Wheel Throwing (Ages 15 – 18)
Learn the basics of wheel throwing, trimming, and glazing. Create handmade functional pottery, experiment with various glazes, and learn about safety in the ceramics studio.
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Stained Glass (Ages 15 – 18)
Embrace your love of color by learning to make stained glass. Select or design stained glass patterns, then cut, grind, clean, foil and solder your stained glass creation using the Tiffany technique. Beginners complete a small window and students with pre
read moreDungeons, Dragons + Drawing (Ages 15 – 18)
Learn the art of character design and worldbuilding in this D&D focused class! We will operate as an adventuring party and take on fun drawing challenges framed as in-game encounters. Students will learn about collaborative storytelling and worldbuilding,
read morePolymer Clay Miniatures (Ages 15 – 18)
Learn how to work with polymer clay to make charms and small sculptures. This class will teach you how to condition clay, mix colors, and use tools to manipulate clay and provide texture. Turn your creations into jewelry, magnets, and trinkets.
read moreBuild, Stretch + Paint Your Own Canvas (Ages 15 – 18)
Create your own painted canvas from start to finish! We’ll learn how to build your own canvas frame with different woodshop tools, then you’ll stretch and prime your canvas. After the canvas is built, you’ll bring in an object to paint. At the end of clas
read moreDarkroom Photography (Ages 15 – 18)
Using 35mm film camera, learn the fundamentals of black and white photography. Take field trips and use the darkroom to print your own photographs. Lessons include camera operation, composition, lighting, subject matter and other principles. If time allow
read moreMural Painting (Ages 15 – 18)
Enjoy painting and want to paint big? Join us for a collaborative painting experience. We’ll get inspired with a mural walk through the Fan neighborhood, then work both individually and together to create a large-scale painting that will be displayed at V
read moreComic Strips, Comic Books + Graphic Novels (Ages 15 – 18)
Explore the history and techniques of comic art, a narrative artform that uses a combination of words and pictures. We’ll begin with an overview of the history of comic art, with an emphasis on the compositional methods and challenges that are unique to t
read moreExperimental Performance + Writing Collective (Ages 15 – 18)
In this week-long intensive by the Youth Experimental Performance Collective, you and your fellow students will collectively write an original play based on unconventional writing exercises, including short readings, emphasizing the exploration rather tha
read more(K) Pop Art (Ages 15 – 18)
K-pop is a wide and dynamic genre of music—there is so much to explore creatively. Together we will listen to songs, read lyrics, and watch music videos to inspire our own fan art. If you are enjoy being creative and have a K-pop playlist you play on repe
read moreGigantes y Cabezudos: Create Your Own Wearable Big Head Sculpture (Ages 15 – 18)
The Giants and Bigheads parade, or Gigantes y Cabezudos, is a parade of big-headed figures that takes place every morning during the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain. In the spirit of San Fermín, we will construct giant paper mache heads, creating w
read moreDigital GIF Animation (Ages 9-11)
Explore the basics of GIF animation! Students will start by creating a simple bouncing ball animation on a sticky note pad to learn the basics of motion. Next, students will move to iPads and use Procreate’s Animation Assist tool, where they’ll learn about onion skinning, frames per second, and how GIF animations work. We’ll complete […]
read moreMythical Clay Creatures (Ages 6-8)
Unicorns, elves, mermaids and more! This class will start with a fun story about a fantastical creature, then we will learn how to build creatures out of clay. We’ll use air-dry clay to make your creatures come to life!
read moreWheel Throwing A (2-week class) (Ages 12-14)
Learn the basics of wheel throwing, trimming and glazing. This extended, two-week class offers more time to practice on the wheel and more opportunities to complete projects. Create handmade functional pottery, experiment with various glazes and learn about safety in the ceramics studio.
read moreScreenprinting T-Shirts + Posters (Ages 12-14)
Learn to create a large acrylic painting (18 x 24 in or bigger) of your chosen subjects. We will use grids, photo filters, and other cool tools to help us start these big works of art, and we will continue working on the painting over the week. This class will cover color mixing, brush types, […]
read morePiñata Party (Ages 6-8)
Create a paper-mâché piñata of your own! A piñata is an object made of paper that is decorated, filled with treats, and then broken open as a celebration. Mexican culture often use piñatas to celebrate a happy occasion. After you create your art, on the last day of class we will celebrate by smashing a […]
read moreConcept Drawing on iPads in Procreate
Learn how to develop your artistic ideas and turn them into fully-realized concept art! We’ll use Procreate to sketch and refine visual ideas for characters, environments, and more.
read moreThe Art of Digital Photography (Ages 9-11)
Students will learn the basics of digital photography, looking at light, composition, color, contrast, exposure, camera settings, and basic editing in Lightroom—everything they need to know to make better pictures. We’ll look at student work together in class and learn to talk about photos as well as make them.
read moreGet Bored + See What Happens (Ages 6-8)
If you just want to make your own stuff and be equipped with a bunch of supplies to do just that—this is the class for you! If you don’t even know what you want to make, that’s fine, too. The teacher will be there to help get you started with whatever you might be interested […]
read moreThe Cutting Edge: Collage (Ages 9-11)
Collage is the art of taking various paper memorabilia and combining them to create new art and meaning. In this collage class we will create works of art, both 2D and 3D, that use materials that we find and re-use for our own art. We will use tissue paper, magazine pictures, prints of our own […]
read moreExploring Printmaking (Ages 9-11)
Explore creative aspects of printmaking! Students ages 9-14 will make hand-carved styrofoam plates, glue prints, safety cut prints and photo emulsion prints. Students ages 6-8 will do monoprinting, marker prints, collographs, tissue paper prints + more! We’ll also learn how to make multiples of our drawings to create editioned prints, just like professional printers. After […]
read moreSew What? Learning to Sew with a Machine (Ages 9-11)
Learn 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 moreMake Your Own Clay Curio Cabinet (Ages 12-14)
Make a curio cabinet in clay! Create a miniature hanging cabinet with shelves for special items and tiny sculptures.
read moreMetalworking (Ages 9-11)
Try working with metal and traditional metalworking tools. We’ll explore different ways to cut metal safely and bend it accurately, then we’ll try texturing, hammering and stamping. Students ages 9-11 will focus on cold connection (learning to drill, rivet, and friction fit), then they’ll create and fasten their own metal designs. Students ages 12-14 will […]
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.
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