Build a Clay City (Ages 6-8)
Learn about architecture from around the world and create your own clay city out of air-dry clay! Students can paint their creations and take them home by the end of class on Friday.
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Paint a Portrait (Ages 12-14)
Learn how to use different types of brushes to develop a portrait in India ink wash and acrylic paint, with dramatic contrast in both media. Students will learn how to use several types of brushes to create shadow shapes with ink and acrylic. Portrait drawing will be emphasized in the beginning.
read moreStop-Motion Animation (Ages 9-11)
Jump into the world of stop-motion animation. Work with drawings, paper cut-outs and clay. Learn how to produce 2-D and 3-D animation sequences and bring inanimate subjects to life.
read moreStained Glass (Ages 12-14)
Embrace your love of color by learning to make stained glass. You'll select and design stained glass patterns, then cut, grind, clean, foil and solder your creation using the copper foil technique and lead-free solder. Beginners will complete a simple suncatcher and more experienced students will explore more advanced designs. Students in the 9-11 age group […]
read moreTextured Animal Portraits (Ages 6-8)
Get into some mess with textured animal portraits! Learn how to paint with super thick and goopy paint while researching their favorite animals from around the globe. Projects will be a mix of silly and scientific as we experiment with heavy-bodied paint on the canvas to mimic fur, feather, and scales. We are going to […]
read moreSuperhero Adventure Studio (Ages 6-8)
We will make our own superhero adventures by making and using action figures, costumes, masks, storybooks, and more! Plan, create, investigate and refine your art-making processes. We'll start with tinkering and exploring ideas and materials and encourage experimentation.
read moreDrawing in Black + White (Ages 12-14)
Learn how to draw in black and white. Create beautiful drawings with traditional and experimental techniques. Improve your drawing skills with this course. Study methods and push yourself to build strong drawings.
read moreIntroduction to Game Design + Development (Ages 12-14)
Learn how game design teams create their art! This class introduces students to the foundations of game design and development. Learn to use basic programming logic and planning to design a small-scoped project. By the end of the week, students will walk away with a basic understanding of key elements and a completed game project.
read moreWatercolor Wizardry: Painting Fantasy (Ages 9-11)
Bring mythical creatures and characters to life! Starting with historical figures and or characters from your favorite fantasy books and shows. You'll put your imagination to the test while learning the magical ways watercolor can contribute to developing these beautiful characters.
read moreNature Inspired Art (Ages 6-8)
Gather flowers, leaves, rocks, sticks, and more to create art inspired by the great outdoors! Each day we'll go on an adventure to find materials for a project. From luminaries to dying fabric, we will explore conservation, the beauty of nature and the different ways we can interact with it.
read moreFuzzy Art: Working with Wool (Ages 9-11)
Create your own soft little friends and sculptures! Learn how to transform natural wool fibers into soft sculptures and hand-made fabric with basic needle-felting and wet-felting techniques.
read moreGlass Fusing (Ages 12-14)
Let's learn how to fuse and slump glass in a furnace called a kiln. We'll make cool designs by cutting out colorful sheets of glass. When we layer different colors on top of each other and fire them in the kiln, the glass fuses together into a finished object. We'll make small pieces of art […]
read moreArtist-a-Day (Ages 6-8)
Each day, we'll learn about a new artist and the medium in which they work. We will think about why artists make art and what makes you an artist! Which causes are important to you? What inspires you? Have fun and explore art-making processes and concepts with inspiration from those who came before us.
read moreWorld-Building + Character Design (Ages 9-11)
Look at what it takes to build rich and interesting worlds that are worth getting lost in. You'll use creative writing tools to develop characters with complete backstories and interesting goals. This is a great class for those who like to imagine far-away places, whether fantasy, science fiction or based on reality.
read moreSmall Metal Sculpture (Ages 9-11)
Create new works of art using found objects and wire! We'll use our hands and tools to bend, shape, and attach. As you create your sculpture, you'll choose from lots of discarded items like old jewelry, electronics, metals, plastics, stones, beads, cloth, wood and more.
read moreRobot Art (Ages 6-8)
In this class, we will be drawing and making robots: robot drawings, paintings, cardboard robots, puppets, comics, pom pom and pipe cleaner robots! Giant ones, tiny ones, silly ones—robots with mustaches. Collage robots? Robots made out of sticks? Yes and yes. Robot Art Class will emphasize letting loose our imaginations and having fun with a […]
read moreHandbuilding with Clay: Flower Pots + Vases (Ages 9-11)
Learn various hand building techniques such as pinching, coiling and using slabs to create vessels that hold flowers and plants. We will make planters, vases, wall pockets, hanging vases, and air plant holders! We will paint with underglazes to add color.
read moreLego Letterpress (Ages 9-11)
Learn how to use VisArts' letterpress studio by using Legos! Letterpress is a form of relief printmaking that uses a printing press and typesetting individual letters to create words and designs for printed media. We will be using Legos to create our own designs and print them on paper.
read moreFrom Reality to Dreams: Making Surreal Paintings (Ages 12-14)
Surrealism literally means "super-reality." Surrealist artwork is based on reality but has been altered to look or feel unreal. We'll learn how to take photographs and turn them into collages to make surrealist artwork. Then we'll use those digital collages as inspiration for paintings we'll create depicting fantastic things!
read moreArt Explorers (Age 5)
Let's explore art-making! Create eclectic 2D and 3D art collections using clay, wire, fabric, paint or other materials. Our smallest artists can sign up for multiple weeks of classes and always have new projects to create!
read moreSilk Painting (Ages 12-14)
Discover the wonder of silk painting. Imagine being able to take a beautiful painting off the wall and wear it for all to see. We'll explore how the pure, transparent colors of the dyes and the luxurious drape of the silk combine to make this an exciting and creative medium.
read moreIntroduction to Game Design + Development (Ages 12-14)
Learn how game design teams create their art! This class introduces students to the foundations of game design and development. Learn to use basic programming logic and planning to design a small-scoped project. By the end of the week, students will walk away with a basic understanding of key elements and a completed game project.
read morePinhole Camera Portraits (Ages 9-11)
Create artful black & white portraits of yourself and others through the thousands-year-old process of pinhole photography. The simple process of creating a pinhole camera out of an enclosed container, like an oatmeal box or paint can, is fun to do! Learn how to make pinhole portraits on light-sensitive darkroom paper and experience the magic […]
read moreCeramics + Surrealism (Ages 9-11)
The surrealist movement invented games to exercise the brain and ignite creative thinking. This is your chance to make fantastical sculptures in clay. Learn several techniques of hand building, explore various surface and glaze applications, and take inspiration from historical and contemporary ceramic sculptures.
read moreCreating with Polymer Clay (Ages 9-11)
Explore art-making with polymer clay! Polymer clay is fun because it's rich and colorful. In this class, we will do a variety of projects and learn best how to work with polymer clay. We'll make jewelry or small sculptures and experiment with baking our creations to make them last forever!
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