Children's Classes

CERAMICS

 

Fee includes clay, firings and glazes.

 

BEGINNING WHEEL (ages 10+)

Roy Kunisaki (RK-2)
Class meets at The Village #300
Mondays, 1/9-3/12, 4-6pm
No class 1/16 or 2/20
$170, Members $140
Learn wheel-throwing, trimming and glazing skills.
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BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE WHEEL (ages 10+)

Roy Kunisaki (RK-5)
Class meets at The Village #300
Tuesdays, 1/10-3/6, 4-6pm
No class 2/21
$170, Members $140
Improve wheel-throwing, trimming and glazing skills.
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Class no longer available. Please see Beginning Wheel RK-2.

INTRODUCTION TO CERAMICS (ages 6–10)

Adrian Sandstrom (AS-3)
Class meets at The Village #300
Wednesdays, 1/11-3/7, 4-5:30pm
No class 2/22
$170, Members $140
Learn hand-building techniques by creating imaginary creatures, animals and more. Make pinch and coil pots and experiment with texture.
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Class filled.  Please call to be added to the wait list.

DRAWING & PAINTING

 

MOSAICS FOR KIDS (ages 6+)

Robin Bott (RB-1) NEW
Mondays, 1/9-3/12, 4-5:30pm
No Class 1/16 or 2/20
$170, Members $140
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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VEHICLES IN MOTION (ages 7+)

Don Holmes (DH-1) NEW
Tuesdays, 1/10-3/6, 4-5:30pm
No class 2/21
$150, Members $120
Hey kids, lets draw and paint some really cool planes, trains, buses, cars and bikes! Where can we go? Let's go this way! Learn to draw vehicles that move with two, four or eighteen wheels. Start with circles, squares, and rectangles then shape them into exciting and fun illustrations that can be cutout, colored and made into awesome 3-D models.
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Class no longer available.

DRAW IN YOUR BOOK! SKETCHBOOKS AND ART JOUNALS FOR KIDS

Laurel koss (LK-1) NEW
Wednesdays, 1/11-3/7, 4:30-6pm
No class 2/22
Learn how to make your own books in fun, different shapes! We will create tunnel and accordion books, pop-up books, books in candy tins, books with bags and pockets, beaded books, books in the shape of animals or people, soft and hard cover Japanese-bound books with collage and a hard-bound book with multiple signatures. Make a unique bookmark and decorate some of the pages too! Fee includes supplies.
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CARTOONING/MODELING SUPERHEROES (ages 7+)

Jennifer Siegal (JNS-1)
Mondays, 1/9-3/12, 4-5:30pm
No Class 1/16 or 2/20
$155, Members $125
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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BEGINNING FASHION DESIGN FOR YOUNG ARTISTS (ages 9+)

Terry Madison (TM-1)
Wednesdays, 1/11-3/7, 4:30-6pm
No class 2/22
$150, Members $120
"Project Runway" comes to PVAC! Fashion, sketching, simple pattern-making, hand-sewing, machine sewing* and designing simple doll garments. Make patterns by both draping and flat pattern method, and then cut out pieces from fabrics you create in the class by painting, stamping, printing, embellishing and sewing. Make several outfits for the doll you bring to class. * Optional, machines not provided
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IMAGINATION & CREATIONS (ages 4+)

Robin Bott (RB-3)
Thursdays, 1/12-3/8 4-5:30pm
No class 2/23
$170, Members $140
Explore drawing, painting and sculpture through tile mosaics, papier-m€ch€ 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.

YOUTH DRAWING (ages 7+)

Jennifer Siegal (JNS-6)
Thursdays, 1/12-3/8, 4:30-6pm
No class 2/23
$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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YOUTH PAINTING & PASTEL (ages 9+)

Jennifer Siegal (JNS-5)
Saturdays, 1/14-3/10, 10:30-noon
No class 2/25
$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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DOG PRINTS: DOGS IN ART (ages 6+) NEW

Laurel Koss (LK-2)
Saturdays, 1/14-3/10, 1-3pm
No class 2/25
$170, Members $140
Celebrate our furry friends while creating art work in the form of drawings, paintings, collage, printmaking, pastels, pop-up cards and sculpture. We will also learn how children's book authors and illustrators and artists throughout history have depicted dogs. Fee includes supplies.
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Class no longer available.

ART ABOUT SCIENCE, MATH & MUSIC (ages 9+) NEW

Jessica Nelson (JN-1)
Saturdays, 1/14-3/10, 1-3pm
No class 2/25
$170, Members $140
Interpret concepts from science, math and music through the lens of art.   Students will discuss and be inspired by a different subject each week.   We will also look at artists who reference these academic subjects in their work.   Projects include sculpture, mixed-media painting, charcoal, pastel and watercolor, collage, colored pencil, pen and watercolor. Fee includes supplies.
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ARCHITECHTURE: DESIGNING WITH NATURE (ages 8+)

Alyse Anderson (AA-1)
Mondays, 1/9-3/12, 4-5:30pm
No class 1/16 or 2/20
$170, Members $140
From the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to Frank Lloyd Wright€s Falling Water, explore the connection between architecture and nature. Journey to Spain and paint the Alhambra palace and gardens. Get inspired by Villa D€Este and build a model of your dream villa in Italy. Make a collage inspired by Brazilian modern landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx. Some of the other fun activities planned include printmaking, clay modeling, puzzle making, and pop-up card design. Fee includes supplies.
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Class no longer available.

DIGITAL ARTS

 

FLASH ANIMATION (ages 13+)

Kristy Jimenez (KJ-1)
Mondays, 1/9-3/12, 4-6pm
No Class 1/16 or 2/20
$180, Members $15
Start with basic drawing skills to learn animation and storytelling including character development, walk cycles, key posing and timing, lip synching, camera angles and some basic action scripting using Flash and Photoshop. End the class with a simple interactive animation.
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DIGITAL IMAGING

Kristy Jimenez (KJ-2)
Tuesdays, 1/10-3/6, 4-6pm
No class 2/21
$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.
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Class no longer available. Please see Digital Photography KJ-3 below.