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We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to save the historic Jester Farmhouse, for local artists of all disciplines and skill levels to use as meeting, working, and gallery space. Jester Artspace, Inc. has partnered with the property owner, New Castle County, Del., to renovate the property. In turn, we will operate the house in a manner of direct benefit to the surrounding community. The Jester Farmhouse has been deemed to be of significant historic value to the people of New Castle County. It is one of the few remaining modest pre-Civil War farmsteads that were once common in Northern Delaware. The house sits amid 25.8 acres of original farmland at 2818 Grubb Road, which is among the oldest colonial-era trade routes in the mid-Atlantic U.S.
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Decoupage on Glass Workshop with Susan Benarcik
This class is sooo much fun! Its colorful, creative, and you take home a beautiful piece of functional art. Sign up ASAP.
When: Saturday... tomorrow
Noon-3pm
Where: Buzz Ware Village Center, Arden
Cost: $60 includes all fees and materials
Sign up here: jesterartspace.org/signup
What a great sketch night with Daralene! She was so much fun to draw and great with the poses. It's also very gratifying to see our models smile when they check out the drawings. Couldn't make it? Dont despair! We're definitely having her back!
Congratulations to Susan Benarcik for her 2019 artist fellowship award from the Delaware Division of the Arts! We are lucky to have her as a founding board member and volunteer instructor. Well deserved!
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Twenty Delaware artists and three Honorable Mentions to receive recognition Wilmington, Del. (January 14, 2019) – Twenty Delaware artists are being recognized by the Division for the high quality of their artwork. Work samples from 136 Delaware choreographers, composers, musicians, writers, folk a...
Yaaayyyy!!!! Congrats again, Susan Benarcik!!!🙏🏻😎❤️
Congratulations Susan Benarcik❤❤❤
Beautiful cut-paper puppetry used to tell the story of the discovery of a living coelacanth in 1938!
On a related note, we will have an intro workshop In March for creating cut-paper animation with your smartphone! jesterartspace.org/signup
The Living Fossil Fish - Animated Life - The Kid Should See This
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In 1938, South African museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer came across a strange blue fin poking out of a pile of fish. With its fleshy, lobed fins and its tough armored scales, the coelacanth dSome photo inspiration on this snowy day
Quiet Winterscape Photos Capture the Stillness of Trees in Freshly Fallen Snow
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Photographer Håkan Strand's monochromatic palette emphasizes the stark and intentionally minimalist landscape of silent moments in nature.Well there's an idea for a workshop
A Quirky Book About Crafting With Cat Hair
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Crafting With Cat Hair by Kaori Tsutaya and translated from Japanese by Amy Hirschman is an instruction book that shows how to make fun items from sheddedWho would like to join us for decoupage on glass... I think it needs a new name what about decollage? Essentially, the process is much like collage, in that you create designs with a variety of your favorite papers and paper cut outs! The element that makes it compelling is that all the pieces are assembled under, and adhered to a glass... plate!
Check out the work of this renown artist:
Viveca Moller
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lOPZw9eIDEEA video from March 2017 illustrating what I love doing. The video was created by Mette Hesthaven.
Don't stay cooped up after the New Year! Resolve to be more creative! We have 3 popular offerings returning this winter. In January, Susan Benarcik will leading a Decoupage workshop to help you transform beautiful prints and papers into works of art on glass. Charley Parker will bring his gouache expertise indoors for all-levels still life painting. And get techy in March with Alan Baseden and Smartphone Animation. Sign up now! jesterartspace.org/signup
Give a gift donation for the holidays! A special message will be inscribed on our brick walkway with a $100 donation on a loved-ones behalf. We will give you a card to tell them that they helped save the past for the future of the arts! jesterartspace.org/happy-holidays
Jester "Twelve Days" holiday cards are in the mail to our $50 donors. With this nice display box, you may just want to hold on to these unique designer cards! Or give them as the most Delaware gift ever! Get them here: jesterartspace.org/happy-holidays
I just got my cards. They are beautiful. I want to frame them all and hang them in a row as Christmas decorations. And I can’t believe the handmade box they came in. Wow!!
Beautiful sunny day today at Buzz Ware for linocut workshop! Very fun afternoon! As much as we love it there, we can't wait to be in our farmhouse!
Beautiful work everyone! Looks like it was a great workshop.😊 Wish I could have joined you but I had another commitment.
I want to do this one day!
Holiday cards are here! Our custom cards celebrate our creative spirit, our farm, and our supporters. We are giving a full set of 12 to our $50 donors. See our donor options at jesterartspace.org/happy-holidays
Lucy stole my piper from last year for the sake of socialism.
Still time to sign up for Saturday Linocut Workshop. Not an artist? Or have creative block? No worries! We will have some simple starter designs and tricks to get you carving and inking right away. Saturday, noon at Buzz Ware Village Center, $40.
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Rich was such a fun and giving guest model for us this evening. But what makes these sketch nights so special are the experiences and stories of the individual, such as the frightening time he became lost in a cold pine forest as night was falling. The gear he wore was his life for months as he hiked the full length of the Appalachian trail up through October. Every item was carefully chosen for a specific purpose. He and his clothes tell a story of perseverance, loneliness, camaraderie, pain, fear, selflessness and discovery. All the things that make great art. Thank you Rich!
