Making Magic From The Mess

On Super Early Release Day for Wayland Public Schools (December 10th), Isabel Zhang will run a special workshop for kids ages 8 to 11 years old to explore life lessons through art! Join the fun at the Arts Wayland Gallery (35 Andrew Ave, Wayland) from 12:30 pm to 4 pm and get ready to dive right in!
Life is messy. So is art, paint spills, paper torn, plans that don’t go as expected. Does your child know that messy can still be magical?
In this hands-on workshop, they’ll explore how to create beauty from whatever life brings, on the canvas and beyond it. They’ll explore what it means to create, not complain and to find gold in the cracks.
Rooted in neuroscience and social-emotional learning, this workshop helps children strengthen the brain pathways for resilience, confidence, and creativity. Through guided art challenges, storytelling, and reflection, they discover that mistakes and messes are not failures. They are opportunities for creativity and possibilities.
Each child walks away with a tangible creation and a deeper truth: They are the artist of their own life, powerful, capable, and free to create beauty from anything that comes their way.
The workshop brings out explicitly the tangible connections between “art is life” and “life is art.” Children learn to transform everyday life into a masterpiece. They learn that there are no mistakes, only masterpieces waiting to be created and found.
Sign up today at www.artswayland.com