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Share your creations with us! Tag @portsideartscenter on instagram and use hashtag #PortsideArtChallenge

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​Art Challenge #50!!! 

This is our final art challenge for the year, and we've enjoyed providing these challenges during this time!

Today, get inspired by the artist James Castle, an artist who created much of his work using found objects and materials from around his house. He even made his own pigments! 

Many of us have limited art supplies during this time but lots of recyclables! Using materials that you find around the house like cardboard, egg cartons, and newspaper, cut out shapes and attach them with tape or string to create a figure. You can paint the figure afterwards to add color.

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Daily Art Challenge #49

Using this blank comic strip layout, fill in the squares and speech bubbles. What is the name of your comic, and what are the names of the characters? Let's see your story!

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​Daily Art Challenge #48

What's your favorite family recipe? Check out Miss YeEun's Banana Bread Recipe! Write down your own recipe and illustrate the different ingredients that go into it.

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Daily Art Challenge #47 - 5/27/20

Here's another art challenge brought to you by Miss Paulina! See what cool leaves you can find on a walk or in your yard and make some colorful prints of them.

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Daily Art Challenge #46 - 5/22/20 

Make a cardboard figurine!
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Daily Art Challenge #45 - 5/20/20

Make your own Nature Bugs! Brought to you by Miss Paulina.

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Daily Art Challenge #44 - 5/19/20

Thank you to Miss YeEun for today's Art Challenge. Get creative using just a piece of string!

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Daily Art Challenge #43 - 5/18/20

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Hopefully this #PortsideArtChallenge doesn't just make you hungry, but inspired too! Show us what you ate for lunch today through the power of #art!

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Daily Art Challenge #42 - 5/15/20

Paint some flowers!

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Daily Art Challenge #41 - 5/13/20

What can you draw using the words purple, giant and happy?

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Daily Art Challenge #40 - 5/12/20 

Show us what's in your bedroom! Is it tidy or messy? 🛏🧸


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Daily Art Challenge #39 - 5/11/20

Draw what you see in the sky!

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Daily Art Challenge #38 - 5/8/20

Draw a memory you have with your mother, and give the artwork to her for Mother's Day on Sunday!

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Daily Art Challenge #37 - 5/6/20

What can you make using these materials?

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Daily Art Challenge #36 - 5/5/20

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Use your imagination! What can you turn this oval into?

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Daily Art Challenge #35 - 5/4/20

For today's art challenge, create your own paper cut out collage, inspired by Henri Matisse.


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Daily Art Challenge #34 - 5/1/20

Today's art challenge is to draw a miniature drawing. Use a pencil, markers, or colored pencils and see just how teeny tiny you can make your drawing! Check out Mr. Joseph's tiny drawing for inspiration and see the quarter he placed next to it for size.

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Daily Art Challenge #33 - 4/30/20

​Make a masterpiece with chalk and share it with us!

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Daily Art Challenge #32 - 4/29/20

​What's in your fridge?

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Daily Art Challenge #31 - 4/28/20

​Draw a mandala on a paper plate or a round sheet of paper. Start by making a dot in the center and then add designs around your dot layer by layer.

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Daily Art Challenge #30 - 4/24/20

What funny creatures can you create by combining 2 or more animals?

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Daily Art Challenge #29 - 4/23/20
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What's in your heart?

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Daily Art Challenge #28 - 4/22/20

Write a message you want to share and add colors, patterns and images. Get inspired by Steve Powers' Love Letters to Philadelphia!


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Daily Art Challenge #27 - 4/21/20

Draw in Reverse! Using the side of a pencil, lightly shade to cover a piece of paper. Blend the graphite on the paper using a paper towel. Then, use an eraser to draw a picture in the graphite! You can also use a pencil or pen to create darker spots in the drawing. 

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 Daily Art Challenge #26 - 4/20/20

Happy Monday, everybody! Create a drawing from really far away using your own "contraption." This is a fun one! Share what you make with us on instagram.

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Daily Art Challenge #25 - 4/17/20

Make a card or piece of artwork to show your thanks for our healthcare workers. Send us your work or share it with us in a social media post - we'll be compiling the art and emailing it to Philadelphia hospitals!
#thankyouhealthcareheroes

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Daily Art Challenge #24 - 4/16/20

Yum! For #PortsideArtChallenge Day 24, get inspired by artist Wayne Thiebaud and draw a cake to celebrate someone or something special! Share your creation with us on instagram!

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Daily Art Challenge #23 - 4/15/20

Here we go...#PortsideArtChallenge Day 23! What do you LOVE about Philly? Kids AND ADULTS - Share what you love with us through painting, song, writing, photography, or whatever form of art you want! Tag us in your post and use #PortsideArtChallenge

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Daily Art Challenge #22 - 4/14/20

What's your favorite color
? Create a collage using different materials that color!

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Daily Art Challenge #21 - 4/13/20

​Create a work of art inspired by your favorite song!

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Daily Art Challenge #20 - 4/10/20

​Make a card or piece of artwork to show your thanks for our healthcare workers. Send us your work or share it with us in a social media post - we'll be compiling the art and emailing it to Philadelphia hospitals!

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Daily Art Challenge #19 - 4/9/20

See what you can make using just tape, paper, scissors, cardboard and string. Post your child's creation on instagram using #PortsideArtChallenge

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Daily Art Challenge #18 - 4/8/20

Read the poem "The Letter A is Awesome!" by Darren Sardelli and draw your favorite person, place or thing that starts with the letter A!
The Letter A
BY DARREN SARDELLI
The letter A is awesome!
It simply is the best.
Without an A, you could not get
an A+ on a test.
You’d never see an acrobat
or eat an apple pie.
You couldn’t be an astronaut
or kiss your aunt goodbye.
An antelope would not exist.
An ape would be unknown.
You’d never hear a person
say “Afraid” or “All Alone”.
The A’s in avocado
would completely disappear
and certain words would be forgot
like “ankle”, “arm”, and “ear”.


Without the A, you couldn’t aim
an arrow in the air.
You wouldn’t ask for apricots
or almonds at a fair.
Aruba and Australia
would be missing from a map.
You’d never use an ATM,
an apron, or an app.
The arctic fox and aardvark
would be absent from the zoo,
and vowels, as you know them,
would be E, I, O, and U.
There wouldn’t be an A chord
on the instruments you play.
Let’s appreciate, admire,
and applaud the letter A!

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Daily Art Challenge #17 - 4/7/20

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Look outside your window...what do you see (or wish you saw)? Illustrate it and share it with us on instagram! Get inspired by Marc Chagall's painting "Paris Through the Window."


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Daily Art Challenge #16 - 4/6/20
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Make a portrait of your family doing their favorite activity together and post it on instagram! Get inspired by Matisse. 

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Daily Art Challenge #15 - 4/3/20

Today's art challenge is to build a simple Rube Goldberg machine! Using objects around the house, arrange them in a way that will create a chain reaction. Good objects to use are dominos, marble, cards, funnels, blocks and string. You may need a parent to help you with this one! Get inspired by the band Ok Go's epic Rube Goldberg machine in this music video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

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Daily Art Challenge #14 - 4/2/20

Today's art challenge is brought to us by Mr. Joseph! Find a face in your surroundings or in an object around your house and illustrate it as a creature!

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Daily Art Challenge #13 - 4/1/20
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Make your own sketchbook! Today's Art Challenge was created by our awesome Assistant Teacher Ms. YeEun. Please see her step by step guide for making your own no-sew sketchbook.
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Daily Art Challenge #12 - 3/31/20

Gather different household items and compose them in a pleasing way. Photograph them and post your photos on instagram using 
#PortsideArtChallenge! See artist Jan Groover for inspiration.

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Daily Art Challenge #11 - 3/30/20

Hello everyone! Are you all ready for another week of art challenges? For #PortsideArtChallenge Day 11, we are asking you to create a drawing inspired by Shel Silverstein's power "The Place Where the Sidewalk Ends." To hear the poem, check out the youtube video below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnfKHfQtTQs
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Post you or your child's creation to instagram and use #PortsideArtChallenge to share your work!

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Daily Art Challenge #10 - 3/27/20
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We are working on our ongoing challenge, asking families to share their favorite family recipes and putting together a Portside Family Cookbook! Over the weekend, share YOUR favorite family recipe with us, and send a drawing along with it! This is a fun activity that the whole family can participate in. We all love to eat, and these days, many of us have been doing much more cooking! Bon appetit. 


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Daily Art Challenge #9

Get inspired by environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy and create your own mandala using found. objects, whether that includes plants, sticks, or man made objects. Have fun, and post your creation on instagram using #PortsideArtChallenge! Watch Andy's process in this video for inspiration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=f7sZv4_0Fxg&feature=emb_logo

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Daily Art Challenge #8 - 3/25/20

Make an animal out of objects! Objects can be manga tiles, paper shapes, blocks, or found objects. Try making your favorite animal or family pet - can you make it life sized? Does it have a name? 
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Daily Art Challenge #7 - 3/24/20

Today, draw yourself as a superhero! What would your super power be? Share on instagram using #PortsideArtChallenge!

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​Daily Art Challenge #6 - 3/23/20

We hope you all had a relaxing weekend...start the week off with today's daily art challenge: make the BIGGEST tower you can, and get creative with the objects that you use! Can you make it as tall as you are?

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Daily Art Challenge #5 - WEEKEND CHALLENGE!

TGIF! I'm sure many of you have been busy cooking at home, and we're wondering...What's YOUR favorite family meal to cook together? 🥞 Share it with us over the weekend, and post a drawing along with it - We will put together a Portside cookbook of all of the recipes! This is a fun activity for the whole family to do together.

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Daily Art Challenge #4 - 3/19/20

Participate in the ongoing art project One Philly Art started by Robin Mack Ward in an attempt to stay a united Philadelphia as we practice social distancing. All Philadelphians are invited to create art based on a shared theme each week and display it in their windows. Themes change each week - this week is PLANTS! Tag #PortsideArtChallenge and #onephillyart in a post of your work, and share your creation and location on One Philly's Facebook Page! See what other artists around Philly have posted:

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Daily Art Challenge #3 - 3/18/20

This should be a fun one...create a picture of your favorite place in Philadelphia! This isn't just for kids - adults, you are encouraged to join! We are all in this together. Don't forget to post it on instagram and tag that place as well as hashtag #PortsideArtChallenge to share your creativity.

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Daily Art Challenge #2 - 3/17/20

Make something awesome out of cardboard  - The Pirates class in our After School Arts Program has been making an amazing city and stuffed animal village out of cardboard, so this one is inspired by them. Check out the video "Caine's Arcade, it will definitely put a smile on your face. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U

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Daily Art Challenge #1 - 3/16/20

This challenge was inspired by Mila and the portrait she made of Ms. Sarah's dog Doodle! Don't forget to post your child's creation on Instagram using #PortsideArtChallenge and tagging Portside!

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