Youth Visual Art Classes

Youth Visual Art Classes
Winter-Spring 2010

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ArtStudio Classes at ArtHaus

The focus of our ArtStudio classes is based on a process-oriented art experience in an open studio format. The studio is set up into multiple stations where children are invited to explore a wide range of art materials and techniques. The teachers provide instruction and serve as guides and facilitators through the creative process, thereby supporting each child in their unique creative expression. Children learn to trust their own creative impulses and how to make their artistic visions a reality.

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ArtStudio for Tiny Twos

AGE: 22-26 months (suggested age)
TIME: Thursdays, 9:00-10:00am
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Jones
DATE: January 7-February 4
COST: $40 + $10 materials

DATE: February 11-March 18
COST: $50 + $10 materials (or $100 for both sessions)

Not quite ready for the drop-off class? This studio experience offers you and your child the best of both worlds as he/she starts to transition to an open studio session but still has the security of you in the studio. Through an exploratory process, children take their first steps in orienting themselves with art materials and artistic expression. Parents/caregivers gain insight into the benefits of creative expression in early childhood development as they observe their children at work.

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ArtStudio for Tiny Masters

AGE: 27 Months - 3yrs
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Jones

DATE: January 7-February 4
TIME: Thursdays, 10:15-11:15am
COST: $40 + $10 materials

DATE: February 11-March 18
TIME: Thursdays, 10:15-11:15am
LOCATION: Dayton House (This session only)
COST: $50 + $10 materials

DATE: April 8-May 13
TIME: Thursdays, 9:00-10:00am OR 10:15-11:15am
COST: $50 + $10 materials

Are you ready to send your budding artist into a studio and let someone else harness his/her creativity and do the clean up? This art exploration class is designed for children who are ready to make the transition to attending a class independently, in addition to exploring new art materials and techniques. Painting, homemade play-dough, collage, and printmaking are a few examples they will choose from during their hour of studio time.

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ArtStudio Saturdays for Mini-Masters

AGE: 3-5
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Jones

DATE: January 9-January 30
TIME: Saturdays, 9:30-11:30am
COST: $50 + $20 materials

DATE: February 13-March 20
TIME: Saturdays, 9:30-11:30am
COST: $70 +$20 materials

Is your child still trying to figure out if he or she is a painter like Van Gogh or a sculptor like Rodin? We love it! In a teacher-guided open studio format, with a variety of art-making stations, children are invited to discover and explore a wide range of materials, including painting, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, and mixed media. The longer class time encourages in-depth exploration of media and techniques and allows students to define their own personal expression.

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Pop Art! Mixed Media Exploration

Mini Masters
DATE: January 7-February 4
AGE: 4-5 years
TIME: Thursdays, 3:15-4:15pm
INSTRUCTOR: Lea Lovelace
COST: $40 +$25 materials

Little Masters
DATE: January 7-February 4
AGE: 6-8 years
TIME: Thursdays, 4:30-5:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Lea Lovelace
COST: $40 + $25 materials

Your child is sure to enjoy this exploration of pop culture through mixed media! In the last 50 years, several artists have embraced our national obsession with popular culture and advertising, elevating mundane objects to celebrity status. We will explore drawing, painting, printmaking, found objects, and much more during this class as we create our own Pop Art and learn about artists like Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Jim Dine and many more.

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Screen-Printing Studio

DATE: January 4–February 1
AGE: 9-12 years
TIME: Mondays, 3:15-4:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Rachelle Branum
COST: $45 + $25 materials fee

Warhol did it! Rauschenberg did it! Now we will do it! Screen-printing is a design transfer tool used often for mass-producing images on paper, wood, and fabric. Come and learn some easy screen-printing techniques that you can use in transferring your own artwork onto clothing, book covers, stationery, pillows and more. We’ll get a sneak peak at a screen-printing t-shirt operation right here in Decorah.

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Funky Duds: T-shirt Design

DATE: January 4–February 1
AGE: 13-16 years
TIME: Mondays, 4:45–6:00pm
INSTRUCTOR: Rachelle Branum
COST: $45 + $25 materials fee

Come design and print some awesome shirts that no one else will be sporting around town! During this class you will use a screen-printing technique to create several shirts to keep or share. It’s easy; all you have to do is dream up some unique ideas. Inspiration can come from your favorite activities, a favorite band, a catchy saying, or even a social issue that you believe in. Whether you are interested in making a fashion statement or a statement about our world, let ArtHaus teach you the skills to jazz up your wardrobe. When all is done, pick your favorite design to submit to threadless.com You may just become famous in the t-shirt design world.

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Sculpture for Mini and Little Masters

Mini Masters
DATE: February 11-March 18
AGE: 4-5 years
TIME: Thursdays, 3:15-4:15pm
INSTRUCTOR: Lea Lovelace
LOCATION: Dayton House
COST: $50 + $25 materials fee

Little Masters
DATE: February 11-March 18
AGE: 6-8 years
TIME: Thursdays, 4:30-5:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Lea Lovelace
LOCATION: Dayton House
COST: $50 + $25 materials fee

Step aside, Rodin and Michelangelo; our students’ original sculpture is sure to catch the eyes of museum curators everywhere! During this class, students will learn to use both traditional and contemporary materials, while learning to sculpt and carve, twist and construct. Influential sculptors of the past and present will inspire us as we harness our own creativity into three-dimensional forms

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Constructing with Clay

DATE: February 8-March 22 (no class on Feb. 15)
AGE: 9-12 years
TIME: Mondays, 3:15-4:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Rachelle Branum
LOCATION: Dayton House
COST: $55 + $25 materials fee

Learn the properties of clay and explore the art of construction as you learn several handbuilding techniques. Whether you are interested in making cups for the kitchen, decorative tiles for your house, or sculpting a superhero out of clay, this class is for you.

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Clay Cultures

DATE: February 8-March 22 (no class on Feb. 15)
AGE: 13-16 years
TIME: Mondays, 4:45-6:00pm
INSTRUCTOR: Rachelle Branum
COST: $55 + $25 materials fee

In this class we will look to past civilizations and diverse cultural groups to educate us on the properties of clay. You will learn how to take age-old ceramic traditions and add your own contemporary ideas to make work that is uniquely yours. Although our class will primarily explore the art of handbuilding with clay, we will visit the studio of a local potter, Elisabeth Maurland, to watch her at work at the wheel, spinning mud into amazing functional works of art.

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Kinderclay for Mini-Masters

DATE: April 8-May 13
AGE: 4-5 years
TIME: Thursdays, 3:15-4:15 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Lea Lovelace
COST: $50 + $25 materials fee

Does your child like to play in the dirt? Here is the perfect outlet for your inquisitive child. This course is designed to introduce young children to the properties of clay while allowing them to explore the handbuilding process. Prepare your child to get messy and have a great time! Both new and returning students welcome.

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Beginning Clay for Little Masters

DATE: April 8-May 13
AGE: 6-8 years
TIME: Thursdays, 4:30-5:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Lea Lovelace
COST: $50 + $25 materials fee

Are you tired of picking play-dough out of your carpet but think you might be raising the next Michelangelo? Let Little Masters Art Studio help you foster your budding sculptor or potter in a clay-friendly environment. Students will learn different hand-building methods used around the world. The only pre-requisite is enjoying being dirty! Both new and returning students welcome.

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Paper-Mache Madness

DATE: April 12-May 17
AGE: 9-12 years
TIME: Mondays, 3:15-4:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Rachelle Branum
COST: $55 + $25 materials fee

Please leave your new clothes and fancy shoes at home. Stretch your ideas about sculpture to the outer limits as you explore one of the messiest ways to make art! Explore paper-mache, constructing your own piñatas, puppets, and masks out of wet, slimy paper pulp and paint. Leave your new clothes and fancy shoes at home. So much fun!

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Sculpture I

DATE: April 12-May 17
AGE: 13-16 years
TIME: Mondays, 4:45-6:00pm
INSTRUCTOR: Lea Lovelace
COST: $55 + $25 materials fee

Explore traditional and non-traditional sculpting materials as you construct 3-D works worthy of a gallery show. We will explore wire, wood, clay, and much more. Bring your creativity and we will supply the sculpting materials, tools and some examples that will open your mind to sculpture beyond ancient Greek statues.

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Family Workshop: Make Your Own Paper-Mache Pinata!

DATE: April 17 and April 24
AGE: Ages 3-up (Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult)
TIME: Saturdays, 2:00-4:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Jones
COST: $40/family

Whether there is a family birthday on the horizon or you just want to create a traditional piñata to celebrate Cino de Mayo, you are guaranteed to have fun making one! Work together as a family to create a collaborative artwork and symbol of celebration you can put to good use. We supply the paper-mache and paint; you supply the creativity and candy to fill it later!

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