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YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROGRAM

Adventures in Art is a series of one-week sessions in which students can explore painting, drawing, clay, and more. There are programs for 4-6 year olds, young people entering 2nd -5th grades, and 6th-8th graders. Note that our Adventure in Art programs have increased to eight weeks! 

Summer Art Classes are offered for young people ages two through teens.  Classes meet once, twice or three times a week for 3-6 or more sessions during the summer. Students may enjoy attending one or more Adventures in Art programs as well as taking an art class during our summer program.

Please enroll by June 9
•  Material costs are included in class fees.
•  Old clothes or a smock are strongly recommended.
•  You may enroll by mail or online now.
•  All classes have limited enrollment.
•  Please register early to avoid class cancellations. The decision to cancel a class that does not meet its required minimum enrollment is made approximately one week before the class begins.
•  We do not confirm registration. Students are notified if a class is full or cancelled.
•  Only registered students can attend classes.
• No classes or programs on Friday July 4th. 

 

ADVENTURES IN ART WEEKLONG PROGRAMS

EACH STUDENT WILL RECEIVE AN ADVENTURES IN ART T-SHIRT WHEN SIGNING UP FOR WEEK-LONG PROGRAMS!

4-6 YEAR OLDS

ADVENTURES IN ART YP27SU08a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h
Monday through Friday, 9:00-1:00
Explore painting, drawing, clay, collage, and mixed media within broad themes.  Students are encouraged to observe and interpret the world around them with imagination and individual expression. We will also explore the work of at least one artist every week. Get creative and have fun! Includes stories, mid-morning snack, and outdoor recreation. Students bring their own lunch.
a COLOR, June 16-20, five days: $192; members: $173
Instructor: Eva Scopino
b ARTISTS, June 23-27, five days: $192; members: $173
Instructor: Eva Scopino
c NATURE, June 30-July 3, four days: $154; members: $139
Instructor: Eva Scopino
d AROUND THE WORLD,  July 7-11, five days: $192; members: $173
Instructor: Eva Scopino
e FOUR SEASONS, July 14-18, five days: $192; members: $173
Instructor: Eva Scopino
f ANIMALS, July 21-25, five days: $192; members: $173
Instructor: Jennifer van Elswyck
g IMAGINATION, July 28-August 1, five days: $192; members: $173
Instructor: Jennifer van Elswyck
h SHAPES, August 4-8, five days: $192; members: $173
Instructor: Jennifer van Elswyck

*An optional two hours of child care from 1:00-3:00pm will be available on a limited basis at $85 per week, and $65 per week for June 30-July3. You must sign up for the entire week.

 

PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Entering 2nd-5th grades

Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00
Includes mid morning snack, students bring their lunch.

PLAYSCAPE IN MONET’S GARDEN YP33SU08
Instructor: Nellie Shevelkina
Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (June 16-June 20)
Colorful and imaginative summer gardens and playful spaces come to life through projects in painting, sculpture and mixed media. Five sessions: $289; members: $260

POTTER’S DELIGHT YP34SU08 a or b
Instructors: Anita Griffith and Bob Parrott
a Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (June 23-June 27)
b Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (July 21-July 25)
CLAY, CLAY, CLAY—that’s what this week will be! We will focus on hand building techniques and also have a spin on the pottery wheel. We will create many fun pieces using coils, slab and pinch methods. Students will glaze pieces and they will be fired. There will be new projects for continuing students. Please note that working in clay takes drying and firing time. There will be a pickup time later in the summer. Five sessions: $294; members: $265

FOLK ARTS OF RUSSIA YP28SU08
Instructors: Judie Alderman and Nellie Shevelkina
Monday through Thursday, 9:00-3:00 (June 30-July 3)
Be a Russian folk artist for a week! Hugely popular last summer, we bring you new projects. Folk art in Russia decorates homes and every day objects. Ideas from nature especially trees are used by woodcarvers, painters, weavers, potters, and makers of ingenious toys. Using paint, wood, clay, aluminum, paper maché and cloth we will make objects such as a decorated box, toys, cloth, plates other items found in a Russian folk home. Four sessions: $231; members: $208

TRIPLE PLAY: PAINTING, PAPIER MACHÉ AND WIRE YP29SU08
Instructors: Martha Savage and Jennifer Van Elswyck
Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (July 7-July 11)
Three fabulously fun materials come together in a variety of sculpture projects big and small. We will twist and weave to make animal sculptures, build and paint a paper maché Koshare “clown” Kachina, make a wire mobile, blend and splatter with paint and more. Eye protection for wire handling provided, however, you may bring your own if desired. Five sessions: $289; members: $260

BUON GIORNO ITALIA YP30SU08
Instructors: Judie Alderman and Nellie Shevelkina
Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (July 14-July 18)
Take an imaginary grand tour of the arts and culture of Italy. From the mask traditions of Venice to the frescoes of Rome, let Michelangelo and Leonardo be your guides. We will use a variety of materials including paint, plaster and paper maché. Five sessions: $289; members: $260

SCULPTURE SURPRISE YP31SU08
Instructor: Kelley Kapfer
Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (July 28-August 1)
Surprise even yourself with imaginative projects that transform recyclables into unexpected works of art and fantasy. Build your very own “castle in the sky!” This class is limited to 12 students Five sessions: $289; members: $260

PRINT, PAINT AND SPLATTER YP32SU08
Instructors: Violet Harlow and Martha Savage
Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (August 4-August 8)
Guaranteed to be messy and fun, for those who really like to get “into” their art, we will print, paint and splatter everything from clothing to sculpture. Five sessions: $289; members: $260

 

PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Entering 6th-8th grades

Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00
Includes mid morning snack, students bring their lunch.
Enrollment limited to 12 students unless otherwise noted.

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS YP36SU08
Instructor: Nellie Shevelkina
Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (June 23-June 27)
Who would think that rocks really rock? You can paint them and paint on them, arrange them in patterns, press them into plaster, use them in sculptures, draw and collage their shapes with fascinating colors and iridescence. We will learn about and make Chinese Scholar rocks thought to be like landscapes. We will also create petroglyphs and pictographs. Five sessions: $289; members: $260

DOUBLE EXPOSURE: PHOTOGRAPHY AND PAINTING YP37SU08
Instructor: Kris Wetmore
Monday through Thursday, 9:00-3:00 (June 30-July 3)
Everyday, we will explore some photography and some painting in a variety of media and methods. Sometimes we will combine the two. Paintography anyone? Four sessions: $240; members: $216

MASTERSTROKE YP38SU08
Instructor: Violet Harlow
Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (July 7-July 11)
Just how did Vermeer paint such perfect perspective? How are three-dimensional effects created, folds in fabric, reflections in glass, the tiniest detail achieved? Did you know that Constable built little scenes to paint and used broccoli for trees? We will try many of the methods of the Masters. Will they work for us as well? Five sessions: $289; members: $260

ARMOR & ADORNMENT YP39SU08
Instructor: Kris Wetmore
Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (July 14-July 18)
All through time, people have tried to improve and elaborate upon their appearance and we will do the same by painting, sculpting, using paper maché, beads and other materials. We will explore armor from Japan and Europe and jewelry from Egypt and Aztec Mexico, as well as decoration direct from our imagination. Everything we make can be worn. Five sessions: $289; members: $260

TAKE TWO: PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE YP40SU08
Instructor: Kris Wetmore
Monday through Friday (July 21-July 25)
Every day we will explore some photography and some architecture; some times alone and some times combined. Anyone for photogritecture? Five sessions: $294; members: $265

POTTER’S DELIGHT, TWO YP35SU08
Instructors: Anita Griffith and Bob Parrott
Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00 (July 28-August 1)
CLAY, CLAY, CLAY, Advanced—that’s what this week will be! We will focus on hand building techniques and also have a spin on the pottery wheel. We will create many fun pieces using coils, slab and pinch methods. Students will glaze pieces and they will be fired. There will be new projects for continuing students. Please note that working in clay takes drying and firing time. There will be a pickup time later in the summer. Limited to 24 students.
Five sessions: $294; members: $265

SCULPTURE SHOCK YP41SU08
Instructor: Kelley Kapfer
Monday through Friday (August 4-August 8)
Wait. Don’t throw that box and plastic bag in the garbage. It can be used to make a fabulously amazing, shockingly fantastic work of art! Spend a week playing around with ordinary things you may throw out daily and instead of contributing to the local landfill, contribute to the cause of creativity. Five sessions: $289; members: $260

 

 

SUMMER ART CLASSES

2&3 YEAR OLDS WITH PARENT

NEW EXPLORERS: CLAY & PAINT YP01SU08
Instructor: Eva Scopino
Tuesday afternoons 4:00-5:00 (June 17-July 22)
Squish, poke, drip, swirl, splatter! Explore the wonders of painting and clay together. Includes snack and all non-toxic materials. Dress for messy fun. Six sessions: $58; members: $52

STORIES & ART YP02SU08
Instructor: Jennifer Van Elswyck
Monday afternoons 4:00-5:00 (June 16-July 21)
Discover and explore! Each week we will read a story, look at pictures and explore the magic of paint, collage, clay and more. Includes snack and all non-toxic materials. Dress for messy fun. Six sessions: $58; members: $52

 

AGES 4-6

SMART @ ART: SUPER SUMMER SAMPLER!YP03SU08
Instructor: Judie Alderman
Wednesday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (June 18-July 23)
Explore different art materials and techniques each week! Draw with cray-pas and chalk, paint with tempera and watercolor, create with clay, make collages and puppets, and build wood/mixed media constructions. Have fun in this process-oriented, open-ended class. Imagination and individual expression encouraged. Six sessions: $84; members: $76

CHILDREN & NATURE YP04SU08
Instructor: Eva Scopino
Thursday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (June 19-July 24)
Create with clay, make sand-paintings and sand-castings. Paint with watercolors.  Make fun insects and sea creatures, leaf prints, seashell creations and more. Imagination and individual expression encouraged.  Six sessions: $84; members: $76

MUSIC & ART YP05SU08
Instructor: Catherine Lendler
Friday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (June 20-July 25)
Create your own rainstick, a box guitar you can really pluck, and papier maché maracas! Paint and decorate your projects with feathers, glitter and more. We will also draw and paint to different types of music. Rhythm and blues, red and yellow! (Note: no class on July 4). Five sessions: $84; members: $76


1ST-2ND GRADE

CLAY PLAY YP06SU08
Instructor: Violet Harlow
Monday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (June 16-July 21)
Children will be exposed to basic hand-building, modeling and glazing techniques as they work from their imaginations. Projects will include animals, figures, pots, abstract sculptures and more. There will be new projects for continuing students. Six sessions: $88; members: $79

MINIATURE WORLDS: SUMMERSCAPES YP07SU08
Instructor: Anna Scarff
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, 3:30-5:00 (June 17-July 3)
Create fun artwork inspired by summer, gardens, the seashore, and Mother Nature. Students will work with natural materials including clay, sand, twigs, wood, and seashells to make collages, constructions, mobiles, and dioramas. Six sessions: $84; members: $76

COLORIFIC: MIX IT UP! YP08SU08
Instructor: Anna Scarff
Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons, 3:30-5:00 (July 8-July 24)
Have fun, make a mess, and play with colors. Explore and create with drawing, painting, and collage, and make colorful constructions and mobiles. Materials will include clay, fabric, paint, beads, wood, tissue paper, glitter and more. Six sessions: $84; members: $76

AMAZING ANIMALS YP09SU08
Instructor: Nellie Shevelkina
Friday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (June 20-July 25)
Draw and paint animals both real and imaginary. Explore tempera paint, watercolor, oil pastel, and chalk, and have fun creating animals from clay, cardboard, and papier maché. Children are encouraged to use their imaginations. (Note: no class on July 4). Five sessions: $70; members: $63


3RD-4TH GRADE

HOORAY FOR CLAY YP10SU08
Instructor: Violet Harlow
Wednesday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (June 18-July 23)
Children will explore hand-building, wheel-throwing, modeling and glazing techniques as they work from their imagination and develop skills. There will be new projects for continuing students. Six sessions: $88; members: $79

MAKE IT POP YP11SU08
Instructor: Creative Arts Faculty
Monday and Wednesday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (July 14-July 23)
Like Pop artists, Warhol, Thiebaud and Oldenburg, change ordinary objects into fun and vibrant works of art. Imagine a bright purple and green ice cream cone painting, a Campbell’s® soup can with your own unusual soup variety, or a penny the size of a bicycle wheel. A variety of bright and colorful media will be used. Four sessions: $56; members: $50

MAKE YOUR OWN DOLL YP12SU08
Instructor: Eva Scopino
Monday and Wednesday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (June 16-July 9)
Make a soft doll, for keeping or giving. Students will design, sew and stuff a soft doll from cotton, yarn and other materials. It can be sweet, homely, silly, funky.  Some hand stitches will be taught, and some machine-sewing will be completed by instructor. The doll will be ready to take home by the last class. No previous sewing experience necessary. Limit eight students. Eight sessions: $123 members: $111  

DRAGONS: EXTREME MYTHICAL CREATURES! YP13SU08
Instructor: Creative Arts Faculty
Friday afternoons, 3:30-5:00 (June 20-July 25)
Fierce or friendly; fiery or fancy! Create clay dragons and a dragon shadow puppet. Learn ways to draw and paint dragons. Make a fantastical 3-D papier maché dragon from recyclables, cardboard, paint, tissue paper, etc. (Note: no class on July 4). Five sessions: $70; members: $63

 

5TH-7TH GRADES

CARTOONING THE EZ WAY YP14SU08
Instructor: Chris Highsmith
Friday afternoons, 5:30-7:30 (June 20-July 25)
Both experienced and new to the art of cartooning will find a variety of projects and cartooning styles to explore. Easy to learn characters, animals, monsters, heroes, villains and custom cars inhabit city settings in hand drawn and digitally imaged stories. (Note: no class on July 4). Five sessions: $93; members: $84

BITS AND PIECES YP15SU08
Instructor: Nellie Shevelkina
Monday and Wednesday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (June 16-July 9)
The idea is to make art from many small parts and there are endless ways to do that. Collage, three-dimensional collage cubes, Japanese Washi eggs, paper mosaic, sculptures made of wood pieces and other small objects, prints composed of many small prints creating patterns, collections of similarly colored bits and pieces in a shadow box and art made by joining many of the same thing such as a sculpture made from painted clothespins are some of the projects we will do. Eight sessions: $112: members: $101

PRINT ‘N’ PAINT PANDEMONIUM YP16SU08
Instructor: Judie Alderman
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (June 17-July 10)
Join a fantastic adventure of excitement, surprise and experiment in splatter, stamp, stencil and wacky printmaking. Beware: this might get messy! Eight sessions: $112; members: $101

PAINTED FURNITURE/FINISHING TOUCHES YP17SU08
Instructor: Martha Savage
Monday and Wednesday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (July 14-July 23)
Become a designer and change an ordinary piece of furniture into a useful and original work of art. We will sand, prime and experiment with faux painting techniques, stenciling and other fun looks and unexpected finishing touches. Bring a chair or small table and we will supply everything else. Four sessions: $56; members: $50

CLAY ANIMATION YP18SU08
Instructor: Ben Hecht
Saturday, 9:00-3:00 (July 12 and 19)
Create sets, stories and characters and make into an original short animated digital movie. Two sessions: $116; members: $104

 

8TH-12TH GRADE

ARTIST ON THE GOGH YP19SU08
Instructor: Violet Harlow
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 (July 15-July 24)
Sketch and paint in the legendary Moleskine® notebook used for the past two centuries by great artists and thinkers, including Van Gogh, Picasso and Hemingway. Take it wherever you travel, around town or places exotic. Techniques, tips and practice in using a watercolor pocket sketchbook en plein air. Sketchbook included. Four sessions: $56; members: $50

TEEN PHOTOGRAPHY YP20SU08
Instructor: Chris Volpe
Tuesday afternoons, 3:00-5:00 (June17-July 22)
This class will introduce the basic technical and artistic elements of photography. Every student will earn how to use a manual camera, the fundamentals of processing film, and making prints. We will discuss the importance of lighting, composition and the unique creative possibilities of photography. A 35mm manual type camera is preferred. Students will need to purchase film and paper. For new and continuing students. This class is limited to 7 students. Six sessions: $123; members: $111

BEGINNING/ INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY YP21SU08
Instructor: Chris Volpe
Tuesday evenings, 5:00-7:00 (June 17-July22)
Step out of the darkroom into the world of color photography and desktop printing. This is a class for beginning and intermediate level students who wish to explore new photographic technology. We will cover camera basics, file formats, and digital printing. Students will be introduced to Adobe Photoshop to crop, tone and improve their pictures just like professional photographers and artists. A digital camera is required; a home computer and desktop printer is recommended. Note: This class will be held at the Educational Center for the Arts. Six sessions: $167; members: $150

TEEN CLAY YP22SU08
Instructor: Scott Herman
Thursday evenings, 5:00-7:00 (June 19-July 24)
An exploratory survey of sculptural and pottery forms and techniques, including hand-building and wheel-throwing, slip decoration, and glazing. Open to beginning and continuing students, with work adapted to each student’s interest. Students may elect to create high-fired works for which there will be an additional charge of $2.00 per pound for each item fired. Six sessions: $120; members: $108

TEEN DRAWING AND WATERCOLOR PAINTING YP23SU08
Instructor: Lily Kok-Forbush
Wednesday afternoons, 4:00-6:00 (June 18-July 23)
This course will be an introduction as well as a continuation for those teens with some drawing and watercolor experience. We will focus on composition, perspective and proportion. Attention will be given to the development of ideas, style and expression. We will study images and color through landscape, still life and figure drawing. We will discuss materials, techniques, composition, and the effects of light and shadow on color. Weather permitting, we will work outdoors. Six sessions: $122; members: $110

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FAMILY WORKSHOPS

A HEART-FELT COLLABORATION! YP20SP08w
Instructor: Jeannie Thomma
Sunday afternoon, May 4, 1:00-4:00
It’s a soapy sudsy adventure for parents and kids.
Together, they’ll create a felt painting, using basic wet-felting
techniques that will be introduced during class.  Come ready to have a ball, and create a fabulous work of ART!  Please bring 2-3
bath towels.  Limit 1 child per parent. Cost: $65; members: $59

 

Ages 6 and Up with Adult

STAINED “GLASS” WINDOWS YP21SP08w
Instructor: Ruth Sack
Sunday afternoon, May 18, 1:00-4:00
Make awesome stained “glass” windows using paint, collage, foil and plexi-glass mounted on wood bases. A fun, beautiful, and decorative approach! Appropriate for ages 6 and up with adult. Cost: $50; members: $45

Ages 12 And Up With Adult

COLLAGE WITH JUNK MAIL YP22SP08w
Instructor: Kelley Kapp
Sunday afternoon, June 8, 1:00-4:00
Learn to use what we already have so much of, to make fun collages. Start by looking at my artful samples of portraiture, cityscapes, landscapes and abstract expressionism, all made from junk mail. Through cutting, pasting, sewing, tying and folding, we will explore the creative art of assembling what we normally throw away. All materials are included. Recommended for young people ages 12 and up (must be able to use an X-acto knife) with adult. Cost: $50; members: $45
Each additional child: $20; members: $18

 

SUPER SAMPLER SUNDAYS FAMILY WORKSHOPS

A series of fun workshops hosted by CAW Young People’s faculty for children of any age accompanied by adult. All workshops take place on Sundays from 1:00-3:00. Snack included.  Please dress for mess.

MOSAIC GARDEN STONES YP24SU08w
Sunday afternoon, June 22, 1:00-3:00
Make your own beautiful cement garden stone! Impress pottery shards, glass stones, handprints, and more. Create a special keepsake for your garden, home or family. All materials included. Cost: $30; members: $27

ARTY APRONS YP25SU08w
Sunday afternoon, July 13, 1:00-3:00
Using fabric paints, stamp-printing and stencils, embellish an art apron to wear as a smock or give as a special gift. Apron and all materials included.Cost: $35; members: $32

STICK TOGETHER: A FAMILY DECOUPAGE WORKSHOP YP26SU08w
Sunday afternoon, July 27, 1:00-3:00
Preserve a special collection of book or magazine covers, playbills, labels, greeting cards, stamp collection, photos etc. by artfully gluing and sealing (child-safe) them to wooden tray and boxes. You supply the memorabilia; we’ll supply the wood items and all other materials.Cost: $35; members: $32

 

 

 

BIRTHDAY PARTIES

Did you know that CAW is available for birthday parties? Have your birthday party in an art studio! CAW faculty members will lead the party in arts or crafts projects, lasting approximately 1 1/2 hours, leaving time for cake, presents, and making great memories of a unique and fun-filled birthday! Choose from a variety of themes and projects. For further information or to schedule a party, call the office at 562-4927. A fantastic idea for children of all ages!

 

ART CLASSES FOR HOME- SCHOOLERS

Creative Arts Workshop offers a comprehensive art curriculum for home-school groups. Age appropriate program for ages 9-14, includes basic drawing, painting, graphic design and sculpture. We require a minimum of six students per class per semester. For more details call Kate Paranteau, Program Director, at 203 562-4927.

 

PRIVATE LESSONS

Private lessons at CAW for young people can be arranged through individual instructors. The duration and schedule of lessons must be approved by the registrar. The cost, beginning at $50 per hour, is dependent on materials cost and the number of students enrolled.