Art Classes for Children
SPECIAL NOTES to PARENTS
Please be on time to collect your child.
Dont ruin a beloved outfit! Remember to have your child wear old clothes.
Classes are designed to be age appropriate- talk to the instructor if you are interested in your child attending a class outside the stated age limits.
Please let us know in advance if your child has any special needs.
Classes:
Craft Stick Trinket Box & Necklace
Painting Styles and Techniques
(C34) Fall Art Adventure
Ages 5-11
In this fun class, students create autumned-themed projects including cool Halloween drawings, a fall tree painting, a pumpkin and turkey sculpture, and much more.
Instructor: Karen Hartman
Dates: Oct 1-Nov 12,Wed (6 classes)
Times: 4:30- 6:00 PM
Materials: $ 8
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(C35) Webkinz Art
Ages 6-10
Come join the wild wonderful world of Webkinz. Bring your favorite animal to class. Students use them as inspiration for various projects which include a colored pencil drawing with google eyes, a painted clay sculpted and a painted house for the Webkinz and more.
Instructor: Colleen Sherts
Dates: Oct 1-Nov 12,Wed (6 classes)
Times: 5:30- 6:30 PM
Materials: $ 10
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(C36) Spooky Spectacular
Ages 6-10
Come join the Halloween fun in this one-day workshop and create several projects including a skeleton make of pasta and a paper cat sculpture.
Instructor: Colleen Sherts
Dates: Oct 18, Sat (1 class)
Times: 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Materials: $ 5
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(A37) Rolled Paper Beads
Ages 7-11
Learn the tradition of making colorful beads from scraps of paper. Students will make beads, string them on wire, then use them to embellish a cork board message center. Excellent way to recycle old magazines.
Instructor: Ellen Carlins
Dates: Dec 1, Mon, (1class)
Times: 4:30-6:00 PM
Materials: $ 6, scissors, & old magazines. Can also bring needle nose pliers & small hammer.
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(A38) Craft Stick Trinket Box & Necklace
Ages 6-12
Students will build a trinket box from craft sticks embellish it with a seasonal lining and decoupage lid. A matching themed necklace will be strung to create a project that can be kept or given as a Christmas gift.
Instructor: Ellen Carlins
Dates: Dec 8 ,Mon (1 class)
Times: 4:30-6:30 PM
Materials: $ 8
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(C39) Fun With Clay
Ages 6-11
Students learn fundamentals of working with clay through hand building. They will make coil pots, name plaques, mugs, and more. Final class focuses on glazing. Demonstrations & individual instruction given.
Instructor: Ruthann Farinacci
Dates: Sept 27-Nov 8,Sat (6 classes)
No class Nov 1
Times: 11:00AM - 12:00 PM
Material Fee: $ 20
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(C40) Beginning Pottery
Ages 12 & up
Learn the fundamentals of clay through a combination of handbuilding, sculpting, and wheel throwing. Individual help given. Glazing will be the last class session.
Instructor: Ruthann Farinacci
Dates: Sept 27-Nov 8 Saturdays, 6 sessions,
(No class Nov 1)
Times: 12:30-2:30 PM
Materials: $ 25
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(C41) Crafts Around the World
Ages 8-13
Make a new craft from a new country each week. There are so many countries to choose…make an African doll, Egyptian cartouche, Israeli House blessing plaque, Native American pouch, and an Animal totem pole.
Instructor: Elaine Bergstrom
Dates: Oct 9-Nov 13, Thur (6 classes)
Times: 4:00-5:30 PM
Materials: $ 10
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(C42) Room with a View
Ages 9-12
Van Gogh, Chagall, and Matisse are a few of many great artists who painted interior scenes featuring windows to the outside. Students will use these artists as inspiration to create mixed media paintings of personalized interior/exterior spaces. This painting class will teach atmospheric perspective and basic color theory, and apply printmaking and collage for added texture and visual interest.
Instructor: Anna Duchene
Dates: Sept 29-Nov 17,Tue (6 classes)
Times: 3:00-4:30 PM
Materials: $ 15
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(C43) Basic Cartooning
Ages 8-10
Those who love cartooning and comics can come and learn basic drawing skills while working on projects of their own choosing. Learn the step-by-step techniques of storytelling with pictures, dialogue, lettering, and inking.
Instructor: George Broderick
Dates: Sept 30-Nov 11, Tue (6 sessions)
(No Class Nov 4)
Times: 4:30-6:30 PM
Materials: Basic drawing pencils, ruler, eraser, 1 thin and 1 thick Sharpie marker, & white sketch paper. Colored markers/pencils optional.
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(C44) Painting Styles and Techniques
Ages 8-13
Paint pictures and capture the famous artists style and techniques. Study and paint Chagall’s Dreams, Monet’s Impressions, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Matisse’s collages, and Munch’s scream.
Instructor: Elaine Bergstrom
Dates: Oct 8-Nov 12, Wed, (6 sessions)
Times: 4:00-5:30 PM
Materials: $ 10
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(C45) So You Think You Can Draw?!
Ages 9-12
Come test your drawing skills as you learn new drawing techniques. A variety of materials will be explored to improve drawing abilities. Contour drawing, shading, perspective, and more will be introduced.
Instructor: Matthew Pontoriero
Dates: Oct 4-Nov 8,Sat (6 classes)
Times: 10:00-11:30 AM
Materials: “9x12" or larger sketchbook; pencils: 2H, 2B, 4B; Magic rub eraser, & Sharpie.
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(C46) Draw! Draw! Draw!
Ages 10 & up
You love to draw and want to improve your natural abilities. Students explore traditional methods, improve artistic and creative drawing skills, and begin to develop as an artist. This class focuses on developing a personal drawing style and not on tracing images.
Instructor: Diane Pontoriero
Dates: Oct 6-Nov 10, Mon (6 classes)
Times: 4:15-5:45 PM
Materials: “9x12" or larger sketchbook; No. 2 pencil; magic rub eraser, sharpie marker.
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(C47) Let’s Paint!
Ages 10 & up
Watercolor and acrylic painting techniques are explored in introductory course. Students experiment with color theory and mixing, as they create realistic to abstract paintings.
Instructor: Diane Pontoriero
Dates: Oct 2-Nov 6, Thur (6 classes)
Times: 4:15-5:45 PM
Materials Fee: $ 10
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(C48) Intermediate Cartooning
Ages 11-14
This course is designed for cartooning students who have taken Basic Cartooning and want to progress. Class reviews the basics and adds depth to the discussions and techniques with group projects and exercises designed to make the budding cartoonist think outside the box.
Instructor: George Broderick
Dates: Oct 1-Nov 5, Wed (6 sessions)
Times: 4:30-6:30 PM
Materials: Basic drawing pencils, ruler, eraser, 1 thin and 1 thick Sharpie marker, & white sketch paper. Colored markers/pencils optional.
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