Nancy, Author at UrbanMoms

the building of a painting

August 9, 2011 by Nancy

I love the moment when a child sees the finished product they are to do and says "I can't do that" and I have the opportunity to show them that they can.It can take a long timeNot every minute of it is fun.It starts with the horizon lineand the layering of colour between swimsand then so many dots … [Read more...]

the beauty of hard work

August 8, 2011 by Nancy

Yesterday by 12 noon all 10 campers and their families were gone.They had spent a few hours in the garden looking at all the beautiful artwork their children had created.They heard their stories. And watched their production. Many hugs and thank you s and then they were gone. And then suddenly … [Read more...]

recipes for people who hate Martha Stewart-chocolate sleeping bags

August 4, 2011 by Nancy

I love food.Apparently cooking is part of my job as a momI do like to make treats and yummy things for people I care about.I don't have a lot of time.I have no staff.Therefore Martha and I have nothing in common.I do all the cooking at art camp and shockingly some (maybe not the naked noodle bunch) … [Read more...]

Words for wednesday-overheard at ART CAMP-8 year old wisdom

August 3, 2011 by Nancy

I have just begun my second week of art camp with 10 new campers. The last group was teens and this is an adorable set of 8-10 year olds. I forgot how much smaller they are. And they eat about a quarter of what teenage girls do. Some of them hate everything but naked noodles.The other night we had, … [Read more...]

the price of invulnerability

July 31, 2011 by Nancy

Being vulnerable in our culture has become synonymous with weakness.Many times I hear friends say that things are going so well for them that they are just waiting for something to go wrong.We are losing our capacity for joy. When life is wonderful that moment is washed over with a fatalistic … [Read more...]

my favourite tree

July 28, 2011 by Nancy

Can you hear it crying ? Do you see the face in profile? Isn't it magnificent? … [Read more...]

inspiration

July 25, 2011 by Nancy

So I told you we were going to take inspiration from this photo So Saturday, pretty much all day, I drove the art camp girls crazy. When we got up I told them we were not going to do yoga because painting a 30x40" canvas all day on the grass was going to be physical enough.Taking it … [Read more...]

grief

July 21, 2011 by Nancy

'Any natural normal human being when faced with any kind of loss will go from shock all the way through acceptance' … [Read more...]

words for wednesday-summer afternoons

July 20, 2011 by Nancy

artwork by sammy, age 13 (www.artstudioforchildren.com)"Summer afternoon-summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the english language" … [Read more...]

almost too full of possibility

July 19, 2011 by Nancy

We are in the middle of the first week of the summer ART CAMP that I run every year . 9 wonderful girls- idyllic weather, if a bit too hot (no complaints), perfect, delicious water and everyone game for everything. Every year we do several inventive art projects that cover off a … [Read more...]