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Rainbows, Rainbows Everywhere! (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Calling all rainbow lovers! During this week-long class, we will make rainbows out of anything and everything, from string art to print-making, mosaics to sculpture, we will celebrate the many arts and crafts techniques we can use to celebrate the joy that rainbows bring!

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Let’s Tell a Tale: Creative Storytelling (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Creative storytelling is at the heart of this class. We will work together as a class to build a story ready for performance. We'll brainstorm ideas, create characters, and build the storyline with dialogue. The second part of the class incorporates theater games and movement activities to develop storytelling skills. Emphasis will be on stage […]

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Superhero Adventure Studio (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

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 exloring ideas and materials and encourage experimentation.

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Installation Art: Clouds Everywhere all at Once (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Make mini installations of raining clouds complete with parting sun rays and rainbows all over Visarts! We will shape and mold clouds with a new material every day while reading fun fantastical tales about clouds and adventures! Learn new skills using a variety of materials and make themselves into cloud adventurers. Share your tale through […]

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Look at Me! Self Portraits (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

During this week-long class we will explore the ways in which we can express who we are through our art! We will do traditional self-portraits using drawing and painting techniques, but will also expand our idea of what this genre can be through mosaic and paper arts, clay and sculpture, paper mache, and even word […]

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Wearable Art (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Discover various ways to create your own wearable aesthetic. We'll make wearable art such as masks, headpieces, adornment and costumes. You'll learn about individuality and self-representation through a variety of projects that focus on defining your own personality, style or interests.

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Create Your Own Board Game (Ages 12-14)

January 23, 2024

Create your very own board game to play with friends and family! We'll share ideas about our favorite games, play some games together, and design our own game boards and pieces. You'll leave this class with your own one-of-a-kind board game, as well as ideas for several different games you can play with it.

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Collaborative Collage Murals (Ages 9-11)

January 23, 2024

Let’s explore working big! Learn about designing a large scale composition and layering mixed media with your friends. Campers will work together in small groups to design and assemble a mural that can be taken apart so each artist can take a piece home at the end of the week.

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Superhero Adventure Studio (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

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 exloring ideas and materials and encourage experimentation.

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Thrift Store Puppets (Ages 9-11)

January 23, 2024

This class is a great way for kids to learn how to work within a budget to create a completely unique puppet from objects and fabric found at the thrift store on Visarts’ same block! This class helps give kids agency in making their own choices for their sculpture while making things silly and fun.

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Yoga + Mixed Media Color Exploration (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Explore the joys of colors and yoga! Students will learn the basics of yoga, explore the color wheel, and how certain colors correlate to emotions and sensations in the body. We will practice yoga in the garden, color, draw, paint and tie-dye to explore the full spectrum of the rainbow and the range of emotions […]

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Installation Art: Life in the Pond (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Work together to create an interactive pond outdoors, complete with artistic fish, water, and origami lotuses. Let your imagination run wild to create your own beautiful watery world out of paper and other simple art materials!

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Gnome Homes + Fairy Gardens (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Make whimsical small worlds with a variety of materials like clay, collage, paint, natural materials, even shrinky dinks. Keep your creation indoors or bring components of it outdoors to your own garden. We'll also make some fun garden art to help lure gnomes and fairies into your garden.

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Dinosaur Art (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Journey millions of years into the past as we make dinosaurs utilizing various artistic media. Students will draw, paint, collage and sculpt to create their prehistoric creatures.

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Superheroes + Villains (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Students will design and wear their own capes and masks and assume the identity of their chosen characters. Then of course there is the brave task of vanquishing off the evil-doers!

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Nature Inspired Art (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

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. 

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Gnome Homes + Fairy Gardens (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Make whimsical small worlds with a variety of materials like clay, collage, paint, natural materials, even shrinky dinks. Keep your creation indoors or bring components of it outdoors to your own garden. We'll also make some fun garden art to help lure gnomes and fairies into your garden.

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Pokémon llustrations: Gotta Catch ‘Em All (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Are you a Pokémon fan? In this class students will create a portfolio of pocket monsters! Our time together is meant to be equal parts art-making and community space. Students can battle each other, trade cards, and discuss the evolution of the Pokémon universe.

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Paper-mâché Hats + Helmets (Ages 9-11)

January 23, 2024

Get hat and helmet inspiration from your favorite shows stories or movies, or come up with your own designs. We'll draw, construct, paint and finally wear a beautiful, monstrous, or fierce headwear together. Your creativity is the limit.

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Story-Inspired Art (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

We will become storytellers of our art, starting each class with improv games to get us loosened up! We will read stories and talk about the language, illustrations, and concepts. We'll explore a variety of 2D + 3D media, like printmaking, sculpture, fiber and more to create crafts based on the story.

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Cat + Dog Creations (Ages 6-8)

January 23, 2024

Want to celebrate our furry friends? Our class for cat and dog creations is just the thing! Make a pet-inspired trinket dish with air-dry clay, or paint your own work of art inspired by works from famous artists who use animals as inspiration.

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