Come and make art side by side as a family to explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. We will make several touchable objects that will activate your senses as well as your creativity. Join us for a morning that is part science lab and part art studio as we […]
read moreCome and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. We will make colorful yarn decorations using just a handful of materials kids can easily repeat at home with the whole family. Come join in the fun!
read moreCome and make art side by side as a family exploring a new medium each week to create a beautiful project together. Using DIY pigments like turmeric, beet juice, and black tea we will talk about all things color before we put on our aprons and create our own unique colored paint. We will then […]
read moreCome and make art side by side as a family exploring a new medium each week to create a beautiful project together. Using DIY pigments like turmeric, beet juice, and black tea we will talk about all things color before we put on our aprons and create our own unique colored paint. We will then […]
read moreCome make art side-by-side as a family, exploring a new medium each week to create a beautiful project together. We will activate our imaginations to create our own crowns and shields, every piece unique and drawing inspiration from upcycled materials we have available. Post-workshop play is highly encouraged!
read moreMake art side by side as a family. exploring a new medium each week and creating a beautiful project together. Enjoy a mindful Saturday morning with simple breathing exercises, a brief movement practice and a creative mixed media Mandala-making workshop!
read moreCome and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Experiment with process art painting (i.e. use a salad spinner for spin-art) and watercolor techniques (dry brush, splatter, wet on wet, etc) to make cosmic painted skies. Use contact paper and […]
read moreCome and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Using DIY pigments like turmeric, beet juice, and black tea we will talk about all things color before we put on our aprons and create our own unique colored paint. We […]
read moreCome and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Cyanotypes are a simple but fun photographic process involving light-sensitive paper, natural objects, and the Sun! We will walk around the neighborhood to gather objects, then come back to VisArts to […]
read moreCome and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Work together to create a stuffed pillow doll. Use fabric markers, fabric, stuffing, and your imagination to create a doll!
read moreCome and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. Texture is found all around nature. We'll explore it in leaves, rocks, seashells, and sticks as we make pinch pots with air-dry clay.
read moreMake art side by side as a family. exploring a new medium each week and creating a beautiful project together. Enjoy a mindful Saturday morning with simple breathing exercises, a brief movement practice and a creative mixed media Mandala-making workshop!
read moreCome and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Use tissue paper and markers to create 'stained glass' decorations to welcome Spring and longer daylight hours. We will look at some natural seasonal inspiration and use simple materials to create […]
read moreUse your imagination to make creatures in a variety of art media. We'll develop our characters, select the materials best suited to build them, then make our own creatures!
read moreExplore creative aspects of printmaking! Students will make hand-carved styrofoam plates, glue prints, safety cut prints and photo emulsion prints. We’ll also learn how to make multiples of our drawings to create editioned prints, just like professional printers. After class, you can give away prints to your friends and family!
read moreJump 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 moreLet’s make sculptures from found and recycled objects! For inspiration We will look to the work of artists like Nailah Taman, Atsuko Tanaka, and Betye Saar. We will also discuss eco-friendly art and collaborate to make a sustainable classroom environment. A large part of this class will involve walking around the neighborhood and engaging our […]
read moreJump 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 moreExplore creative aspects of printmaking! Students will make hand-carved styrofoam plates, glue prints, safety cut prints and photo emulsion prints. We’ll also learn how to make multiples of our drawings to create editioned prints, just like professional printers. After class, you can give away prints to your friends and family!
read moreIn this class, students will learn to use hand building techniques with clay to create miniature dioramas. Students can recreate their bedroom or another room in their home out of clay. Students can also create imagined spaces (such as a greenhouse, or a bakery, or even an outdoor space) and let their creativity come to […]
read moreLearn the basics of using a sewing machine and simple hand-sewing stitches to create your very own designs! Choose from a variety of fabrics to complete two or three projects, such as pillows, eye masks, etc.
read moreLearn to fuse and slump glass in the kiln. We'll create designs by cutting colored sheet glass. By layering patterns and firing glass in kilns, students can create small decorative glass objects.
read moreStudents will learn the fundamentals of observational drawing using graphite. While we will be sure to cover the basics, the majority of the course will be student-interest driven, with plenty of room for exploration and self-driven projects.
read moreLet’s use mixed media and printmaking techniques to create fun and colorful journal spreads. Each week, we’ll have prompts that will help us use visual art and media to tell our unique stories.
read moreWe're getting the band back together! Join artist Sam Page and learn to use the letterpress studio to create rad band posters, cool stickers, and merch. Letterpress is a form of relief printmaking which uses a printing press and typesetting (individual letters) to create words and designs for printed media. Bands originally used this form […]
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