Children's Classes
Classes will be held at our temporary, new location at the Promenade on the Peninsula,550 Deep Valley Road, Suite 261, Rolling hills Estates, (former Border's Books location)
with the exception of our ceramics classes, which are being held at our newly renovated Palos Verdes Art Center; 5504 West Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes.
CERAMICS
Fee includes clay, firings and glazes.
Ceramic classes are held at 5504 West Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes
BEGINNING WHEEL (ages 10+)
Roy Kunisaki (RK-2)
Mondays, 4/8-6/3, 4-6pm
Mondays, 4/8-6/3, 4-6pm
BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE WHEEL (ages 10+)
Roy Kunisaki (RK-5)
Tuesdays, 4/9-5/28, 4-6pm
$180, Members $150
Improve wheel-throwing, trimming and glazing skills.
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Tuesdays, 4/9-5/28, 4-6pm
$180, Members $150
Improve wheel-throwing, trimming and glazing skills.
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Class no longer available.
INTRODUCTION TO CERAMICS (ages 6–10)
Adrian Sandstrom (AS-3)
Wednesdays, 4/10-5/29, 3:30-5pm
$180, Members $150
Learn hand-building techniques by creating imaginary creatures, animals and more. Make pinch and coil pots and experiment with texture.
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Wednesdays, 4/10-5/29, 3:30-5pm
$180, Members $150
Learn hand-building techniques by creating imaginary creatures, animals and more. Make pinch and coil pots and experiment with texture.
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DRAWING & PAINTING
CARTOONING/MODELING SUPERHEROES (ages 7+)
Jennifer Siegal (JNS-1)
Mondays, 4/8-6/3, 4-5:30pm
Mondays, 4/8-6/3, 4-5:30pm
No class 5/27
$160, Members $130
Draw, paint and ink cartoons and superheroes. Give your character a name, powers and story and build a cartoon strip. Bring your character to life in a 3-D clay version. Let your imagination run wild! Fee includes clay.
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$160, Members $130
Draw, paint and ink cartoons and superheroes. Give your character a name, powers and story and build a cartoon strip. Bring your character to life in a 3-D clay version. Let your imagination run wild! Fee includes clay.
Download the supply list
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MOSAICS FOR KIDS (ages 6+)
Robin Bott (RB-1)
Mondays, 4/8-6/3, 4-5:30pm
Mondays, 4/8-6/3, 4-5:30pm
No class 5/27
$180, Members $150
Mosaic your own stepping stones, wall hangings, picture frames, paper weights and more using traditional techniques to incorporate ceramic tiles, stained glass, beads, etc. into unique keepsakes. Fee includes supplies.
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$180, Members $150
Mosaic your own stepping stones, wall hangings, picture frames, paper weights and more using traditional techniques to incorporate ceramic tiles, stained glass, beads, etc. into unique keepsakes. Fee includes supplies.
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Class no longer available.
YOUTH PAINTING & PASTEL (ages 9+)
Jennifer Siegal (JNS-5)
Tuesdays, 4/9-5/28, 4-5:30pm
Tuesdays, 4/9-5/28, 4-5:30pm
$150, Members $120
Explore a variety of painting styles and techniques while working with acrylic paints, watercolors and dry pastels. Learn color mixing, controlling the medium and shading techniques for realistic rendering. Paint a portrait with pastels, create a landscape in acrylic paints and paint a still life with watercolors.
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Class no longer available.
Explore a variety of painting styles and techniques while working with acrylic paints, watercolors and dry pastels. Learn color mixing, controlling the medium and shading techniques for realistic rendering. Paint a portrait with pastels, create a landscape in acrylic paints and paint a still life with watercolors.
Pick up supply list
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3-D IMAGINATION & CREATIONS (ages 4+)
Robin Bott (RB-2) NEW!
Wednesdays, 4/10-5/29, 4:30-6pm
$180, Members $150
Create three-dimensional sculptures using clay, plaster, wood and more, while being inspired by artists such as Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso. Fee includes supplies.
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Wednesdays, 4/10-5/29, 4:30-6pm
$180, Members $150
Create three-dimensional sculptures using clay, plaster, wood and more, while being inspired by artists such as Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso. Fee includes supplies.
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BEGINNING FASHION DESIGN FOR YOUNG ARTISTS (ages 9+)
Terry Madison (TM-1)
Wednesdays, 4/10-5/29, 4:30-6pm
$150, Members $120
“Project Runway” comes to PVAC! Fashion, sketching, simple pattern-making, hand-sewing, and designing simple doll garments. Make patterns by both draping and flat pattern method. Make several outfits for the doll you bring to class.
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IMAGINATION & CREATIONS (ages 4+)
Robin Bott (RB-4)
Thursdays, 4/11-5/30, 4-5:30pm
$180, Members $150
Thursdays, 4/11-5/30, 4-5:30pm
$180, Members $150
Explore drawing, painting and sculpture through tile mosaics, papier-mâché masks, fantasy space art and shadow boxes. Try printmaking, puppet making, air-dry clay sculpture, drawing and more! Fee includes supplies.
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Class filled. Please call to be added to the wait list.
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Class filled. Please call to be added to the wait list.
YOUTH DRAWING I (ages 7+)
Jennifer Siegal (JNS-7)
Saturdays, 4/20-6/8, 10:30-noon
$150, Members $120
Use charcoal, graphite and colored pencil while learning different shading techniques. Draw your favorite animal, an impressionistic self portrait and a gesture drawing of a summer tree. Use simple perspective to create a futuristic city.
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Saturdays, 4/20-6/8, 10:30-noon
$150, Members $120
Use charcoal, graphite and colored pencil while learning different shading techniques. Draw your favorite animal, an impressionistic self portrait and a gesture drawing of a summer tree. Use simple perspective to create a futuristic city.
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Register now
YOUTH DRAWING II (ages 7+)
Jennifer Siegal (JNS-6) NEW!
Thursdays, 4/11-5/30, 4-5:30pm
$150, Members $120
Expand your drawing skills! Pre-requisite Youth Drawing I.
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Thursdays, 4/11-5/30, 4-5:30pm
$150, Members $120
Expand your drawing skills! Pre-requisite Youth Drawing I.
Download the supply list
Register now
BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE JEWELRY MAKING (ages 11+)
Sherri Gleason (SG-2)
Saturdays, 4/20-6/8, 1-2:30pm
$150, Members $120
For beginners, this class puts an emphasis on inspiration, attention to high fashion and lots of freestyle fun! Learn to make your own beads with polymer clay and add bits of found objects, with lots of color, to make cutting edge fashion jewelry.
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Class no longer available.
CHALK AND OIL PASTEL FOR CHILDREN (ages 6+)
Laurel Koss (LK-1)
Saturdays, 4/20-6/8, 10-11:30am
$150, Members $120
$150, Members $120
Using the soft look of chalk pastels and the bold colors of oil sticks, learn to compose drawings and paintings. Lessons include color mixing, stroke techniques, and working with watercolor, markers and acrylics on a variety of colors and textures of paper, board and wood. Projects include star systems, aurora borealis, the California landscape, food, animals and portraits. Examples of art from the classical Degas to the magical children's illustrator Mary GrandPre will be presented. It will be messy but fun!
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Download the supply list
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Class no longer available.
DIGITAL ARTS
STOP-ACTION MOVIE MAKING (ages 8+)
Jennifer Stillwell (JSW-1)
Mondays, 4/8-6/3, 4:30-6pm
Mondays, 4/8-6/3, 4:30-6pm
No class 5/27
$150, Members $120
Let's make a movie! Stop motion is a fun course for children introducing the art and principles of animated film making by taking a series of still photographs of everyday objects while moving them about to create a movie that will make them seem to "come alive."
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$150, Members $120
Let's make a movie! Stop motion is a fun course for children introducing the art and principles of animated film making by taking a series of still photographs of everyday objects while moving them about to create a movie that will make them seem to "come alive."
Register now
Class filled. Please call to be added to the wait list.
DIGITAL IMAGING (ages 9+)
Kristy Jimenez (KJ-2)
Tuesdays, 4/9-5/28, 4-6pm
$180, Members $150
Ever wanted to take a vacation to the moon, change your hair color to pink, design your own monster, or wonder what your Avatar would look like? Here's your chance to make it happen! Use Photoshop to enhance photos, give digital makeovers and remove or add images to photographs. Learn how and why magazine cover models look as good as they do. (No special diets, just the right skills to make it happen on your computer.) Be as creative as you like with your own images while combining them with other images and editing them on the computer. Pre-requisite: student should be comfortable with computers. Please bring a flash drive to each class.
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Tuesdays, 4/9-5/28, 4-6pm
$180, Members $150
Ever wanted to take a vacation to the moon, change your hair color to pink, design your own monster, or wonder what your Avatar would look like? Here's your chance to make it happen! Use Photoshop to enhance photos, give digital makeovers and remove or add images to photographs. Learn how and why magazine cover models look as good as they do. (No special diets, just the right skills to make it happen on your computer.) Be as creative as you like with your own images while combining them with other images and editing them on the computer. Pre-requisite: student should be comfortable with computers. Please bring a flash drive to each class.
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Class filled. Please call to be added to the wait list.
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR KIDS (ages 10+)
Kristy Jimenez (KJ-3)
Thursdays, 4/11-5/30, 4-6pm
$180, Members $150
Do you want to control your camera instead of it controlling you? Ever shoot that perfect portrait but discover a random person walking in the background? Learn to shoot better photos with your camera, and edit them in Adobe Photoshop. Students are encouraged to explore and be creative with their camera. Pre-requisite: students should be comfortable with computers. Bring a flash drive and camera to each class.
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Class no longer available.
Thursdays, 4/11-5/30, 4-6pm
$180, Members $150
Do you want to control your camera instead of it controlling you? Ever shoot that perfect portrait but discover a random person walking in the background? Learn to shoot better photos with your camera, and edit them in Adobe Photoshop. Students are encouraged to explore and be creative with their camera. Pre-requisite: students should be comfortable with computers. Bring a flash drive and camera to each class.
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Class no longer available.
Teen's Classes
DRAWING
ANIMATION
Jennifer Stillwell (JSW-2)
Tuesdays, 4/9-5/28, 6:30-8:30pm
$150, Members $120
Traditional animation reaches the hand-drawn technique developed and refined by the artists of Walt Disney Studios. Students will learn how to create the "Illusion of Life" by drawing a series of still images that will be photographed individually, and then played bask as an animated move.
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Tuesdays, 4/9-5/28, 6:30-8:30pm
$150, Members $120
Traditional animation reaches the hand-drawn technique developed and refined by the artists of Walt Disney Studios. Students will learn how to create the "Illusion of Life" by drawing a series of still images that will be photographed individually, and then played bask as an animated move.
Register now
Class no longer available.
ANIMATION II
Jennifer Stillwell (JSW-4)
Wednesdays, 4/10-5/29, 6:30-8:30pm
$150, Members $120
A continuation of Animation.
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Class no longer available.Wednesdays, 4/10-5/29, 6:30-8:30pm
$150, Members $120
A continuation of Animation.
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FASHION ILLUSTRATION
Don Holmes (JSW-4)
Wednesdays, 4/10-5/29, 6:30-8:30pm
$150, Members $120
A continuation of Animation.
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Class no longer available.Wednesdays, 4/10-5/29, 6:30-8:30pm
$150, Members $120
A continuation of Animation.
Download the supply list
Register now
