Sure wish these had been available when my kids were growing up!  They would have loved these classes!

Mini Art Enrichment Camps - great activities and just the right size – half a day – three days a week. Low teacher ratio too and everything you need included in the registration price.  Only $40 per week with proceeds benefiting Trees for Trails.

See below for a list of remaining classes available. Register at the WB MUD Rec. Center on Shoreline (251-9814). All classes are conveniently located at the MUD Annex on Wells Port Drive.

Ages 7-11

6/5-6/7 Wild and Wacky Art of Science 2012-(9am-Noon)

Learn about geodes and fossils and make projects based on a variety of natural science (and not so normal) messy ways. Try our hand at making glue and clay, create a multi-layer landform, and explore the physics of catapults.

7/24-7/26 Exploring Mixed Media Art (Noon-3:30pm)

We will experiment with a variety of materials. Just bring your imagination, we’ll provide supplies and inspiration. We’ll try our hand at using fabrics and found objects, foam core board and canvass, glass, tile and paper clay, beads and buttons, nuts and bolts, wrapping paper and wall paper, glitter, glue and glazes.

7/31-8/2 Modern Art Painting (Noon-3:30pm)

Students will begin by color mixing, then use methods from a number of modern artists to create a design to paint. We will do pastels, watercolors, and acrylics on all kinds of surfaces. We will look at art by many artists including Picasso, Dali, Chagall, Pollock, and more.

Junior Session – Ages 5-7 (K/pre-K/1)

6/5-6/7 Fantasy and Whimsy(1-3:30 pm)

We’ll explore castles, princesses, knights, unicorns, fairies, and super heros centered around books from our local library then create projects based on them.

Dianne Koehler
art mini-camps/facepainting

https://sites.google.com/site/woodenitbewonderful/
Arts blog:  http://wonderfulartsncrafts.blogspot.com/

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Submitted by Dianne Koehler

The Wells Branch Garden Guild invites the community (and your friends) to join in a tour of gardens in the area.

The garden tour will begin at the Wells Branch Community Gardens around 9 am. We will spend 20-30 minutes at each garden on the tour and finish up at the WB Homestead in the park to see the results of our plantings in April and maybe sit in the shade a bit and discuss the gardens. The gardens include vegetable and flower, shade and sun, drought treatments, community and demonstration gardens.

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Sure wish these had been available when my kids were growing up!  They would have loved these classes!

Mini Art Enrichment Camps - great activities and just the right size – half a day – three days a week. Low teacher ratio too and everything you need included in the registration price.  Only $40 per week with proceeds benefiting Trees for Trails.

See below for a list of remaining classes available. Register at the WB MUD Rec. Center on Shoreline (251-9814). All classes are conveniently located at the MUD Annex on Wells Port Drive.

Ages 7-11

6/5-6/7 Wild and Wacky Art of Science 2012-(9am-Noon)

Learn about geodes and fossils and make projects based on a variety of natural science (and not so normal) messy ways. Try our hand at making glue and clay, create a multi-layer landform, and explore the physics of catapults.

7/24-7/26 Exploring Mixed Media Art (Noon-3:30pm)

We will experiment with a variety of materials. Just bring your imagination, we’ll provide supplies and inspiration. We’ll try our hand at using fabrics and found objects, foam core board and canvass, glass, tile and paper clay, beads and buttons, nuts and bolts, wrapping paper and wall paper, glitter, glue and glazes.

7/31-8/2 Modern Art Painting (Noon-3:30pm)

Students will begin by color mixing, then use methods from a number of modern artists to create a design to paint. We will do pastels, watercolors, and acrylics on all kinds of surfaces. We will look at art by many artists including Picasso, Dali, Chagall, Pollock, and more.

Junior Session – Ages 5-7 (K/pre-K/1)

6/5-6/7 Fantasy and Whimsy(1-3:30 pm)

We’ll explore castles, princesses, knights, unicorns, fairies, and super heros centered around books from our local library then create projects based on them.

Dianne Koehler
art mini-camps/facepainting

https://sites.google.com/site/woodenitbewonderful/
Arts blog:  http://wonderfulartsncrafts.blogspot.com/

Read the rest of this entry →

Submitted by Dianne Koehler

The Wells Branch Garden Guild invites the community (and your friends) to join in a tour of gardens in the area.

The garden tour will begin at the Wells Branch Community Gardens around 9 am. We will spend 20-30 minutes at each garden on the tour and finish up at the WB Homestead in the park to see the results of our plantings in April and maybe sit in the shade a bit and discuss the gardens. The gardens include vegetable and flower, shade and sun, drought treatments, community and demonstration gardens.

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Submitted by Michele Samuelson

As many of you know, Wells Branch has a great registered voter rate, but a really terrible history with voter turnout. In an effort to help alleviate this, I’ve written up some info on this year’s election cycle, pulling from both the county and the two major political parties. This year’s election calendar is kind of cluttered and complicated (early voting for the primary election has begun!), so I wanted to share some information with you all.

1 – Voter Registration Cards. By the time you read this, if you are a registered voter in Travis County, you will have received your yellow voter registration card.  If you did not, you should verify that you are registered here:  http://www.traviscountytax.org/showVoterSearch.do before contacting the Voter Registration office.

2 – Voter Registration. The deadline to register to vote in time for the primary election has passed, but there is plenty of time to register to vote in the general election in November.  If you or a neighbor is not a registered voter in Travis County (applies if you have moved to your current home since the last election from another county and you have not registered to vote), you can get it taken care of a few different ways. Also, these apply if you moved from elsewhere in Travis County and want to update your registration to reflect your current legal residence:

• The Wells Branch Library has voter registration cards at the front desk.
• You can pick up a voter registration card at the DMV or driver’s license office. Some grocery stores have them at the customer service desks. You can also get one (and fill it out there and mail it!) at the post office.
• Either of the political party headquarters in Travis County can help you out. Contact http://www.traviscountydemocrats.org/ or http://www.traviscountygop.org
• A few of your neighbors are also Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrars and can get you registered. I’m one; contact me at michele.samuelson@gmail.com.

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