Jun 2019

This week students will add their own creations to The Art Garage! In this class we will work collaboratively to create installation art specifically to fit the space of The Art Garage. Students will able to walk through the outdoor space while experiencing and viewing their art. Their specially designed shade sails that will hang up outside, providing shade and comfort for others all summer long! We will also work together to make stained glass like drawings that will be permanently displayed in the garage door windows.

While learning and advancing ceramic techniques this week, students will create functional ceramics for an outdoor installation adding their own special touches that will make a permanent art mark here at The Art Garage! Join us as we learn about and use ceramics to create fence planters, plant stakes and labels, and even some fairy and gnome homes for our favorite garden friends! Many art creations we make this week will be installed at The Art Garage, but each student will also have a couple special items to take home.

This week is all about creating art for the public to see and it will also be displayed at The Art Garage. Learn about the Yarn Bombing movement and practice your yarn bombing skills! Create a hanging piece of art with recycled plastic caps while learning how to be resourceful as an artist and help the environment at the same time. As a class, students will bring nature into their art as they design, plan and work together build a colorful tipi with large branches and yarn for all young artists to use! Artists will make their permanent signatures at The Art Garage as they choose a color of the rainbow and paint their own parking block that will be admired by all! Students will learn designing and planning large scale work, skills to work collaboratively, painting techniques, finger knitting, and the power of displaying their art publicly.

Each week, the instructor will give a short demo on different watercolor techniques at the beginning of class. Students will paint at least one painting each week with individualized instruction. Class will focus on different concepts including value, color theory and composition. Additionally, class will explore other themes such as complementary color schemes, gradated washes, combining collage and watercolor, texture and atmospheric perspective. All materials will be supplied for our students. However, students can bring their own supplies if desired.

You don’t need a printing press for this printmaking workshop! Gelli plates are made of a unique plastic that allows artists to create fast drying, chemical free, complex prints that can be used to make books, greeting cards and artwork you’ll want to hang on your walls! We will use cardboard, styrofoam, stencils (some that we make ourselves) and collaging techniques to create wonderful masterpieces. Students will learn about complex layering, texture, paper masking, and more in this exciting new printmaking class at The Art Garage!

Let’s be friends and make art together! What can we learn from some of the world’s most famous friends? We’ll look to the Minions, Dora & Boots, Spongebob & Patrick, Nemo & Dory, Shrek & Donkey, Anna & Elsa, and the Harry Potter crew for inspiration as we examine what makes a good friend. This class will explore the depths of friendship and acceptance through partner and group work, and find inspiration from literature with themes about friendship. Students will create beautiful monoprints to use in a collaborative mural, as well as individual artwork about what makes them special! Students will complete printmaking, collage, and other mixed media projects… all while helping develop their social and emotional development!

Earth, wind, fire and water - With mother nature as our inspiration, your child’s creativity blossoms! Young artists will explore and discover exciting sculptures made from tree branches, 3 dimensional Monet water lilies, vibrant sun catchers and fantastical wind chimes. They will also be provided opportunities for developing fine motor skills, language development, decision making, visual learning and inventiveness!

In this five day class, students will take a crash course in art history. A multitude of different movements and artists will be covered, with each day focusing on a specific period of art. By creating Artist Playing Cards your child will learn about the great masters, such as Da Vinci and Picasso, as well as a few lesser known names that may even be new to parents! The week will conclude with one large work of art made in the style of your child’s favorite artist.

In this class, artists will use colorful fabrics, buttons, and other embellishments to hand sew and stuff amazing creatures from their imaginations! By the end of the week students will have their very own pillows and stuffed creatures that are unique, silly, and sure to impress. Add some spunk to your bedroom with hand sewn creatures!

This week we’ll take a vacation from reality and dream big as we learn about the Surrealist movement and the artists that defined it, including Dali, Magritte, and Miro! Students will experiment with Surrealist concepts such as spontaneity, the subconscious, and dreams. We’ll engage in experiential art methods to enhance creativity and imagination, including collaborative drawing games and free association. We’ll use our wildest dreams to inspire our bizarre creations! A range of art materials will be used to create strange juxtapositions that defy reality.

*This is an optional additional class as a follow up to our 5 week session and can be used to finish any incomplete work. Students must take classes from a full session to enroll in this class. * The five week session will be structured to ensure you learn the aspects of hand building, wheel throwing and glazing. Instructions will be taught by our skilled instructor as students develop and grow their ceramic techniques. Instructor - Kylle Been **Material fee not included if more clay is needed. $13 due at time of class for clay.

Using exciting gelli plates, students will create one-of-a-kind colorful and expressive prints. Textures, composition and color will be used to create abstract art masterpieces and landscape paintings. It is quite easy to print... and then print again, so your practice prints can be recycled to make your very own art journals! Monoprint techniques will include overlay, textured mark making, and resist. Equal time will be given for guided lessons and experimenting. You are sure to have fun with these silly, sticky, gloppy printmaking Gellis!

The first day of class we will search through recycled books to find which one will become your own to alter. We will then build into them to create hidden compartments and interject hidden messages within. Each day we will experiment with new materials and techniques to use inside your book’s pages. We will use gesso, watercolor, acrylic paint, collage, pen and ink, typography, and even draw coded design messages. Creative prompts will be used as jumping off points into the artistic process! Artists that inspire this class are Sabrina Ward Harrison and Dan Eldon.

Follow the animal tracks to The Art Garage and learn about the protected camels, porcupines, lions, tigers, ostriches, bears, and wolves of the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keensburg, CO! Students will spend the week learning facts about the animals who call The Wild Animal Sanctuary home, as well as the importance of kindness towards our fur and feathered friends. Each day students will bring home a new animal masterpiece created with acrylic, watercolor, pastels and stencils.

Our adult ceramic class will meet every Monday evening. This course is great for any beginner, intermediate, or advanced student. The six week session will be structured to ensure you learn the aspects of hand building, wheel throwing and glazing. Instructions will be taught by our skilled instructor as students develop and grow their ceramic techniques. Instructor - Kylle Been **Material fee not included. $13 due at time of class for clay. Additional clay cost - $13/25lbs

Students will explore the creative process by using nontraditional materials and tools to create their completed masterpieces. Participants will challenge traditional notions of drawing by using unconventional methods, lemon juice and heat, charcoal powder, coffee, charcoal resist… and more! The instructor will draw inspiration from artists who think outside the box. Students will learn about color theory, composition, and elements of design.

Let’s travel together around the world to witness some of the most remarkable natural wonders humankind has ever laid eyes on. From the Great Barrier Reef, Aurora Borealis, Mount Everest, and then the Grand Canyon; students will be amazed by the beauty and wonder of mother nature. We will then use a variety of media to craft our masterpieces that will serve as keepsakes of this special week!

Artists will learn about the life and art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and use his methods of merging image and text with painting and drawing to create visually stunning artworks. Working on wood panels, artists will use collographs, a collage printmaking technique, and combine them with words, letters, numerals, pictograms and logos. Acrylics, oil pastels and gestural drawing will be used to create meaningful, personalized, process-based artworks.