Children's art classes currently enrolling for:

Look up in the sky! What do you see? Clouds blowing across a field, butterflies landing on a flower, snowflakes swirling, or geese in formation heading south! Is it a bright, clear day or a moonlit night? Create artwork inspired by the world above us in the air and sky using materials like watercolor, pastels, sculpture materials, and clay.

Look up in the sky! What do you see? Clouds blowing across a field, butterflies landing on a flower, snowflakes swirling, or geese in formation heading south! Is it a bright, clear day or a moonlit night? Create artwork inspired by the world above us in the air and sky using materials like watercolor, pastels, sculpture materials, and clay.

Students will explore everything related to painting and drawing including techniques with acrylic and watercolor paint, various drawing pencils and charcoals, and how to combine various materials in one piece. They will look at contemporary examples to inspire exciting artwork of their own. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.

Cool off with us this week as we explore the Arctic! Snow cover appears as a soft blanket- blue in the frigid cold, pink in the sun, and sometimes blinding white! Follow the tracks of a reindeer as she looks for food in the tundra, or spot the bright beak of a puffin on a rocky ledge. Enjoy painting, drawing, collage, printmaking or sculpture as you learn about the Arctic.

Cool off with us this week as we explore the Arctic! Snow cover appears as a soft blanket- blue in the frigid cold, pink in the sun, and sometimes blinding white! Follow the tracks of a reindeer as she looks for food in the tundra, or spot the bright beak of a puffin on a rocky ledge. Enjoy painting, drawing, collage, printmaking or sculpture as you learn about the Arctic.

This week, students in grades 6 to 8 will explore various printmaking processes, using ink and brayers, linoleum blocks and other tools to create unique images that can be printed over and over. In addition, this class will focus on collage as a process for learning about self-expression, composition, layering and color relationships. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.

This week’s artistic exploration will take you from the crest of a wave to the deepest depths of the ocean floor to find inspiration in everything that floats, dives, paddles, and swims. Students might make abstract paintings of the seaweed swaying in the current, a clay sculpture of a coral formation or a mobile of a whole school of fish. Different focus every day!

This week’s artistic exploration will take you from the crest of a wave to the deepest depths of the ocean floor to find inspiration in everything that floats, dives, paddles, and swims. Students might make abstract paintings of the seaweed swaying in the current, a clay sculpture of a coral formation or a mobile of a whole school of fish. Different focus every day!

Students will explore how artwork and storytelling come together in the form of Comics and Illustration. Develop a comic strip with your own invented characters; learn how to draw a variety of facial expressions, animate objects, imply motion, and use background space in your story. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.

Imagine yourself under a canopy of trees deep in the forest. Do you see animal tracks, a graceful fern, or a hidden waterfall? Create the many colors, shapes, patterns, and textures we find in the forest from beautiful leaves, to brightly colored birds, to the shaggy bark on the enormous redwood trees in a variety of mediums such as pencil, ink, sculpture materials, and watercolor.

Imagine yourself under a canopy of trees deep in the forest. Do you see animal tracks, a graceful fern, or a hidden waterfall? Create the many colors, shapes, patterns, and textures we find in the forest from beautiful leaves, to brightly colored birds, to the shaggy bark on the enormous redwood trees in a variety of mediums such as pencil, ink, sculpture materials, and watercolor.

This week, students in grades 6 to 8 explore everything related to 3D artwork; including relief sculpture (can hang on the wall), kinetic (moving) sculpture, environmental sculpture (natural materials displayed outside), and more. Inspired by historical and contemporary examples, students will plan and execute a series of pieces using wood, wire, clay, Papier Mache, natural and found materials, textiles and more. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.

This class is an introduction to working in the satisfying medium of clay. Students will learn a variety of hand building techniques in addition to spending significant time working on the potter’s wheel. Different clay types, glazes, and finishing techniques will be covered. Students will also be introduced to various historic works and contemporary artists and will have access to viewing ceramic works in the Danforth Art Museum collection. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.

Class cost includes firing fee. School staff will contact students when works can be picked up, approximately 2- 3 weeks after conclusion of class.

As the tide goes out, sandpipers flit across the beach looking for crabs. The ocean’s tide leaves patterns in the sand. Floating in a calm Caribbean bay, you see the coastline of curvy, palm trees with feathery tops. Find inspiration this week in everything you might see at the coast: the shapes of shore birds, the changing light on the water, and the way different types of trees grow near the coast.

As the tide goes out, sandpipers flit across the beach looking for crabs. The ocean’s tide leaves patterns in the sand. Floating in a calm Caribbean bay, you see the coastline of curvy, palm trees with feathery tops. Find inspiration this week in everything you might see at the coast: the shapes of shore birds, the changing light on the water, and the way different types of trees grow near the coast.

This is a fun overview of fashion design including how to draw the traditional fashion figure complete with gestures, clothing details and fabric drape. We will cover color theory, concept development, mood board assemblage, and some basic pattern making skills. Students will learn about trend forecasting, textile science, and will be introduced to influential designers from the past. By the end of the week, designers will create an original well-presented fashion collection and even have the opportunity to drape a half size dress form. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.

Imagine waking up to the sound of howler monkeys, or enjoying a ripe papaya, as you look out over a canopy of tropical trees toward the sunrise. Only in the bright and sunny Tropics can you find this amazing variety of lush vegetation, trees and vines, and vivid birds and bugs. Students will be inspired by the climate, color and diversity of the Tropics using a variety of materials.

Imagine waking up to the sound of howler monkeys, or enjoying a ripe papaya, as you look out over a canopy of tropical trees toward the sunrise. Only in the bright and sunny Tropics can you find this amazing variety of lush vegetation, trees and vines, and vivid birds and bugs. Students will be inspired by the climate, color and diversity of the Tropics using a variety of materials.

Students will explore how artwork and storytelling come together in the form of Comics and Illustration. Develop a comic strip with your own invented characters; learn how to draw a variety of facial expressions, animate objects, imply motion, and use background space in your story. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.

Grasslands across the globe go by different names but all have an open expanse of land covered in an amazing variety of colors, distinct animals with interesting migratory patterns, and a unique sense of light. Using the inspiration of North American prairies, African Savannas, Asian Steppes, and South American Pampas students will create a broad range of art pieces during the week using many fun materials.

Grasslands across the globe go by different names but all have an open expanse of land covered in an amazing variety of colors, distinct animals with interesting migratory patterns, and a unique sense of light. Using the inspiration of North American prairies, African Savannas, Asian Steppes, and South American Pampas students will create a broad range of art pieces during the week using many fun materials.

This is a fun overview of fashion design including how to draw the traditional fashion figure complete with gestures, clothing details and fabric drape. We will cover color theory, concept development, mood board assemblage, and some basic pattern making skills. Students will learn about trend forecasting, textile science, and will be introduced to influential designers from the past. By the end of the week, designers will create an original well-presented fashion collection and even have the opportunity to drape a half size dress form. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.

Picture the stillness of a pond at night reflecting the full moon with mist rising off the water. Jump in a canoe and watch a painted turtle slip off a log and float by a fragrant white water lily. Students will enjoy an artistic exploration of ponds and pond life with projects like a wire sculpture of dragonflies, or a painting of the surface of water in the early morning light.

Picture the stillness of a pond at night reflecting the full moon with mist rising off the water. Jump in a canoe and watch a painted turtle slip off a log and float by a fragrant white water lily. Students will enjoy an artistic exploration of ponds and pond life with projects like a wire sculpture of dragonflies, or a painting of the surface of water in the early morning light.

This week, students in grades 6 to 8 explore everything related to 3D artwork; including relief sculpture (can hang on the wall), kinetic (moving) sculpture, environmental sculpture (natural materials displayed outside), and more. Inspired by historical and contemporary examples, students will plan and execute a series of pieces using wood, wire, clay, Papier Mache, natural and found materials, textiles and more. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.

Take a ride across the desert- what do you see? Shifting sands, changing with the sunlight, tall, prickly cacti casting long shadows across the rust colored earth, dry creek beds creating interesting shapes.  The desert is full of inspiration for art making. We will spend the week creating work reflecting the colors, shapes and images found in the desert.

Take a ride across the desert- what do you see? Shifting sands, changing with the sunlight, tall, prickly cacti casting long shadows across the rust colored earth, dry creek beds creating interesting shapes.  The desert is full of inspiration for art making. We will spend the week creating work reflecting the colors, shapes and images found in the desert.

Students will explore everything related to painting and drawing including techniques with acrylic and watercolor paint, various drawing pencils and charcoals, and how to combine various materials in one piece. They will look at contemporary examples to inspire exciting artwork of their own. Students will enjoy midday Creative Challenges (creative activities and collaborative play) out of the studio.