The Painting Effect | Ages 7–13
See what effects different styles of paint on different surfaces looks like as you paint your way through the week. Learn about color and composition along the way, to make aesthetically interesting art!
See what effects different styles of paint on different surfaces looks like as you paint your way through the week. Learn about color and composition along the way, to make aesthetically interesting art!
Flying to the moon, living on Mars, a garden on Venus, undersea communities, cars that fly, people that fly, robots that cook your meals or do your homework—these futuristic ideas have been imagined countless times! Let’s set our imagination to the future and reimagine what the world looks like in an artistic way—looking at the past, the events of today, and the possibilities of tomorrow. Create art that envisions the future using both traditional and some very non-traditional art-making supplies. What is your idea of future life?
Explore the fun of taking simple art supplies and transforming them into beautiful 3-D paper creations! Learn how artists and designers make inspiring forms from beautiful paper. Build on your creative problem-solving skills, discover fun and unique art-making traditions. Get inspired to create beautiful paper flowers, animals, people and more.
Calling all little garden gnomes! Let the natural wonders of nature garden journals, DIY brushes, nature stamps, and more. Enjoy outside time each day if the weather allows.
The mystery of art will be exposed! Through clues and challenges, explore the galleries and have fun on a scavenger hunt tracking down various artworks. Then create art inspired by what you uncover at the museum.
Learn a multitude of clay handbuilding techniques to create sculptural art that is sometimes functional but always amazing!
Learn to throw pots on the potter’s wheel. This class is great for beginners and return students.
Learn real artist habits of drawing and painting from life. Explore how artists create artworks that express personal interests, celebrate favorite things, and are inspired by the world around them.
Learn several bookmaking styles and binding methods, and ways of filling the space between the front and back cover. Perfect for book lovers and artists who love to construct.
Experiment with the idea of abstract art through exploration of materials and concepts. Discover different ways to abstract through collage, painting, air-dry clay sculpture, and found object sculptures.
Have fun sculpting and learning all the basic techniques of working with clay.
Learn to throw clay pots on the potter’s wheel. This class is great for both beginners and return students.
Do you like to create stories? See how artists who make illustrated stories and graphic novels develop ideas and envision worlds. Have fun creating story-boards, and choose your own adventure for characters you invent. Learn how events and action can create unique and memorable worlds on the illustrated page.
Reuse, reclaim, and recycle materials into artsy Rube Goldberg inventions for future civilizations! Garbage grabbing and dumpster diving with the intent to make it into usable and interesting art will be the fun focus. Enjoy the challenge of using recycled materials to create a contraption that does something, and make art that helps save the planet—one plastic bottle at a time.
Use all kinds of materials to explore creatures of all shapes and sizes throughout a week of animal art adventures.
Discover sculpture and 3-D art using polymer clay. Each day will feature a different theme such as food, plants, and animals.
How can artists generate ideas for unique illustrated characters? Learn skills illustrators use to develop painted and drawn characters who can run, jump, play, fly, and come to life with the help of your imagination. What type of world will your character live in? Your imagination will help tell your character's story.
What does the future hold for you? Let’s create fantastical futuristic paintings and artwork that explore a future that is so bright that you might want to put on your shades—and start looking at life through rainbow color glasses!
Explore outer space themed art, to infinity and beyond! Make planet paintings, space craft design and more…..cause baby, you are a star!
Want to make something special for Mother's Day? Create a multitude of amazing art that any mother or grandmother will cherish for years to come.
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