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Children's Art classes: Ages 5-8

Preregistration is required a minimum of 1 week in advance.

$8 per class, sign up for 4 or more classes and recieve $1 off each class.

September 29 – Molas: In honor of Hispanic History Month and inspired by the colorful embroidered cloth panels used in the clothing of the Kuna women of Panama and Columbia, create your own artwork featuring a central image of an animal, line patterns and layers of rich color.

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October 27 – Flying Home: The giant nests in the Refuge: Robert Lach exhibition and the beautiful imagery of Charlie Harper's birds and nests lead us to explore the beauty of birds and their unique homes. Adapting Harper's unique artistic expressiveness to our own creations, we'll turn geometric shapes, stamps and collage into detailed scenes of nesting and flying birds.

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November 17 – Arcimboldo Printed & Drawn Self Portrait: The clever paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo make us laugh. That leads us to think about "What facial feature can I make out of a green bean or a tomato slice?" Draw a playful grape eye, silly orange wedge smiles and corn cob hair. Fruits and vegetables become faces in these stamped and drawn self portraits.

December 8 – Stankard Snow Globes: Inspired by the superb work on exhibit in Paul Stankard: Poetry in Glass and the coming winter holiday season, create sparkling snow globes filled with natural elements, hand-molded in colorful polymer clay.

January 12 – Eric Carle Dragon Collage Paintings: In honor of the Chinese Year of the Dragon and based on the illustrations of Eric Carle, create fantastical beasts spouting flames and preening their scales. With tons of texture, these dragons will be conjured up with a mixture of collage and paint.

February 9 – Whimsical Wooden Wildlife: Make wild and wonderful mini animals from layered flat wooden shapes. Position the parts to add depth to the creatures and finish them with colorful painted details. Make it into a pin or put it on a black felt background to give as a Valentine's Day gift.

March 15 – Clay- Niki de Saint Phalle: Dig your fingers into this clay project and learn about the lighthearted and imaginative sculptures of French artist Niki de Saint Phalle.

April 12 – Friendly Robots: In honor of Earth Day, discover green power with recycled art materials! Build a friendly robot sculpture and print a jazzy background using recycled materials to create texture and pattern prints.

May 17 – Mondrian Tape Paintings: Inspired by the work of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch abstract painter and co-founder of the "De Stijl" art movement, we'll use tape and paint to achieve surprising results.

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