ONSITE: Cartooning (Ages 6-8)
Invent your own cartoon characters and stories as you learn about drawing methods and materials.
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ONSITE: Glass Fusing + Slumping (Ages 12-14)
Learn to fuse and slump glass in the kiln. We'll create designs by cutting colored sheet glass. By layering patterns and firing glass in kilns, students can create small decorative glass objects.
read moreONLINE: Build a Clay City (Ages 6-8)
Learn about architecture from around the world and create your own clay city!
read moreONLINE: Scientific Illustration (Ages 12-14)
Explore innovative and technical approaches to scientific illustration. You’ll learn different types of drawing techniques and create your own scientific illustrations inspired by natural specimens in class.
read moreONSITE: Organic Indigo Fabric Dyeing (Ages 9-11)
Learn the ancient Japanese art of Shibori (tie-dye) using an organic natural indigo bath. It’s the bluest of all blues. Dye fabric, a bandana and a t-shirt.
read moreONLINE: World-Building + Character Design (Ages 9-11)
Look at what it takes to build rich and interesting worlds that are worth getting lost in. You’ll develop characters with complete backstories and interesting goals. This is a great class for those who like to imagine far-away places, whether fantasy, science fiction or based on reality.
read moreONSITE: Stained Glass (Ages 12-14)
Embrace your love of color by learning to make stained glass. Select or design stained glass patterns, then cut, grind, clean, foil and solder your stained glass creation using the Tiffany technique. Beginners complete a small window and students with previous experience learn more advanced techniques, completing more challenging projects of their choice.
read moreONSITE: Wire Jewelry (Ages 9-11)
Create wearable, wire art! You’ll learn wire manipulating and shaping techniques, then use traditional jewelry tools to make roses, scrolls, perfect loops, wrapped loops, headpins, cages, hooks and closures. Learn to strengthen and harden your designs, then add beads and learn finishing techniques.
read moreONLINE: Claymation (Ages 9-11)
Create a small-scale story entirely out of colorful modeling clay and bring it to life through the hands-on process of claymation. In this interactive class, you’ll learn the step-by-step process of stop-frame animation. You will bring your idea to life, crafting it loosely in clay, receiving feedback along the way, as you make your very own claymation […]
read moreONSITE: Darkroom Photography (Ages 12-14)
Using 35mm cameras, learn the fundamentals of black and white photography. Take field trips and use the darkroom to print your own photographs. Lessons include camera operation, composition, lighting, subject matter and other principles. If time allows, we may also experiment with pinhole photography by making our own cameras out of recycled materials. Bring your […]
read moreONSITE: Digital Toy Photography (Ages 9-11)
Using digital cameras or a smartphone and the creative process, you’ll produce fun photographs with your own toys as your models. Learn how to convey mood and feelings and photo tips specific to toy photography, which is a professional genre of photography. You’ll also learn basic photo editing techniques using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
read moreONLINE: Visual + Written Journaling (Ages 12-14)
Explore exciting ways to combine words and pictures as you record creative ideas, document your life, and express your thoughts and feelings. We’ll fill the pages of a composition notebook with images and writing that reflect who you are, what you know, and what you find interesting. This class will include both writing and drawing, […]
read moreONSITE: Create a Picture Book (Ages 6-8)
Everyone has a story to tell. Combine character drawings, environments and dialogue to create your very own picture books. This course gets everyone drawing their own characters on the first day, and then dives into techniques for visual storytelling. We’ll create several books using a variety of media and look at picture books at the […]
read moreONSITE: Metalworking (Ages 12-14)
Get acquainted with metal and learn basic metalworking techniques. Students will create individual projects using traditional jewelry tools. You’ll learn how to cut shapes using a jeweler’s saw and heat your metal to soften and reshape your work. We’ll also drill into metal, then use bolts, screws and rivets to connect it in new ways.
read moreSewing for the First Time (Ages 7–8)
Learn to hand sew and make small projects like a decorative pillow. We’ll cover several hand sewing techniques including the running stitch, slip stitch and catch stitch. We’ll complete a few projects that require each student to utilize these stitches.
read moreStained Glass (Ages 11–12)
Embrace your love of color by learning to make stained glass. Learn to select or design stained glass patterns, then cut, grind, clean, foil and solder your stained glass creation using the Tiffany technique. Beginners complete a small window and students with previous experience learn more advanced techniques, completing more challenging projects of their choice.
read moreArt Explorers (Ages 5–6)
Create eclectic 2-D and 3-D art collections using clay, wire, fabric, paint and other materials.
read moreArt Explorers (Ages 5–6)
Create eclectic 2-D and 3-D art collections using clay, wire, fabric, paint and other materials.
read morePortrait Photography with Film (Ages 13–14)
It’s easy to take a picture of a person, but not always as simple to capture that person’s character. We’ll tackle the question of what makes a compelling portrait and explore film photography. We’ll create portraits with studio lighting and take field trips to learn about natural light portraiture. Students will also print their photographs […]
read moreAssemblage, Collage + the Found Object (Ages 11–12)
Is that an Elvis record in the trash? Discover the materials all around you that can be re-used to make art. We’ll go on neighborhood walks to start a collection of found-objects and transform them into works of art.
read morePapier-Mâché Sculpture (Ages 9–10)
Rev up your imagination and dive into the wonderful world of papier-mâché sculpture. Using crumpled paper, masking tape, wire, cardboard and paste, we’ll make a large, amazing sculpture. We’ll explore both sculpting and painting techniques.
read moreCardboard Robots (Ages 7–8) – NEW!
Create 3-D sculptural robots while exploring mixed media! Students will complete a variety of design thinking prompts in order to consider what their robot would do and what it would need to accomplish its task.
read moreMetalworking (Ages 15-18) – NEW!
Learn how to transform metals. We’ll cover techniques such as sawing, drilling, texturing, working with wire, filing, sanding and polishing. We’ll also cover riveting, soldering with a torch and fold forming. You’ll use these skills to make one finished piece of jewelry.
read moreMetalworking (Ages 9–10)
Learn to saw, drill, shape, texture, fasten and finish metals. Explore your creativity while applying these new metalworking techniques to fabricate your own individualized projects out of metal. We’ll place an emphasis on recycling and reusing materials.
read moreLoom Weaving (Ages 13–14) – NEW!
Come learn how to make your own fabric by using a floor loom! We will learn how the floor loom works and then spend a week making our own hand woven fabric that we will then turn into a pillow cover for our rooms.
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