Pool Noodle Masks with Laurie Boese

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With just a few colourful and fun supplies, work with local artist, Laurie Boese to make your own pool noodle face mask! This activity is fun for all ages and could very well become the beginning of your do-it-yourself 2024 Halloween costume!

About Laurie

Laurie Damon Boese has been an Art Teacher since 1987, currently at Wheatley School on Scott Street in St. Catharines. His first Art classes were at the Queen Elizabeth Community Centre, teaching pottery to children for the City's Parks & Recreation Department. After tripling the enrolment, Laurie took a course at Humber called Marketing The Arts, then got a Bachelor of Education, both in the mid 90s. He began renting spaces at The Pumphouse in NOTL, The Folk Arts building, Carousel Players, and eventually Rodman Hall where summer and March Break classes brought students together from as far away as Fort Erie. Laurie also taught Art Media Camps at Brock for several spring sessions. You can find his work on walls in several places throughout the Niagara Region. He has been hired to illustrate 3 books, and has published one Art Instruction book of his own called Draw Like Delacroix, which is available at Someday Books.

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Rodman Art Institute of Niagara & The City of St. Catharines

Rodman Art Institute of Niagara is a registered charity dedicated to the advancement of the public’s appreciation and understanding of the visual arts.

We continue the 60-year legacy of Rodman Hall Art Centre with care for our community’s treasured art collection and a focus on curated exhibitions, creative projects, public events, and education programs for all ages.

While RAIN works to establish a new, dynamic public art gallery to replace Rodman Hall Art Centre, we are developing and delivering collaborative programming in our temporary gallery space in Downtown St. Catharines. Presentation of RAIN’s permanent collection and artworks by leading artists will take place online and in temporary, unexpected, or borrowed spaces. We will look to additional new civic, institutional, and private partners for support of future programs and facilities. With strong commitment from the community RAIN will expand opportunities for transformative experiences through art.