Art Club
Sticksnstones Art Club
We believe creating is a part of what makes humans unique to this world. Learning and creating is the fuel that powers our spirits and the light that gives us insight.
Having a sense of belonging is key to a happy healthy life and crucial for the ideal development of a healthy child.
Being a part of this collaborative art making experience offers both.
Art Director/Mentor
As you know, Ms. Meesha enjoys teaching art to Cloud 9 students and has been working with them since their first year. Previously, she has worked as a professional metals & sculptural artist in Philadelphia and taught private classes in her studio for 12 yrs. Currently building her off grid homestead, she works in a wide variety of materials she is excited to share with her young artist students.
2026 Sticksnstones Summer Art Club
This year we are excited to offer a wider range of options for unique art making experiences!
Our Spring & Summer sessions will be held at the Sticknstones Art Center in Groton.
These sessions will be focusing on skill building!
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A final Art Exhibit will be presented in an Art Club Showcase- Saturday, August 29th
The Spring session will take place every 1st & 3rd Thursdays in May and June.
Spring Projects:
Carved Plaster Mandala - Leather Mask - Tree House - Mold making
Carved Plaster Mandala Project
Learn how to create a 3 dimensional, multi-colored plaster mandala! Take home your creation beautifully framed and ready to hang on the wall!
Leather Mask Making
Members will learn how to sculpt with raw hide in the specialty leather working project. Make your own leather mask to be hung on the wall, used in a performance, or just for play! Masks will be completed with leather dye & embellishments.
Treehouse*
After years of requests from members, the time is now! We will begin building our timber constructed tree house together! Learn how to build a strong foundation and floor for a house in the trees!
*This project will continue into the summer session and beyond!
Copper Fold Forming
Members will learn the fundamentals in metal working in this fold forming project. Working copper sheets with a hammers, torch, and finishing with a final patina.
Use your final results to create jewelry, sculpture, or a wall hanging!
Spring Session Dates:
Thursdays
May 7th, 21st
June 4th & 18th
10am - 3pm
Summer Session in August
Our Summer session will be held every Tuesday in August 10am - 3pm
Projects:
Totem Pole - Tree House - Concrete mushrooms - Mold making
Totem Pole
In this collaborative project we will build our own Art Club Totem! We will build and sculpt each segment at table height using paper pulp and assemble onto a standing tree trunk that will last for years!
Concrete Mushrooms*
Use the earth itself as a concrete mold in this fun free-form mushroom sculpture project! Use your mushroom as a yard ornament, porch sculpture, or more!
*Mushrooms will differ from picture, varying in size, shape, and color!
Mold Making
Learn how to make a one part silicone mold and cast away with Plaster of Paris! Members may use a hand sculpted object or an already existing object they’d like to make multiples of.
Bring your cast to life and color with acrylic paint!
Art Club Treehouse
Continue to build our art club treehouse begun in the Spring!
Members will be able to help design and construct their very own timber framed club house!
Every Tuesday in August!
10am - 3pm
Save the Date!
Saturday, August 29th we will hold an Art Show to exhibit artwork made throughout the Spring & Summer Sessions!
This event will include a potluck, live music and an open mic! Don’t miss out!
A new summer collaboration @
The Center for the Arts of Homer
Meesha & Nicole Alexander (last year’s theater director) will be collaborating with Cortland Collective Impact Initiatives to host a theater & art making immersion at the Art Center in Homer!
Creative Arts - July 20th-31st 9am -2pm (2 week program, $200)
Write your own short play and see it performed. Design your own characters, props, and sets. Week 1 focuses on creative writing and week 2 focuses on arts of all mediums.
Sketchbook Club
Every second Thursday of the month starting December
Dec. 11, Jan. 8, Feb. 12, March 12,
2:30pm-4:30pm
Join your peers in the Homer Library for guided lessons on drawing, self expression, & multimedia exploration using your sketchbook.
Summer Art Club 2025
Last summer,
members experienced an art making intensive workshop integrated with a performing arts aspect!
2025 Photo Gallery
Theme: The Blue Heron
Artistic Bonds
Members of our art club will gain a sense of belonging as we develop our own unique style, solely made possible by every member’s participation. Each member is like a different color on a palette. The colors side by side create a unique feel as a whole. Without one color, the feeling of the whole palette changes.
2025
Our sculpture projects were accompanied by an original theatrical performance that was created during the one week intensive by the members. Participants will learned how to plan and prepare their vision for execution. They had the opportunity to gain knowledge by working with a variety of materials to realize their vision. Members explored these materials and techniques in both individual creations and collaborative endeavors. Some projects were built to stay on site and be used in future projects, while others were able to be taken home. In all cases, the knowledge will be with them forever.
Long-term Goals
The long term goal for the art club is to build our skills and create our style, mission, and artistic statement as a group. This will happen slowly and organically over the years and as our students grow artistically as well as physically, we will be able to continue to expand the possibilities of creation using more advanced tools. The exercises we do in the club will continue to be examples of how one person (or a group) can take something that exists only in the imagination and bring it to fruition. This often creates a feedback loop as we experience the joy and fulfillment that comes with making our dreams become a reality.
2024 Photo Gallery
Theme: Passage of Time
