Children's Classes

Children's Classes

CERAMICS

 

Fee includes clay, firings and glazes.

 

BEGINNING WHEEL (ages 10+)
Roy Kunisaki (RK-2)
Mondays, 9/13-11/1, 4-6pm
$170, Members $140

Learn wheel-throwing, trimming and glazing skills.
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BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE WHEEL (ages 10+)
Roy Kunisaki (RK-5)
Tuesdays, 9/14-11/2, 4-6pm
$170, Members $140

Improve wheel-throwing, trimming and glazing skills.
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CLAY PLAY (ages 3+, with adult)
Adrian Sandstrom (AS-2)
Wednesdays, 9/15-11/3, 1-2:30pm
$210, Members $180

Bring mommy, daddy or a grown-up friend and experience the fun of ceramics! Roll, shape, pinch and rub clay and impress it with different textures. Make simple sculptures and other projects. Have fun together and develop new skills.
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INTRODUCTION TO CERAMICS (ages 6–10)
Adrian Sandstrom (AS-3)
Wednesdays, 9/15-11/3, 3:30-5pm
$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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DRAWING & PAINTING

 

THE MASTERS (ages 7+) NEW!
Arzu Arda Kosar (AK-1)
Wednesdays, 9/15-11/3, 4:30-6pm
$170, Members $140
Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Picasso and Warhol are among the most influential masters of western art. Learn about their lives and make art inspired by their work. Projects include sculpture, painting, collage and silk screening. Fee includes supplies.
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CARTOONING/MODELING SUPERHEROES (ages 7+)
Jennifer Siegal (JNS-1)
Mondays, 9/13-11/1, 4-5:30pm
$150, Members $120

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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IMAGINATION & CREATIONS (ages 5+)
Robin Bott (RB-3)
Thursdays, 9/16-11/4, 4-5:30pm
$170, Members $140

Explore drawing, painting and sculpture through tile mosaics, papier-mache, fantasy space art and shadow boxes. Try printmaking, puppet making, air-dry clay sculpture, drawing and more! Fee includes supplies.
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BEGINNING FASHION DESIGN FOR YOUNG ARTISTS (ages 9+) NEW!
Terry Madison (TM-1)
Wednesdays, 9/15-11/3, 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, then cut out pieces from fabrics furnished by fashion designers. Make several hand-stitched outfits for the doll you bring to class.
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YOUTH PAINTING & PASTEL (ages 9+)
Jennifer Siegal (JNS-4)
Thursdays, 9/16-11/4, 4:30-6pm
$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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BUDDING ARCHITECTS (ages 8+)
Alyse Anderson (AA-1)
Saturdays, 9/18-11/6, 9am-10:30am
$170, Members $140

Build a model skyscraper from wood, cardboard and other sturdy materials; paint a city skyline, and make other crafts to explore architecture. Learn fun facts about architecture using drawings, photographs and written texts as clues. Illustrate a postcard by drawing your favorite discoveries. Fee includes supplies.
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YOUTH DRAWING (ages 7+)
Jennifer Siefal (JNS-5)
Saturdays, 9/18-11/6, 1pm-2:30pm
$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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DIGITAL ARTS FOR CHILDREN (ages 9+)

FLASH ANIMATION (ages 13+)

Kristy Jimenez (KJ-1)
Mondays, 9/13-11/1, 4:30-6:30pm
$180, Members $150

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 CREATURE WORKSHOP (ages 10+) NEW!

Mark Teague (MT-1)
Wednesdays, 9/15–11/3, 4–6pm
$180, Members $150

Bring your own monsters, fantasy creatures, animals, aliens or anything else you can imagine to life in our state of the art digital lab. Learn to draw, design, scan and color your creatures using Photoshop.
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MOVIE MAKING (ages 9+)
Mark Teaque (MT-2)
Thursday, 9/16–11/4, 4am–6pm
$180, members $150
Learn filmmaking in a short 2-3 minute format using simple traditional techniques to produce home movies and edit sport or special events. From concept to final screening, learn pre-production, production, and post-production. 
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