• Poll #3 Results: Do Doodle that Doodle that you Doodle So Well

    Doodling is one of those things that proves that art is in the DNA– it’s a way of understanding, processing, and expressing. So what do YOU doodle when you doodle? We offered five categories in the poll, as well as an “other” category.  Respondents were allowed to tick off as many categories as appropriate.  Here…

  • New Street Art Installations for Art Hop

    Clay/Ceramics teacher Kristine was out with Visual Arts teacher Sophia, and a crew of EC artists (James Brizendine, Lupe Chavez, Oscar Onsurez, Richard Chavez, Jose Salgado, and Yadira Prado), installing some new street art in downtown Merced, to coincide with Merced Art Hop this Saturday, April 19th.  Post a photo to social media, #ECArtists. And,…

  • Enrichment Center Advice for Royal Baby George

    The EC artists followed the royal pregnancy in its final weeks, wondering when the baby would come, and if it would be a boy or girl… a king or queen. When a baby boy was born to William and Kate in July 2013, the EC artists wondered about the kind of person he would grow…

  • “Brave, but foolish,” said the Sphinx

    In late May 2013, the Enrichment Center Theatre Arts component completed production of it’s “theatrical trailer” for Ed the King, a take on Oedipus Rex.   James Brizendine………… Ed the King Hilda Cotta………………….Tiresias, the Blind and Wise Ivan Hernandez……………The Sphinx Eric Thompson…………….Young Ed Jose Miguel Castaneda…. First Man at the Sphinx / Young Ed’s Father Richard…

  • Paint-Your-Own Pottery 2013

    Our Art for the Heart workshops were so popular, with participants reporting so much enjoyment from the experience that we decided to start a   new project:  Paint-Your-Own Pottery workshops.30407_PYOP_flyer_dads_02 Just in time for Mother’s Day! The Enrichment Center will be hosting two pottery painting workshops at the Multicultural Arts Center, 645 W. Main St.…