Super Saturdays! Youth Classes
FREE First Saturdays of the Month
Free, fun, art classes for kids, 1st through 5th grade
with Peg Grandstaff & Sherry Bonczak
February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7
2 times to pick from: 10 AM - NOON OR 1 - 3 PM
Registration required. Space limited.
Just call to sign up for a cool, easy art project you can make & take!
CALL 586.752.5700 to register.
YOUTH ART CLASSES: THEMED ART CLASSES!
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"Playing with Paint"
Teacher: Peg Grandstaff
Feb 15, Feb 22, Mar 8
Cost: $18 for 3 sessions
Ages: 7-9 years Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Complete 5 unique painting projects that explore the many different aspects of this 'messy' medium.
Wear old clothes and be prepared to try something new!
"Playing with Sculpture"
Teacher: Peg Grandstaff
Mar 15, Mar 22, Mar 29
Cost: $18 for 3 sessions
Ages: 10-12 years Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cut it, tape it, paste it, plaster it and see what happens!
Complete sculptures in 5 different mediums and see where your creativity leads!
"String Art Project"
Teacher: Sherry Bonczak
April 12
Cost: $8
Ages: 8-12 Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Revisit a 70's craft using string art to create a colorful spirograph design.
"Japanese Sushi Plate"
Teacher: Sherry Bonczak
May 17
Cost: $8
Ages: 9-12 Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Make your very own decorative Japanese Sushi Dish using clay and Black Emperor Rice
"Playing with Clay"
Teacher: Peg Grandstaff
Coming Summer 2014!!
Member's Show 2015
February 2015
Sponsored by: The UPS Store, Store 1883, Washington, MI
February marks our annual Member's Show where all of our active members are allowed to enter up to 3 pieces of artwork for display.
Not only are our professional and experienced artists gracing our walls, but also our young, hobby and emerging adult artists.
Winners:
People's Choice: Robert Fionda
1st Place: "The Burning II" Sharon Will
2nd Place: "Jeri's Pond" James Kasperek
3rd Place: "Just Off the Path" Barbara Clay
Honorable Mention: "On the Beach: Christina Haylett
Sudent Art Show
March 2015
Sponsor: Romeo Foundation for Educational Excellence
Thanks to all our talented Romeo Community Schools students and art teachers!
New Classical Expressions: Joseph Lucido and Christopher Marshall
April/May 2015
Early Spring at Starkweather Galleries looked a bit like the DIA with classical painters Lucido and Marshall. Stunning oils in landscape, still life and portraits were lighting up the gallery walls.
Kasperek3: James, Sheri & Mia
July 2015
We were very happy to host the Kasperek Family in July.
James has won numerous awards at Starkweather for his pastels. Wife Sheri is also a talented painter, and we were able to intoduce their daughter Mia who is a budding photographer.
Moonflowers Afterglow
July 2015
Our annual fundraiser helped us raise money for our Building Preservation Fund, and we will be getting a badly needed new roof soon!
Many thanks to James Kasperek who donated an original painting to use for our advertising and which we also raffled off at the event! Jazz singer Sheila Landis was phenomenal, as usual.
Thanks to our Sponsors: Four County Community Foundation, WellBridge of Romeo, UPS Store 1883, James Kasperek, Romeo Party Rental, and the Friends of the Romeo Library.
Blues is a Feeling
August 2015
Blues Photographer Don McGhee displayed his photos of locally and nationally known Blues performers. This highlighted our weekly Blues Concerts in August. What a great month August was for music lovers!
Thumb Area Artist Exhibition
September 2015
The annual Romeo Guild of Art "Thumb Show" highlights local professional artists from 9 counties. This juried show is always a treat.
Winners:
1st Place: "Friday Night @ the Dia" Christina Haylett
2nd Place: "Autumn's Bounty" James Fetter
3rd Place: "Transformation 180 Degrees" Daren Dundee
4th Place: "Espirit" Margaret Culver
Honorable Mentions:
"Bird on the Run" Theresa Balboa
"Frozen Fish" Robert Fionda
"A Single Braid" Laura Gabriel
Thanks to the Sponsors: The Thursday Brushes, Robert Fionda, Romeo Guild of Art, Lakeville Animal Clinic, Starkweather Arts Center
Detroit Area Woodturners
October 2015
Lovely hand crafted platters, bowls, boxes, vases, scupltural and useful items made by these local craftsmen.
The DAW members operate out of The Pontiac Creative Art Center and welcome new members. They offer fee bases classes and mentoring.
Go to detroitareawoodturners.com to learn more.
Autumn Art & Wine Walk
October 2015
Free community event to promote artists and businesses in Downtown Romeo.
Empty Bowls for Sale
October 2015
Bowls made in our Clay Studio from children, artists and community groups were sold to benefit Samaritan House Food Pantry and Starkweather Building Preservation.
Sponsors: Main Street Bar & Grill, Four Corner Diner, Trinity Lutheran Motown Soup
Holiday Shoppe
November 13 - December 22
Our annual Holiday Shoppe is full of interesting and unique items made by local crafts people and artists. Check us out!
