Saturday Studios Classes
Art Explorations (Grades 4 and 5). This class explores a variety of ways of making art through drawing, painting, printmaking, and working with clay and other materials. Each of the eight lessons connects to a theme that ties them all together.
Comic Book Art (Grades 6–8). Develop and expand a personal comic style using dreams, superheroes, and the works of famous artists. Content addresses story, character development, and drawing techniques.
Sculpture (Grades 6–8). Working with sculpting techniques and materials such as fibers, papers, wire, clay, and found objects, students create three-dimensional art works through a series of innovative assignments.
Painting (Grades 6–8) (Grades 9–12). These two courses, one for middle school and one for high school students, provide the opportunity to develop expressive and technical skills in painting. Both traditional and nontraditional methods are introduced. Painting media such as acrylics and watercolors are explored.
Fashion and Fibers (Grades 7–12). Explore how artists use cloth, paper, and other objects. In this course, students make wearable art and 3D objects from a wide range of soft media that may include sewing, printing on fabric, beading, paper-making, batik, knitting, weaving, and more.
21st Century Self (Grades 9–12). Explore techniques in 2D, 3D, and 4D media to make representational, expressionistic, conceptual, and subjective self-portraits for the 21st century. Use new media (e.g., photoshop, the web, installations) and traditional media (e.g., drawing, painting, sculpting). Students often use this course to strengthen portfolios for college applications.
Mixed-Media Sculpture (Grades 9–12)
This course explores ways to combine materials, such as wire, clay, wood, cardboard, and found objects, into expressive, three-dimensional artworks. Students learn strategies for conceiving their work and bringing it to completion, techniques for working with a wide range of materials, and how contemporary sculptors use their craft to comment on life and culture in funny and serious ways.
Animation (Grades 9–12). Create a 2D animation using various computer animation programs. Students improve storytelling techniques as they develop facility with the processes of computer animation.
NOTE: Additional $85 lab fee required.
Photography (Grades 9–12). This course introduces black and white photography techniques including film development, printing, camera operation, and composition. Students need to bring their own 35mm cameras.
NOTE: Additional $85 lab fee required.
The Figure (Grades 11 and 12). Explore traditional and innovative ways of rendering the human figure. Students often use the course to strengthen portfolios for college applications. A variety of media and styles are presented. Parental consent is required due to use of nude models.
Advanced Studios for Juniors and Seniors (Grades 11 and 12). This course helps students review and expand their portfolio by creating a cohesive and independently focused body of work that can be used for college applications. Using both observation and imaginative approaches, students refine ways to express their personal intentions in 2D and 3D materials. Parental consent is required due to the possible use of nude models.