One of FBR’s RE-Workshop artist/educators Kat Roberts was recently interviewed by Crafty Crafty about her incredible upcycling endeavors – check out step-by-step DIY projects on her blog. She cited Film Biz Recycling as one of her favorite places to find crafting supplies. Thanks Kat! Check out the whole interview here:
Craft Stars: Upcycling Genius Kat Roberts
Kat will be bringing her enviable upcycle skills to FBR in June for a DIY workshop that’s not to be missed!
Make Earrings from Recycled Umbrella Frames and Plastic Bags!
What you’ll get from this class:
For more info on this event, click here.
On Easter Sunday, FBR hosted what turned out to be an AWESOME Eco-Easter event at the Prop Shop. Kids were invited to get their hands dirty with some arts and crafts – reclaimed materials, of course – in the RE-Workshop before venturing on a Scavenger Hunt throughout the Prop Shop and an endless search for Easter eggs. Everybody had a great time! Below are a few of the photos, to see the rest, check out FBR’s Flickr Group!
Last week, the FBR RE-Workshop hosted an Art Doll Workshop led by local artist and educator Gale Strum. The kids came in for five days over spring break and crafted multi-media art dolls from reclaimed materials, original pattern pieces, collage, clay, fabric, sticks and paint.
We’re very impressed!
To see more images from the Art Doll Workshop, visit FBR’s Flickr group.
For more information about the RE-Workshop or hosting events out of the FBR space, check out our website or get in touch with our administrative team. Creativity abounds!
Starting next weekend – March 3rd and 4th – and recurring every Saturday & Sunday through June, FBR will be hosting Imagine This! workshops in our RE-Workshop. Imagine This! classes are taught by professional teaching artists. Small class size ensures individualized instruction and full participation for each student. All classes are open to kids ages 7 to 10. These exciting educational opportunities include…
Imagine Architecture! with Andrew Zelmar - Students will learn about basic structural properties of everyday material, such as paper, cardboard, string & wire by designing and building models in different scales.
Imagine Re-Style! with China Aroh - Using old clothes from home, fabrics and design accents, students develop, pattern and create original fashions.
Imagine Digital! with Omar & Jeffrey - Students participate in all aspects of creating and producing a short film: conceptualization and writing the story, creating the sets, props and costumes, casting and acting, and editing the final project.
Imagine Visual 2-D! with Omar Villegas - Children become art students in this class, as they work with various materials to explore the visual arts. Mediums will include painting, drawing, print making, and collage.
There’s still time to sign up! If you have further questions, please see the Events page at filmbizrecycling.org or call Imagine This! at 347.489.1996. We hope to see you there!
Yesterday, we had a exciting class of first-graders from PS 321 in Park Slope come through FBR for a class field trip. The kids were positively delighted with all of the fun stuff at the SHOP (squeals of excitement over the 4 ft. disco ball) and were very well-behaved. Their teacher put together a super-awesome scavenger hunt and afterwards they took some time to snack and color in the RE-Workshop – everyone had fun. Students were able to learn about Reuse and recycling at the best place in town – what an great field trip!
If you’re a teacher and you’re interested in bringing your class by Film Biz Recycling, feel free to shoot us an email… We’re very acommodating.
