Special Events
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Service Groups
Arts VanGo can help your scouting group achieve any artistic badge! We can come out to your next meeting, bring all the supplies for your scouts, and lead an activity that will earn you badges!
Interested in having Arts VanGo lead a creative activity for your next youth group meeting, we do that too!
All service organizations receive special pricing! Contact us for more information.
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Birthday Parties
Add a bit of color to your next birthday party without worrying about the mess or stress of planning an activity! Arts VanGo instructors will show up, set up, lead a 60 minute art experience, clean up, and go. We also provide artist aprons and goodie bags for all the party artists!
Most of our workshops are available for birthday parties, and our younger artists might enjoy picking from the activities below. If your party has a theme, let us know and we can create an activity unique to your theme.*
Your Birthday on the Moon- Create an out-of-this-world portrait of outer space using home made puffy paints!
Create a Terrarium- Birthday party guests will have fun creating their own terrarium, painting rocks to decorate it, and picking seeds to grow in it!
Dino-Rama- Each participant will construct their own 3-dimensional and interactive dinosaur setting.
Fairy Gardens- Young artists will create a whimsical garden for their fairy friends to enjoy.
Superhero- Imagine yourself as a superhero and create your own mask and cape!
Mermaid Magic- Party goers will create a fantastic vision of mermaids underwater, in a mixed-media painting.
Ready, Set, STEAM- Arts VanGo Instructors will set up a series of STEAM activities that will challenge birthday party guests to tap into their growth mindsets while engaging in some friendly competition!
Birthday parties are $30 an artist with a $300 minimum.
*An additional fee may apply for a custom theme workshop.
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Professional Development Workshops
Have Arts VanGo add that creative spark to your next employee training or staff meeting. Pick from specially designed workshops to give participants a chance to express their creativity.
Arts VanGo also offers professional development for educators on the importance of process-based art, and making the art experience inclusive.
All professional development workshops start at $240 an hour.
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Art Parties
Want to unwind with a group of friends with art? How about changing your family game night to an art night! Arts VanGo Instructors can come to you to lead an evening of fun that’s sure to not be forgotten.
Our parties include 90 minutes of instruction time, and start at $60 per artist. Choose from the following activities for your next get together!
I See a Song- Artists will visually interpret songs by tapping into their senses and attempting to experience synesthesia. We will warm up by creating small visualizations of short songs, and end with a larger 11x14 painting of Gershwin’s, Rhapsody in Blue.
Portrait of a Moment- Using different collage materials, artists will create a portrait of a specific moment in time. They may choose to represent a special time in their family’s life, or a particularly tough time they were able to overcome. Participants can bring in personal photographs, if they’d like to add them to their collage.
Textured Abstraction- Using items such as bubble wrap, balled foil, kitchen tools, and sponges to paint, artists will create a large scale textured painting. They will be able to add finer details to draw out images found in their abstractions.
Calming Watercolors- Artists can take the moment to relax with the calming effect of watercolors. They will create a wax resist of concentric circles using different watercolor techniques.