CHILDREN'S FALL 2008 SCHEDULE

After School Art programs and day classes encourage creativity and self-expression through supervised arts exploration building important skills and utilizing a wide variety of materials and tools. Instructors are teaching at the age appropriate level working on projects within the students capacity. All classes will be held in Art Association classrooms located in the Center for the Arts building.

Registration, Refund & Credit Policy
Register online at www.artassociation.org, by calling 307.733.6379 or in person at 240 S. Glenwood in the Center for the Arts. Classes must be paid in full at time of registration. A 90% refund is given upon withdrawal prior to one week of class start date. No credits or refunds will be given to students who withdraw less than a week of class start date. Classes will be cancelled if a 6 student minimum is not met one week prior to class start date. When a class is cancelled, students are issued a full refund.

Register Early!
Registrations are accepted up to the first day of class as long as space is available. Space is assigned on a first come, first-served basis and registrations must be accompanied by full payment. It is recommended to register early as many classes often are filled to capacity.

Registration begins August 5, 2008

 

A Different Teacher Each Workshop!

A Different Teacher Each Workshop!

Afterschool Art: Drawing to Paint I

Afterschool Art: Drawing to Paint II

Emily Boespflug

Afterschool Art: Digital Photography

Kinderart

Emily Boespflug &
Michele Walters

Little Hands Little Feet
(ages 2–3 yrs old with caregiver)

Emily Boespflug &
Michele Walters

Afterschool Clay: GRADES K–2

Afterschool Clay: GRADES 3 –5

Kinderclay: AGES 3–5

Trip to the Zoo

Play with Your Food

Clay Techniques

Art Throught the Ages

GRADES 9–12: Teen Silversmithing

GRADES 6–8 & 9–12: Creative Cartooning & Illustration

Drawing

Painting

FREE ART CLASSES!

A Different Teacher Each Workshop!
September 18 – December 11 (no class 11/27)
Thursday, 4:00 – 5:30pm
$250 ($225 members) for all 12 sessions
$175 ($150 members) for 8 sessions
$100 ($75 members) for 4 sessions
$50 ($35 members) for 2 sessions
Children’s Studio
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This fall we are pleased to offer workshop style art classes for kids!  These age-appropriate classes are designed to encompass artists of all skill levels and experience and to enhance their inherent creativity through visual art.  Prominent artists from around the valley bring their enthusiasm to the classroom, sharing their skills and experience while sparking the imagination of each child through a variety of media.  Workshops are either two sessions or four sessions, please sign up for the entire workshop.  All supplies are included.

SEPTEMBER 18 & 25: FOOD FOR ART
WITH JAN TICE
Let’s get funky pulling one-of-a-kind prints on our very own gelatin work stations!  The texture from this surface is like nothing else and allows for flexible painting in a new and exciting way.  While results of gelatin monotypes can mimic a variety of printmaking techniques, the gelatin possesses its own unique characteristics, lending itself to extensive experimentation!

OCTOBER 2, 9, 16 & 23: MIXED MEDIA MAYHEM
WITH VALERIE SEABERG
Catch up with your own creative impulses and express yourself through a combination of your favorite 3D media, including random weaving, clay, fabric, paint, wire, beads and more!  This exciting 4-week hands-on workshop will encourage kids to think outside the box and explore scale, color and form through nature-inspired designs.  Project ideas and instruction will be constant for those preferring direction, while the more free-spirited artists will be guided through possible approaches and encouraged to explore new directions.

OCTOBER 30, NOVEMBER 6, 13 & 20: STORYBOOK ILLUSTRATION
WITH ERIN O'CONNOR
Learn how to tell your stories through art! Stories will be read aloud with attention to the illustrations that are so essential to the excitement of each adventurous tale.  We will discuss stories told by well-known illustrators and authors to inspire new ways of painting, drawing and collage techniques.

DECEMBER 4 &11: CRAFTY FOR CHRISTMAS
WITH TASHA CRONK & EMILY BOESPFLUG
Build your own box and make your own wrapping paper then choose your own handmade (by our staff) napkin holders and ceramic ornaments to glaze!  Let’s get in the spirit of creating our gifts this year, glowing with our unique colorful designs.   

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A Different Teacher Each Workshop!
September 15 – December 15 (no class 11/24)
Monday, 4:00 – 5:30pm
$250 ($225 members) for all 12 sessions
$175 ($150 members) for 8 sessions
$100 ($75 members) for 4 sessions
$50 ($35 members) for 2 sessions
Children’s Studio
Sign Up!

This fall we are pleased to offer workshop style art classes for kids!  These age-appropriate classes are designed to encompass artists of all skill levels and experience and to enhance their inherent creativity through visual art.  Prominent artists from around the valley bring their enthusiasm to the classroom, sharing their skills and experience while sparking the imagination of each child through a variety of media.  Workshops are either two sessions or four sessions, please sign up for the entire workshop.  All supplies are included.

SEPTEMBER 18 & 25: FOOD FOR ART
WITH JAN TICE
Let’s get funky pulling one-of-a-kind prints on our very own gelatin work stations!  The texture from this surface is like nothing else and allows for flexible painting in a new and exciting way.  While results of gelatin monotypes can mimic a variety of printmaking techniques, the gelatin possesses its own unique characteristics, lending itself to extensive experimentation!

OCTOBER 2, 9, 16 & 23: MIXED MEDIA MAYHEM
WITH VALERIE SEABERG
Catch up with your own creative impulses and express yourself through a combination of your favorite 3D media, including random weaving, clay, fabric, paint, wire, beads and more!  This exciting 4-week hands-on workshop will encourage kids to think outside the box and explore scale, color and form through nature-inspired designs.  Project ideas and instruction will be constant for those preferring direction, while the more free-spirited artists will be guided through possible approaches and encouraged to explore new directions.

NOVEMBER 3, 10, 17 & 24: NEW VISIONS PHOTOSHOOT
WITH REBECCA STERN
Explore new ways of thinking about seeing behind the lens.  Create your own dynamic and powerful images using alternate perspectives and new ways of using light and depth.  Make your own visual dictionary, bringing a word to life through a series of close-ups or make up your own series in this 4-week workshop!  Class size limited to 12 students.  Cameras will be provided, or bring your own.

DECEMBER 1, 8 & 15: HIP TO KNIT
WITH TASHA CRONK & EMILY BOESPFLUG
Knitting for kids!  Come learn the basics of knitting just in time for the holiday season!  Learn how to knit a scarf and for those who already know a little, join the fun and pick up a few new tricks along the way.      

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Afterschool Art: Drawing to Paint I
September 16 – October 21
Emily Boespflug
Tuesday, 4 – 5:30pm
$150 ($125 members)
6 week class
Borshell Drawing Studio
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Learning to draw is learning to see and drawing is the fundamental basis for art.  The first half of this class will explore the basics of perspective, light and composition through a variety of projects using charcoal and pencil.  During the second half, each class will begin with compositions through “warm-up” drawing techniques and finish with basic color theory using acrylics and watercolor.

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Afterschool Art: Drawing to Paint II
October 28 – December 9 (No Class 11/25)
Emily Boespflug
Tuesday, 4 – 5:30pm
$150 ($125 members)
6 week class
Borshell Drawing Studio
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Strong drawing skills lead to strong painting skills.  We will continue to develop our drawing techniques using color, emphasizing personal expression!  Students will learn how to layer, blend and create textures using colored pencils, chalk and oil pastels.  We will also spend a few classes painting on canvas with acrylic and on paper with watercolors.  All supplies included. *Pre-requisite of any previous Drawing to Paint I or teacher’s permission

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Afterschool Art: Digital Photography
Catherine Coe
September 17 – October 8
Wednesday, 4 -5:30pm
$120 ($95 members)
4 week class
Photography Studio
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Expand your vision, bringing your digital imaging skills to a whole new level.  This class will teach students shooting and editing techniques for both point-and-shoot and SLR digital cameras.  Explore new and interesting ways of seeing and structuring images using light, depth, perspective and composition.  No experience necessary, so give it a try!  Cameras will be provided, or bring your own!  All other supplies included.   

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Exploring the world of art in many different directions. Hands-on learning with small hands and big smiles. Go ahead and get your hands dirty!  Each class a different book will be read aloud, and a project based on the book will follow.  All supplies are included.

OCTOBER 1: KLIMT AND HIS CAT
Create your own painterly collage! Like Gustav Klimt, we will paint with patterns in mind using reflective papers, fabric, paint and ribbon.

OCTOBER 8: POTATO HEAD PORTRAITS
Inspired by Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head and several famous artists, we will describe our features in these funny paper faces with our own creative touch.

OCTOBER 15: TODAY I WILL FLY
If pigs could fly…does Piggy actually fly?  Find out, then tell your own story of the skies through a variety of colors and textures and make your own silly bugs and beautiful butterflies!

OCTOBER 22: DREAMING PICTURES
If pigs could fly…does Piggy actually fly?  Find out, then tell your own story of the skies through a variety of colors and textures and make your own silly bugs and beautiful butterflies!

NOVEMBER 12 : STARRY NIGHT
Van Gogh is most famous for his paintings rich in color and texture.  Today we will create our own star inspired images.

NOVEMBER 19: I AIN'T GONNA PAINT NO MORE
“One day my mama caught me paintin’ pictures on the floor, ceiling, walls and door”….Feel free in our mess-friendly studio to experiment with different ways of moving paint up and down and all around.

DECEMBER 3: THERE'S A MONSTER UNDER MY BED
Creatures great and small we aspire to imagine and create them all!  Make your own air-dry clay creatures and draw the place where they may be hiding! 

DECMBER 10: WHEN PIGASSO MET MOOTSIE
Bold colors and painted patterns made Henri Matisse famous, but did you know he painted using paper cut-outs as he grew old?  We will create our own “modern art mess” using paper cut-outs, paint and other funky food textures.

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Little Hands, Little Feet classes focus on age-appropriate fun, mucky, messy, gooey projects that slowly introduce children to the fundamentals of making art. Each week’s theme is based on a different book from the Children’s Library. All supplies are included.

SEPTEMBER 30 & OCTOBER 1: MOUSE PAINT
Today is a day of mixing colors! Learn from the mice how to mix your colors then use your own palette of the primary colors to see where it takes you.    

OCTOBER 7 & 8: I SPY SHAPES IN ART
Lets look at the many different ways shapes can be used by famous artists then explore the use of these shapes and how they can be arranged to create our own mixed media masterpieces!

OCTOBER 14 & 15: TODAY I WILL FLY
Not everything is always as it seems as the bunny demonstrates with what looks like a box to me!  Today we will explore different ways of moving paint and making our mark inside and out of the box.

OCTOBER 21 & 22: THE RAINBOW FISH
As we swim under the sea, we will see the rainbow fish and his beautiful shining scales.  Can I have just one?  Today you will print your own fishes with shining scales surrounded by a colorful watercolor sea.

NOVEMBER 11 & 12 : ART DOG
How does this dog save the day?  With wild strokes of color, moving paint around in every way!

NOVEMBER 18 & 19: CITY LULLABY
Today we explore the city through colorful shapes and exciting noises to count.  Just enough to inspire great abstract art of our own! 

DECEMBER 2 & 3: I SPY AN ALPHABET IN ART
Let’s take a look at how letters can become subjects in our own creations using alphabet sponges and mixed media collage.

DECMBER 9 & 10: THE DOT
Everyone is an artist.  Today you will make your mark, big and small and transform it into your finest work of all.

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GRADES K–2: After School Clay
Tasha Cronk
September 16 – November 18
Tuesday, 4:00 – 5:30pm
$210 ($185 members) for all 10 Sessions
Clay Studio
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This 10 session class will cover a variety of hand building techniques including making extruded animals, 3-D dinosaur magnets, ancient looking pinch pots and slab boxes to put special things inside. All supplies and firing are included.

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GRADES 3 –5: After School Clay
Tasha Cronk
September 17 – November 19
Wednesday, 4:00 – 5:30pm
$210 ($185 members) for all 10 Sessions
Clay Studio
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This 10 session class will cover endless possibilities when kids combine hand building, slip casting, and throwing skills to create extruded vases and cups, hand built animals and fish, magnets, and strange lidded containers. Kids will have the option to glaze a few pieces of their work for a Raku firing that ceramics studio manager Sam Dowd will fire with them. All supplies and firing are included.

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AGES 3 –5: Kinderclay
Tasha Cronk
September 15 – November 17
Monday, 10:30 – 11:30am
$175 ($150 members) for all 10 Sessions
Clay Studio
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This 10-session class will cover a variety of hand building techniques using various tools and texture makers. Finished pieces will be painted and glazed. Go ahead and get your hands dirty! All supplies and firings are included.

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GRADES K–5 : Trip to the Zoo
A collaboration with the Art Association and Dancers’ Workshop
Emily Boespflug & TBA
November 7
Friday 9am – 3pm (bring a lunch today)
$60 ($50 members)
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Spend half of the day creating your own small-scale zoo with various mixed-media techniques, including clay, drawing, painting, collage and sculpture.  Construct miniature clay animals and the environments in which they live!  Migrate to Dancer’s Workshop for the other half to explore animal role play through creative movement!

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GRADES K–5 : Play with Your Food
Emily Boespflug & TBA
December 5
Friday 9am – 3pm (bring a lunch today)
$60 ($50 members)
Borshell Drawing Studio
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Really…from images of food by Pop artist Wayne Thiebaud and fruit-face portraits by Archimbaldo, we will use food to inspire then create art in this a fun-filled day not to be missed!   Mix-up your own goop, slime, silly putty and clay!  Sculpt, paint, print and collage using a variety of food and art materials together in a most interesting way.

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GRADES 1 –5 : Clay Techniques
Tasha Cronk
September 15 – October 13
Mondays, 1 – 3pm
$120 ($95 members)
5 week class
Clay Studio
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This 5-session class allows homeschooled students the opportunity to explore a variety of creating and finishing techniques.  These include hand building using the extruder and slab roller and some throwing on the wheel.  All firings are supplies are included.

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GRADES 1 –5 : Art Through the Ages
Emily Boespflug
November 3 – December 1
Monday, 1 – 3pm
$120 ($95 members)
5 week class
Borshell Drawing Studio
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Come discover famous artists and movements through the ages.  Kids will travel through time and study select art movements, artistic styles and the artists that made them famous from the Ancient Greeks and Romans to Post-Modern times.  Each class will be a different art and learning experience!

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GRADES 9 –12 : Teen Silversmithing
Shannon Crawford
September 25 – October 16
Thursday, 6 – 9pm
$125 ($100 members) 
4 week class
Multi-Purpose Studio
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Students will learn basic skills in sawing, shaping, soldering, and finishing seams on silver work as well as the process for setting a stone in a handmade bezel.  Participants in this class will have the opportunity to make a project for each week of the class and will then be eligible to attend open studio silversmithing classes when they are available.  There will be a small cost for materials dependent on scale of projects.

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GRADES 6–8 & 9 –12 : Creative Cartooning & Illustration
Zanne deJanvier
Session I: Grades 9 – 12
October 15 – November 5
Wednesday, 6 – 7:30pm
Session II: Grades 6 – 8
October 16 – November 6
Thursday, 6 – 7:30pm
$125 ($100 members)
4 week class
Painting Studio
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Learn to create you own comics under the guidance of professional illustrator Zanne deJanvier!  We will cover writing the “screenplay,” developing characters, character sketches, page layouts and panels, the vocabulary of comics as well as pencil and inking techniques.  Over this 4-week session class you will complete a one-page, black-and-white comic using professional techniques and materials.  All supplies are included.

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GRADES 7 –12 : Drawing
Sharon Thomas
October 6 – November 3 (no class 10/13)
Monday, 4 – 6pm
$125 ($100 members)
4 week class
Borshell Drawing Studio
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Students will explore a variety of approaches to drawing in this 4-week class designed to   strengthen core skills while emphasizing individual expression.  Moving through black and white to color, build your technical skills through studies focusing on line, value and form.  All supplies are included.

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GRADES 7 –12 : Painting
Shannon Crawford
November 10 – December 1
Monday, 4 – 6pm
$125 ($100 members) 
Painting Studio
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Students will explore a variety of approaches to painting, with an emphasis on color relationships and understanding the illusion of space.  These classes will combine studies in perspective, using still life and landscape, with individual expression of content and meaning.  We will experiment with different painting media, including a combination of drawing and painting. 

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Explore the wonders of the natural world through art! Classes are designed to be fun for families. Learn and create with your child. Parent participation is required.

OCTOBER 4: LIFE AS A TREE
Grow your own tree from the ground up using a variety of techniques and
materials including real leaves!  Design your own funky tree  from a
template or free-style your own, then spice it up using paper cut-outs, fabric, and a few different printing techniques.

DECEMBER 13 : NATURE-INSPIRED WREATHS
Create your own beautiful wreath by stringing incredibly colorful and
textured fabric onto wire.  Decorate using materials found in nature from
pine cones to sea shells and walk away with your own gift or decoration
for the holiday season!