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Mythical Mixed Media Creatures (Ages 6-8)

Work with a variety of materials to make art inspired by myths and folklore from all around the world.

Boundless Botanicals: Art Inspired by Nature (Ages 6-8)

Use clay, watercolor, mixed media, and recycled materials to create art inspired by plants, trees, and flowers!

Story-Inspired Art (Ages 6-8)

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.

ONSITE: Mixed Media

Students will learn the basics of metalsmithing to fabricate rings, earrings, pendants, or small sculptures. We'll cover measuring, piercing, soldering, filing, sanding, and other finishing techniques. Students will leave with several finished projects and a great base-level skillset.

ONSITE: Cut-paper Collage Techniques for Design + Illustration

Learn about the art of cut-paper collage to incorporate into your design process with Featured Illustrator Adam Philip Goodman. Students will create a book cover design made using cut-paper and mixed media, using folded cutwork, free form cutting, positive-negative cutwork, silhouette cutwork, combining paper cut-outs with other mediums. We will explore different kinds of paper: […]

ONSITE: Superhero 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.

ONSITE: Family Studio: The Art of Nature

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Nature and art go together. Artists past and present have used nature as an inspiration in their artwork, and all the colors they used can be found in nature. We’ll explore […]

ONSITE: Zines: Artist + Activist Mini Books (Ages 12-14)

Learn the art of making mini-zines. Zines are small books made by artists, activists, and musicians, among others. We'll discuss the history of zines and then make our own.

ONSITE: Family Studio: The Art of Nature

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. Let’s explore and experiment with various art mediums. Each family member will have the opportunity to work with unconventional and open-ended materials to create a unique abstract masterpiece.

ONSITE: Family Studio: Out of the Box Colors: Discovering the Magic of Crayons

Come and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. Crayons can be viewed as palettes in a box, there’s so many colors to explore in a box of crayons. Whether it’s drawing, coloring, or creating abstract art, each family member […]

ONSITE: Paper Puppet Show (Ages 6-8)

Paper puppets are an easy and fun project. Starting with 2D materials such as papers, fabrics, and felt, construct many different people, animals, and objects to create a miniature world! Methods for articulating the paper puppets will be demonstrated. Details will be worked in using additional materials such as paints, inks, markers, and more. Each […]

ONSITE: Painting, Collage + Sculpture (Ages 6-8)

Experiment with a mixture of painting, sculpture, and collage. Explore process-based watercolor techniques to create beautiful results. We'll also explore sculpture and use recycled materials to build hanging and tabletop sculptures. Cut and glue with a variety of paper materials to make our own beautiful collages and 3D sculptures.

ONSITE: Family Studio: Polka Dot Flowers Inspired by Yayoi Kusama

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Come make art inspired by flowers and the incredible artist Yayoi Kusama! We will make drawings of flowers from observation, look at Yayoi Kusama's dot and flower paintings, and then make […]

ONSITE: Family Studio: Fabric Collages Inspired By Faith Ringgold

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Come learn about the incredible artist and children's book author Faith Ringgold! We will look at her beautiful story quilts for inspiration and then make our own story quilts using paper, […]

ONSITE: Art Explorers (Ages 6-8)

ONSITE: Painting, Collage + Sculpture (Ages 6-8)

Experiment with a mixture of painting, sculpture, and collage. Explore process-based watercolor techniques to create beautiful results. We'll also explore sculpture and use recycled materials to build hanging and tabletop sculptures. Cut and glue with a variety of paper materials to make our own beautiful collages and 3D sculptures.

ONSITE: Family Studio: Nature-Inspired Clay Trinket Dishes

Come and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. Play with clay and make something fun and functional! We'll practice basic hand-building techniques such as forming, rolling, coiling and smoothing. Then we'll press flowers and leaves into our creations to […]

ONSITE: Making Giant Puzzle Games (Ages 9-11)

From giant jenga to four square, we’ve always found a way to have fun outside! This week, we’ll try our hand at designing and building interactive outdoor puzzle games! Using cardboard, staples and a little imagination, we’ll explore all the possibilities of outdoor play!

ONSITE: Family Studio: Cyanotypes: Making Prints with Sunlight

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. In this class we will make prints using the sun and natural / founds objects. You can bring objects that have meaning to you with distinctive shapes for a more personal […]

ONSITE: Family Studio: Follow That Line: Creating Art with Lines

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. There are many types of lines: thick, thin, horizontal, zigzag and many more. Young artists will learn about lines as they create colorful pictures using a variety of lines.

ONSITE: Family Studio: Exploring Georgia O’Keeffe: Large-Scale Flower Art

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. We'll explore Georgia O’Keeffe’s flowers, because no one saw them like she did! We will observe examples of Georgia O'Keeffe's flower paintings, learn how flowers are important to pollinators and create […]

ONSITE: Family Studio: Mystery Monster Machine Game

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Join your family in this spooky art class, and play the mystery monster machine game! Pick 3 cards and draw a monster based on the description!!

ONSITE: Found Object Sculpture (Ages 6-8)

Make sculptures from found and recycled objects! We'll look to the work of artists like Nailah Taman, Atsuko Tanaka, and Betye Saar for inspiration. We will also discuss eco-friendly art and collaborate to make a sustainable classroom environment. Part of this class will involve walking around the block and engaging our senses through the avant-garde […]

ONSITE: Mixed-Media Journaling (Ages 9-11)

Create your own functional visual journals. We'll explore mixed media, collaging, and book binding throughout the week to create our own journals and fill them with our artful ideas!

ONSITE: Family Studio: Mix it Up: Fun with Color Mixing

Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. This class is inspired by Herve Tullet’s book Mix it Up! Young artists will learn about the color wheel, basic color theory and how to make secondary colors by mixing primary […]