Art a la Carte offers children the opportunity to experience multiple types of art-making at our studios. This program offers two weeks of half-day, one-week classes in the morning and the afternoon, giving families the flexibility of half or full-day, and one or two weeks. Students registered for a full-day experience will be supervised for lunch and free time between classes. Half-day students can stay during lunch for an additional fee here. Students must bring their own food. 

Tuition includes all materials needed for the program. There is the option to pay in full or take advantage of a payment plan. Signing up for the full day? Use the promo code FULLDAY when signing up for a morning and afternoon class on the same week and save $100. Cancellations before May 26 will be assessed a $100 service charge per child per program (not per session). No refunds after July 14. Refunds will be given should we need to cancel the program. If you do not get a spot immediately, do not despair! Please put yourself on the waiting list. We were able to accommodate many of the children from the wait list last year.

Classes for rising 2nd-4th graders are:

Week 1 morning: paint and collage

MAKE YOUR SPACE with Candace Winter

Create your own materials to then make a collage out of! Inspired by our theme of You Are Here, young artists will be painting and stamping paper and other materials, then transforming those newly created raw materials into collaged landscapes. 

Week 1 afternoon: cartooning

DRAWING CHARACTERS with Ed Murr

Learn the basics of drawing cartoon characters! Using shapes as a foundation, students will experiment with creating their own characters for comics. Attention to beginning technique will be given while fostering students' creativity and character ideas!

Week 2 morning: earth art

IMAGINE EARTH with Kate Daley

Use your imagination and innovative spirit to integrate art into the earth and the earth into art! Discover new ways to use natural materials and upcycled everyday objects. You can build habitats with mud, make paintings with plant pigments and create outdoor installations with whatever you can find!

Week 2 afternoon: sewing by hand

SEW MUCH FUN with Katy Hope

Kids will learn the basics of sewing by hand and create soft projects that they can customize and make their own.

We believe art should be accessible to all. Financial assistance is available for those that qualify. Use this link to apply by 11:00am on March 31.

This is free for all students enrolled in a full day of Art a la Carte classes. If your child is registered for a half-day class, you can register them to join us for our supervised lunch and free time for $100 a week.  Students must bring their own food.

Art a la Carte offers children the opportunity to experience multiple types of art-making at our studios. This program offers two weeks of half-day, one-week classes in the morning and the afternoon, giving families the flexibility of half or full-day, and one or two weeks. Students registered for a full-day experience will be supervised for lunch and free time between classes. Half-day students can stay during lunch for an additional fee here.  Students must bring their own food.

Tuition includes all materials needed for the program. There is the option to pay in full or take advantage of a payment plan. Signing up for the full day? Use the promo code FULLDAY when signing up for a morning and afternoon class on the same week and save $100. Cancellations before May 26 will be assessed a $100 service charge per child per program (not per session). No refunds after July 14. Refunds will be given should we need to cancel the program. If you do not get a spot immediately, do not despair! Please put yourself on the waiting list. We were able to accommodate many of the children from the wait list last year.

Classes for rising 5th-8th graders are:

Week 1 morning: cartooning

DRAWING CHARACTERS with Ed Murr

Learn the basics of drawing cartoon characters! Using shapes as a foundation, students will experiment with creating their own characters for comics. Attention to beginning technique will be given while fostering students' creativity and character ideas!

Week 1 afternoon: paint and collage

MAKE YOUR PLACE with Candace Winter

Create your own materials to then make a collage out of! Inspired by our theme of You Are Here, young artists will be painting and stamping paper and other materials, then transforming those newly created raw materials into collaged landscapes. Three-dimensional creatures living in the worlds we create will be created relief-style and incorporated.

Week 2 morning: clay

BARK with Renee Curci Ivanoff

Let’s explore making functional or sculptural works out of clay focusing on trees, bark, texture, leaves, and things that rest or live on a tree. Think of a clay box, covered in moss on one side, leaves on another, mushrooms on the lid with a snail peeking out. The possibilities are endless. Bring your imagination. Work from this class will need 4-6 weeks to be fired. We will email you when the work is ready to be picked up.

Week 2 afternoon: earth art

IMAGINE EARTH with Kate Daley

Use your imagination and innovative spirit to integrate art into the earth and the earth into art! Discover new ways to use natural materials and upcycled everyday objects. You can build habitats with mud, make paintings with plant pigments and create outdoor installations with whatever you can find!

We believe art should be accessible to all. Financial assistance is available for those that qualify. Use this link to apply by 11:00am on March 31.

We are thrilled to bring back Summer Pottery Passes for 2023!

How does it work?

One Summer Pottery Pass allows you to attend 4 of our supervised open studio sessions this summer. These supervised open studio sessions will have one of our teachers available for assistance. It’s less structured than a formal class but provides more guidance than our typical open studio hours. Each session is 3 hours long, and there are 3 different time slots available each week.

When does it start?

Summer pottery studio availability will begin July 9 and run through August 18. There will be a short break before our regular fall classes start in early September.

What times/days are available?

We will be having supervised open studio sessions on Sundays 1:30pm-4:30pm, Tuesdays 6:00pm-9:00pm, and Thursdays 6:30pm - 9:30pm.

Do I have to come on the same day/time each week?

No! You can sign up for multiple sessions in the same week, and skip a week (or more!) whenever you like. Since these aren't classes, there is more flexibility in the scheduling.

How do I schedule my sessions?

Lisa will be handling the scheduling. Once you have purchased your Summer Pottery Pass, contact lisa@garrisonartcenter.org with which days/times you would like to come. We will be limiting the number of people in each session, so you must sign up ahead of time for the sessions you want to attend. 

We cannot accommodate students that show up without signing up first.

4 sessions aren’t enough for me! Can I buy more than one pass?

Sure! Feel free to get as many Summer Pottery Passes as you like. Each pass grants you the ability to attend 4 supervised open studio sessions.

Can anyone get a Summer Pottery Pass and use the studio?

The Summer Pottery Pass is only available to students that have been enrolled in a Garrison Art Center adult pottery class in 2022 or 2023. 

Got more questions? Email Kit Burke-Smith, Education Manager at eduation@garrisonartcenter.org

We believe art should be accessible to all. Financial assistance is available for those that qualify.