February 12, 2016 - 13:35 — Timothy Gillespie
The widespead support for the project has enegized Cindy and Murray Hagen, who remain thrilled that they chose Shelburne as their new home a couple of years ago. Today, they are sitting at the centre of a creative and social hub on the South Coast of Nova Scotia. Art Studio 138 is an art gallery, studio and coffee shop. With Cindy's background in producing art and in art therapy, as well as with the help of several local art professionals, Art Studio 138 has been offering classes in a variety of art media.
"The kids seem to thrive when they are making art"
The Kickstarter campaign for funding to create a Kids Art Club Pottery Studio has reached half of its goal with sixteen days left in the campaign. To date, the campaign has raised close to $2100 from fourteen different backers, with $800 raised on the first day alone.
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The widespead support for the project has enegized Cindy and Murray Hagen, who remain thrilled that they chose Shelburne as their new home a couple of years ago. Today, they are sitting at the centre of a creative and social hub on the South Coast of Nova Scotia. Art Studio 138 is an art gallery, studio and coffee shop. With Cindy's background in producing art and in art therapy, as well as with the help of several local art professionals, Art Studio 138 has been offering classes in a variety of art media.
Perhaps the most successful - and surprising - parts of Art Studio 138 has been the dozens of children's art classes attended by dozens more youngsters over the past few months - now called the Kids Art Club. These young boys and girls have been studying painting, glass fusion, mosaics, clay sculpture, papier mâché, sewing and pastels and other creative projects.
To satisfy the clamor by the kids - and parents - to produce their own pottery projects, Art Studio 138 has launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to raise funds to equip the pottery studio. What has become the Kids Art Club is now raising funds to equip a pottery studio. "The kids seem to thrive when they are making art," says Cindy. "And thier parents have been really supportive."
To work for kids classes, adds Cindy, the Kids Art Club Pottery Studio needs two more pottery wheels, a slab roller, a variety of glazes and other equipment.
The fundraising goal is $4200 and in the first day of the Kids Art Club Kickstarter campaign, almost $800 was raised. "Of course," says Cindy, "we're really happy about the results so far and we look forward to having the pottery studio up and running by March.
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