Spiral Studio

About Spiral Studio

Hi, I'm Kim DeRisi and I'm an elementary public school Art Teacher. I have been teaching art to children for twenty years and can honestly say I still LOVE doing so. In addition to teaching in a public school, I teach evening art classes and summer art camp in the studio I created in the basement of my home. I named my studio, spiral studio because I've always been drawn to the spiral motif. It's been called the eternal sign of the creative and just like the line of the spiral never ends, the spiral represents so many things such as nature, spiritual development, energy and the journey of life. As much as I love being a teacher, my favorite title is being mom to a 15 year old daughter and an adorable Goldendoodle. My philosophy towards teaching art is rooted in my belief about the power of art. Art unleashes our creativity, it's mindfullness and connects us in beautiful ways. I believe every child is an artist and every person should have access to the arts in some way. My graduate studies focused on social justice and I've been striving to create an art education curriculum that is meaningful. I understand the notion of "art for arts sake" and believe that young children do this on their own all the time, however, it's my job as a teacher to introduce them to art from many different artists and many different cultures and many different media and to think critically about the world we live in. My objective is always the topic at hand and the art project is the means for teaching that topic.

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ART CLASSES FOR CHILDREN

Student-Artists will engage in hands-on multidisciplinary art projects that include a wide variety of media (painting, drawing & sculpture). While enrolled in art class, student-artists will not only learn art processes and techniques but will also learn about art history, aesthetics and develop art techniques to be used as mindfulness tools. Student-artists will also have the opportunity to work alongside other student-artists while expanding their art vocabulary and public speaking skills during class critique time.

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SUMMER ART CAMP

Glow In The Dark Galleries, Sun Printing, Water gun painting, Painting With Our Feet, Paper Marbelizing, Lino Cut Printmaking, Paper Mache Sculptures, Make/Paint lawn games that we have then played, we’ve dabbled in science by experimenting with acrylic pouring and cell format

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GROWN UPS NIGHT OUT

Why do our kids get to have all the fun? Get in touch with your creative side and tap in to your inner child that loved getting messy! Reach out and let's plan a fun "grown ups" only evening out. I'll plan the art part and you bring your friends, food and beverage of choice.

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