Ambrose

Poppin Bottles

Becca — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:19:14 +0000

Coming off our Assemblage workshop, we were pretty fired up about re-using old stuff and making it into something beautiful. It was perfect timing for the Holland Area Art’s Council to ask us to help them out by making a chandelier made out of old pop bottles.

We started by cutting bottles into the shape of flowers.

Then spray painted each bottle all kinds of different colors

Made sure not to forget to be a little goofy. Too serious = not as much fun.

We used string to tie all the bottles together and were amazed how well the finished Chandelier turned out! The Art’s council was able to sell if for some change at their yearly fundraiser, which left us proud that we can help support the arts in our community.

Unschool – Drawing Workshop

Adam Weiler — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:31:56 +0000

Good things are happening this Thursday after school at Ambrose. Two of my favorite artists (and human beings) will be taking us through a mind blowing session on drawing. Dennis Nagelkirk and Jason Rood never stop impressing me with the incredible level of detail and creativity in their work. Their workshop runs from 4:00 – 5:30 at the HAAC with a social time prior. In case that wasn’t enough to entice; it is also my birthday so there will be cake and dancing.

POGO!

Adam Weiler — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:20:59 +0000

Too fun not to pass on. Via BOOOOOOOM

Industrial Design & Drawing Workshop

Adam Weiler — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:21:27 +0000

Starting this Thursday we’re hosting a new series of after school workshops at the Holland Area Arts Council. Our goal is to introduce high school students (and the occasional mature 8th grader) to a variety of creative industries in West Michigan and some local folks making great things happen.

Our first workshop is this Thursday, November 4 and will feature Danny Larsen, principle designer for interiors at JCI. All workshops are free of charge and run from 3:30 – 5:30. More details are on Facebook.

Letterpressin’ With Lego

Adam Weiler — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:44:33 +0000

My mind has turned, once again, towards printmaking. Letterpress. Screen-printing. Lithography. Flexography. THE SUBSTRATES! THE INK! THE PLATES! They’re all good…well…some better than others (imho). ha! In an overly image saturated culture it takes something special to flip my lid, which is exactly what happened when I saw these posters by Physical Fiction. Somehow they’ve managed to meld two of my favorite things in the world into one. Leg0 + Printmaking = Pure Genius!

Regurgitated, but what isn’t? Design Work Life > Coudal > PSFK

Today…

Adam Weiler — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:36 +0000

…is a Breakbot kinda day. How can one watch this and not smile?

Fall Session No. 1

Adam Weiler — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:55:43 +0000

This Thursday from 3:00 – 5:30 we’re kicking off our third year of after school creative goodness. We’re starting the fall sessions a with four week series exploring hand made typography, color and screen printing your own posters. Here’s a Facebook link for more details. Hope to see you there!

Logistics: Thursday, September 9 from 3:00 – 5:30. We meet upstairs at the Holland Area Arts Council located at 150 East 8th Street in Holland, MI 49423. Contact us if you have any questions.

Dutch Design

Adam Weiler — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:52:29 +0000

Usually, when I preference things with “This is going to sound Dutch…” you know something frugal is going to come out of my mouth. I wouldn’t mind if that opener was used to preface things more revolutionary. Case and point: Dutch Design. Can we please bring some of this magic to Holland? Via PSFK.

The Heidelberg Project

Adam Weiler — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:37:09 +0000

My friend John Rumery (GR based barbecue guru and champion of all things Grilladelic) just passed on an inspiring NY Times article about the role creativity is playing in rejuvenation of Detroit. Oh. My. Gosh. If the internet hasn’t fine tuned your link-clicking skills this would be an excellent time to introduce yourself to the simple pleasure of digitally submerging yourself in the amazing things people are doing in our state. Read the article. Click to your heart’s content. Learn about awesome stuff like The Heidelberg Project, Design 99 and the Power House. Detroitus no more! Get inspired!

PS. Does anybody know of an old, abandoned, centrally located house we could have? Jonathan? Jeannette?

Big Bang Big Boom

Adam Weiler — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:29:11 +0000