ONSITE: Stop-Motion Animation (Ages 12-14)
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.
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ONSITE: Drawing Lab (Ages 9-11)
Let’s explore the fun parts of drawing: Surprises, creative flow and experimentation. In the process, we’ll build our technical drawing skills. This class includes lots of drawing experiments. Like mad scientists in our lab, we’ll see which new formulations and reactions we can create. It will get a little silly and a little spectacular!
read moreONSITE: Drawing Lab (Ages 6-8)
Let’s explore the fun parts of drawing: Surprises, creative flow and experimentation. In the process, we’ll build our technical drawing skills. This class includes lots of drawing experiments. Like mad scientists in our lab, we’ll see which new formulations and reactions we can create. It will get a little silly and a little spectacular!
read moreONSITE: Digital Photography (Ages 9-11)
Learn how a digital camera works, how to import photos to computers and how to use Adobe Photoshop to edit. Go on field trips around the neighborhood to take photos, enjoy demonstrations, hands-on practice and detailed overviews on composition and creative decision making.
read moreONSITE: Cartoon Character Design (Ages 12-14)
Learn what goes into designing your own unique, cartoon character. Together, we’ll create their different visual traits and give them a unique backstory to make them cool and unforgettable.
read moreONSITE: Creative Digital Lettering (Ages 12-14)
From bubble letters to 3-D words, explore lettering basics! We’ll have fun using a Wacom tablet and Adobe Photoshop to draw and color letter forms and phrases. This class is a great way to dive into the basics of digital drawing no matter what kind of experience you have.
read moreONSITE: Pen Pals + Postcards! (Ages 6-8)
Use printmaking techniques to create postcards to send to friends andfamily. Postcards are like small, surprise works of art that make someone happy through the mail!
read moreONSITE: Create a Clay Zoo (Ages 6-8)
Create zoo animals and animal pots out of clay. Use pinching, slab construction and coil-building techniques to make the animals’ features and forms. Create vases shaped like fish, bird pitchers and more. Together, we’ll create a clay zoo!
read moreONSITE: Create a Picture Book (Ages 6-8)
Everyone has a story to tell. Combine character drawings, environments and dialogue to create your very own picture books. This course gets everyone drawing their own characters on the first day, and then dives into techniques for visual storytelling. We’ll create several books using a variety of media and look at picture books at the […]
read moreONSITE: Hand-drawn Animation (Ages 9-11)
Learn the basics of old school, hand-drawn animation. We’ll explore character design and create our own unique character who winks, waves and morphs.
read moreONSITE: Handbuilding with Clay (Ages 12-14)
Learn a variety of ceramic hand-building techniques such as pinch pots, coil and slab building. You’ll learn to create functional vessels and creative sculptural objects.
read moreONSITE: Sew 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 moreONSITE: Digital World-Building + Character Design (Ages 12-14)
Learn the history and basic principles of character design. Character designers are essential to the development of movies, video games, comic books and all manner of modern entertainment. Use traditional drawing skills as well as Adobe Photoshop and a Wacom tablet to develop your own OC (original character). A basic understanding of figure drawing is […]
read moreONSITE: Digital Photography (Ages 12-14)
Learn how a digital camera works, how to import photos to computers and how to use Adobe Photoshop to edit. Go on field trips around the neighborhood to take photos, enjoy demonstrations, hands-on practice and detailed overviews on composition and creative decision making.
read moreONSITE: Fashion Illustration (Ages 12-14)
Explore the world of fashion illustration. We’ll look at how to set up a base model, draw fun and fabulous outfits, look at color basics, and have themed challenges.
read moreONSITE: 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!
read moreONSITE: Flying Machines (Ages 6-8)
Explore all things related to flight and the sky by making kites, looking at how birds fly and even studying outer space. To learn more about these ideas, we’ll use different art media and techniques such as origami, sculpture, painting and more.
read moreONSITE: Digital Photography (Ages 9-11)
Learn how a digital camera works, how to import photos to computers and how to use Adobe Photoshop to edit. Go on field trips around the neighborhood to take photos, enjoy demonstrations, hands-on practice and detailed overviews on composition and creative decision making.
read moreONSITE: Paper Puppet Show! (Ages 6-8)
Starting with 2-D 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 round of making will be followed by a […]
read moreONSITE: Artist-a-Day (Ages 6-8)
Each day, we’ll learn about a new artist and the medium in which they work. 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 moreONSITE: Cartooning (Ages 12-14)
Invent your own cartoon characters and stories as you learn about drawing methods and materials used by professional cartoonists. We’ll also explore the history of the comic form.
read moreONSITE: Write Your Life (Ages 9-11)
Tap into the power of your imagination, observations, and memories to draw inspiration for creative writing. We’ll transform an ordinary composition book into a writer’s notebook and use it to write about personal experiences, interesting characters, memorable places, dream worlds, and more. Each class will include a combination of fun, short activities and a longer […]
read moreONSITE: Tell Your Story with Comics (Ages 9-11)
This one’s all about you! Learn the basics of comic-making, design yourself in cartoon form, and create a short, autobiographical story to share with the world. We’ll look at other artists who put themselves in their work to get inspiration and learn why they do what they do.
read moreONSITE: Exploring Printmaking (Ages 6-8)
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 moreONSITE: Flying Machines (Ages 9-11)
Explore all things related to flight and the sky by making kites, looking at how birds fly and even studying outer space. To learn more about these ideas, we’ll use different art media and techniques such as origami, sculpture, painting and more.
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