Take a break from the hot summer months and escape to the snowy land of Arendelle as we get inspired by ‘Frozen’ and 'Frozen II'. Students will create their own castles, make a unique Olaf character, create winter scenes and create ice cube paints! Students will explore their own art super powers and create a magical classroom. ‘Frozen’ stories will be shared along with other wintery stories.

In this mural class at The Art Garage, students will learn how mural artists approach their large scale works of art. We will study artists such as Diego Rivera, Leonardo di Vinci, Keith Haring and Michaelaneglo to learn how murals incorporate their surroundings and why they become so important within their environments. Students will then start to plan their own large scale mural designed by the whole class! Join us for this exciting mural cl... Show more

Grow a mixed media sculpture garden of your own with unconventional materials and techniques! We’ll use wire, wood, paper mache and more to create beautiful forms for you and your family and friends to admire! See how wire can be manipulated to create unusual abstract shapes and find inspiration in the figural sculptures of Giacometti.

To some it may be trash, but here, students will learn to use their imagination to create beautiful artwork out of recycled materials! Will their box turn into a plane, car, house, or rocket ship? Lids can become flower pedals, egg cartons can transform into caterpillars, paper towel rolls become printmaking tools and so much more! Participants will learn the benefits of recycling while expanding their imagination! Students will explore paint... Show more

You get to be sorcerer of your own wizard art class this week! First you will need to make your very own wizard hat to secure your magical powers! Will you be guided by the moon and stars or by your pet owl? This class will make many different wizard art projects like magic wands, crystal balls and design your very own dream castles. This is sure to be a magical week at The Art Garage, indeed!

Did you know Pablo Picasso's artwork was heavily influenced by African masks? In this class we will study the history and construction of masks before we venture into making our very own. We will look at ceremonial and practical masks that have been used in various cultures throughout history. The Mask of Agamemnon, Tragedy and Comedy masks and mask makers such as Oskar Schlemmer and Peter Schulman. Students will have all the mixed media mater... Show more

Oh! The places you’ll go at The Art Garage this week! You’ll read some of Dr. Seuss’ well-known stories and make colorful artworks inspired by them. You’ll create vibrant worlds and silly creatures, climb tufted trees, see creatures with blue hair and meet star bellied sneetches! Young artists will have bushels of fun with painting and drawing materials and explore textures and patterning as they create wonderful worlds like Dr. Seuss!

This class students will design, problem-solve and create their own functional instruments out of recycled materials. Create a guitar that strums, a flute that sings and drums that keep the beat. Rhythm, pattern and pitch will be discussed alongside design and creativity as we shake, rattle and roll through the week!

There are many different types of Japanese tea ceremony bowls such as the matcha bowl and Chawan tea bowl that are still used in tradition today. This class will begin with each student making their very own tea bowl designed in Japanese tradition. Students will study the different ceramic pieces that are included in tea ceremonies and choose the ones that they would like to replicate with their own flare. We will study traditional and modern ... Show more

As we combine art and science, this class will make your skin crawl, canvases dazzle and imaginations take “flight”. Spiders, butterflies and other amazing bugs will be explored as students become familiar with vocabulary such as arachnids and insects, endo and exoskeletons, thorax, abdomen and antennas. Colorful paintings, 2-D and 3-D art will be created as we discover a bug’s (and an arachnids!) life.

Thats right, spider art! Students will learn about spider anatomy, habitats and characteristics to help inspire their creepy, crawly art! We will create all different types of art based around this eight legged friend! Two and three dimensional forms will be taught by our instructor as well as a wide variety of different materials.

Batik is primarily known as an Indonesian art form however, the resist technique has existed across the world in various places such as China, India and Africa. Students will not only learn the history of the wax resist dyeing technique called Batik but they will also learn the process first hand! The wax acts as a resist to dye when applied to cloth and we will practice patterns and motifs on our own fabric with this magical, ancient art form.

Your little artist will love the open ended exploration of this class and the assortment of materials and projects that will ignite their imagination and creativity! We’ll experiment with new art processes like gelli printmaking, watercolor monotypes, glue prints, lace prints and balloon prints! Students will learn to use everyday items such as bubble wrap, cups and more as stamps to create abstract masterpieces. students will learn how to inv... Show more

They may just look like wires, gears and cold metal but they warm our hearts with their quirky personalities, loyalty and friendship! This week, we’ll have a week long robot adventure and look to some of our favorite droids like BB8, RJD2, and WALL-E for inspiration! Students will learn the nuts and bolts of junk art sculpture. They’ll use mixed media and recycled materials to create their very own robot army oeuvre. Still not sure this class ... Show more

In this class, artists will combine a fun art process called tempera batik with blind contour drawings resulting in a beautiful masterpiece that will be uniquely you! Artists will learn all about the spontaneous blind contour drawing process made popular by Picasso (working from a selfie!) then fill in their shapes to create a colorful, expressive painting. Finally, they’ll complete the look with an india ink wash- which will result in the ric... Show more

Come get down with the real animals of Madagascar! This island is home to some of the world’s most interesting animals including a diverse population of lemurs, reptiles, birds and insects! We’ll take an adventure to this remote African island and create colorful artworks inspired off the unusual animals that live there, like the ring tailed lemur, comet moth and tomato frog! Acrylic and watercolor painting, pastels and printmaking will guide ... Show more

Come learn and sculpt the animals of Sub-Saharan Africa! In this ceramic class students will explore the facts about the life of these animals as well as their natural habitats. Students will create lions, giraffes and elephants in clay, while learning hand- building and glazing techniques.

We will be taking inspiration from stories and myths to bring our very own mythical beasts from our imaginations to life! Students will write a poem or short story that interconnects the lives of a heroine or hero and their mythical animal friend before building a sculpture to illustrate their creation! Young artists will use metal armatures, paper mache, and paints to bring their stories and their beasts to life in this mythically fun class!

This class will offer young artists an opportunity to explore new cultures through a colorful world of illustrated stories and fairytales! We’ll take a trip around the world using literature as our guide and see what other children around the world are reading! Each day we’ll read a new story then create artwork inspired by it and draw, paint, collage and more. Books like Possum Magic (Australia), Dim Sum For Everyone! (China) and I Lost My To... Show more

Do you know the difference between a monotype and a monoprint? Well you will after this week of printmaking at The Art Garage! Students will learn a variety of different printmaking techniques and different ways to make their 'impressions' aka: prints. We will look at the different ways famous printmakers such as Rembrandt, Goya and Lichtenstein used printmaking in their own art. Get ready to gelli print, block print and more in this exciting... Show more

If you could be the architect of your own secret world how would it look? Would you use minimalist designs like Frank Lloyd Wright or the modern lines of I.M. Pei? Would you create a space age home or a hobbit dwelling? This week, artists will stretch their imaginations as they design and build their own tree house models from start to finish. They will create their own blueprints and use them as maps to bring their concepts to life with recyc... Show more

What is clay anyway? In this ceramics class students will learn basic ceramic handbuilding skills as they delve into the wonderful world of ceramics! Starting with the basics, students will learn how to make slabs with the palm of their hands, pinch a block of clay into an animal and eventually make pinch pot rattles and ceramic slab owls. This class is designed for young artists who want to explore the properties of clay and learn about when ... Show more

95% of the Earth's oceans are completely unexplored and full of mysterious plants and creatures. Let's dive in! We will explore the mysteries of the ocean through the art of paper mache in this underwater art class. Students will sketch a plan for their sea creature, build a frame for it, and sculpt it layer by layer out of ooey gooey paper mache. Finally, we will bring our octopi, seahorses, and coral to life with paint and finish the week wi... Show more

Combining fantasy and art, students will create a 3-D monster from their imaginary closets! Inspired by a multitude of books, illustrations and movies students will sketch features of their monsters, construct forms out of chicken wire, wrap their forms and paint colorful monsters to life! Students will have an opportunity to give their monster a handmade heart with a special message to put inside their monster's form. Each monster will be com... Show more