Arts & Smarts Children’s Program Begins
The pencils, pens, and paper are carefully organized. The Junior Leader training manuals are carefully stacked. Paint, brushes, and canvas boards are […]
Category: Arts & Smarts
Summer 2020
What a summer it’s been at Patchwork! Sure, it’s been much quieter than usual. We spent part of it staying at home along […]
A Week at Patchwork
Things are slowly growing more active here at Patchwork. Bit by bit, we’re bringing back more of our programming, though with some […]
Art Garden 2020
Patchwork’s Art Garden activities start next week! You can sign up today! But, things will look different this summer. Here’s Rita to […]
Make the World a More Beautiful Place
Our Arts & Smarts Children’s Program staff are hard at work planning a summer unlike any before! If your family participated in […]
Quiet Activity
Things have been quiet around Patchwork for the last two months, but the building has not been empty. John and I have […]
A Virtual Arts & Smarts Celebration
Our 2019-2020 Arts & Smarts school year was scheduled to end yesterday with a great big celebration. We were looking forward to […]
Paused but Present
It hit me when I realized that it was time to unplug Patchwork’s coffeemaker. It’s the commercial kind that is always at […]
Proud Artists
We spend a lot of time talking about “sparks” in Patchwork’s Arts & Smarts Children’s Program, but are the kids really paying […]
Discerning Palates
Last week, one boy in our Arts & Smarts Program found Jane Vickers and confided in her, “I found out that coming […]