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Code Class Age Instructor Materials Desc.
9:00 - 12:00
av81001 metal + jewelry design 9 - 12 Jay Sharpe $10 View
Using metalsmithing tools to learn the techniques of cutting, piercing, and soldering, students will learn to fabricate their own 3-d art forms or jewelry out of sheets of brass, copper, aluminum, and wire.[X]
av81002 stained glass 10 -13 Mary McNeil $10 View
Students have an endless variety of designs from which to choose and will learn to cut glass and solder it together to form their own colorful stained glass creations.[X]
av81003 printmaking 9 - 12 JC Gilmore View
Printmaking is a fun and easy way to turn your creative images into colorful multiples, and this class will explore block and relief printing and introduce monotypes and other printing processes. We will have a great time with carving tools and non-toxic inks and print on beautiful textures and surfaces.[X]
av81004 clay/wheel throwing 12+teens Matt Isaacson $20 View
This is a great introduction to working with clay on the wheel. We will learn the basics of handling clay, centering and raising forms on the wheel, as well as the basics of glazing and firing (ages 12 - 16 sorry, no exceptions made).[X]
av81005 fashion illustration 1 10 -13 Catherine Southall View
Put yourself in the shoes of a fashion designer for the week. Learn how to design & illustrate your own fashions and accessories while enhancing your drawing and painting skills. Students will use watercolor, ink and colored pencils to design fabrics & a fashion collection. This class is a prerequisite for Fashion Illustration 2. [X]
av81006 b+w darkroom photography 12+teens Christopher Wiedeman $10 View
Students will learn to visualize through the camera’s lens as they compose pictures with a 35mmcamera. The course includes lessons on composition, timing, subject matter, and basic camera operations, a picture-taking field trip on Tuesday, and darkroom time for printing the rest of the week. Students are encouraged to bring in a 35mm camera, or may borrow one of ours for the week. [X]
av81007 graphic design 10 -13 Katie McBride View
Want to make colorful, fun illustrations and graphics on the computer? This class will show you just how the pros do it. Beginning with demonstrations of the programs, students will soon be able to create printed computer illustrations using Illustrator CS2 and Photoshop on Mac G5 computers. We will put what they\'ve learned to use designing and creating an original t-shirt to take home at the end of the week. [X]
av81008 cartooning 2 12+teens Kirk O'Brien View
Continue to create characters and comic strips! This class focuses more on a student’s individual style, with more one-on-one instruction. Prerequisite: Cartooning experience[X]
10:30- 12:00
av81010 fun with puppets 6 - 8 Sarah Hand View
Young artists will be inspired by things all around to create puppets of imaginary animals and monsters, and critters out of fabric, special papers, string, and found treasures. As a class, we will create a simple puppet theatre, and our last class of the week will include an original puppet show finale for parents and friends![X]
av81011 masters in arts 3 - 5 Jessica Bauserman View
Artists young and old will get a bit of art history while learning artistic tricks and techniques. We'll be inspired by famous art such as Vincent Van Gogh’s impasto paintings, Henri Matisse's collages, Andy Warhol's stencils and prints, and Cindy Sherman's character photographs, and have fun using their styles to create our own quirky, original pieces of art. Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian in this class. [X]
12:45 - 3:45
av81012 metal + jewelry design/magpie 9 - 12 Lynalise Woodlief $10 View
Using metalsmithing tools, hammered copper, and embellishments such as shells and pearls favored by early Native Americans, students will learn to fabricate their own charms and create an assemblage-style necklaces and bracelets out of brass, copper & aluminum wire. [X]
av81013 embroidery 9 - 12 Sarah Hand View
This class is fun and not just for girls! Embroidery is like drawing, only with thread on fabric – you’ll be amazed at how easily you’ll start embroidering your name, simple drawings, and whatever else you can imagine. We’ll make cool wrist cuffs, iron on patches, a drawstring bag, and a stuffed creature. [X]
av81014 clay/handbuilding 8 - 10 Matt Isaacson $20 View
Students will explore various handbuilding techniques for creating ceramic forms such as plates, cups, vases, and shakers. [X]
av81015 fashion illustration 2 12+teens Catherine Southall View
Each student will design & illustrate fashions using the decades of the 1900’s as an inspiration to create fashion panels for a book. Special studio set-ups, lighting, and a dress form will enhance students’ fashion drawing & painting skills. Prerequisite: Fashion Illustration 1. [X]
av81016 bead art 10 -13 Ingrid Bernhardt $30 covers a bead tool kit. View
With the use of a variety of sizes and shapes in beads supplied, students will learn to adorn and create bead jewelry, and learn a variety of techniques which may include off-loom bead weaving basics.[X]
av81017 cartooning 2 9 - 12 Kirk O'Brien View
Continue to create characters and comic strips! This class focuses more on a student’s individual style, with more one-on-one instruction. Prerequisite: Cartooning experience[X]
av81018 drawing + painting/still life 12+teens Kendra Wadsworth View
Using acrylic paints, watercolor and pencil, students will learn to draw and paint like a pro and discover the principles of color, line, texture and composition to create paintings with strong, exciting images. We will find subjects that students like and learn how to re-create them realistically in paintings and drawings.[X]
av81019 lost + found art 8 - 10 Jessica Bauserman View
Get ready to go on collection field trips in the fan to a thrift store and nearby parks to create art inspired by nature and everyday objects. Using fabrics and scrap materials, Kendra's classes will incorporate innovative weaving techniques to create hanging tapestries and sculptures. Using collage techniques and found objects, Jessica's classes will find inspiration through artist references to transform objects into collective time capsules, identity treasure boxes, and artist trading cards.[X]

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