Madeline Island School of the Arts: A Rural Island Get-a-Way!

 I am excited to announce I will be an instructor at the Madeline Island School of the Arts! Read here for all the details!

Have you ever dreamed of a summer get-a-way to a beautiful rural island setting? Then you are going to love Madeline Island School of the Arts! Madeline Island School of the Arts, MISA for short, is ranked among the top five art and craft schools in the country. Located on Madeline Island in Lake Superior, it is known for gorgeous scenery and serene settings.

More About MISA and How to Register

Quilting, fibers, paints, and so much more! Just look at all the workshops being offered at MISA during the week my genealogy and personal history writing course is being offered. Classes are available all throughout the summer and even year round.

You can see the entire list of upcoming classes by date, here. And, campus locations do not only include Madeline Island in Wisconsin, but Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tanque Verde Ranch in Tuscon, Arizona.

My Genealogy and Family Stories Class Description

Class Description: "Genealogy & Family Stories: Build Your Family Tree and Capture Your Stories"

Build your family tree and capture your family stories, creating a vibrant and growing legacy for generations to come. Genealogist expert Amie Bowser Tennant and writing instructor Brenda Hudson will guide you every step of the way, ensuring that you learn how to accurately research your family and have fun writing stories that enrich your family tree. You’ll leave with a robust family tree, a collection of family stories, and the know-how to continue!

At the end of this workshop you will leave with:

• A family tree that incorporates photos, documents, and social history

• Skills to conduct further, accurate family history research

• Ability to address future roadblocks in your genealogy research

• A collection of family history stories about you and your relatives

• Story templates for you and future generations to continue building your family’s written legacy

Registration is now open for our class and others. Spaces are limited, so don't delay!

Brenda and I are looking forward to an amazing class and making beautiful memories with you!

                                   

Artist's in History: Frida Kahlo

Every month during the school year, we study a new artist in history. This month was Frida Kahlo!

We have studied quite a few artists! Monet, Van Gogh, and Degas are just a few of the artists we have studied. We read, we paint, we listen, and learn about these amazing people. This month, we studied the art and life of Frida Kahlo.

Born as Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon, Frida endured many hardships through her life. The girls were touched by her physical challenges that didn't keep her from pursuing her dreams.

It took us a couple weeks, but we finished her biography and the girls fell in love with her brightly colored flowers and art! [Link to the biography we used, below]

Because Frida was a Mexican artist, it was fun to incorporate Mexico in our social studies, meals, music, and many more things.

 

 For our extension projects, we completed our tiled poster of "The Frame" which I found on Teachers Pay Teachers. It had several pages you could color and then piece together. You can follow the color guide or choose your own color palette. Here is a link to the poster!

Then, we made felt flower headbands in honor of Frida's love of real flowers in her hair. Felt flowers are super easy to make and don't cost a lot of money. Below is a YouTube video of how to make the flowers. You can attach the flowers to a solid piece of felt and add clips to the back, or you can attach the felt flowers with hot glue directly to a store bought headband from Dollar Tree!

Next up? We will be studying Georgia O'Keefe! If you have any great projects we could do while studying her, let me know in the comments below!

~Andrea

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