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Art a la Carte (Rising 2nd-4th graders)
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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. Our Summer Programs Cancellation Policy can be found here. 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 $50. 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: upcycled sculptures
BEASTLY BIOME BUILDERS with Kate Daley
Create shelters on land, homes underwater, and nests up in the trees! In this class, we will design and construct dwellings inspired by builders from the animal world. Think about the colorful nests of bowerbirds, multi-room beaver lodges, and intricate bee hives. Considering the resources of different natural environments, we will ponder why animals build the way they do. We can learn from them to create structures with purpose and beauty. Experimentation with size and materials is encouraged. Build up, down, and sideways with natural and recycled materials.
Week 1 afternoon: drawing
EYEBALLING IT with Sam Shields
Learn how to take what you see and turn it into a drawing! In this class we will be sharpening our observation skills along with our pencils through blind contour drawing, negative space drawing, and more. We will draw outside occasionally when the weather cooperates.
Week 2 morning: mixed media
FLOWER POWER with Candace Winter
Inspired by the groovy graphics and awesome art of the 1960s, students will be creating mixed media art using a variety of textures, colors, and materials including painted paper, yarn, textiles, and more.
Week 2 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!
We believe art should be accessible to all. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify. Use this link to apply on 11:00am on March 29.
If you are planning on using an Art Ed card towards tuition, please register first to ensure your spot, then reach out to us.
Art a la Carte (Rising 5th-8th graders)
with GAC Team
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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. Our Summer Programs Cancellation Policy can be found here. 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 $50. 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: clay
CREEPY CRAWLIES with Renee Curci Ivanoff
Let’s explore making functional or sculptural works out of clay focusing on bugs, critters, spiders, and all the little living creatures in nature. 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 1 afternoon: upcycled sculptures
BEASTLY BIOME BUILDERS with Kate Daley
Create shelters on land, homes under water, and nests up in the trees! In this class, we will design and construct dwellings inspired by builders from the animal world. Think about the colorful nests of bowerbirds, multi-room beaver lodges, and intricate bee hives. Considering the resources of different natural environments, we will ponder why animals build the way they do. We can learn from them to create structures with purpose and beauty. Experimentation with size and materials is encouraged. Build up, down, and sideways with natural and recycled materials.
Week 2 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 2 afternoon: mixed media
FLOWER POWER with Candace Winter
Inspired by the groovy graphics and awesome art of the 1960s, students will be creating mixed media art using a variety of textures, colors, and materials including painted paper, yarn, textiles, and more.
We believe art should be accessible to all. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify. Use this link to apply on 11:00am on March 29.
If you are planning on using an Art Ed card towards tuition, please register first to ensure your spot, then reach out to us.
Lunch Bunch
with GAC Team
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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.
Family Clay Studio
with Renee Curci Ivanoff
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For kids from 7 to 17 plus you, their family member! Set a date with your child, niece, nephew, or friend, and join us on Saturday mornings. Have fun creating, exploring, and working with clay together. Family Clay Studio is a wonderful way to share and create with clay. You’ll work together learning how to hand-build, throw on the wheel, glaze, and learn a bit about the kiln. Your glazed and fired pieces will be your clay treasures to take home. Class runs for 8 weeks and includes materials and firing fees.
This class is for families ONLY, not for individuals. Price is by the individual, please purchase a spot for each family member.
There is no class on September 28 or October 12.
Our class/workshop cancelation policy can be found here.
We believe art should be accessible to all. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify. We also have a separate application for Financial assistance for Senior Citizens.
Children's Pottery
with Renee Curci Ivanoff
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Ages: 7 - 12
Three different days are available.
Our teaching artist, Renee Curci Ivanoff, will guide young artists through the techniques of working with clay: pinch, slab, coil, and wheel. Students will be introduced to both hand-building and the pottery wheel. Continuing students will develop and push their skills in all ways with adaptive projects that will meet everyone at their own level. This class is for students ages 7-12 of all skill levels.
Our class/workshop cancelation policy can be found here.
We believe art should be accessible to all. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify.