SPACE's Spring Slate of Art & Creative Writing Classes!

Starting April 13th, SPACE, South Pasadena Art Center, will be offering classes for both children and adults, including Little Hands Art/Nature’s Elements, Fables & Folk Tales, Ceramics, Design for Animation, and more. Please see below for additional information.

SPACE instructors are experienced teaching artists, many of whom are arts professionals in the community and hold advanced degrees in art and design.

SPACE is a nonprofit arts center dedicated to providing affordable and accessible art classes to the community. All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged to participate!

Please see our website or email southpasarts@sbcglobal.net for further details. http://spaceartscenter.com/education/

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CHILDREN’S CLASSES:

Little Hands - Nature’s Elements
ages 4 - 5
Thursday, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Starts April 16
Spring is here! In this class, students will explore, draw, paint and make green crafts with various mediums and nature’s elements, creating projects using petals, leaves, twigs and more, with introduction to artist Georgia O’keeffe.
Teacher: Crystal Ho 
Fee: $200.00

Spring Break Camp
Ages 5 and up
Monday - Thursday, March 30 - April 2, 12 - 4 p.m.
Come for one day or all four. We will be exploring the world of Fables and Fairy Tales, bringing stories to life with using masks, puppets and illustrated books. If you only want to register for some of the days and not the whole week, contact SPACE at southpasarts@sbcglobal.net, or call 626-441-4788.
Teacher: Rebecca Tager, Crystal Ho 
Fee: $150.00

Ceramics
Ages 6 & up
Thursday, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., starts April 16
From Picasso to Andy Warhol, students will make hand-built ceramic creations, using artists for inspiration. This clay exploration class is suitable for students of all levels. Your child will build upon the skills they have while continuing developing there own personal style. New students will learn the basics of slab rolling, coiling, pinching, and surface design, while the more advance students learn to take there skills to a higher level. All pieces will fired and glazed in a kiln.
Teacher: Rebecca Tager 
Fee: $240.00 , Materials Fee: $25.00

Animation Design
Ages 9 - 12
Wednesday, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., starts April 15
Learn where animation starts, in the hands of an artist! In this class, students will create fun characters and develop a one minute story to animate. They will discover shape design, movement, and proportions to make their characters come to life. Then they will design and color backgrounds, setting the stage for bringing the story all together in a storyboard sequence that will be animated in a digital flipbook. All levels encouraged to participate.
Teacher: David Park
 Fee: $240.00

Drawing Academy
Ages 9 - 12
Thursday, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., starts April 16
SPACE Drawing Academy offers a program aimed at students with a passion for drawing who want to build and develop their skills and confidence, and work on personal portfolios.Bringing the 2D & 3D world of art together through drawing and sculpture, students will explore 2D drawing foundation through traditional materials and techniques, then take their drawings off the page and turn them into a 3D sculptures. Line, form, texture, shape, value and scale are the cornerstones to both 2D & 3D worlds. Ordinary materials such as pencil, charcoal, ink, paint, tape, cardboard, hot glue and found objects are turned into extraordinary two and three-dimensional creations.
Teacher: Marie Switzer Miller 
Fee: $240.00

Fables & Folk Tales
Ages 6 - 9
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Starts April 14
In this class, students will tap into the world of Fables and Folk Tales, bringing stories to life making masks, puppets, and more. Introducing inspiration from illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger.
Teacher: Crystal Ho 
Fee: $240.00

ADULT CLASSES:

Everyone Can Draw
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., meets 6 weeks, starts April 18
Welcome to returning students and new arrivals. This term we will continue to develop our drawing skills as we work from a live model, still lifes, and create on our own imaginative compositions. The emphasis is on feeling free to create with confidence and enjoyment in a supportive atmosphere, while learning new drawing skills. If you have any objects or photos which you would like to use as inspiration please bring them with you to the class.
Teacher: Yuki Toy
 Fee: $265.00

The Path of Story: Writing Lab for Adults
Tuesday, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., meets 6 times, starts March 24
Looking to kickstart your writing? Find what you want to say, in prose, whether it’s fiction or non-fiction? Through exercises and prompts, listening and sharing, you’ll write short pieces that can spur you to continue writing on your own. Either way, you’ll get an imagination-to-pen workout.
Teacher: Karen Rizzo, Jim Macdonald
 Fee: $240.00

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