Building Up and Raising Funds
July 20, 2021
Planning is underway for our opening in the spring! Thanks to the many who are helping us envision what's needed and for providing us insight to make the AMP experience even better. The countdown begins!
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
July 17, 2021
This week's group of campers created outdoor art inspired by Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains and Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, among lots of other projects. A gloomy week of weather was brightened up by happy participants and really cool installations!
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
July 16, 2021
Our summer program participants have created an incredible outdoor learning and play space on AMP's campus. Next project might need to be an ark (seriously, when will this rain end?!)!
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
July 2, 2021
What a week! The sounds of Latin, jazz, drilling, and sawing by participants in our Music @AMP and Outdoor Design & Building programs filled the air, all while being filmed by our Digital Story Work interns. The building and grounds are buzzing with excitement!
Building Up and Raising Funds
Building Up and Raising Funds
June 19, 2021
The AMP property is all sorts of pretty now, thanks to O&G Industries Inc.'s pea stone donation and Justin Truskauskas' help adding it to the walkways and around the future Education/Visitor Center. Summer here we come!
AMPed UP
AMPed UP
June 9, 2021
Three of our staff members—Amy, Ruthie, and Michelle—completed a course in CPR/AED and First Aid so that our tours and programs are always covered by someone who is trained. Offered through Winsted Area Ambulance Association Official Site, our group's training was led by Ryan Weiss, WAAA's vice president, who did a great job of making it thorough and engaging. What an awesome experience!
Building Up Raising Funds
Building Up Raising Funds
June 8, 2021
Lovin' our new windows—and light—thanks to donations from Northwest Community Bank and Webster Bank through Connecticut’s Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit program!
DiGiorgi Roofing & Siding did an amazing job installing them.
AMPed UP
AMPed UP
June 6, 2021
Three of our staff members—Amy, Ruthie, and Michelle—completed a course in CPR/AED and First Aid so that our tours and programs are always covered by someone who is trained. Offered through Winsted Area Ambulance Association Official Site, our group's training was led by Ryan Weiss, WAAA's vice president, who did a great job of making it thorough and engaging. What an awesome experience!
If you are interested in the training, visit WAAA's website: https://winstedambulance.org/cpr/.
In the Studio
In the Studio
June 4, 2021
Back to work! This time Ellen is cutting out what will be the entry to the collaborative sections of the mural that have been created by people in 17 states across the country (the remaining 33 state projects to happen in the coming years). These pieces will be displayed along the ramp gallery on the second level behind the mural. More on that soon!
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
June 3, 2021
Budding gardeners at work during AMP's "Grow Where You're Planted" program with the R Dudley Seymour Elementary School! Students in grades 2–5 planted, composted, and mulched four planter boxes with flowers, herbs, berries, and veggies (all donated by Gresczyk Farms), then designed and painted gorgeous tiles to affix to the outside of the planters.
Building Up Raising Funds
Building Up Raising Funds
May 27, 2021
Rolling in to deliver the wood for the wrap-around viewing platform in the mural building! Looking forward to greater accessibility and viewing opportunities later this year.
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
May 9, 2021
Huge thanks to Gresczyk Farms for their amazing support of our new Grow Where You're Planted after-school gardening program, in partnership with R. Seymour Elementary School in Granby, Connecticut. Gresczyk Farms donated all of the herbs, berries, veggies, flowers, soil, and compost the students will need to design and plant the large planter boxes on the property. Amazing!
AMPEd UP
AMPed UP
April 29, 2021
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for our first-ever virtual event honoring workers! If you missed it, would like to watch it again, or want to share it with friends and family, check it out on YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=CcrE2wLuGcU) or on our Facebook page.
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
April 25, 2021
Our virtual stop motion program for kids is wrapping up—and what a huge hit it has been!
Moving In: Installation
Moving In: Installaion
April 19, 2021
Up, up, and away the rocket goes! Just kidding...these pieces aren't going anywhere The newly added three-dimensional elements that create the rocket "blast" look amazing!
Moving In: Installation
Moving In: Installation
April 16, 2021
Last week's install included several three-dimensional elements, including this beautiful piece which is part of the section of the mural depicting Maine fisherman Manley Doughty and his crew. It features a gigantic piece of driftwood, fishing nets, lobster traps, lawn ornaments, and a number of once-smelly bait bags that were collected as part of the Maine state project.
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
January 31, 2021
Check out our new virtual art program for teens in March: CreativeMinds @AMP!
Teen artists will unwind together with relaxing art projects in this four-week virtual program. From collage and mobiles to simple wire sculptures, participants will try their hand at a variety of different media. It is often said that keeping the hands moving allows the mind to follow suit—sometimes without us even noticing. These projects are specially designed to deeply engage creative minds. In the end, participants will not only have a collection of conceptual art pieces, but also a deeper experience in communicating and sharing their unique identities! Click here for more information and to register.
Art at Work: Education
Art at Work: Education
January 20, 2021
Our CHAMPS after-school art enrichment program is virtual, but that doesn't stop the fun! Our Tuesday afternoon participants, supported by teaching artist Jess Russell and intern Izzy Jacobs, did directed drawing exercises and made awesome and inventive party animals!
The Daily Yonder
The Daily Yonder
January 15, 2021
Twenty-two years in the making, the multimillion-dollar project is the world’s largest indoor collaborative artwork at five stories high and 120 feet long. The project is a tribute to working people in the United States and encompasses a flourishing educational program for kids and an event venue for live music and galas.
So why is this massive undertaking located in Winsted, Connecticut, population 7,300, in the rural northwest corner of the state?
Click here to read the full story.
In the Studio
In the Studio
January 5, 2021
Ellen is working on sparks for the River Rouge section of the mural, a few of the many three-dimensional pieces she'll be installing in the coming months. This one is composed of fabric, conduit, chicken wire, and resin.
Click here for our installation photo gallery.
