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Arlington Arts at Home

Arlington Arts at Home

Bring Arlington Arts into your own home!

Get to know our programs and revisit past favorites with our at-home activities ranging from coloring pages to self-guided walking tours. Want to learn how to sew on a button? We have that, too!

Please feel free to browse through the collection, or jump to a specific activity using the links below.

 

Arlington Art Truck

Arlington Art Truck

Recreate the magic of the Arlington Art Truck at home with these free, printable projects designed by our resident artists from previous years.

These downloadable pages are components of the original program, restructured for at-home use. To learn about each original project, as it was designed by Arlington Arts and the artists, follow the “Learn More” links below.

Learn more about the Arlington Art Truck here.

 

Ties That Bind: Learn to Sew on a Button and Connect

by Lorenzo Cardim with Charlene Wallace and Angela Latson

Fall 2019

Download a Sewing Kit

Learn how to sew a button with this pocket-sized guide. There’s also space to stow a needle and thread!

Sewing Kit and Instruction Guide 8.5″x11″

Make your own sewing kit and follow along with this instructional video!

Music by Cinema Hearts. Video by Caroline Weinroth, Arlington Art Truck assistant and member of Cinema Hearts.

Instructions:

  1. Use cardstock, or copy paper.
  2. Print the PDF double-sided, and select “actual size”.
  3. Cut the corners and the marked notches.
  4. Fold vertically in half.
  5. Fold horizontally on each marked line.
  6. Once folded into a small rectangle, tuck in the top like an envelope.
Watch How to Sew a Button

Learn how to sew a button by following along with Arlington Art Truck assistant Caroline Weinroth.

About the Original Program

Artists Lorenzo Cardim, Charlene Wallace, and Angela Latson taught participants how to sew a button while building community connections.  Participants sewed fun colorful buttons of all shapes and sizes onto fabric shaped like Arlington civic associations or neighborhoods to create a map of Arlington.  During this eight week activation, segments of the map filled up with colorful buttons which collectively represent the diversity of our community. Learn more about the project and artists.

 

Going Native: Flora and Fauna of Arlington, Virginia

by Kate Samworth

Summer 2018

Download Coloring Pages

Explore your own backyard with coloring pages featuring the native plants and animals of Arlington.

Coloring Pages (8.5″x11″)

Instructions:

  • When printing, select “Fit” in the printer dialogue box.
  • Recommended paper: For watercolor, use cardstock. For coloring, use cardstock or copy paper.

Interested in painting your own watercolor plants and flowers?
Watch artist Kate Samworth giving a quick instruction on a simple watercolor stroke using a flat brush.

About the Original Program

Going Native: Flora and Fauna of Arlington, Virginia, created and illustrated by artist Kate Samworth, is a folding, pocket-sized manual of some of Arlington’s native plant, mammal, and insect species. Using her artwork as a reference, participants enjoyed a quick hands-on art project examining and recreating the shapes and patterns found on selected species of plants, insects, and butterflies by using collage, watercolor and drawing. Learn more about the project and artist.

 

Color Your Future Garden

by Marcella Kriebel

Summer 2018

Download Coloring Pages

Learn about the gardens that grow in Arlington County with coloring pages of a map of local community gardens and seasonal seed planting charts.

All pages: 8.5″x11″ | 11″x17″

Instructions:

  • When printing, select “Fit” in the printer dialogue box.
  • Recommended paper: For watercolor, use cardstock. For coloring, use cardstock or copy paper.
About the Original Program

Marcella provided five different black line illustrations for participants to choose to watercolor in their own way: Arlington seed planting charts that reveal the diversity of the County through a broad selection of vegetables grown in our community gardens in one of the four seasons, or a map of the Arlington Community Gardens. Learn more about the project and the artist.

 

Art on the ART Bus

Art on the ART BusArt on the ART Bus is a mobile gallery on one of Arlington County’s ART public transit buses. This unique bus features original works of art, and it rotates throughout the different routes available to ART bus passengers.

Learn more about the Art on the ART Bus program

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s Go to the Park

by Hannah Churn

February 2019 – present

Download Activity Sheets and Coloring Book

Celebrate active transportation and show kids how easy it is to bike and walk places – like the park! – with the “Let’s Go to the Park” coloring book and activity sheets.

“Let’s Go to the Park” Coloring Book | “Vamos al parque” Libro para colorear
Word Search | Sopa le letras
Spot the Difference | Encuentra las diferencias

Instructions:

  • When printing, select “Fit” in the printer dialogue box.
  • Recommended paper: Copy paper.
About the Original Program

This project was a collaboration with Arlington Arts, Arlington Transit and WalkArlington.  These fun walk and bike safety illustrations were rendered for both the Art on the ART bus and for WalkArlington’s coloring book project, Let’s Go to the Park. Can you identify some of the distinct Arlington neighborhoods and parks in these illustrations? Hannah Churn is a Washington, DC based animator, illustrator and art director in both the non-profit and commercial fields. The creator of a comic called Palindrome, in her spare time, the artist is an avid doodler of cats. Learn more about the project and the artist.

 

Arlington Public Art

Dark Star Park by Nancy Holt

Dark Star Park by Nancy Holt

Discover Arlington’s award-winning Public Art Collection from home or when taking time to get some fresh air. With over 60 permanent works of public art and numerous temporary projects, there is so much to explore!

Learn more about Arlington Public Art.

 

 

 

 

 

Public Art Collection

Learn about Arlington’s Public Art collection through an online catalog of permanent and temporary projects as well as upcoming projects.

Tour Guides

Check out a variety of tour guides available on our website – from driving tours to walking and biking tours.

  • Public Art Collection Map
  • Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor Public Art Tour
  • Virginia Square-Pentagon City-Route 1-Shirlington-Columbia Pike Public Art Tour
  • One Pager Tour Maps of Rosslyn-Ballston and Virginia Square-Pentagon City-Route 1-Shirlington-Columbia Pike
  • Visual Art Bike Tour: A 14 mile cycling tour of 21 public art projects throughout the Ballston-Rosslyn Corridor.
  • Walking Tour of Rosslyn’s Public Art
  • Video: Public Art Tour of Arlington: Public art tour with Arlington Cultural Affairs Public Art staff, May 2008

Arlington Public Art Collection Tour Guides

Sidewalk Tours

Coming soon! – Arlington Public Art is partnering with WalkArlington to bring public art walking tours to Sidewalk, an app for guided walking tours.

 

Arlington Arts FY2020 Grant Recipients

The Arlington Arts Grants Program is a way for the County to invest in a vibrant, equitable, sustainable and evolving arts and culture ecosystem. Read below for some ways to experience at home the work created by our grant recipients.

Learn more about the Arlington Arts Grants Program.

Arlington Arts Center

At-Home Art Projects

The Arlington Arts Center has fun, at-home art projects for you and your kids to work on together using supplies that you can easily find around your house. Learn more.

  • Story Time with Mills Brown: Jacob Lawrence
  • Spring Animal Patterns
  • Visual Scavenger Hunt
  • Abstract Characters
  • Flower Collage Cards
Arlington Arts Center At-Home Arts Projects

Abstract Characters At-Home Project

 

More online art workshops and programs coming soon!

Synetic Theater

Synetic Streaming

Stream some of your favorite past productions from the comfort of your own home! Learn more.

Now streaming through April 12:

Synetic Streaming

Virtual Synetic Fitness

These fitness classes are taught by trained Synetic Company members. The classes will have a different focus each week. They’ll get you moving, get your heart rate up, and keep you engaged, all while having fun and leveraging Synetic Physical Theater techniques. Hosted via Zoom. Learn more.

Synetic Fitness Classes

 

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