Winter Classes 2011

Winter Session 2011 Jan 3-Mar 21

Draw and Build

This Fall we’ve worked with the theme Paint and Print. (see previous post) This winter with Draw and Build we will do more 3D work, coupled with different kinds of planning on paper- invention drawings (fantastic things we’ll never make like a spaceship), sketches for 3D pieces we will make and drawings themselves that we turn into something 3D eg. books. (We’ll draw for its own sake too !!)
To sign up for classes please email Ann annwynne@verizon.net. Tell me the birthdate of your child and which class(es) you are interested in. 

 

Every other Week Classes:

Mondays K/Gr1  3-4:30pm  1/3, 1/17, 1/31, 2/14, 3/7 Note class on MLK day 1/17

5 classes $100

Thursdays Gr2/3  3-4:30pm 1/6, 1/20, 2/3, 2/17, 3/10

5 classes $100

Fridays Gr 2/3  3-4:30pm 1/7, 1/21, 2/4, 2/18, 3/11

5 classes $100

Mondays Gr 2/3   3-4:30pm  1/10, 1/24, 2/7, 2/28, 3/14
5 classes $100

Thursdays Gr 6-8  3-5pm 1/13, 1/27, 2/10, 3/3, 3/17

5 classes $125

Open Studios

Drop in, adults , siblings, friends welcome, children are welcome on their own as long as I have a phone number and they can take care of their own basic needs, $5 material fee, experiment with available materials

Fridays 3-5pm 1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 3/4, 3/18

Wednesday Workshops

Guest teachers are invited to work with different age groups around a theme for 1-5 consecutive weeks. Workshops will be held in the Robbins Rd studio.

Architecture Workshop for Gr5-8 with Eileen Murphy McNamara

Wed. 3-5pm

Mar 2,9,16 changed from original!

3 classes $75

Join Eileen, Brackett Art Squad Chair, mother of three, watercolorist, fine artist and architect for a 3 week workshop that will include exploring architectural concepts, a design challenge and solutions using drawing, painting and model making.

February Vacation Camp 2011

2/21-2/25

5-10 yr olds

9-11:30am

Mon-Friday $150

MWF only, $90

T,TH only, $60

Let me know if you are interested ASAP. I will run this if I get a minimum of 5 children per day.

The theme is Light and Colour this vacation week (we all need it during a New England Winter) As with my summer camp I will use the outdoors as much as possible so come dressed for the weather. Hopefully we will have some great snow!

Inside: Games, stories, art making, experiment with mirrors and flashlights

Outside: Building, ice and snow experiments, scavenger hunts, games

Art Project Possibilities

-shadow puppets

-make your own slides

-colour changer play telescopes

- watercolour

-tissue collage

-stained glass (plexi and acetate)

Other Offerings

Arlington Center for the Arts

Watch for the winter catalogue. I’ll be teaching a course called Critters Real and Imagined on Tuesdays from Jan 17 to Mar 15 , 3:30-5pm for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students. The course will include 2D and 3D work inspired by the amazing diversity of animals, their adaptations for survival and their visual beauty (I did not come up with the term critter!) This is offered at the Center, not my studio.

(I will be doing a similar session at Brackett Afterschool on the Tuesdays following Mar 22-May 17 for K- Gr 5)

Arlington Community Education: Paste Paper and Bookbinding

This is the blurb for the course I’m doing in March:

Enjoy the process of decorating paper with colour and texture. Paste paper is a durable, versatile handmade paper that we will use to make simple books, collage, origami and finally, hard cover bound journals. The paper- making is loose and experimental while the bookbinding is measured and organized. Something for everyone! Held at the instructor’s studio 115 Robbins Rd, Arlington. Studio door is off the driveway. Material fee $20

Thursday evenings 7-9pm

Mar 10,17, 24, 31, Apr 7

Birthday Parties

Candles inside, pinadas outside, paint and materials everywhere!

I have been enjoying collaborating with families in celebrating their children’s birthdays! We discuss possible themes, art projects that will work with the particular group, families bring the food and I supply the games, stories, goody bags, an art project and a bound accordion book that holds drawings the guests do during the party

2 hrs, weekend morning or afternoon $200

Some of the themes/projects:

-butterflies/big tempera paintings

-stained glass/plexi and acetate

-sculpey clay

-A Poodle in Paris/dog watercolour paintings

-colour/ food colour and water play/watercolour painting

-faces/recycled materials sculpture, bookbinding

Other possibilites

-building challenges(towers, bridges, insulating pods)

-recycled material sculpture

-free play clay (potter’s clay used in large quantities, no product)

Paint and Print Fall 2010

This Fall all classes have been using lots of fluid media- tempera, acrylic, watercolour paint and block printing ink. There is something universally appealing about liquid, probably because our bodies are made up mostly of water and we couldn't survive without it. Its physical properties-the ability of the molecules to stick to each other, paper, cardboard, skin and to take on the shape of the container in which it is put is infinitely fascinating. (just watch children playing with water).
Most children love paint and are ready to experiment with it in their own way. Through this experience they get to know how paint behaves in different situations. Gradually they will move from only experimenting to using what they know to make the mark they want. But it is a long, lovely, bumpy road and there will always be some element of surprise (thank goodness!)
I can't praise enough the tactile/visual component of this journey! At Habitat we talk about 'being there'- our mission is to help children connect to natural settings. This means being in the present with all senses engaged. Similarly in the art studio, painters are seeing and feeling, present with the task at hand. (this is what we try to achieve!)