Spring Art Classes 2022

Hello All- 

Happy President’s Day and best wishes for a great vacation week. Here is the spring session information.

The Spring Session will be all about drawing, painting and being outside! I will schedule a couple of park classes and be sure to send reminds about location.

8 Mondays 3:30-5pm April 4,11,* May 2, 9, 16, 23, June 6, 13
8 Tuesdays 2:30-4pm. April 5, 12,* May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7
(choose 1st or 2nd 4 classes or all 8 classes)

Monday May 2 and Tuesday May 3 at Robbins Farm Park. Meet at the top of the sledding hill, the corner of Eastern and Grandview
Monday June 6 and Tuesday May 31 at Menotomy Rocks Park, Meet at the Jason street entrance

*Note the 2 week break. I am going to Canada over April vacation and need a few more driving days

Fees: $100 for 4 classes, $180 for 8 classes
To Register: Send me an email with class preference, child's first and last name, D.O.B. 

Cheers, Ann

Watercolor and marker

Winter Art Classes 2022

Welcome to Winter Art!

For the fall I tried to cluster a younger and older group but family logistics took over. So once again I will have multiple age groups so carpooling and getting here works for everybody. Both classes welcome 5-11 yr olds. Projects will continue to be the kind each child can work at their own level. We will continue to wear masks inside and will probably be mostly in the studio. I am not scheduling park visits but will watch the weather closer the start of the session and will plan to go outside if there is beautiful snow to exploit!

I am starting the session at the end of January.

Our focus will be building in 3D using cardboard in the first 4 classes then multi media in the last 4 (wire, fabric, paper, recycled materials, wood)

Here’s what I am planning for the next few months:

Monday 3:30-5pm 8 classes: 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21
Tuesday 2:30-4pm 8 classes: 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22

Fees:
8 class session $180
4 classes- either first 4 or last 4 $100

Open Studios
Monday and Tuesday January 10 and 11 3:30-5pm
Thursdays February 10 and March 10
Drop in time for families to play and use available materials. Let me know the week before if you are coming so I can limit numbers)
$5, $10 max for families

To register: Send me an email with your child's DOB and class preference and I will let you know if there is still space. If so I will send you the registration papers.

Thanks, Ann

Artisan Sale at Roasted Granola Cafe

Come to the artisan sale at Roasted Granola! Saturdays 2-5pm. 12/11, 12/18

I will be there with journals and cards Dec 4 and 11 

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

Art camp weeks full except July 19-23

 Hi Everybody- 

I hope summer is going well and here's to adapting to all the changing weather. I am on the Cape and we have had Tropical Storm Elsa, cool cloudy weather, hot sunny days and today another glorious beach day. Part of the beauty is the constant change.

Registration for art camp has been slow and steady. As of today Week 3 July 26-30 is full. There is still space for next week July 19-23. send me an email if you would like the registration papers. 

Thanks, Ann

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Summer Art Camp Update

 Summer Camp is still enrolling! Here are the weeks that are full and that have space:

Week 1 June 28-July 2  Full

Week 2 July 19-23  7 spaces left

Week 3 July 26- 30  5 spaces left

Week 4 August 2-6 Full

Happy Summer, Ann