Pee Wee Arts

In this class young artists will have the opportunity to express and experiment with their big ideas and bold imaginations through projects that mix and mingle materials and artistic processes. Students will gain foundational visual art skills that support their physical, cognitive, and creative development. 

Visual Arts Exploration 

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of drawing, painting and sculpture including line, shape, color, texture, and composition as well as three dimensional approaches to art making with conventional and unconventional materials such as wire, fabric, nylon, wood, repurposed and found materials. 

Projects may include genres such as still life, landscape, portraiture, and abstract approaches. Individuality and personal creativity will be supported and encouraged.

Students will learn about contemporary sculpture through trips to local museums as well as gallery visits with local artists and makers. 

Teen Painting, Drawing and Sculpture

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of drawing. painting and sculpture through projects and approaches that celebrate adolescent voices and their points of view. 

Lessons will include foundational basics in line, shape, color, texture and composition as well as work with numerous materials, both conventional and unconventional, as they create unique works and experiment with processes. 

Significant artists, both past and present, as well as art movements throughout history will also be incorporated as students explore the local landscape and architecture, portraiture, figure drawing, and abstract approaches. 

Trips to local museums, gallery visits, and artist talks will give teens an inside view of the contemporary art world, the local art scene, and what it means to be a creative entrepreneur.