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Date: Sun Dec 06, 11:00 AM EST - Sun Dec 06, 1:00 PM EST
Category:
- STEM,
- Outdoor,
- Life Skills,
- Creative Arts,
- Healthy Living
Level:
- Brownies,
- Juniors,
- Cadettes,
- Seniors,
- Ambassadors,
- Volunteers
GSSEM Creative Compass Patch Program: Join artists Amanda Koss and Sarah Springer to create lasting artwork using clay and other materials using your own unique designs!
The GSSEM Creative Compass Patch Program, under the creation and expertise of local artist Amanda Koss, is designed to be a transformative program to inspire Girl Scouts to reach their highest potential by recognizing and unlocking their inherent creative abilities! By connecting Girl Scouts with working artists, artisans, and innovative opportunities - the program fosters curiosity, self-expression, and personal growth. In a supportive and empowering environment, Girl Scouts will explore unconventional ways to impact their communities while discovering their own unique creative paths.
Created by artist and curator Amanda Koss, this program reflects her commitment to empowering youth, nurturing creativity, and providing access to the tools and opportunities needed to achieve their dreams.
Empty Bowls:
In partnership with the globally recognized Empty Bowls Fundraiser to support Gleaners, this special "make one, give one" session is a hands-on mission of generosity where each girl will create two unique ceramic bowls-one to donate directly to the Gleaners fundraiser to help fight local food insecurity, and a matching masterpiece to keep and take home. By participating, the girls join a powerful statewide movement of artists and studios uniting to raise funds and awareness for a vital cause. Starting with a pre-rolled slab, the girls will learn the fundamentals of clay slab-construction, using accurate cuts and professional press molds to form sturdy, beautifully structured bowls fit for a hot serving of soup. After attaching a functional foot to the base, each artist will have complete creative freedom to customize their work using textured rollers and a vibrant variety of colorful underglazes, ensuring every single piece is uniquely her own.
Artist Sarah Springer will lead us, she is a multidisciplinary artist and educator, self-taught in ceramics and glassblowing, working at the intersection of material and process. Drawn to the contrast between fragility and strength, her work reflects the tension between delicate glass and raw foraged materials such as stone, wood, and metals- mirroring the balance between vulnerability and strength. Her sculptures often incorporate wood that becomes permanently scorched and marked as molten glass wraps around its surface. These burns, scars, and organic imperfections are intentionally preserved as records of transformation rather than flaws. As an educator, Sarah encourages and fosters experimentation of ideas and material usages. Her sculptures become reminders of the balance between fragility and strength, in both the materials she works with and the life that shapes them.
Included in Girl Registration Cost:
* 2 hours of hands-on design and creativity
* Handmade, unique ceramic bowl to donate
* Handmade, unique ceramic bowl to take home
* GSSEM Custom "Creative Compass" Patch
* Brownie Craft and Tinker Badge (Brownies Only)
* Junior Craft and Tinker Badge (Juniors Only)
* Event Fun Patch
Included in Adult Registration Cost:
* Adults will be chaperones only
Costs:
$85.00 per girl
$85.00 per taglalong (must meet grade level for event and register as a girl non member)
$0.00 per adult (Adults planning to be present during the program MUST register. Event space is limited.)
PLEASE note that this is NOT a drop-off event and proper Girl Scout to Adult safety ratios MUST be met in order to participate in the event. Please keep adult numbers to the MINIMUM required by safety ratio in order to enhance the learning experience.
Registration deadline: November 30 (or sooner if event reaches capacity)
For program questions, please email Paige Wigren at pwigren@gssem.org.
For registration questions, please email helpdesk@gssem.org.
