• Children

    POM THEATRICALs — Frog in the Pond

    POM THEATRICALs — Frog in the Pond is an all-around arts education experience for children designed to encourage a broad range of creative expression through the visual arts, storytelling (drama), movement (dance), and sound (music). It’s a collaborative effort calling on all creative skills. Ingredients for frog in the pond Matsuo Basho’s most famous Haiku translated by Alan Watts The old pond, A frog jumps in: Plop! Paintings by Claude Monet — most famous painter of ponds A trip to Clary Gardens to paint pictures of the pond there A live frog Sugar Lift Etchings by frog lover & famous Australian artist John Olsen Slow-mo video of frogs jumping Assorted simple rhythm…

  • Coshocton Arts Homecoming plus,  Performances

    Coshocton Arts Homecoming plus 2017

     August 11 & 12, 2017 More than anything COSHOCTON ARTS HOMECOMING plus is a party—an excuse to get together and celebrate the arts created and performed by folks in the county and by our creative friends and family who live “outside!” It’s a simple idea —people who live, or have lived, or work in Coshocton invite people they know to the party….musicians, actors, dancers, puppeteers–visual, media, graphic, fiber artists—writers—culinary artists…We mount a visual arts competition called the Coshocton Art Prize at the Pomerene & in the artPARK depending on the form and size of work.  The library is hosting a writers night.  If you or your friends want a performance opportunity — click here for the…

  • Save the world stories
    Children

    SAVE THE WORLD STORIES — with your friends

    SAVE THE WORLD STORIES — with your friends YOUNG POM ARTISTS CLUB led by Anne Cornell with guest artists Grades 7-12, $5/week 12:30-2pm, Wednesdays June 7- July 26 Building on their manga/anime drawing skills, young artists will explore making and animating shadow puppets to tell SAVE THE WORLD STORIES. We’ll be paying particular attention to the German artist Lotte Reiniger who created the first full length animated film—20 years ahead of Disney’s Snow White! Check out the videos we posted on pinterest.  The animations the young artists create will be posted on YouTube and projected in the artPARK. Speaking of shadows and how stunning they can be at night…here’s a picture of our new interactive…