Youth Learning Opportunities
June | July | Aug | Sept
YOUTH LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES INFORMATION
Enrolling in Classes
Please register your child in the appropriate class listed for their age and grade level in school.
Register by calling 573-2316 or by coming to the art museum,
Clothing
Children should come dressed to be messy. One idea would be to give your child an old adult shirt to wear, with the sleeves and bottom edge cut short.
Snack
Fruit juice individual carton drinks and individual small serving cracker or cookie packets are offered once during each class session.
Class Cancellation Policy
If it is necessary to cancel a class the museum will call each registered participant. If the registration was paid in cash, the cash will be refunded. If paid with check, the check will be returned. Please remember to include your phone number when you register for a class.
Artwork Policy
Due to limited classroom space, works must be picked up no later than one week after the class, unless otherwise noted. Works that are not picked up will be discarded.
2-Day Art Camp: Children's Creating Color Camp
>>> June 26 & 27
10:00am-12:00pm, 6-9 year olds
$10 Member, $15 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O'Hern, Limit: 12 Students
Let’s meet Famous Artist Marc Chagall. Be inspired to create your own village with all pictures of people, animals and buildings important to you. Hear the story of “Willow” about creativity, and the magical things that can happen when imagination is allowed to run wild. Participate in class discussion about the language of Art. Review the art elements and create a variety of lines, shapes and colors in your art. Class will explore drawing, watercolor painting, and sculpture. Many tools and materials will be available for students to experiment and produce one of a kind unique artworks. Listen to the popular song, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and create a painting using your favorite rainbow hues. Drawings, paintings, collage design, and clay sculptures are awaiting you at the Blanden! Giggles welcome!
10:00am-12:00pm, 6-9 year olds
$10 Member, $15 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O'Hern, Limit: 12 Students
Let’s meet Famous Artist Marc Chagall. Be inspired to create your own village with all pictures of people, animals and buildings important to you. Hear the story of “Willow” about creativity, and the magical things that can happen when imagination is allowed to run wild. Participate in class discussion about the language of Art. Review the art elements and create a variety of lines, shapes and colors in your art. Class will explore drawing, watercolor painting, and sculpture. Many tools and materials will be available for students to experiment and produce one of a kind unique artworks. Listen to the popular song, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and create a painting using your favorite rainbow hues. Drawings, paintings, collage design, and clay sculptures are awaiting you at the Blanden! Giggles welcome!
2-Day Art Camp: Experiments & Adventures in Art
>>> June 26 & 27
1:00-3:00pm, 10-14 year olds
$10 Member, $15 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O'Hern, Limit: 12 Students
Similar to the morning classes, but more intense for the older students! Detailed drawing techniques, (perspective projects); acrylic painting; wire and plaster sculpture in clay. We will study the famous artist Marc Chagall.
1:00-3:00pm, 10-14 year olds
$10 Member, $15 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O'Hern, Limit: 12 Students
Similar to the morning classes, but more intense for the older students! Detailed drawing techniques, (perspective projects); acrylic painting; wire and plaster sculpture in clay. We will study the famous artist Marc Chagall.
2-Day Art Camp: Faux Bois Fantasy
>>> July 11 & 12
10:00am-12:00pm, 10-16 year olds
$30 Member, $40 Non-member
Instructor: Hope Thier, Limit: 12 Students
French for “false wood,” Faux Bois refers to artistically created imitation wood grain. These pieces look like they came directly from the forest, but they are carefully carved from clay and toned with layers of brown for a realistic wood look.
What will you “faux bois”? Clay makes a lovely medium with which to mimic wood. Create something purely sculptural that will truly fool the eye, or make a functional and whimsical ceramic piece that can be used over and over.
10:00am-12:00pm, 10-16 year olds
$30 Member, $40 Non-member
Instructor: Hope Thier, Limit: 12 Students
French for “false wood,” Faux Bois refers to artistically created imitation wood grain. These pieces look like they came directly from the forest, but they are carefully carved from clay and toned with layers of brown for a realistic wood look.
What will you “faux bois”? Clay makes a lovely medium with which to mimic wood. Create something purely sculptural that will truly fool the eye, or make a functional and whimsical ceramic piece that can be used over and over.
Loose Watercolor Florals
>>> July 13
2:00-4:00pm, 13+ years old
$40 Member, $50 Non-member
Instructor: Nanette N. Catigbe
Limit: 10 Participants, Minimum: 4 Participants
Who is afraid of watercolor? Don't let water intimidate you. Embrace the fluidity, freedom and unexpected beauty of painting flowers in bold colors. Learn new ways of seeing roses, poppies and lavenders through a paint brush and express yourself fearlessly. Fully immerse in color and let me
remove those blocks restricting your inner Picasso.
*** Class will be held in the back room at Tea Thyme, and includes High Tea consisting of a dainty meal of tea, scones, finger sandwiches and sweets.
2:00-4:00pm, 13+ years old
$40 Member, $50 Non-member
Instructor: Nanette N. Catigbe
Limit: 10 Participants, Minimum: 4 Participants
Who is afraid of watercolor? Don't let water intimidate you. Embrace the fluidity, freedom and unexpected beauty of painting flowers in bold colors. Learn new ways of seeing roses, poppies and lavenders through a paint brush and express yourself fearlessly. Fully immerse in color and let me
remove those blocks restricting your inner Picasso.
*** Class will be held in the back room at Tea Thyme, and includes High Tea consisting of a dainty meal of tea, scones, finger sandwiches and sweets.
3-Day Art Camp: Doodles, Drips and Dots!
>>> July 18. 19, & 20
10:00am-12:00pm, 6-9 year olds
$30 Member, $40 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O’Hern, Limit: 12 Students
Let’s follow a dot and meet famous artist Georges Seurat! Create your own outdoor painting with your family and friends as the main subject. Experiment with color mixing! Need to bring your imagination for fun drawing, painting, and clay activities. Giggles welcome as we create plant-animal hybrids. What would you get if you crossed a flower with an octopus? What about an iris with a butterfly? Art camp at the Blanden! Can’t wait to see you there!
10:00am-12:00pm, 6-9 year olds
$30 Member, $40 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O’Hern, Limit: 12 Students
Let’s follow a dot and meet famous artist Georges Seurat! Create your own outdoor painting with your family and friends as the main subject. Experiment with color mixing! Need to bring your imagination for fun drawing, painting, and clay activities. Giggles welcome as we create plant-animal hybrids. What would you get if you crossed a flower with an octopus? What about an iris with a butterfly? Art camp at the Blanden! Can’t wait to see you there!
Brush Pen Calligraphy
>>> July 20
2:00-4:00 PM, 13+ years old
$40 Member $50 Non-member
Instructor: Nanette N. Catigbe
Limit: 10 Participants, Minimum: 4 Participants
Give flair to your art and projects by adding your own font in calligraphy. By learning the simple basic strokes using a brush pen and a brush, different styles of lettering can be achieved. Get started with drills and practice strokes on worksheets, then we proceed to writing lowercase letters. We can make it even more interesting when we write using watercolor or
gouache on the second hour. If you cannot get enough of the beauty of
calligraphy, the instructor will give a short demo on Pointed Pen Calligraphy
(using nib and holder) at the end of the session as a preview for a future
workshop.
*** Class will be held in the back room at Tea Thyme, and includes High Tea consisting of a dainty meal of tea, scones, finger sandwiches and sweets.
2:00-4:00 PM, 13+ years old
$40 Member $50 Non-member
Instructor: Nanette N. Catigbe
Limit: 10 Participants, Minimum: 4 Participants
Give flair to your art and projects by adding your own font in calligraphy. By learning the simple basic strokes using a brush pen and a brush, different styles of lettering can be achieved. Get started with drills and practice strokes on worksheets, then we proceed to writing lowercase letters. We can make it even more interesting when we write using watercolor or
gouache on the second hour. If you cannot get enough of the beauty of
calligraphy, the instructor will give a short demo on Pointed Pen Calligraphy
(using nib and holder) at the end of the session as a preview for a future
workshop.
*** Class will be held in the back room at Tea Thyme, and includes High Tea consisting of a dainty meal of tea, scones, finger sandwiches and sweets.
Loose Watercolor Florals
>>> July 27
2:00-4:00pm, 13+ years old
$40 Member, $50 Non-member
Instructor: Nanette N. Catigbe
Limit: 10 Participants, Minimum: 4 Participants
Who is afraid of watercolor? Don't let water intimidate you. Embrace the fluidity, freedom and unexpected beauty of painting flowers in bold colors. Learn new ways of seeing roses, poppies and lavenders through a paint brush and express yourself fearlessly. Fully immerse in color and let me
remove those blocks restricting your inner Picasso.
*** Class will be held in the back room at Tea Thyme, and includes High Tea consisting of a dainty meal of tea, scones, finger sandwiches and sweets.
2:00-4:00pm, 13+ years old
$40 Member, $50 Non-member
Instructor: Nanette N. Catigbe
Limit: 10 Participants, Minimum: 4 Participants
Who is afraid of watercolor? Don't let water intimidate you. Embrace the fluidity, freedom and unexpected beauty of painting flowers in bold colors. Learn new ways of seeing roses, poppies and lavenders through a paint brush and express yourself fearlessly. Fully immerse in color and let me
remove those blocks restricting your inner Picasso.
*** Class will be held in the back room at Tea Thyme, and includes High Tea consisting of a dainty meal of tea, scones, finger sandwiches and sweets.
2-Day Art Camp: Calder Color Creatures Camp
>>> July 31 & August 1
10:00am-12:00pm, 6-9 year olds
$20 Member, $30 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O’Hern, Limit: 12 Students
Do you like to see shapes fly in the wind? Be a Calder Creature Child and let’s connect shapes, lines and catch the wind! Assemble your very own creative mobile that moves in our space at the Blanden!
Explore a variety of paints, crayons, pencil, pen, and brush! Think in the round and create a free standing clay sculpture to match your mobile. Do a draw-a-long and add your own ideas! It will be very visible. Let your imagination run wild!
Camp open to all with creative ideas! Famous Artist stories and a snack to make this the best place to be! It’s all happening at the Blanden!
10:00am-12:00pm, 6-9 year olds
$20 Member, $30 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O’Hern, Limit: 12 Students
Do you like to see shapes fly in the wind? Be a Calder Creature Child and let’s connect shapes, lines and catch the wind! Assemble your very own creative mobile that moves in our space at the Blanden!
Explore a variety of paints, crayons, pencil, pen, and brush! Think in the round and create a free standing clay sculpture to match your mobile. Do a draw-a-long and add your own ideas! It will be very visible. Let your imagination run wild!
Camp open to all with creative ideas! Famous Artist stories and a snack to make this the best place to be! It’s all happening at the Blanden!
3-Day Art Camp: Nature Abstracted
>>> August 7, 8, & 9
10:00am-12:00pm, 10-14 year olds
$30 Member, $40 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O’Hern, Limit: 12 Students
An American Artist Abstraction, Georgia O’Keefe! How many different shapes can you identify in her paintings? Be inspired with lines, shapes, color, and texture in our environment and create 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art during the 3-day camp.
Create with pencil, paints, woods, and clay! Hands-on activities daily.
Lastly, let’s experiment with color to create a vibrant fauvist portrait.
“In the Arts, Every Child has Something Unique to Contribute.”
Make the Art Camp at the Blanden one to remember!
10:00am-12:00pm, 10-14 year olds
$30 Member, $40 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O’Hern, Limit: 12 Students
An American Artist Abstraction, Georgia O’Keefe! How many different shapes can you identify in her paintings? Be inspired with lines, shapes, color, and texture in our environment and create 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art during the 3-day camp.
Create with pencil, paints, woods, and clay! Hands-on activities daily.
Lastly, let’s experiment with color to create a vibrant fauvist portrait.
“In the Arts, Every Child has Something Unique to Contribute.”
Make the Art Camp at the Blanden one to remember!
3-Day Art Camp: In the Cosmic Flow & Join the Barn Quilt Trail!
>>> August 14, 15, & 16
10:00am-12:00pm, 10-14 year olds
$30 Member, $40 Non-members
Instructor: Hope Thier, Limit: 12 Students
First part of this camp, students build a bisque-fired, convex disc, then pour, drip, and tilt to make an “action painting” that looks like the swirling surface of a planet. Create a classroom galaxy!
Second part of this camp, we join the barn quilt trail! The 21st century has seen a resurgence of Barn Quilts, honoring the historic connection between farming and quilting. Students can easily create a quilt square without sewing, paint, or glue using colorful, peel-and-stick craft foam.
10:00am-12:00pm, 10-14 year olds
$30 Member, $40 Non-members
Instructor: Hope Thier, Limit: 12 Students
First part of this camp, students build a bisque-fired, convex disc, then pour, drip, and tilt to make an “action painting” that looks like the swirling surface of a planet. Create a classroom galaxy!
Second part of this camp, we join the barn quilt trail! The 21st century has seen a resurgence of Barn Quilts, honoring the historic connection between farming and quilting. Students can easily create a quilt square without sewing, paint, or glue using colorful, peel-and-stick craft foam.
1st Free Saturday - Family Artmaking
>>> July 7, August 4, September 1
10:30-12:30, All Ages
Donations Appreciated
On a come and go basis, family groups of adults and children together are welcome to visit the Blanden where an area will be set up for social and creative fun. The activity area will be set up with the necessary art materials and an inspiration board with visual samples to help you create a project to take home the same day. Project ideas will be open-ended in nature, and participants are encouraged to have plenty of imagination and use their own interpretation for creating.
10:30-12:30, All Ages
Donations Appreciated
On a come and go basis, family groups of adults and children together are welcome to visit the Blanden where an area will be set up for social and creative fun. The activity area will be set up with the necessary art materials and an inspiration board with visual samples to help you create a project to take home the same day. Project ideas will be open-ended in nature, and participants are encouraged to have plenty of imagination and use their own interpretation for creating.
Clever Together Thursday
>>> July 12 & 26, August 30, September 13 & 27
3:30-4:30, 2 - 5 year olds
$3 Member, $5 Non-member
Instructor: Marcia Anderson, Limit: 7 Adults/ 7 Children
Ever wanted to make art with your young one?? Now is the time. Clever Together Thursdays offers the opportunity to make an original work of art with guided instructions from one of our qualified art instructors. It’s fun, it may get messy, and it will definitely be a class to cherish time spent with each other!
3:30-4:30, 2 - 5 year olds
$3 Member, $5 Non-member
Instructor: Marcia Anderson, Limit: 7 Adults/ 7 Children
Ever wanted to make art with your young one?? Now is the time. Clever Together Thursdays offers the opportunity to make an original work of art with guided instructions from one of our qualified art instructors. It’s fun, it may get messy, and it will definitely be a class to cherish time spent with each other!
After School Art Class
After School Art Class
3:30-4:30pm, K - 6th Grade
$3 Member, $5 Non-member
Instructor: Hope Thier, Limit: 10 Students
Similar to the Early Out Art Class, we keep making art on Wednesdays… but After School! Learn about a new artist, an art technique, or a movement to keep the creativity alive.
>>> March 28, April 25, May 9 & 23
3:30-4:30pm, K - 6th Grade
$3 Member, $5 Non-member
Instructor: Hope Thier, Limit: 10 Students
Similar to the Early Out Art Class, we keep making art on Wednesdays… but After School! Learn about a new artist, an art technique, or a movement to keep the creativity alive.
>>> March 28, April 25, May 9 & 23
Early Out Art Class
Early Out Art Class
1:30-3:30pm, K - 6th Grade
$8 Member, $10 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O'Hern, Limit: 15 Students
Looking for something to do during Early Out School Days!? Come to the Blanden, and make art! Each class features a new artist, art technique, or movement to enhance your child's knowledge of art.
>>> April 18, May 2 & 16
1:30-3:30pm, K - 6th Grade
$8 Member, $10 Non-member
Instructor: Diane O'Hern, Limit: 15 Students
Looking for something to do during Early Out School Days!? Come to the Blanden, and make art! Each class features a new artist, art technique, or movement to enhance your child's knowledge of art.
>>> April 18, May 2 & 16
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