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Dear Busy Moms, Don't let your kids miss out on our art camps!

Dear Busy Moms, Don't let your kids miss out on our art camps!
I don't want to mom-shame the hardest-working group of people I know- parents.  

Instead, I want to get your attention. 

I KNOW how stretched you are.  I know how hard it is to decide where to spend your hard-earned family funds in the world of extra-curricular and educational experiences.  

I also know you value the delicate balance of a happy, wholesome childhood that also prepares them for successful adulthood. 

I have worked so hard to fill this need BY becoming an approved provider for ACE (an Ohio program for after school enrichment and day camps). It means this for working families: FREE programs.  

For locals, that means FREE art camps and classes! 
Finally! A way for you to give your child the creativite, fun, healthy social atmosphere, hands-on learning in action that happens at our art camps! 

We offer art camps and classes all the time.  
Evening art camps. 
Day camps. 
2 day camps. 
Weekly classes. 

This is where ACE comes in! 

Exciting News for Ohio Families! You can receive $1000 per year to support day camps and after-school enrichment for each of your children! 

Our art studio is proud to be a certified provider in this wonderful program

Our favorite detail is the household requirements because almost EVERYONE can get this! For instance, a household of 5 can earn up to $140,560 per year and STILL get $1000 per child to be used for day camps and enrichment! Check out the chart! 



We want busy families to be able to take full advantage of this opportunity! At other providers, you would need to pay and then submit your receipts to the state.  With us, you simply have to complete the account creation steps with Ace and get a coupon code to take your cost to ZERO for our classes and then we will take care of the rest! 

Here's how it works for parents:


2. Upload your 2022 taxes and last 4 digits of your children's ssn to sign up each of your children ages 6-18 (some school districts automatically count without uploading your previous taxes, but none of our local schools do, so you'll need to do this step)

3. After 2 weeks, you'll get an email from them called "Merit" which means you are in! Now you will be able to sign up for our art camps or classes using the coupon code special for ACE families! 

You know your child and your family schedule. 

Does a one day camp (5 hours) of immersive art sound amazing? We host them every possible school break and even on some Saturdays! 

Think Black Friday and President's Day: all day amazing experience for the kids without worrying about child care! (We theme our art camps! You could check out the bazillion that we've hosted since we opened!)

Or does one weekly art class of one-hour work better? We have those, too! And, we are always adding more! 

Families need to register for our camps and classes on our website using a special coupon code exclusively for ACE customers, which reduces their cost to zero. Registering online enables us to monitor class enrollments and ensures that they receive timely reminder emails before each class.

This means your kids can explore their creativity, learn new art forms, and have a blast in a safe and supportive environment with a teacher you can trust—all while you receive financial support of $1000 per year to use towards our enriching classes for EACH CHILD who is age 6-18!

Don't miss this fantastic chance to nurture your child's artistic talents and passions with our certified program!

You do not get "paid" the amount from ACE. Instead, you must find a certified provider on their website. Since we are an approved provider, we have broken it down this way for simplicity sake.  Stretch that $1k over a year and that means you can sign each of your kids up for ONE experience (like an art camp or a weekly class) every single month of the year FOR FREE! 

Are you paying attention yet, moms? No guilt over deciding which things you can afford for the kids.  Your artsy kid will LOVE LOVE LOVE our fun and educational art camps and classes! We even added more to accommodate the teenage population! Check out the camps HERE! Check out the recurring classes HERE!

We hope you are ready and willing to spend the 15 minutes to fill out the ACE steps and then get started with us! We desire to provide the most amazing art programs possible for the east side! Are you already in Ace?Go to our homepage to get your special coupon code! 


Meet Jessica Blankenship

 
I am an art teacher, a preacher's wife, a mom, an artist and a total nerd.   Since 2009, I have been teaching art full time and directing summer art camps for kids. 

My goal is to inspire, to speak LIFE.  

The Artful Gathering, in all its various facets, is a place for quality time. A place for gathering.  Inspiration through art, conversation and being together. Meaningfulness.  Togetherness in a beautiful space.  

I’m talking about quality of life: life that is enriched while being real and honest. 

Intentional memory-making.   
Intentional design. 
Intentional moments amid the fast-paced world in which we live.  

I believe quality of life means searching out old-time wisdom and applying it to life in the current day, even when it is hard to know how to do that. 

I want to see you experiencing life beyond modern hustle and full-speed survival mode. 

Sprinkled in all that, you'll find that I value simplicity, kids, art and creativity, living naturally, spirituality, and... calm. Calm is my superpower. Well, maybe my superpower is actually management of kids and messy art supplies! 

My Bachelor of Arts in Art Education is from the College of Mt. Saint Joseph, 2009. I have been teaching art and summer art camps ever since! My art camps were originally modeled after an internship at the Taft Museum of Art during college.  From there, I built a successful continuous summer art camp that has repeated every summer.  It now has a waitlist and is very popular! I used to have to rent a venue each summer to teach the camps but now I have a beautiful space called The Artful Gathering! 

My Master's degree is in Gifted Education from Northern Kentucky University, 2014.  

I have a love of learning that I generously pass on to my students in every project. You will see lots of cross-curricular lessons from me as well as mixed media! I believe art is incredibly therapeutic as well as educational and playful!  My newest training is art therapy! I am excited to implement all the wonderful facets of art for the community and beyond. 
 
Overall, I believe that education is a gift.  Learning ought to be a joyful endeavor and all lessons should be play-infused for maximum effects.  Yes, I have my research to back up the FUN! I wrote extensively about this "invitation to joy" through play and art in a book collaboration called "On Earth As In Heaven", available on Amazon.  

I can't wait to share my love of all these things at The Artful Gathering, LLC at 200 W. Plane ST. Bethel, OH 45106!

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