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Creativity Abounds!
Art Classes for Children, Families and Teens
Welcome to “Creativity Abounds All Year Round at Yellow Springs”. Art classes are available in Clay, Drawing, Painting and more. New this year - classes for parents with toddlers and preschoolers. Classes are small for individual attention and encouragement by our professional artists and art education instructors. All materials and supplies are included in the tuition of each class. The Library is open until 6pm each day if you would like to wait for students in classes.
Please note: Chester Springs Studio/Historic Yellow Springs is not responsible for child/teen supervision for more than 5 minutes before or after class. Please be prompt at the pick up time. Thank you for your cooperation.
For Teen Clases, please visit this page.
WORKSHOPS
Gingerbread Clay, Dough & Felt Ornaments
Date: Saturday November 13
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Levels: All levels, Limit 16
Ages: All Ages; children 8 and under must be accompanied by a grown-up
Instructor: Suzanne Halstead & Heidi Brett
Cost: $20 per child member /$30 per child non-members. All supplies included.
The scents of ginger & cinnamon will fill the air as you create edible and long lasting gingerbread ornaments – one to eat, one to keep and one with which to play! We will work first with real ingredients to fashion a tasty colorful treat and while that’s heating we will work on our clay version with terracotta for the “dough” and white slip for the” icing.” These ornaments will be fired in the kiln and ready for pick up at the Holiday Stroll on Friday night December 3. Finally we will make a felt gingerbread gal or guy puppet and let our fingers do the walking.
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MONDAYS
Art Time Together (right after Library Story Time)
Ages: 18 months to 3 years with a grown-up, Limit 8 children
Instructor: Suzanne Halstead
Length: 8 weeks
Start Date: September 27
End Date: November 15 (Special Halloween Party with Library on 10/25)
Time: 11 - 11:30am
Location: Lincoln Building
Tuition: $40 Member, $55 Non-member
We will explore a variety of art activities that are developmentally appropriate for very young children and stimulating for their adult partners. Each week we will sample different art mediums and everyday objects that focus on process over product. Nature, stories and food will often be the inspiration for our projects. Emphasis will be on the joy of creating and the fun of experimenting with colors, textures, lines and shapes.
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Clay Play: Pottery and Sculpture
Ages: 6 to 8 years, Limit 8 students
Instructor: Jessica Greet
Length: 8 weeks
Start Date: September 27
End Date: November 15
Time: 4:30 - 6pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $135 Member, $150 Non-member
Using stories and imagination as inspiration, we will create ceramic objects including usable pots and fanciful sculptures. Possible projects are plates, mugs, planters, boxes, real and imaginary creatures. Through this exploration, students will learn basic ceramic methods such as making pinch, slab and coil pots, rolling cylinders, altering shapes, and applying surface textures and glazes. There will be a focus on enjoying your own creativity as well as supporting and appreciating the creativity of others.
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Artistic Adventures
Ages: 9 to 12 years, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Suzanne Halstead
Length: 8 weeks
Start Date: September 27
End Date: November 15
Time: 4:30 - 6pm
Location: Studio Barn
Tuition: $95 Member, $110 Non-member
This class starts off with learning drawing basics and using artistic knowledge to create realistic and abstract drawings of objects and the world around us. Students will use a variety of materials to incorporate color into individual artworks and be inspired by what they see, bringing drawings to life by transforming 2-dimensional drawings into mixed media and 3-dimensional creations.
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WEDNESDAYS
Make Art Together (right after Library Story Time)
Ages: 3 to 6 years with a grown-up, Limit 10 children
Instructor: Emily Wilkins
Length: 8 weeks
Start Date: September 29
End Date: November 18 (Special Halloween Party with Library on 10/27)
Time: 11:15am - 12 noon
Location: Lincoln Building
Tuition: $60 Member, $75 Non-member
We will explore a variety of art activities that are developmentally appropriate for young children. Each week we will sample different mediums and art techniques. We will get our fingers into paint and hands into play dough. Nature and recyclable objects will often be the inspiration for our projects. Emphasis will be on the joy of creating and the fun of experimenting with colors, textures, lines and shapes.
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Art Abounds
Ages: 6 to 8 years, Limit 8 students
Instructor: Emily Wilkins
Length: 8 weeks
Start Date: September 29
End Date: November 17
Time: 4:30 - 6pm
Location: Lincoln Building
Tuition: $95 Member, $110 Non-member
Do you love the thick, velvety feeling of paint as you brush it onto paper? Then join us as we use paints, craypas, printing inks, and pastels to create art that helps us to learn about ourselves and the world around us. We’ll make paintings, books, and sculptures of paper, mixed media collages, and prints from recycled materials.
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Clay Club: The Secret Language of Clay
Ages: 9 to 12 years, Limit 10
Instructor: Susan Bankert
Length: 8 weeks
Start Date: September 29
End Date: November 17
Time: 4:30 - 6pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $135 Member, $150 Non-member
Teach your hands to talk to the clay! Learn basic hand motions that will allow you to “talk” the clay into becoming whatever you imagine: bowl, bird, box, mug, mask or rattle. The clay is waiting for you to show it what to become. Note to parents: This is a class that teaches hand building skills acquired through imaginative encounters with clay. The skills learned will form a good foundation for future work on the wheel.
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