2008 SUMMER           CAMPS for KIDS           5 WEEKS           June 16 – July 18

Take a trip around the globe and learn fun arts, crafts, songs, movement, and dances from Africa, Asia, and the Americas. We'll start our day with a fun yoga practice, and then we'll do wild mask making, costumes, and musical instruments, leading us into song and easy and fun dances. This will be an exciting voyage around our amazing planet for girls and boys alike! We'll finish the week with a short show we'll put on for our family and friends. No experience necessary.

Students learn and demonstrate their drawing skills with charcoal at all levels. Projects include rendering objects in space, capturing "light" in drawings, using shading and blending techniques, and creating expressively with the use of positive and negative space, emphasizing line, shape/form, and texture.

Kids, have fun exploring clay! Create bowls, plates, and other functional pieces with slab, coil, and pinch techniques. Use your imagination with these techniques to build imaginary creatures and sculptures. All projects will be colorfully glazed and fired.

Using colorful paper pulp, we'll add leaves, bark, flowers, glitter, and other wacky materials to create handmade paper. We'll paint with paper pulp, making some small sheets and even some huge ones that take four kids to make! When the paper is dry, we'll marbleize and emboss it, and then stitch and fold pages to create our own unique handmade books! The paper can be used for drawing, writing letters, or creating a secret diary.

An exciting day of hands-on activity, creating with colorful tiles and small objects to be collected for making mosaic works of art. The class begins with designing the mosaic on paper, followed by making glaze bisque tiles with vibrant colors and unique designs. Next the students will assemble a 10" x 10" wooden frame, glue the mosaic together, and complete with grout. Students are encouraged to bring small personal objects that hold meaning to incorporate into their mosaics.

Kids, learn how to paint!! Express yourselves through the process and flow of painting what you see and what you imagine. Learn the principles of brush painting techniques and how to mix primary and secondary colors on your palette. Both acrylics and watercolors will be taught. All materials included.

Students will be guided through several drawing experiences to develop perceptual skills and "look" at the world around them, learning to recognize, depict, and draw what they see and what they imagine. Students will identify and practice basic principles of art: line, shape, color, texture, value, and space. Projects will include using charcoal, oil pastels, and colored pencils. All material included. Click here to register.

2008 SUMMER         ADULTS, TEENS & KIDS CLASSES           4 - 6 WEEK SESSIONS
JUNE 14 - AUGUST 14   

Instructor: Karen Cravotto
Students will be guided through several drawing experiences to develop perceptual skills and "look" at the world around them, learning to recognize, depict, and draw what they see and what they imagine. Students will identify and practice basic principles of art: line, shape, color, texture, value, and space. Projects will include using charcoal, oil pastels, and colored pencils. All material included.

Instructor: Michael de Leon
Receive an introduction to basic hand-building techniques, including slab, coil, and pinch pots. Learn wheel throwing and glazing. Projects will be provided, but the instructor is also available to assist self-directed students. Materials and unlimited lab time included.

Instructor: Michael de Leon
Receive an introduction to basic hand-building techniques, including slab, coil, and pinch pots. Learn wheel throwing and glazing. Projects will be provided, but the instructor is also available to assist self-directed students. Materials and unlimited lab time included. Click here to register.

Instructor: Kathy Miller
Kids, have fun exploring clay! Create bowls, plates, and other functional pieces with slab, coil, and pinch techniques. Use your imagination with these techniques to build imaginary creatures and sculptures. All projects will be colorfully glazed and fired. Click here to register.

Instructor: TBA
TEENS!! Receive an introduction to black & white photography. The beginning photographer will learn the basic camera functions and fundamental darkroom skills. The emphasis is primarily technical, although aesthetics and composition will be covered through lectures, demonstrations and class critiques.
Note: A fully adjustable 35mm camera is required. Click here to register.

2008 FALL CLASSES                   For KIDS                September 6 – October 14

Students will be guided through several drawing experiences to develop perceptual skills and “look” at the world around them, learning to recognize, depict, and draw what they see and what they imagine. Students will identify and practice basic principles of art: line, shape, color, texture, value, and space. Projects will include using charcoal, oil pastels, and colored pencils. All material included.

The class begins with designing the mosaic on paper, followed by making glaze bisque tiles with vibrant colors and unique designs. Next the students will assemble a 10” x 10” wooden frame, glue the mosaic together, and complete with grout. Students are encouraged to bring small personal objects that hold meaning to incorporate into their mosaics. All projects will incorporate slab, coil, and pinch techniques. Use your imagination with these techniques to build imaginary creatures and sculptures. All projects will be colorfully glazed and fired.

2008 FALL CLASSES         For ADULTS           September 2 – November 25

Receive an introduction to basic hand-building techniques, including slab, coil, and pinch pots. Learn wheel throwing and glazing. Projects will be provided, but the instructor is also available to assist self-directed students. Materials and unlimited lab time included.

Receive an introduction to basic hand-building techniques, including slab, coil, and pinch pots. Learn wheel throwing and glazing. Projects will be provided, but the instructor is also available to assist self-directed students. Materials and unlimited lab time included.