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Kooky Krafts

Shhhhh . . . it’s way better then first Fridays – you can actually look at the art. We stopped by Braggs Pie Factory to see Carolina Escobar‘s show – wow – lovely. It looked like a museum show – great job Carolina. So much work though where will she store it when the show come down we wondered? Then we walked the dark and scary streets along Grand Ave. (ha ha) up to Beatrice Moore’s new endeavor. The Kooky Krafts Shop. Wow what a stunner this place is. I wanted EVERYTHING in there! It is a channel explosion. So Yummy I think my mouth was open the whole time I was in there. The three year old short one thought it was a princess fantasy land. Next weekend is the Grand Avenue Festival – check her new shop out then.

Kooky Krafts Shop
1500 Grand Avenue
602-252-3774

Kooky Krafts Shop

Kooky Krafts Shop

Kooky Krafts Shop

Kooky Krafts Shop

The Mother of All Things Art in Phoenix: Beatrice Moore

The Mother of All Things Art in Phoenix: Beatrice Moore

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mural of words and images

I created a paneled mural of words and images for the  Phoenix Office of Arts and Cultures’ artSpace program. This mural was requested to provide a small bite of the activities that the POAC artSpace program offers. It will live at the Arizona Department of Education office as they are the funders of the artSpace program. POAC artSpace provides kids access to the Arts in an after-school setting. I worked with a gardening and growing theme using trees, flowers, butterflies, a wheelbarrow and seed packets. The lines of the tree trunk and branches as well as the flower stems are made by using words from poetry written by students participating in the artSpace programs.  The leaves and butterflies are created out of photos of kids in the program and images of their artwork.

Tree with "photo leaves" of program activities

Tree with "photo leaves" of program activities

Flags of program sponsors

Flags of program sponsors

Wheelbarrow with "seed packets" spilling out with names of program providers on them

Wheelbarrow with "seed packets" spilling out with names of program providers on them

Title flag

Title flag

Program name - artSpace as the sun

Program name - artSpace as the sun

Text - kids poetry as flower stems

Text - kids poetry as flower stems

Photo butterfly

Photo butterfly

Close-up of tree "photo leaves"

Close-up of tree "photo leaves"

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Periodic Text Message Table

This Periodic Text Message Table is such a perfect find because at Laboratory5 Inc we love to bring together all elements of STEAM and tie them up into a package to promote the work each individual is doing in their fields to celebrate this work.  This image is from a school pocket folder bought it at Target in August 2009 and we scanned it for our viewers to look at on this blog.

A Periodic Text Message Table is the perfect collide between, Science, Art and Technology. We love this!

UPDATE: We have had so so many requests for this images in a larger version that we’ve updated this post as a PDF – until the owner of the design comes along and asks us to remove it as it is not our design and we do not have the right to distribute this image. TThanks!

Click Here for the High Res Text Message Table

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At Laboratory5 Inc. We bring together all elements of STEAM and tie them up into a package to promote the work each individual is doing in their fields to celebrate this work. We produce experiences so that those unfamiliar with the glorious, quirky, nerdy, geeky qualities of all areas of STEAM can be explored as an adventure to explain these fields. Talk with us about producing your STEAM experience or advising on your STEAM curriculum.

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