This art workshop runs from 3-5pm each week.
6-9 year olds (6 year olds must be school ready)
Youth artists spend the first few minutes of class having a healthy snack and socializing.
This year the studio will be offering series of media experiences so youth artists should plan on attending all sessions of a series.
All materials will be provided.
Cost: $15 per session
Punchcards applicable!

We will pick up youth artists at Buckman Elementary Tuesdays-Thursdays.  If you are interested in this option paperwork is available at the studio granting us permission to pick up your youth.

12/1 12/8	Exploring the Third Dimension: Creating Free Form Sculpture 12/1 Leader: Abigail Webber & Joy Leising   In this series, youth artists will get hands on experience creating free form wire-hose sculptures.  Class discussion will include sculpture history and examples of 3-D that we find in everyday experiences.  By manipulating wire, students will make skeletal structures to use as a base for the final project.  After everyone creates their own unique shapes with the wire, we will use panty hose to act as the “skin” for the free form sculptures.  We will gesso the projects and allow them to dry for the following class.      Exploring the Third Dimension:  Adding Texture 12/8 In this final class, students will create their own “texture tiles” with clay to gain an understanding of fundamental role texture plays in sculpture. The youth artists will then add their own textures, shapes, and colors to their free form sculptures.
12/15	DIY Gift Making This class will be focused on gift making. Each artist will have the opportunity to make a variety of different gifts, from natural lip balm , self portraits , to designing a simple bag for someone special in your life!  Each artist is welcome to bring in their own gift ideas to work on while receiving assistance for studio teachers as well.
January 5th & 12th Wax Series: Part 1	The Art of Candle Making Youth artists will learn the basics to creating molded & container candles in this workshop. Each participant will design their own candles with coloring , scents & embeddable items. Week 1 will consist of learning the art and history of candle making with setting up your containers & molds Week 2 will consist of completing the candle making process and bringing your final completed candles home to celebrate!
January 19th & 26th Wax Series: Part 2	Encaustic Painting Week 1: The first week will consist of setting up our pieces and learning the art of collage in preparation for the encaustic session. Week 2: In this class, participants come away with a beginning encaustic experience. Encaustic painting is a specific type of painting utilizing hot wax, often beeswax. Pigments are added and then the wax is applied to a surface. Metal tools and special brushes can be used before the wax cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax that has cooled.Encaustic painting can also be sculpted and/or utilized in collage, as well as painted.Come in and learn about this method dating as far back to ancient Egypt. In this class participants will utilize beeswax, paraffin, crayons, fiber, collage and more.

12/10 12/17	Exploring the Third Dimension: Creating Free Form Sculpture 12/10 Leader: Abigail Webber & Joy Leising   In this series, youth artists will get hands on experience creating free form wire-hose sculptures.  Class discussion will include sculpture history and examples of 3-D that we find in everyday experiences.  By manipulating wire, students will make skeletal structures to use as a base for the final project.  After everyone creates their own unique shapes with the wire, we will use panty hose to act as the “skin” for the free form sculptures.  We will gesso the projects and allow them to dry for the following class.      Exploring the Third Dimension:  Adding Texture 12/17 In this final class, students will create their own “texture tiles” with clay to gain an understanding of fundamental role texture plays in sculpture. The youth artists will then add their own textures, shapes, and colors to their free form sculptures.
January 7th & 14th Wax Series: Part 1	The Art of Candle Making Youth artists will learn the basics to creating molded & container candles in this workshop. Each participant will design their own candles with coloring , scents & embeddable items. Week 1 will consist of learning the art and history of candle making with setting up your containers & molds Week 2 will consist of completing the candle making process and bringing your final completed candles home to celebrate!
January 21st & 28th Wax Series: Part 2	Encaustic Painting Week 1: The first week will consist of setting up our pieces and learning the art of collage in preparation for the encaustic session. Week 2: In this class, participants come away with a beginning encaustic experience. Encaustic painting is a specific type of painting utilizing hot wax, often beeswax. Pigments are added and then the wax is applied to a surface. Metal tools and special brushes can be used before the wax cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax that has cooled.Encaustic painting can also be sculpted and/or utilized in collage, as well as painted.Come in and learn about this method dating as far back to ancient Egypt. In this class participants will utilize beeswax, paraffin, crayons, fiber, collage and more.