Camp Bloom Winter Wonderland Workshop

2020 was an exciting year for Camp Bloom with the return of the week-long summer camp, an August “mini-camp”, two after-school class series, and a weekend holiday gift-making workshop. Sooooooooooo…we’re kicking things off for 2021, and we hope you will join us!

Two “Winter Wonderland” workshops will be offered for your convenience on either Thursday, January 28th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. OR Saturday, January 30 from 10 a.m. to noon. Each craft or activity we do will use a different artistic technique and material, and each will allow participants to explore and appreciate the natural world around us in new ways. These sessions are most enjoyable for kids in grades 3-8. Multiple Covid protocols are in place for the health of all participants.

Likely activities include:

-creating fresh flower arrangements in a wintery palette of ice blue, snow white, and glittering silver,

-crafting unusual 3-D paper snowflakes,

-remembering our feathered friends with charming Cheerio bird treats to hang outdoors, and…

-frosting glass cylinder vases with epsom salts to create candle luminaries

Come to the Center and celebrate a Winter Wonderland with us!

Cost per camper is $60. We must register five campers to hold the workshop; no more than 8 campers can register. Camp Bloom events do usually fill quickly, so grab a friend and register soon!

Please note our cancellation policy: Registrations cancelled less than five days prior to the workshop will receive a 50% refund due to advance purchase of materials. If a new camper can be found for your cancellation, you will be refunded 100%.

 Projects may differ from those listed due to supply availability…or a cooler idea coming up!

Thursday, January 28, 2021 6PM-8PM Workshop Click Below to Register:

CAMP BLOOM JANUARY 28 REGISTRATION

 Saturday, January 30, 2021 10AM-12PM Workshop Click Below to Register:

CAMP BLOOM JANUARY 30 REGISTRATION

To view slideshows and pictures of more Camp Bloom fun, check out this link on the Honeygirl Flowers website.

http://www.honeygirlflowers.com/camp-bloom-for-kids.html

Andrea started her studio florist business two years ago and has made hundreds of arrangements for weddings, holidays, non-profit fund-raising events, at-home celebrations, and more. She taught in the Virginia public schools for thirty-five years, including the last twenty years at Gandy Elementary in Ashland. Her Camp Bloom events for kids combine her two big work passions perfectly!

“My girls absolutely loved Camp Bloom!! Every day they came home with some sort of fresh flower arrangement or flower-themed craft. I don’t know how they did everything they did in just three hours a day. 

Everything Andrea and her sisters did was top-notch! It was a very well thought out and well done camp. My girls are ready to go back now! They blew my mind with all the activities, and opportunities for the girls.”

Kasey Buckland

Ashland Railroad Run Packet Pick Up!

Packet pick up is Friday, December 4 5pm-7pm at Hanover Arts!
Can’t make it? Please call 804-873-5670 and we will arrange to get it to you.
Thank you for supporting The Center and have fun racing the rails and lighting up the tracks!

Camp Bloom Holiday Workshop grades 3-8 CLASS FULL

This class is FULL  Please check back for other programming in the future!

Join Andrea Ferment of honeygirl flowers to create nature-inspired

gifts perfect for holiday giving!

Saturday, December 19, 2020 from 10AM-12PM

Grades 3-5

Register Below!

Pay online here!

Camp Bloom Jr.: Home for the Holidays

The fall session of Camp Bloom, Jr. after-school classes was great fun and resulted in such gorgeous nature-inspired creations…so, we are doing it again!

  
“Home for the Holidays” will be held on four consecutive Mondays in November and December from 4:30PM-5:30PM.  In the first session, campers will create beautiful centerpieces to enhance their family Thanksgiving table settings. The next three classes will focus on holiday gifts. Campers will make three flower-forward gifts along with decorated gift bags and tags…so, they will leave the final class with three handmade gifts completely ready to give the lucky recipients. Each craft or activity will use a different artistic technique and material, and each will allow participants to appreciate the natural world around us in new ways.  These sessions are most enjoyable for kids in grades 3-8. Multiple COVID protocols are in place for the health and safety of all participants.

 
Likely activities include:

-creating unique flower/vegetable centerpieces and four fall-inspired napkin rings for Thanksgiving

-crafting three holiday gift bags and tags using collage techniques, paint, felt, cutouts, and ink

-decorating personal portraits with  dried floral embellishments

-molding floral scented bath bombs

-making charming hand-crafted ornaments to brighten any holiday home

Come to The Center and celebrate a Holiday at Home with us!

Class dates are four Mondays:

November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2020

Cost per camper for all four sessions is $80. *we must register five campers to hold classes; no more than 8 campers can register. Camp Bloom events fill quickly, so grab a friend and register soon!

Attendees must commit to all four sessions due to the need to purchase materials in advance. If an absence is necessary, a friend or relative can attend instead. Projects may differ from those listed above due to supply availability…or a cooler idea coming up!

To view slideshows and pictures of more Camp Bloom fun, check out this link on the Honeygirl…Flowers and More website (click below)

Andrea started her studio florist business two years ago and has made hundreds of arrangements for weddings, holidays, non-profit fund-raising events, holidays and more. She taught in the Virginia public schools for thirty-five years, including the last twenty years at Gandy Elementary in Ashland. Her Camp Bloom events for kids combine her two big work passions perfectly!

My girls absolutely loved Camp Bloom!! Every day they came home with some sort of fresh flower arrangement or flower-themed craft. I don’t know how they did everything they did in just three hours a day. 

Everything Andrea and her sisters did was top-notch! It was a very well thought out and well done camp. My girls are ready to go back now! They blew my mind with all the activities, and opportunities for the girls.

Kasey Buckland

REGISTER BELOW:

Thank you for your interest in Camp Bloom. Unfortunately camp is now full. Please email info@hanoverarts.org if you would like to place your child on a waiting list.

Pay online HERE:

Ashland Railroad Run-Virtual Holiday Edition

Join us for the 42nd Annual Ashland Railroad Run: Virtual Holiday Edition!

Run 5K, 10K, 15K (COTU Challenge), or the Kids’ 1 Mile Fun Run.

Show us your most festive race attire and Jingle All the Way to the finish! Prizes for the best holiday outfits.

If you have safety gear, you can run at dusk and enjoy the beautiful lights of Light Up the Tracks in Downtown Ashland!

All proceeds benefit the Hanover Arts & Activities Center.

Prize for Most Festive Kid’s Attire Photo
Prize for Most Festive Attire Race Photo

In person packet pick up on December 4 at Hanover Arts from 5-7.

Current Randolph Macon students and Staff get $10 off.  See details during checkout.

Register HERE

Tunes on the Tracks in Partnership with Ashland Theatre

Visit www.tunesonthetracks.com to get your tickets today!

Ashland Theatre and Hanover Arts & Activities Center have announced a new outdoor concert series called “Tunes on the Tracks.” With a kickoff date of Saturday, August 29, the live shows are planned for every other Saturday afternoon through the end of October.

What should customers expect at each event?

This family-friendly outdoor concert series will be held on the front lawn of the Hanover Arts and Activities Center, right on the railroad tracks. Each ticket provides admittance for up to five people who will be seated in a dedicated 10’x10’ viewing area. Concessions will be available and will include snacks, soft drinks, and adult (alcoholic) beverages. Patrons are expected to stay within their designated spot except when visiting the restroom or the concession area. Each concert should last about 90 minutes to two hours.

What type of music will be showcased?

Tunes on the Tracks will feature some of the area’s finest local bands, playing music across multiple genres including rock, soul, country, folk, and bluegrass.

Who would enjoy the events?

Plan to bring the whole family! All ages are welcome, although valid photo IDs will be required to purchase or consume alcohol.

How did this collaboration come together?

Ashland Theatre and Hanover Arts & Activities Center are facing many of the same challenges trying to operate safely during the pandemic. With outdoor dining and drive-in movies drawing people back to the community again, each organization realized that customers still feel more comfortable gathering outside rather than indoors. Creating a new event series was made easier by combining the experience and staff of both businesses.

Isn’t Ashland a wonderful community for this type of creativity?

Camp Bloom Fall for Flowers

Camp Bloom, Jr. is back! Join Andrea Ferment, owner of Honeygirl Flowers, as she pairs with the Center in our quest to create after-school arts programming for the Hanover Community. 

“Fall for Flowers” will be held on four consecutive Thursdays in October from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Campers will explore the beauty of the flowers, the trees, and the natural abundance of the Fall season in a series of fun crafts and activities. Each craft or activity will use a different artistic technique and material, and each will allow participants to explore and appreciate the natural world around us in new ways. Most of these classes will also feature short presentations related to the crafts given by local artists and experts. These sessions are most enjoyable for kids in grades 3-8.

Likely activities include:

-preserving fall leaves in glycerine to create colorful, long-lasting artwork with them

-crafting pretty, delicious edible chocolate flowers to top frosted cupcakes

-making gorgeous, air-dry clay bowls using real leaves as the templates

-making stunning, fresh flower headbands and earrings and modeling them in an outdoor photo shoot 

Come to the Center to welcome Fall with us!

Class dates are four Thursdays in October: the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and29th. Cost per camper for all four dates is $80. We must register five campers to hold the classes; no more than 10 campers can register. Camp Bloom events do usually fill quickly, so grab a friend and register soon!

Attendees must commit to attending/paying for all four sessions due to the need to purchase and prep materials in advance. If an absence is necessary, a friend or relative can attend instead.

To view slideshows and pictures of more Camp Bloom fun, check out this link on the Honeygirl…Flowers and More website.

http://www.honeygirlflowers.com/camp-bloom-for-kids.html

Andrea started her studio florist business two years ago and has made hundreds of arrangements for weddings, holidays, non-profit fund-raising events, holidays and more. She taught in the Virginia public schools for thirty-five years, including the last twenty years at Gandy Elementary in Ashland. Her Camp Bloom events for kids combine her two big work passions perfectly!

My girls absolutely loved Camp Bloom!! Every day they came home with some sort of fresh flower arrangement or flower-themed craft. I don’t know how they did everything they did in just three hours a day. 

Everything Andrea and her sisters did was top-notch! It was a very well thought out and well done camp. My girls are ready to go back now! They blew my mind with all the activities, and opportunities for the girls.

Kasey Buckland

REGISTER BELOW:

Thank you for your interest in Camp Bloom. Unfortunately camp is now full. Please email info@hanoverarts.org if you would like to place your child on a waiting list.

Pay for class HERE:

Center Players Summer Theatre Camp: Theatre Through the Decades!

Join us as we at Center Players Summer Theatre Camp: Theatre Through the Decades!

No auditions required

Rising 1st-5th Grades

Camp Week: July 27-31

Monday through Thursday

8:30AM-1:00PM

Friday 8:30AM-12:30PM

Friday Showcase 7:00PM

Acting, Singing, Dancing,

Original Movie & More!

Important information:

Camp will be a half day this year due to COVID-19-please click on our summer camps page for all guidelines we are following.

All campers will be required to wear masks indoors.

Camp will be limited to 15 participants.

Campers must agree to a health check upon arrival each day.

Campers will provide their own water bottles & snacks/lunch (nothing with peanuts please).

Register Here:

Pay for Camp Here:

Ashland Virtual July 4th Celebration!

Due to COVID-19 we will be holding our celebration of July 4th virtually on our social media pages and hosting a scavenger hunt!

DOWNLOAD/PRINT   4th of July Scavenger Hunt Checklist or pick up a form at Center of the Yarniverse or Yoga on Center

Tune in to Facebook or Instagram on the 4th for some videos, photos, and music to celebrate the day!

Ashland July 4th Scavenger Hunt

Celebrate our nation’s birthday in your favorite small town with a 4th of July Scavenger Hunt! Participating businesses in Downtown Ashland will have a patriotic item on display. Just match the item to its clue. Are you up for the challenge?

Pick up your Scavenger Hunt Checklist outside of Yoga on Center or Center of the Yarniverse beginning Tuesday, June 30th. Checklists will also be available to print at home on our website.

Return your completed Checklist to Center of the Yarniverse by July 4th. All completed Checklists will be entered for a prize drawing!

Ashland July 4th Photo Contests

Get creative and show us your best patriotic photos!
Since we can’t be together at our traditional parade and celebration, we would love to see how you are celebrating the 4th.

Patriotic Yard-who has the best flags, bunting, and decor?

Patriotic Pet-Any kind of pet, any kind of costume. We want to see your furry (or feathered, or scaly) friends in their 4th finest

Patriotic Pie-we can’t taste your best bakes this year, but make one that is as photoworthy as it is delicious! No restrictions on ingredients but patriotic theme is a must!

Most Patriotic Costume-Pull out your red white and blue, spangles, stars, and stripes or your best Americana and show us what you’ve got!

Patriotic Bike Contest-you don’t have to miss decorating your bike and taking it for a spin through the neighborhood. Just snap a picture and send it to us!

Patriotic Pose-Stop by Yoga on Center and strike a pose with their special homage to the USA!

Each winner will receive a prize and you MAY enter more than one of the photo contests.

RULES & INSTRUCTIONS:

You must tag @hanoverarts on your picture on Facebook or Instagram.

You must use the hashtag #ashlandvirtualjuly4

Write which category you are entering in the caption.

Message your entry to The Center on Facebook or Instagram so we can make sure we don’t miss it!

Winners will be announced on July 5.

Camp Bloom July 6-10 LIMITED SPACE-Registration Closed-email for waitlist!

Camp Bloom is now FULL. Please email us at info@hanoverarts.org to be placed on a wait list and to receive information about future workshops!

Camp Bloom: Bloom where you are planted!

July 6-July 10. 9AM-12PM

Join Andrea Ferment, owner of Honeygirl Flowers, at the Hanover Arts and Activities Center for the return of Camp Bloom, a week of flower fun! In this second year, sessions will run the week of July 6th from 9 a.m.-noon. Register soon, because this year we are limiting campers to 7 lucky kids, and camp will fill up fast! Campers (rising third through eighth-graders) will learn the basics of creating beautiful fresh flower arrangements, of course, but flowers can be used for so much more!

We will create: 

• fresh flower wristlets; graceful centerpieces for our own homes and for Ashland restaurants; mini-arrangements to add to tabletop vignettes; floating flower arrangements; fresh flower pieces for our hair; bouquets to cheer local nursing home residents; and more…

• clay bowls and jewelry impressed with floral stamps and natural material; leaf prints; giant paper flowers; hand-painted vases; pop art flowers created from recycled materials; long-lasting wreaths; and more…

We will also delve into the science of flowers by  learning how to identify different types of bark and leaves, learning about their functions for plant health, and using that knowledge in art projects to appreciate their beauty, too! 

We may also leave the Center behind for several walking field trips to local gardens and businesses, and we will hear from local experts and business owners about how they work with flowers.

“My girls absolutely loved Camp Bloom! Every day they came home with some sort of fresh flower arrangement or flower-themed craft. I don’t know how they did everything they did in just three hours a day. Everything Andrea and her sisters did was top-notch! They blew my mind with all the activities and opportunities for the girls. It was a very well thought-out and well-done camp. My girls are ready to go back now! I wish they had an adult version!”

-Kasey Buckland, mom to campers Addy & Katey Grace

Andrea taught full-time in the public school system for 35 years, including the last 20 as a fifth-grade teacher in Ashland. She still teaches science resource classes at Gandy Elementary on a part-time basis. Her fabulous sisters, who are also veteran teachers, will assist her daily at Camp Bloom.

Cost of the week-long camp is $125.  To learn more about Andrea and her studio floral business go to www.honeygirlflower.com

Registration:

Thank you for your interest in Camp Bloom. Unfortunately camp is now full. Please email info@hanoverarts.org if you would like to place your child on a waiting list.

Pay for camp ahead of time here! We will accept checks up to the first day of camp. If you had signed up for our Spring Workshop, you can write a check for the difference or pay by credit card on the first day of camp.

American Red Cross Blood Drive June 23

The Hanover Arts and Activities Center has partnered with the American Red Cross to save lives by hosting a blood drive on Tuesday, June 23rd from 10-3pm. If you are healthy and willing, please consider donating life saving blood to someone in need. Several precautions have been added to the blood donation process in order to prioritize the safety of both donors and staff. Please wear a mask when you come to the blood drive, if you do not have one, you will be provided with one. Appointments are required to donate, we will not accept walk-ins in order to properly follow social distancing rules. You can make an appointment by calling 1-800-REDCROSS or by simply clicking this link – https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=hanoverarts

JULY 4TH PARADE AND CELEBRATION 2020-ANNOUNCEMENT

We are proud to sponsor and host one of Ashland’s most beloved traditions; The Ashland July 4th Parade and Celebration.

Due to ongoing restrictions on event sizes and gatherings during the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Center will be unable to host our usual event. However, we are glad to announce that we will be hosting a virtual celebration via social media.  You will still be able to catch the spirit of our favorite small town USA tradition, take part in contests, participate in a Patriotic Scavenger Hunt around Ashland, and celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s independence.

YOU can help us celebrate! We would love to have a picture, video, or video message to add to our July 4th Virtual Celebration video.  Send your most patriotic pics of your, your children, pets, pies, etc.  Create contests and play lawn games with your family and send us a video! We will combine the video into a presentation that we will share on July 4th.  Please email all entries to info@hanoverarts.org by July 1, 2020.

We will have the following PHOTO contests on July 4th:

*Patriotic Yard Contest

*Patriotic Pet Contest

*Patriotic Pie Photo Contest

*Most Patriotic Costume Contest

*Patriotic Bike Decoration Contest

**Rules and information will be posted on our social media and website in JUNE.**

We will also feature the following:

*Town Wide Scavenger Hunt-info and instructions to be posted before July 4.

*JUNE 23 American Red Cross Blood Drive at The Center-registration required. NO walk ups.  Please click HERE to make an appointment!

Though we are so disappointed to not be able to get our community together in one place on July 4th, we hope very much that you will contribute to, and enjoy, this alternative to the real thing.

Hanover Arts and Activities Center Response to COVID-19

Center Friends:

Due to the stay at home guidelines set forth by the State of Virginia, Hanover Arts and Activities Center will be closed to the public until further notice.

Please EMAIL info@hanoverarts.org for information or if you need to contact us.

The following programs are cancelled:

Ashland Railroad Run: will be rescheduled in 2020. Please email us for further information

Women’s Suffrage History Day

Center Players Production: Sound of Music

All meetings are cancelled.

All rehearsals are cancelled.

We are offering FREE packets of chalk on our front porch until supplies run out. Please take the opportunity to be creative and have a little family fun! Be sure to tag us in anything you create.

We are still planning July 4th. Please stay tuned to our social media for updates and changes.

Summer camps are still planned until otherwise noted.

Camp Bloom: July 6-10

Visual Arts Camp with Whitney Hale: July 20-24 (this is a change)

Center Players Theatre Camp: July 27-31

Camp Ashland History Camp with Ashland Museum: August 3-7

Follow our Facebook and Instagram pages for the most up to date information.

We miss our community SO MUCH and we cannot wait to gather again!

Summer Visual Arts Camp for ages 8-11

Draw, paint, and sculpt your way into summer with JGES art teacher Whitney Hales. Join Mrs. Hales on an art exploration as we create giant papier-mâché sculptures, draw and paint en plein air with watercolors, and put a fun twist on matryoshka dolls by painting your own- turn them into animals if you’d like! Ages 8-11. July 20-24, 9-12am, cost $150. Only 10 slots available.

Please click HERE for information on social distancing and procedures The Center will be following during camps.

Thank you for your interest in Summer Visual Arts Camp 2020. Unfortunately camp is now full. Please email info@hanoverarts.org if you would like to place your child on a waiting list.

Pay Online Below:

Camp Bloom Jr. Hello Spring! Workshop for Pairs

Camp Bloom is back! Join Andrea Ferment, owner of Honeygirl Flowers, at The Center for the latest Camp Bloom, Jr. Workshop. Participants for this new “Hello, Spring!” workshop should sign up in pairs…think “mom and daughter” or “big sis and little sis” or “father and son”…the combinations are endless, but one person should be old enough to occasionally help the younger person if needed. In this two-hour workshop, campers will create three nature-inspired pieces to help us all look forward to Spring. Campers will work together to make:

-one spring fresh-flower centerpiece

-cherry blossom watercolor paintings

-one fresh and one long-lasting piece of floral jewelry

Each piece will use a different artistic technique and material, and each will allow us to explore and appreciate the natural world around us in new ways. Come to the Center to Welcome Spring with us! To view slideshows and pictures from last summer’s week-long camp and this past December’s first junior camp workshop, check out this link on the Honeygirl…Flowers and More website.

 Add an additional person to your pair for $30!

http://www.honeygirlflowers.com/camp-bloom-for-kids.html

Please fill out the form below:

Thank you for your interest in Camp Bloom. Unfortunately camp is now full. Please email info@hanoverarts.org if you would like to place your child on a waiting list.

PAY ONLINE HERE