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March has been busy on just about every front. We opened registration for our Summer @AMP programs, and one session of Outdoor Design & Build is already full, with only one spot left in the second session. I can’t wait to get out there with Chip, Christine, and the kids and hammer something together on AMP Hill, my favorite summer place.
I also want to thank the entire AMP team for working so hard to make our first LIVE @AMP music event—with Theresa, Keith, and the KC Sisters on April 1st—a sellout. This is one of the absolute best ways to use our giant space. I have dreamed about having these terrific music events for everyone in the community and filling the mill with people who love music and are coming to AMP to have a great time on the weekends. For everyone who couldn’t make this one, buy tickets early for May 13th!
Back in the studio, I am working my way through 27 postal-carrier boxes of watches. The weight of the final installation should be over 1,300 pounds. We will need a few more members of our AMP crew to lift and anchor it in place. Stay tuned for more progress reports.
And here comes spring and summer…..I am sooo psyched! Hope to see everyone at AMP as we move into warmer and longer days ahead.
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Kids having a good time is the sound of summer. At AMP, you’ll find a cacophony of creation—saws and electric drills up in the woods, congas and bongos in the gallery, and the quieter hum of kids of all ages sculpting, painting, drawing, and writing in our new program room. | | |
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Outdoor Design & Build: July 10–14 (ONE SPOT LEFT!)
Experience hands-on designing and building, and work with experienced craftspeople and artisans to learn basic skills in woodworking outdoors at AMP.
9am–3pm
Ages 12+
Teaching Artists: Chip Heuer & Christine Mitchell
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Rockets and Robots: June 26–30
Yes, it is rocket science! Blast off at AMP, where we put the art into STEAM projects in this new partnership program with CT STEM Academy.
8:30am–3pm
Ages 7–11
In partnership with CT STEM Academy
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Create @AMP: July 17–21
Explore popular art through the decades to find inspiration for big ideas. Teens will work independently to create individual projects to take home, and collaborate as a team on a large-scale artwork.
9am–3:30pm
Ages 12+
Teaching Artist: Shana Bazelmans
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Grow @AMP: July 17–21
Join AMP’s master-gardener teaching artist for a fun-filled week of learning about the environment and expanding AMP’s nature playground and pollinator pathway. If you want to see some of our buzzy bees and nectar-collecting friends, click here.
8:30am–3pm
Ages 7–11
Teaching Artist: Meredith Arcari Luciano
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Music @AMP: July 31–August 4
In this week of “Latin meets jazz” music-making with acclaimed percussionist Ed Fast, teen musicians will learn the energizing rhythms of bomba, rumba, mambo, and more. Click here to watch video of our students (and parents) bopping to the beat with Ed.
9am–3:30pm
Ages 12+
Teaching Artist: Ed Fast
*Scroll down for more on Ed's May 13 Live @AMP show
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Dabble @AMP: July 31–August 4
Reduce, reuse, recycle! Join us for a week of dabbling in a wide medley of fun art adventures and recycled artworks.
8:30am–3pm
Ages 7–11
Teaching artist: Shana Bazelmans
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Ed Fast & Conga Bop: "Rumbafied"
Saturday, May 13, 8pm
Afro-Cuban-influenced rhythms and hard-bop harmony fused to create unique, soulful originals and creatively arranged jazz standards
Crowd-pleasing Conga Bop—a supergroup coalition of top artists in jazz, dance, and drumming—will have you tapping your feet or shakin' it on the dance floor. Bandleader Ed Fast, who has performed around the world with icons including Aretha Franklin, Chita Rivera and Paul Anka, fuses Afro-Cuban rhythms and hard-bop harmony to create unique, soulful originals and creatively arranged jazz standards. The powerhouse collaboration also features exceptional jazz vocalist Dina DiMarco, celebrated for her electrifying style and arrangements of jazz standards, Broadway classics, and more.
TICKETS: $25 in advance. $30 at the door; $10 with student ID. Food and drink available for purchase. Your ticket gives you access to the full AMP exhibit. AMP's building is an open-space venue with plenty of room for dancing and mingling, multiple levels for viewing, and limited seating.
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Coming Saturday, July 8: West End Blend
Wildly popular Connecticut-based funk/neo-soul band brings their classic retro style to AMP.
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ART AT WORK:
MORE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT AMP
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Saturday Kids’ Art Workshops: Landscapes
Led by AMP staff, students in our April programs will explore ideas in connection to landscapes over four workshops. Sessions include admission to the exhibit for the student and one parent/caregiver. (Parents/caregivers must be present throughout the session.)
April 8–29
3:30–5pm
Ages 7–12
For more info and to register, contact abigail@americanmuralproject.org.
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School Field Trips
AMP offers school field trips that immerse students in art, the wide range of work performed in our communities, and hands-on individual and collaborative projects to integrate the learning. Activities are designed to incorporate topics of interest for each school/group and include core artistic skills: collaboration, creativity, design, and problem-solving.
Geared toward students in grades 4–6, field trips are two hours long and offered in the morning or afternoon.
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CORPORATE SPONSORS
Scope Construction
Northwest Community Bank
R&M Insulation
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PRINCIPAL FUNDERS
Newman’s Own Foundation
AG Foundation
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts
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The American Mural Project seeks to inspire, to invite collaboration, and to reveal to people of all ages the many contributions they can make to American culture. A celebration of American ingenuity, productivity, and commitment to work, the project is intended as a tribute and a challenge. | | | | |
