Fall Art Classes 2021

Farm country northwest of Toronto

Hello to All! The corn is high and the smell of mature grasses is in the air. I am in Canada visiting family and savoring the August days.

 I am offering classes on Mondays and Tuesdays this fall. Unlike prior years the classes will be consecutive. You have the choice of registering for 4 weeks or 8 weeks of the Fall Session, October-November. I am in Canada until 8/30 but have internet and email!

Pandemic Protocols: I want to be hopeful that soon we will be mask free but not yet! So I will continue to use outdoor spaces as much as I can and while indoor, we will all wear masks. I'll use my backyard and the local parks. Park classes will be rescheduled for severe weather. 

The Art: The focus for the fall is print making and versatile paper. Projects will use a combination of 2D and 3D materials to explore the possibilities with a variety of printmaking techniques. Experimentation and play is the goal!

I hope to do one park class per 4 class block. We'll move to play with art principles like line, form, texture, symmetry, composition and to exercise our artist senses!

Here is the Schedule:

Gr 2-5 Monday afternoons 3:30-5pm
Fall Block 1 10/4, 10/18, 10/25*, 11/1   *class at Robbins Farm Park
Fall Block 2 11/8, 11/15, 11/22*, 11/29   *class at Menotomy Rocks Park

K-Gr3 Tuesday afternoons 2:30-4pm. Note the earlier time due to school early release on Tuesdays

Fall Block 3 10/5, 10/12, 10/19*, 10/26   *class at Robbins Farm Park

Fall block 4  11/2, 11/9, 11/16*, 11/23.  *class at Menotomy Rocks Park

The age categories I choose are arbitrary and can be flexible to accommodate your schedule.

Open Studios: 

Art Play! Open Studios is a chance to visit the studio and choose to make art with materials offered. Or  build with blocks and other building toys. ( I don't lead a project during this time) All family and friends welcome to stay and play. It is a drop in time but registration is required- simply email me and tell me you are coming! (just so I can keep handle on numbers)
2 Thursdays 10/28 and 12/ 2  3:30-5pm

Fees: $5 drop in fee

To Register:

Classes: Send me an email with your child's name, DOB, anything I should know about your child's comfort in groups and class preference. I will send you the paperwork. If you are a family that has not participated I'm my programs before, please send me the paperwork by mid September. Returning families can bring it with fees the first day of class.

Open Studios: Send me an email before the Thursday it is on.

Fees:
Classes: Each 4 week block $100, choose 2 blocks for $180
Sibling discount: 10% off total eg. 2 children, one block $200-20=$180

Open Studios: $5 drop in fee

Summer Art Camp 2021

Happy August to All!

Summer Art Camp 2021:

Thanks again to all who participated in summer Art Camp this year. We continued to use the pandemic push outdoors, the silver lining of the challenging year and a half we have had. Our themes were Water, Earth, Paper, Light which we used to inspire 2D and 3D projects. 

Water:
-water surface tempera paintings
-tiny dioramas with sculpted clay
-painted recycled packing forms
-watercolor fish strings

Earth:
-rock paintings with grey/black tempera paint

-decomposer search, observe and draw

-big clay stories telling

-clay moulds and poured plaster

Paper
-paper mâché
-bas relief with crush/twisted/folded newsprint
-accordion books
-3D paper collage

Light
-shadow paintings
-hot color mix and paintings
-shadow scapes with wood scraps
-recycled clear plastic and acetate sculpture 
-shadow puppets

playing at Robbins and the backyard