilts, an incredible maker and teacher who joined us this summer for an Artist-in-Residency (AiR) and created a series of tapestries from recycled fibers, while teaching over 100 campers the sewing ess
View fullsize What a jolly time! @theburkeartscouncil hosted a gathering of community partners and instructors from @burkecoschools The goal of this group is to support one another in the development and growth of student opportunities in the arts! Huge thanks t
View fullsize What a treat! What a dream! Students in SEW IT SEAMS (a camp from @burkecoschools) took a field trip this week to TOSS and @material_return @zakfoster.quilts shared his work and taught them how to sew a little appliqué using tshirt scraps fr