we had a lively meeting of our new moms' group recently...it felt like a party...
we've got the beat.....
it started with a simple xylophone & shortly became a dance party...so fun!
say cheese!
we had a blast making cameras & pretending to be photographers recently....I just wish we could have developed the photos :)
arrow community cookbook! hooray!
we are so pleased that our little community cookbook is here!
filled with over 80 recipes from arrow's friends and families from far and wide, the cookbook has ideas for family-friendly nibbles, meals, drinks, and sweet treats. (plus, we love the screenprinted cover that was printed by the new athens business, double dutch press.)
the cookbook is $24 and is for sale at arrow, and also the following local businesses: avid bookshop, farm 255, & treehouse. your purchase of a cookbook supports all of the creative programming at Arrow, your local not-for-profit community space for families!
thank you to all of those who contributed recipes to this project!
holiday open house
twinkling lights, snacks, and handmade fun were all part of our open house this year during the athens holiday market...we were excited to have a few handmade things for sale as a fundraiser: our new *cookbook*, the sacks that amanda made for us, and some dyed playsilks, along with some treasures that rachel crafted...
the little ones played inside arrow and made paper stars & cloved clementines, while their parents shopped the market...
one of the sweetest parts of the evening, though, was the Pocket Lady (aka, keara) wandering through the market, charming the littles with her big smile and tiny treasures tucked away in her pockets: feathers, shells, kazoos, and other special things.
lantern walk
a few nights ago, we all walked through the neighborhood with our homemade lanterns. we walked through the cobb house garden and down hill street to the neighborhood garden there. we even strolled through avid bookshop, one of our favorite neighborhood spots.
it was a special, special night.
come together
a few weeks ago, Arrow banded together with athica, the georgia museum of art, the lyndon house, and treehouse to put on a day of creating with children, in conjunction with athica's exhibit appropriately called 'community'. we are very excited to help this collaboration continue...stay tuned for our next gathering, in winter 2013...
our 2nd annual apple festival!
it was another great year for our apple festival!
thank you to everyone who came out on such a pretty day and purchased some apples and had some apple fun!
a big thanks to susan hable and her daughter, bird, for carving another apple printing block for our craft, for the second year in a row!
a big thanks to hugh acheson & his three little sidekicks for judging the apple pie contest...and, congrats to emily wancier for winning!
thanks, too, to all who participated in our raffle! what goodies!
recent photos, from a friend
arrow's friend (and piper & larken's mama) paige maitland took these sweet photos around our space...thanks, paige!
so sweet...
alas!
our blog has been broken for a few months, but now, at long last, it is fixed and we can share what we have been up to lately...!
firstly, our seedlings class has been magical.
the classroom looks so inviting. the little ones' days are filled with exploration, movement, and color, under the guidance of class leaders keara & hope.
announcing a special event...
Sunday, October 21st from 11 am - 2 pm at athica
Join arrow, athica, lyndon house arts center, the georgia museum of art and treehouse kid and craft for come together, the first in a series of collaborative educational events. children will have the opportunity to learn about the current exhibition at athica, center, and to make crafts that explore the idea of community.
each organization will present an activity at athica geared towards a specific age group:
1–3 year olds - arrow - staycation: an exploration of our athens - featuring a large interactive paper map on which children will be able to add stamps of various things like homes, local landmarks, cars, trees, bikes, people, etc.
4–6 year olds - treehouse kid and craft - supervised by kristen bach and lindsay troutman, participants will be wearing their heart on their sleeves, making stenciled patches for themselves and to distribute around the community.
7–10 year olds - the georgia museum of art - kids will create a sidewalk chalk mural
11 and up - lyndon house arts center - kids will make comic strips based on the theme of community and inspired by the exhibition.
athica will lead walk and talks of the exhibitions at 11:30 am and 1 pm for kids of all ages.
Suggested $6 donation.
field trip: to the national
today, the summer class gang walked through the neighborhood to jack's dad's restaurant, the national.
chris, peter, and the rest of the fine folks made us yummy treats:
fresh fruit, carrots, hummus & flatbread, and custard tarts.
mmm, mmm.
thank you!
summer solstice: neighborhood walk
on summer solstice, we walked around the corner to the handmade garden...a community garden started by our friend karen and many others a few years ago.
light drawings
made on a sunny day with little hands...
may day, with friends
thank you, tabatha, for making our maypole and to shauna for serenading us.
and to our friends who visited.
butterflies
our garden
getting ready for our work day...
plants from full moon:
turning wire from a pallet into a woven tunnel:
our new sandbox:
jean & little sophia stopped by:
readying the music wall ingredients:
inside the "tunnel":
the music wall:
all clean & tidy, ready for play!
and now, onto the spring party...a planting station:
our lovely art ed student, rachel:
thanks to canopy for bringing over some sling swings:
thanks to everyone who helped with the party:
the uga ied student volunteers, marti's at midday, daily groceries, big city bread, full moon coop,rwood studio, treehouse, the arrow handwork group, rachel barnes, and many, many others! thank you!
recent days:
valentine's
images from our days...
making candles:
outside in the sun:
