Spring Celebration of Crafts Around the World
This new class explores crafts from different corners of the world while celebrating the spirit of spring and themes of new growth and new beginnings. Students will create art inspired by global traditions, such as a New Zealand koru spiral necklace based on the unfurling fern frond. Projects may include a selection of international crafts like lantern making, printmaking, weaving, painting, clay work, and wax resist techniques, offering a hands-on introduction to art from a variety of cultures.
Upcycled Dioramas and Sculpture
Using recycled and found materials, students will transform everyday objects into imaginative dioramas and sculptures. Projects may include tiny houses, castles, creatures, story scenes, and functional creations, incorporating natural materials and mixed media such as paint and clay. This class encourages creativity, storytelling, and hands-on exploration of form, texture, and three-dimensional design.
Art & Literature Series: Art of Classic Fairytales
Explore the world of fairyland through art projects inspired by beloved magical stories such as Thumbelina, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and The Frog Prince. Children will also have the opportunity to create their own fairy tales.
Create talking animals, magical towers and castles, mysterious witches, helpful fairy godmothers, fairy princesses and princes, wands, and tiny fairy houses. We will incorporate natural objects and work with clay, paint, and many other mixed-media materials in our projects.
“Fairytales can come true, it can happen to you if you believe.”
Summer’s End Art Party: Magical Creatures & More 8/17-21 Week 9
Students will create their own imaginary creatures such as unicorns, and pegasus, as well as ocean and lake dwellers. Design fairy treeforts, palaces or troll bridges, and make wands and magical lanterns that glow on a summer night. We’ll play with clay, wood, cardboard, fabrics,watercolors, acrylics, pens, pencils and more! Summer’s not over yet , so join the creativity party!
Mixed Media Morning Crafts: Session C 8/17-21 Week 9
Explore creativity by combining paint, collage, drawing, and fun materials to make unique, textured artworks. A playful class for young artists of all skill levels!
Mini Makers Mixed Media Crafts: Session E 8/17-21 Week 9
Young artists explore the magic of mixing materials like paint, paper, and textured treasures to create playful, one-of-a-kind artworks. A hands-on, imagination-filled class perfect for curious creators!
Beachy Sculpture and Painting Fun 8/3-7 Week 7
More summer creative fun in this session where 3-dimensional and painted summer-themed art will be the focus. Create shell mirrors, mermaid and dolphin fountains with clay and beach glass, ocean scenes, with people, sea and land animals in their habitats. We will explore principles of design assemblage, how to work with clay and sand and how to mix colors along the way.
Beach Dune Buggies and Space Ships 8/10-14 Week 8
Imagine wild ideas for cars, airport shuttles, satellite rockets, and build models of them! We’ll use clay, cardboard, wood bits, beads, paint, charcoal, shiny stuff, cloth. Use all kinds of materials, learn about fitting things together, and make them move.
Fairies, Gnomes, and Elves: Session B 8/10-14 Week 8
We will venture outdoors to collect natural materials to add to magical fairy and gnome houses, troll bridges, enchanted potions – and more! Assemble with many types of art mixed media from nature and our craft bins.
Weaving Wonders 8/10-14 Week 8
Learn the timeless techniques of weaving yarn, threads, or other elements, interlaced at right angles (the “warp”and “weft”) to form a fabric or cloth. We will try many different ways to weave and use a wide variety of traditional and innovative materials, such as yarn, paper, straws, cups, cardboard and more.