Beth Ann Short MA ATR

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Where has the summer gone?

I have found myself in the middle of a heat wave and I am happy to be in my studio in the air conditioning.  I heard the temp could hit 108 today...I am not a hot weather person!  I think these are record temps for Portland! 

I am amazed at how quickly the summer has flown by...the studio has been humming with camps and our collaboration with Michelle Freedman's Design Camps has also been a happy marriage.  Speaking of marriage I'd like to congratulate my business partner Joy and partner who were married last weekend.  It was a lovely wedding on Sauvie Island at the Blue Heron Herbary.  Although a little bit hot...the event went off without a hitch.

 

July was a busy month...and I look forward to August settling down a bit.  We are running a Girls Empowerment camp next week.  These camps are always so exciting to see happen because girls have a chance to work together and support each other.  They have many opportunities to celebrate their differences and promote resiliency.  Our amazing interns that are running the camp hope to use creativity to tap into and encourage the development of strength, courage, confidence, honesty & consistent communication skills.

Pictures to come next week!

Design Camp

with Michelle Freedman making clothes for 18 inch dolls.

Encaustics with Youth Artists

Today I am teaching part 2 of my Encaustic workshop with youth artists.  These amazing kids got the concept of painting with wax very quickly and were so focused!

More pics to come after class!!!

The Butter Compartment: A Happy Place I Visited Recently

I am so excited to share a guest post I was honored to write for Lee Ann Thill another art therapist I have met in cyberspace.

http://www.thebuttercompartment.com/

Thanks so much Lee Ann for asking me to contribute!

Encaustic painting class

Dr. Ninja Cowboy Pirate Robot says

Come get your new aluminium waterbottle at the monkey studio!

A Special Visit to Robots and Aliens camp

Thanks Dr. Ninja Cowboy Pirate Robot for stopping by the studio today!