Art Explorium

At the Art Explorium, kids are always
hard at work having fun.

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Look at that focus! 👀 We offer Little Artist workshops for our youngest artist friends on Friday mornings at 9:30am. 🎈Find out more and sign up at www.artexplorium.org/littleartists
#keikiart #littleartist #littleartists #littlepainter #littlepainters #paint #kaimuki #creativekids

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Lots of great keiki art workshops coming up in 2020! Go check um, go check um go! 🤙🏽🎈www.artexplorium.org/programs/workshops
#keikiart #kaimuki @keepitkaimuki

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Hi folks! We are back to our regular programming and we’ve got extra Open Studio hours all weekend 🎉 We’re making bright toilet paper flowers & are getting ready for the Chinese New Year 🧧 of the Rat🐀 Check out our hours online, $5 drop ins always!

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✨What a year! As we head in to 2020 we thank you for being a part of our community. We will be closed on 12/31 and 1/1 to spend time with family and friends. See you in the new year! #hauolimakahikihou #kaimuki #happynewyear #keikiart

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🎁 Need a last minute gift for a creative young artist? We have Art Explorium gift certificates in any denomination, keiki smocks, and our one-of-a-kind Trash to Treasure art kits! Stop by during Open Studio to get a heartfelt and eco-conscious gift. www.artexplorium.org/events/event, 808-312-4316. 🎄🌎💕✨🎈 #keikiart #melekalikimaka #kaimuki #trashtotreasure #keepitkaimuki

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✨🦈 So excited to announce that @mikoh has created these adorable shark ornaments out of past season fabric and 100% of the profits will support our keiki art programs! Hand sewn with love by Aunty Dee. Visit shop.mikoh.com to get your ‘Ohana Shark Ornaments today! Mahalo #MIKOH for your support.
#melekalikimaka #keikiart #nonprofit #community #kaimuki #keepitkaimuki #upcycle #malamaaina

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Things are getting very festive around the studio! Come get in the holiday spirit with our new stations this week: Evergreen🌲Tree Collages & Gift Boxes! Check out Open Studio hours on our website, no registration needed, always $5. 🎄

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So happy we are able to share art supplies with keiki who can use them. Our pal Sonny from KVIBE stocked up today on crayons, paint, markers, stamps, paper and more! If any schools and community organizations out there are looking for supplies please let us know. If we have extra we will share! And check out KVIBE’s awesome programs that teach youth how to repair bikes and they also provide bicycles to kids! @kvibekkv #keikiart @rootskalihi #kaimuki #artsupplies #kalihi #hawaii

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We are back @hawaiiconventioncenter for #WinterWishes ! We are making mixed media holiday cookies and collage stockings— come find us! #SantasWorkshop

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Holiday Ornament Freestyle Felting Workshop today with Ms. Wendy!
#felting #keikiart #kaimuki #keepitkaimuki #sundayfunday #happyholidays #melekalikimaka #artworkshop

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🎅🏽Santa’s workshop is all set up at the Winter Wishes Holiday Festival ❄️ at the Hawaii Convention Center! Art Explorium will be here for pop-ups on the following dates/times:
✨Today 12/8 from 11-2
✨Monday 12/9 from 5-8
✨Sunday 12/15 from 1-2
✨Monday 12/16 from 5-8

There is also an ice skating rink, food, and tons of other holiday festivities! Find out more at @hawaiiconventioncenter.
Join us for some holiday fun!
#melekalikimaka #keikiart #popup #santasworkshop #winterwonderland #luckywelivehawaii

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Come get festive with our new stations this week: Christmas Tree Ornaments & Holiday Leaf Rubbings/Wrapping paper. Our neighbors at Kaimuki Library are having an Upcycled Ornament Contest (keiki AND adults😄 - swipe for info) so come visit us then submit your holiday creations to the library by 12/15! 🎄🎊❤️💚 Check out our calendar for our Open Studio hours this week. #keikiart @hsplshigov

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✨🎈Today was a good day. Mahalo to everyone who came out. 🎈✨
@keepitkaimuki #keepitkaimuki @ashamprints @sassyartiststudios @kokuahawaiifoundation

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Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁We are closed today but want to give a special shout out to our volunteers because we couldn’t do it without them. Here are Alexus and Olivia helping us make the final Winter White art kits for Saturday’s Reuse mART. ❄️
We are so thankful for EVERYONE in our Art Explorium village. Have a wonderful day with the people you love. 💕🎈#keikiart #reusemart #kaimuki #keepitkaimuki #happythanksgiving #thankful #volunteers

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New Open Studio stations: cork paintings & ornament sun-catchers! We’ll be closed tomorrow and Friday for the holiday, but come see us at our annual Reuse mART this Saturday (link in bio) or Open Studio this Sunday. Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!❤️

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Wondering how to make your holidays more...
✅ Thoughtful?🤔
✅ Creative? ✨
✅ Earth-Friendly? 🌎
✅Affordable? 💸

Join us for our annual Reuse mART on Saturday 11/30... we will provide gift-giving activities, ideas, and items that will check off all the boxes on your holiday list! Drop in any time between 10am-3pm for some creative fun. Prices range from FREE to $20. Swipe to see some examples of the awesomeness we will have on hand including stuff from @kokuahawaiifoundation, @plasticfree_hawaii, @sassyartiststudios, @ashamprints, and @indigenoussoap.
FREE valet parking across the street at Queen Liliuokalani Elementary.
Link in bio for more info.
AND check out @keepitkaimuki to see all the other great stuff that will be happening in #Kaimuki on Saturday... pop-ups, food trucks, live music, yoga and more! #keepitkaimuki @keepitkaimuki

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PARENTS! Get an early start on your holiday shopping or just enjoy some time to yourself while you drop your keiki off with us this Saturday, 11/24, for Fall String Fling! We’ll wind string and yarn remnants into balls and fling them over, under and through a framework of guidelines in the studio.

We’ll also have a chill area that will have cardboard and circular looms available for creating an individual piece of fiber art that can double as a stocking stuffer coaster, a tea party placemat or stuffed animal bed. Healthy snacks will be provided! They’ll have a (yarn 🧶) ball of a time😆 2-5pm, register online now!

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Calling all Little Artists!👩🏽‍🎨 We’ve still got space for tomorrow’s class from 9:30-10:30 & it’s all about one of our favorite books My Magic Breath 🌬! Check out the fun we had with Ms. Suzy last week who’ll also be teaching tomorrow. Grab your spot online now! #keikiart 🎨

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🤖 We 💕 Trash to Treasure! Robot collage made out of a cereal box, bottle caps and paper scraps... 🤖 Come get trashy with us! 🤣🎈#keikiart #trashtotreasure #creativereuse #earthfriendly #malamaaina #kaimuki

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SAVE THE DATE! On Saturday November 30th we’ll be having our annual Reuse mART at Art Explorium 🎈Come buy or create earth-friendly holiday gifts, learn to felt & screen-print + more! We’ll be here from 10-3 & we will be joined by @kokuahwaiifoundation with some awesome activities and products of their own! Also make sure to check out @keepitkaimuki Saturday on the same day, which will feature live music, food trucks, free valet parking and discounts throughout the neighborhood! Don’t miss this jam packed Saturday in your favorite neighborhood 😄❤️🤙🏽 Link in our bio.

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We’ve got some awesome workshops this weekend with some spaces open! Papermaking on Saturday from 2:30-4 & Felted Forest Friends on Sunday 2:30-430. Grab your spot on our website before they fill up! 🎨 🖌 #keikiart

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We love our neighbors @kaimukichristianschool... these keiki come back each year for field trips in our studio and it’s awesome to see them grow. We are always sad to see them go but we know they will be back! 💙🎈💙 This class is studying different parts of plants + Native Americans. #keikiart #watercolor #fieldtrip #kaimuki

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Halloween is so fun! Come see us this week for Open Studio and make some terrific (not terrifying) decorations. And don’t forget we will be closed on Thursday afternoon 10/31. 👻🎃👻 #keikiart #trashtotreasure #creativereuse #keepitkaimuki #happyhalloween #halloweeninhawaii #kaimuki

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🎃 Spooktacular Workshop Alert! 🎃
There are still spaces left in Saturday’s Needle Felted Pumpkins and Jack-o-Lanterns Workshop! Your child will go home with an adorable, hand-crafted work of art just in time for the Halloween season. $20 per child, ages 7 & up (needles will be used and some patience is required). Sign up today! www.artexplorium.org/workshops
#alohafriday #keikiart #kaimuki #artworkshop #needlefelting #artinhawaii #weekend

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These cuties just made bookmarks with us and promised they were going to use them to read lots of books! 📚💕🎈Stop by during Open Studio and make a bookmark of your very own. #read #readeveryday #keikiart #kaimuki #creativekids