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Create a collection of botanical postcards as you explore the San Francisco Botanical Garden—or any other special garden!
By Jennie Smith, senior teaching artist
This film is a poetic and intimate exploration of Wangechi Mutu’s exhibition, I Am Speaking, Are you Listening?
Explore the sculptural properties of modeling dough, considering texture, pattern, and form.
By Hannah Freeman, senior teaching artist
Create a flower painting in close detail, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Petunias (1925).
By Jill McLennan, senior teaching artist
In this project, students learn about primary colors and how to mix secondary colors using paint.
If you love to paint, then learn to love cleaning up.
By Raphael Noz, senior teaching artist
Through this activity, students create an identity book that looks at their past, present, and future selves.
Create a simple composition to hang in your window, with a focus on colors, shapes, and lines found in nature.
Create a bigger-than-life fruit sculpture
Learn how to make a viewfinder that brings visibility to neighborhoods that are restorative rather than depleting.
By Hannah Waiters, artist
Learn to print at home with artist Manuel “Fases” Ruelas, whose work was included in The de Young Open.
By Manuel “Fases” Ruelas, artist
Explore the materials in your surroundings through the sounds they make.
