Fall Classes
Youth Classes:
- Animation
- Animation for Juniors
- Anime & Manga Cartooning Workshops
- Black & White Darkroom Photography
- Cartooning
- Cartooning for juniors
- Clay
- Fashion Design & Illustration
- Graphic Design
- Jewelry Design Weekend Workshop
- Open Animation Lab
- TOTventure
Animation
Ages 9 - 15
Grasp the secret process of bringing inanimate subjects to life as you design and produce your own 2d and 3d cell animation sequences with paper cut-out and clay. (DVD available upon completion of class)
Tuition: $100 ($90 members)
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Kirk O'Brien
6 Saturdays
September 15 – October 20
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Animation for Juniors
Ages 6 - 8
Grasp the secret process of bringing inanimate subjects to life as you design and produce your own 2d and 3d cell animation sequences with drawings, paper cut-out, and clay.(DVD available upon completion of class)
Tuition: $130 ($120 members)
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Kirk O'Brien
6 Saturdays
September 15 – October 20
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Anime & Manga Cartooning Workshops
Ages 9 - 15
Learn to draw Anime and Manga style characters. These workshops will cover illustration techniques that will help cartoonists develop their own characters and scenes drawn in the popular Japanese cartooning styles.
Tuition: $90 ($80 members)
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Kirk O'Brien
3 Sundays
November 4 – November 18
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
November 4, 11, 18
Black & White Darkroom Photography
Ages 13 - 16
In this comprehensive photography course you will use a 35mm camera and the darkroom to explore your photographic vision. There will be field trips throughout the class and the opportunity to photograph outside of class as you develop your own photographic style to begin building a portfolio. The course includes lessons in basic camera operations, and we will discuss the aesthetic aspects of composition, timing, and subject matter. Students will learn to print images using traditional darkroom techniques. Students will need a 35mm camera. There is an additional $30 materials fee which includes film, processing, paper, and chemistry.
Tuition: $185 ($175 members)
Materials fee: $30
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Christopher Wiedeman
8 Sundays
September 23 – November 11
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Cartooning
Ages 9 - 15
Students will invent their own cartoon characters and stories as they learn about drawing methods and materials used by professional cartoonists, as well as the history of the comic form.
Tuition: $130 ($120 members)
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Kirk O'Brien
6 Saturdays
October 27 – December 8
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
No class November 24
Cartooning for juniors
Ages 6 - 8
Students will create their own cartoon characters and stories as they learn drawing methods used by professional cartoonists.
Tuition: $130 ($120 members)
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Kirk O'Brien
6 Saturdays
October 27 – December 8
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
No class November 24
Clay
Ages 9 - 12
Students will learn various hand-building techniques for creating ceramic forms: plates, cups, vases, and shakers.
Tuition: $130 ($120 members)
Materials fee: $30
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Matt Isaacson
6 Saturdays
October 6 – November 10
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fashion Design & Illustration
Ages 10 - 16
Bring your wildest imagination to this class! Students will learn to design and illustrate their own contemporary fashions using fabric swatches, watercolor, ink and colored pencils. Discussions will include a brief history of fashion and fabric as we look at fashion through art!
Tuition: $130 ($120 members)
Materials fee: $20
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Catherine Southall
7 Thursdays
September 27 – November 15
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Graphic Design
Ages 12 - 16
If you have ever looked at a poster or a t-shirt and thought, “I could do better than that!” this class gives you a chance to prove it. Students will work on Mac G5’s to learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to produce personalized designs for t-shirt transfers, CD covers, and more.
Tuition: $130 ($120 members)
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Staff
6 Saturdays
October 6 – November 10
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Jewelry Design Weekend Workshop
Ages 10 - 15
Students will learn to fabricate their own pins, bracelets and other artistic jewelry out of brass, copper, silver, and other metals, while learning about metalsmithing techniques and tools.
Tuition: $70 ($60 members)
Materials fee: $30
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Jay Sharpe
2 Sundays
September 23 – September 30
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
September 23 & 30
Open Animation Lab
Ages 9 - 15
Designed for students who have taken at least TWO animation classes at VisArts, this is an opportunity to sign up for three hours of time with the animation Lunchbox and the instructor. Students must provide their own materials. (DVD transfer available)
Tuition: $50 ($45 members)
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Kirk O'Brien
1 Sunday
October 7
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Kirk O'Brien
1 Sunday
October 21
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
TOTventure
All Levels
A hands-on first art class for youngsters, this class is designed for parents and children to explore together the various materials, tools, and possibilities of drawing, painting and sculpture. Class is designed for a parent/adult to accompany the child in class.
Tuition: $95 ($85 members)
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Staff
6 Tuesdays
September 18 – October 23
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Adult Summer Classes
The 2008 adult class schedule is now posted!
Artventure
Check out the Summer Artventure class schedule!
Parent + Student Guidelines (PDF)
