Classes for Children
Our goal is for our young artists to both learn and have a great time doing it! With a small group of children, sparks of creativity can be seized upon and used as jumping-off points for greater exploration and expression. A child's meandering creativity is respected and hopefully enriched by our guidance. Our small classes enable us to teach real skills effectively. We have the time and freedom to stop and discuss a piece of art or a period in art history at the moment when it becomes relevant in a child's work.
Swimming With Creatures We Love
Children, Ages 6-11
Saturdays 10:00am-12:00pm
March 22, 29 • April 5, 12, 19, 26
$180 for 6-class series
NEW: 5% discount for each additional child (per family)
In this class we will bring creatures of the ocean to life in 3D.
Using paper, cardboard and acrylic paint we will create a world where we show ourselves swimming with creatures against a backdrop of sea and sky. We will use a shoebox and a trifold board to build our world.
In another project we will make clay pots inspired by sea creatures and Greek Mythology.
Please bring a shoebox to the first class.
Fly Me to The Moon
Children, Ages 6-11
Mondays, 1:00pm-3:00pm
March 31 • April 7, 14
$90 for 3-class series
NEW: 5% discount for each additional child (per family)
In this class we will work on a large painting/collage inspired by Faith Ringold’s story quilts. One of her books, Tar Beach recalls her childhood in New York City where her rooftop became a place of social gathering and community. Our young artists will imagine themselves flying above their homes with family, friends and pets as they survey the world below them.
Flowers and Trees and Buildings, Oh My! (Painting Outside)
Children, Ages 7-14
Saturdays, 10:00am-12:00pm
May 10, 17, 31 • June 7
$120 for a 4-class series
NEW: 5% discount for each additional child (per family)
Following in the footsteps of famous artists such as Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh, we will venture outside with our easels to depict the world around us. Springtime is calling, and we will capture the color and light outdoors in glorious paint!
SUMMER CAMP
Color Explosion!
(Ages 6-10)
July 7, 2025 – July 11, 2025
Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 12:00pm
$175
NEW: 5% discount for each additional child (per family)
From a Pop Art still-life to a fluorescent sunset scene, we will push the limits of color. We will use acrylic, gouache and magic markers to create imaginary and life-like scenes of wonder on canvas and paper.
SUMMER CAMP
A Soccer Ball Balanced on the Tip of My Shoe; How to Paint an Athlete
(Ages 6-10)
August 11, 2025 – August 15, 2025
Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 2:00pm
$230
NEW: 5% discount for each additional child (per family)
From dominoes to diving, we will look at depictions of athletes and games over the centuries. Using acrylic, gouache and ink we will create silhouettes of athletes and portraits of ourselves playing our favorite indoor and outdoor sports and games.
Please make sure you pack a lunch for your child.
SUMMER CAMP
People and Animals in Motion
(Ages 10-14)
August 25, 2025 – August 29, 2025
Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 2:00pm
$230
NEW: 5% discount for each additional child (per family)
From stop-motion images by Eadweard Muybridge, to paintings of horses by Edgar Degas, we will create our own flip books as well as large, and small-scale paintings that depict ourselves and members of the animal kingdom in fast and slow motion.
We will make individual artwork in the morning and will collaborate on a single week-long project in the afternoon.
Please make sure you pack a lunch for your child.