Classes for Kids & Teens (Gr. 3-12) - July 2-August 1, 2008
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July 3-August 1 Classes August 5-29 Classes How to Register & Policies
Prices include all materials and applicable taxes. Grade level refers to grade student is entering in Fall 2008. Courses are listed in chronological order. Please familiarize yourself with our registration policies. |
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Drawing & Painting (Gr. 3-6)July 2-4 (no classes June 30 & July 1), 1:00-4:00 pm NEW SESSION While experimenting with an exciting variety of artist's tools, media and techniques, students will learn to explore and trust their imaginations and creative instincts. Working from still life, photographs and images from art history, students will be introduced to specific drawing and painting fundamentals and techniques. These include line, value, shape, pattern, texture, shading, highlighting, colour perspective and collage. Young artists will further develop their artistic skills while discovering their own personal style. $165.00 Jewelry Design & Creation (Gr. 4-8)July 2-4 (no classes June 30 & July 1), 9:15 am-12:15 pm If you've always wanted to design your own jewelry and accessories, this workshop will provide the opportunity to bring many techniques and materials together in a fun and unique way. Learning to work with wire, beads, metal, found and natural objects, students begin to understand the process from ideas to the finished piece. $155.00 Cartooning & Illustration (Gr. 3-6)July 2-4 (no classes June 30 & July 1), 1:00-4:00 pm Learn to draw fun and unique cartoon characters and creatures. As you create your own comic strip, you will learn how to draw funny faces, strange aliens and hilarious animals. Create your own action book using animation techniques. $155.00 full - join waitlist Architecture: Design and Create Your Own Space (Gr. 4-9)July 7-11, 9:15 am-12:15 pm Imagine a place to call your own! Using multimedia techniques, students will explore the fundamentals of architectural design: bringing his or her unique idea of what a special space would be like, from an abstract concept to a clear representation of that idea in model and drawing form. $250.00 full - join waitlist Theatre Sports (Gr. 3-6)July 7-11, 9:00-11:30 am Calling all drama athletes! Come and strut your acting stuff and have fun learning the skills that have made Saturday Night Live, Second City and Who's Line is it Anyway so popular. Improvisation is a standard skill that all actors need to learn. This class will not only teach you what you need to know about improv but also develop the skills of spontaneity, creative thinking and team work in a fun and entertaining way. Let the games begin!
$240.00 cancelled Mixed Media (Gr. 3-6)July 7-11, 1:00-4:00 pm Through the use of mixed media and a wide
array of art materials, students are encouraged to explore
and experiment beyond the basic, 2-dimensional art $250.00 full - join waitlist Creating With Clay: Build Your Dream Home (Gr. 5-8)July 14-18, 9:15 am-12:15 pm Create your very own dream house! Build, decorate and furnish your model home. Learn a variety of hand-building techniques; slab, coil, pinch and modeling. Put the finishing touches on your home with your own designs and patterns using bright, colourful glazes. No previous experience is necessary. $255.00 full - join waitlist Drawing & Painting (Gr. 3-6)July 14-18, 1:00-4:00 pm While experimenting with an exciting variety of artist's tools, media and techniques, students will learn to explore and trust their imaginations and creative instincts. Working from still life, photographs and images from art history, students will be introduced to specific drawing and painting fundamentals and techniques. These include line, value, shape, pattern, texture, shading, highlighting, colour perspective and collage. Young artists will further develop their artistic skills while discovering their own personal style. $250.00 full - join waitlist Making a Musical (Gr. 3-6)July 21-25, 9:00-11:30 am In this lively workshop, young performers will learn all the elements that make up a musical theatre performance. Broadway classics will inspire students as they learn the basics of movement and choreography, singing and acting and how they work together to help tell a story in musical theatre. The cast will work with different songs and musical styles to create a revue-style presentation for family and friends on the last class.
$250.00 full - join waitlist Landscape Painting (Gr. 6-9)July 21-25, 9:15 am-12:15 pm This course is for students who enjoy the beauty and excitement of the outdoors. Using a variety of materials, including an assortment of paint, pens, pastels and papers, participants will venture outdoors to create preliminary landscape sketches. The class will revisit these sketches in the studio to arrive at a completed landscape. $250.00 full - join waitlist Animal Critters: Creating With Clay (Gr. 3-6)July 21-25, 1:00-4:00 pm Come and enjoy the wonders of creating art with clay in this fun and educational workshop. Students will learn various pottery techniques while creating their very own ceramic animal. Learn a variety of hand-building techniques; slab, coil, pinch and modeling. Put the finishing touches on the work with your own designs and patterns using bright, colourful glazes. No previous experience is necessary. $255.00 full - join waitlist Acting for Film & TV (Gr. 4-8)July 28-August 1, 9:00 am-12:00 pm So you've always wanted to be on television! Well get ready to strut your stuff during this fun-filled week. From improv to monologues and scene study, students will explore acting for the camera in this supportive workshop geared to the beginner or more advanced student. Young actors will receive a DVD of their work.
$250.00 Pop Art (Gr. 4-6)July 28-August 1, 9:15 am-12:15 pm Pop art is one of the major art movements of the twentieth century. This fun and eye-catching art form is characterized by utilizing popular images and icons and by incorporating themes, techniques and subject matter from comic books, advertising and product packaging. In this unique workshop, students will explore the works of famous Pop artists, like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichenstein to create their own Pop Art that reflects ideas from today's popular culture. $250.00 Drawing & Painting the Portrait & Figure (Gr. 7-10)July 28-August 1, 1:15-4:15 pm Discover your own personal style and individual expression while learning the techniques needed for creating a portrait or figure painting. Learn how shape, dimension, measuring properties, shading/highlighting and colour mixing apply to the human form. Subject matter will include drawings, photographs and a live, clothed model. $265.00 - model fee included full - join waitlist |
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