PECO Family Jams

Four unpainted, sculpted clay animal heads - a bird, mouse, goat, and jaguar.

PECO Family Jams: Clay Animals with George Rodriguez

Clay can be manipulated, textured, colored, treated, and combined with other mediums to create a wide variety of objects….

PECO Family Jams: Snapshots

Isaiah Zagar, creator of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, often makes artworks that feel like pages from a journal or snapshots of a day in his life by transcribing newspaper …

PECO Family Jams: Mini Mosaic Fridge Magnet

Join us in making crafts inspired by “Laying the Foundation,” an exhibition which looks at the evolution of five sites fully mosaicked by PMG creator Isaiah Zagar.  C…

PECO Family Jams: Paper Arts

Celebrations in Mexico often include flowers, music, and papel picado (cut paper). To celebrate the arrival of spring and 

PECO Family Jams: Mosaic Medallions

The mosaics at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens are made up of thousands of interesting pieces held in place by colored grout (a mixture of sand, cement, and water).  Today, we will make mini-mosaics i…

PECO Family Jams: Collage with Chloe

This month we are joined by guest teaching artist Chloe Luisa Piñero. Drawing on collected images, like vintage advertisements and social media posts, Piñero explores themes of personal and collecti…

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