Posts Tagged ‘origami’

Get creative!

The Mesa Festival of Creativity runs through March 18 at the Mesa Arts Center. Lynn Trimble share photos of a Saturday visit to the festival with her son Christopher, which got off to an amazing start with a lovely bit of LEGO art.

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Brooklyn meets Japan

Lynn Trimble heads to an origami studio in Brooklyn that offers birthday parties, private shindigs, open studio time and oodles of creative ideas for making and displaying art. Read, set, fold…

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Holiday ornaments — museum style

Some people keep scrapbooks while others write blogs. Still others share memories by gathering and giving holiday ornaments — which are in plentiful supply at the Heard Museum’s Ornament Marketplace through Nov. 27 in Phoenix and Scottsdale.

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Origami & beyond

Inspired by paper cranes hanging at the Poets House in NYC and the Arizona Museum for Youth in Mesa, Lynn Trimble goes in search of Asian art and music.

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Art meets Audubon

Lynn Trimble explores art projects and activities inspired by John James Audubon’s work with birds.

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Hope and remembrance

The Japanese Friendship Garden offers free admission this Sat, March 26, for those who wish to participate in special ceremonies and activities in remembrance of victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Cows for a cause

Join the folks at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe for a birthday celebration for the AZ Lost Boys of Sudan — featuring a sale of ceramic cows to raise scholarship funds. And learn about other unique events coming to independent bookstores this month.

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Googly eyes, family travel & the TSA

Lynn Trimble, a Phoenix writer and mom of three, suggests ways arts and crafts can make traveling with children more enjoyable — and takes a peek at air travel regulations that you’ll want to review before packing those project supplies.

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