ONSITE: Making Comics (Ages 6-8)
Learn everything about creating your own cartoon characters and telling their story in your very own comic.
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ONSITE: Cottagecore Aesthetic: Cyanotype Quilting (Ages 15-18)
Get cozy in this cottagecore class all about preserving flowers and learning to sew. Learn to create cyanotypes on cloth with preserved flowers. Cyanotypes are created using a photographic method that creates beautiful blue sillouettes of objects using light and sun-sensitive chemicals. You’ll learn to sew on the machine and create a small quilt top.
read moreONSITE: Tell Your Story with Comics (Ages 15-18)
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: Giant Papier-mâché Sculpture (Ages 15-18)
Learn how to build a large-scale, 3-D, papier-mâché sculpture of your choosing out of cardboard, newspaper and tons of glue! Students will practice taking sketches and drawings and thinking about them in three dimensions, rather then a flat, 2-D drawing on paper. We’ll use recycled materials that are easily accessible! You can make incredible sculptures […]
read moreONSITE: Darkroom Photograpy (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 allows, we may also experiment with pinhole photography by making our own cameras out of recycled materials. Bring […]
read moreONSITE: Floral Mosaic Glass Fusing (Ages 15–18)
Learn how to design a floral-inspired mosaic coaster and cut pieces of glass to fill that pattern. Students can expect to learn about the chemistry behind how glass melts in a kiln.
read moreONSITE: Make Your Own Clay Mug (Ages 15–18)
Have you ever wanted to drink out of a mug you made? Learn the techniques of coil building to make your own mug.
read moreONSITE: Family Studio: Silly Self Portraits
Come and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. We’ll spend our morning making silly self portraits using different media to draw ourselves and our family.
read moreONSITE: Green Screen Special Effects (Ages 15–18)
Explore the magic behind your favorite special effects! Learn how to shoot with a green screen and composite your video in Adobe Premiere to create a finished video.
read moreONSITE: Family Studio: Mixed Media Flower Garden
Come and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. We’ll read “Wild” by Emily Hughes and use different forms or recycled media to create our own flower gardens!
read moreONSITE: Family Studio: Mail Art
Come and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. Let’s be penpals! We’ll use different media to design our own postcard to send to our friends and family!
read moreONLINE: Build a Clay City (Ages 6-8)
Learn about architecture from around the world and create your own clay city!
read moreONLINE: Cartooning (Ages 12-14)
Invent your own cartoon characters and stories as you learn about drawing methods and materials used by professional cartoonists. Start by creating characters, then experiment with some basic narrative techniques. Finally, we’ll create short narratives and cover inking, finish, corrections and optional materials.
read moreONSITE: Claymation (Ages 15–18)
Do you want to make things move? Explore the world of claymation, where everything is alive. Create your own unique characters, intricate sets, foley or musical sounds, and piece together your imagined world through the hands-on process of stop-frame animation. This class counts as a core course toward VisArts’ Art League Certificate.
read moreONLINE: Scientific Illustration (Ages 12-14)
Explore scientific illustration! We’ll learn different types of drawing techniques and create scientific illustrations inspired by nature from your own outdoor space at home.
read moreONSITE: Stained Glass (Ages 12-14)
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 previous experience learn more advanced techniques, completing more challenging projects of their choice.
read moreONLINE: Scientific Illustration (Ages 12-14)
Explore innovative and technical approaches to scientific illustration. You’ll learn different types of drawing techniques and create your own scientific illustrations inspired by natural specimens in class.
read moreONSITE: Family Studio: Clay Butterfly Wall Art
Come and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. Work with clay to create beautiful butterflies to hang on your wall!
read moreONLINE: Drawing Lab (Ages 9-11)
Explore the fun parts of drawing: Surprises, creative flow and experimentation. In the process, we’ll build our technical 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, and soon your […]
read moreONSITE: Drawing with Oil Pastels (Ages 9-11)
Enrich your art-making experience with drawing and painting using oil pastels, pencil and charcoal. We’ll learn about a variety of approaches to drawing and painting. Classes will include demonstrations of various art media, comparison of styles and a study of how the materials can be used expressively.
read moreONSITE: Organic Indigo Fabric Dyeing (Ages 9-11)
Learn the ancient Japanese art of Shibori (tie-dye) using an organic natural indigo bath. It’s the bluest of all blues. Dye fabric, a bandana and a t-shirt.
read moreONLINE: World-Building + Character Design (Ages 9-11)
Look at what it takes to build rich and interesting worlds that are worth getting lost in. You’ll develop characters with complete backstories and interesting goals. This is a great class for those who like to imagine far-away places, whether fantasy, science fiction or based on reality.
read moreONSITE: 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. This class counts as a core course toward VisArts’ Art League Certificate.
read moreONSITE: Stained Glass (Ages 12-14)
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 previous experience learn more advanced techniques, completing more challenging projects of their choice.
read moreONSITE: Wire Jewelry (Ages 9-11)
Create wearable, wire art! You’ll learn wire manipulating and shaping techniques, then use traditional jewelry tools to make roses, scrolls, perfect loops, wrapped loops, headpins, cages, hooks and closures. Learn to strengthen and harden your designs, then add beads and learn finishing techniques.
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