Currently offering OpenheartART nature & art based childcare 5yrs old and under.

OpenheartART is currently offering ART and NATURE based childcare for children 5 & under / 2011-12 school year.

Nestled in OpenheartART's neighborhood setting with stage, park, and wooded area.  We paint. We get messy. We look for bugs.  We dance. We use our GIANT imaginations.


Monday through Thursday 8:30 to 5pm
Email us to schedule a visit or to add your child your our waiting list.
openheartart@gmail.com

Weekend Events!

Indianola K-8 Carnival

Come one...come all...to the spectacular, amazing, breath-taking, not to be missed event!

Step right up....

Time	Friday, May 6 · 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location	Indianola Informal K-8 School 251 E. Weber Rd Columbus, OH

Indianola Informal K-8 will be hosting it's first annual Spring Carnival. We will be having Bounce houses, Games, face painting, cakewalk, and music, and performances featuring our local talent. Please feel free to bring a picnic dinner to enjoy on the lawn. This event is open to the public. Hope to see everyone there!

Check out the entertainment line-up:


5-6pm Throat Culture

6-6:30 Marlene's Dance Troupe

6:30-7 Kindermusik

7-7:30 The Shazzbots

7:30-8 Rain & Jasmine

8-8:30 OpenheartART




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Market to Market


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Time:    Saturday, May 7th, 9am-Noon


Location:  Olentangy Bike Path

Two of Columbus' premiere independent, locally-owned specialty foods markets, North Market and The Hills Market, are returning with what is now one of the most anticipated bicycling events of the season, Market to Market.  Celebrating their third event on the anniversary of the inaugural Market to Market ride with the cycling adventure that was named the “Best Bike Ride for Foodies” in 2010 by Columbus Monthly. 

OpenheartART, along with many local businesses, will be hot on the trail, near Clinton-Como Park Playground with a Community Mural to contribute to.  Stop by and join in the fun...just beware of Birds on Bikes!   

The Hills Market Annual Bunny Romp!

Annual Bunny Romp | Saturday, April 23rd | 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. | FREE

Bring the kids and grandkids as we bring on Spring with our Annual Bunny Romp and Easter Egg Hunt. We’ll have $5 pancakes, children’s entertainers, the Easter Bunny, and, of course, the egg hunt (which begins at noon). 

OpenheartART will bring Openheart Creatures to engage families and friends with a unique storytelling experience, and much more....

The Hills Market is a local specialty grocer in Worthington. We are honored to collaborate with these folks to celebrate spring!!!!

http://www.thehillsmarket.com/about-the-hills-market/

WE ARE UNDER DECONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION...

please be patient while we create our site anew...it is spring after all, and the rebirth of OpenheartART is in the air.


STAY TUNED FOR INTERRUPTION OF YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING

"Breaking the Cage"-a teen body puppet workshop

Beginning a new ongoing series of OpenheartART workshops, we are focusing in on teen identity awareness, expression, issues with escapism and discovery, clicks, labels, and the feelings that come with the whole process of self discovery and exploration of self. Using the creativity of body puppet design, construction, and performance...we give teens new tools and ideas for expressing themselves in a safe space. Self-discovery, being mindful, building and tearing down defenses, masks, and other creative exercises will accompany 4 hours of designing and constructing a head piece for a custom body puppet unique to each teen. Along with this workshop, teens will brainstorm ideas about performing in public with the body puppets, and possibly being part of a larger body puppet performance later in the year(optional).

Class Date: March 12, 2011--- Saturday 1p.m.-5p.m.

Location: Clintonville Music Academy
219 Arcadia Avenue
Columbus, OH 43202
www.clintonvillemusicacademy.com


Fee: $100 per student


Registration will close 1 week before class begins.

Half the fee will be due upon registration. The other half due by the first class.

Class Size is limited to 10 participants.*

To Register:

Email us with basic information about student (name, age, grade, school) , and any other specific information you think we should know.

Check or Money orders can be sent to OpenheartART. Paypal is not a payment option with this workshop.


*If no more than 8 students have registered by end of registration due date...fees will be refunded and class will be rescheduled for another date. Registrants will be notified via email.

We will provide all materials to create body puppets and head pieces. Any additional or special materials that you may have ideas for or would like to donate are welcome!

BODY PUPPETS!!! PECHA KUCHA!! BIRD INVASION!

BODY PUPPETS!!!! you've seen us performing with Mas Bagua, Flypaper, Play House, The Shazzbots, Miss Molly, Comfest, Hot times, Community parades, and Birthday parties. You've even seen us at grocery stores, coffee shops, elevators, playgrounds, and cheering for Bike Riders on High street. What are we doing? We are cheerleaders for life. We are provoking curiosity and playful interaction. We are dancing with you with our defenses down.We are joyfully changing the shape of our appearance. We are OpenheartCreatures in person. We are OpenheartART in place...where ever we go.
Our next upcoming event is Pecha Kucha held at Columbus Museum of Art Thursday Feb. 10th 6pm. Pecha Kucha is an event designed for people to share their work, and connect with each other. There will be 20 presenters, networking, inspiration, and creativity surround sound! Rachel and Heidi will present on openheartcreatures & OpenheartART ~body puppet performance style.
Other upcoming things to look out for~
Teen body puppet workshops!
BIRD INVASION in the springtime. A Mass bird body puppet flash mob style will shock your body into growing your own wings. It will be life changing. FUR feathered real.

FOOD ART camp was a blast of yummy creative FUN!

We were able to add FOOD ART to the end of our summer with the assistance and expertise of Rachel Tayse-Baillieul of Hounds in The Kitchen, Michael Goecke, and of course Benni and Heidi! To start we made edible dough, with sunflower seed butter (to avoid allergies), honey, and flour. Campers sculpted many people and animals out of the dough, then expiramented with letting the sun harden, and baking the dough. The art of juicing was an exciting part of our adventures. Campers brought a variety of fruits and veggies including mangoes, beets, carrots, peaches, and many more to expirament with different juice combinations! Many turned out delicious, some were quite interesting! Michael, our expert juicer joined in as we created artful juices of many colors and tastes. A quote from a camper was: "This juice tastes better than juice boxes from the store!"
We enjoyed the book "How are you peeling?" by Saxton Freeman and Joost Elffers. The book takes us through an array of feelings with photos of different fruits and veggies fashioned with emotional faces! How wonderful! We were able to discuss the complex flavors and aromas of the foods, and how they make us feel...or how we many think of different foods related to our tastebuds. In preparation for our sharing, we made cut out cookies of our own shapes and forms to share with our friends and families. Along with watermelon and basil salad we had a yummy event! Before our camp ended, we made a community field trip to our neighbors "Yardens". These neighbors have creativly combined both of their yards into an edible wonderland! Full of peach trees, chocolate mint, grapes, edible flowers and more, the campers saw how easy it is to grow and enjoy thier own food for themselves and the community.