Art Sense: Discover, Explore, & Experience Art!
Ages: Preschool
Art Sense is the perfect fun, process-based art class for ages 1-4. Your tiny artist will explore a variety of exciting art materials, from paint and glue to markers and more. With a dash of structured messy fun, they’ll work on their painting, drawing, and gluing skills–all while making their very own masterpieces. Let their creativity soar in this hands-on, colorful world of art!
Artology: See Art, Love Art, & Create Art!
Ages: Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary
Artology class is designed for kids who are interested in art, and can’t wait to make their own. Perfectly adaptable for Toddler, Preschool, PreK, or Elementary age students, this unique curriculum enables children to see art, love art, and create art in an innovative way. We will incorporate practices in a playful and creative way to engage all learners. Artology is a true mix of learning and creating that kids really respond to!
Classes Include: Each week, students are introduced to new artists, materials, and principles of art and design.
From Van Gogh to Kirchner, students explore the world of fine arts through painting, drawing, collage, and sculpture. They use this inspiration as a launching pad for their own creations, as they produce their own art masterpieces in 2-D and 3-D.
The session culminates with a curated display of the work created by the children during the course of the session. Families, faculty, and students are invited to view the young artist’s own “Art Gallery.” Seeing the work on view provides palpable inspiration to the younger students and a sense of pride and accomplishment to see their work prominently displayed!
Artology class will inspire students to gain inspiration and continue to experience the joy of creating!
ClayPlayStudio: Shape, Play, Imagine!
Ages: Kindergarten, and Elementary
ClayPlayStudio™ introduces children in Kindergarten through Grade 2 to the exciting world of ceramics through hands-on exploration, imagination, and artistic discovery. More than simply learning to work with clay, young artists discover how people throughout history and around the world have used ceramics to create beautiful, functional, and meaningful works of art.
As the year progresses, students explore a variety of hand-building techniques—including pinch pots, slab construction, coil building, sculpting, texturing, joining, and glazing—while drawing inspiration from nature, renowned ceramic artists, and diverse cultural traditions. Each project encourages creativity, problem-solving, patience, confidence, and individual artistic expression while allowing every child to develop their own unique artistic style.
As children grow as artists, they build both technical skills and an appreciation for ceramics as one of the world’s oldest art forms. Throughout the program, students create a collection of professionally kiln-fired ceramic artwork that celebrates their imagination, craftsmanship, and artistic growth.
Program Includes
Progressive instruction in hand-building ceramics techniques
Pinch pots, slab construction, coil building, sculptural projects, and decorative techniques
Exploration of texture, pattern, color, glazing, and surface design
Inspiration drawn from world ceramics, renowned artists, nature, and diverse cultural traditions
Hands-on exploration using a variety of professional clay tools, textures, molds, and creative materials
Professional kiln firing of student artwork
A growing collection of professionally kiln-fired ceramic creations to take home
(For year-long programs) End-of-year student gallery exhibition celebrating each child’s artistic growth
ClayPlayStudio™ gives children the opportunity to express themselves through clay as they build artistic confidence, explore cultures from around the world, and discover the joy of creating with their own hands
KidzComix: Get In Touch With Your Inner SuperHero!
Ages: Elementary
This unique class is the perfect introduction to comics and animation for elementary-age kids!
Class Includes: Kids get inspired by our teachers’ own works designing comic books, as well as drawing on their love of comic book classics from Marvel, Disney, Calvin & Hobbes, and more!
Kids at any artistic levels are encouraged and supported as they hone in on character design poses, and develop dialogue for their strip through instructive “toontorials”. Kids get to experiment and explore using pencils, colored pens, and other supplies to make their creations.
Collaboration is key in every class, creating a fun, learning environment as the class works to develop their own comic strip!