Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Grades 3-5. In this introductory landscape course, students take a fantastic journey into some truly unusual landscapes. Using children’s literature as inspiration, students embark upon fanciful journeys into a colorful world of realistic, personal, and fanciful landscapes. They will create cityscapes, oceanscapes, and scenes from both an insect’s point of view and a birds-eye view. From there, they will journey to far-away places to capture moonscapes and underwater seascapes. Emphasis is on problem-solving, exercising the imagination, using writing to enhance fanciful scenes, and experimentation with a variety of materials and techniques.

Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

Grades 3-5. For the young artist who loves to draw, this fast-paced course offers a little bit of everything. Students create drawings from memory, observation, imagination, and in response to the art of master artists. Different approaches, tools, materials and techniques are presented and explored using a diverse range of media, from pen and pencil to color explorations in pastel and paint. With the introduction of each new medium and technique, students create studies and sketches as preparation for several larger, refined pieces for the final art show. Emphasis is on exposure to a variety of traditional and non-traditional drawing media and surfaces, with hands-on process work and experimentation at the heart of learning each new drawing technique or medium.

Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

Grades K-2. Students begin by exploring how the theme of ‘family’ has been used throughout history in paintings, illustrations, books, and other visual media. Then, using family adventures, important memories and daily happenings, young children use words and pictures to tell their own stories. Emphasis is on use of descriptive words, personal experiences, expressive writing, and verbal story-telling. Shared narratives and collaborative work help students add richness and imagination to their stories. Using a visual journal, students record and embellish life experiences into fantastic adventures with a personal twist.

Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

Grades 4-6. From wire and wood sculpture to clay, plaster and carved forms, this course is for the student who thinks in three dimensions. Students combine a mixture of additive and subtractive techniques to create sculptures that may be large or small, smooth or rough, uniform or multi-colored, individual or collaborative. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Brancusi, Moore, Nevelson, and many more, students think about the way sculpture can convey a likeness, repeat forms, express a concept or emotion, and utilize space in visually interesting ways. Emphasis is on sculptures as artful three-dimensional objects that can be viewed from all sides, with a form and surface treatment that are cohesive and expressive of the students’ ideas and vision.

Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Grades 4-6. Get ready to embark upon an amazing journey of the imagination. In this course, students celebrate their elite prowess as explorers and find a unique way to showcase their fantastic discoveries. Students begin their journey by creating a map of a place that exists only their imaginations. Through rich narrative, visualization and exploration, students ?visit? and ?explore? their fantastic places, elaborating upon ideas and documenting discoveries via drawing from observation, collage, printmaking, papermaking, fiber arts, and sculpture. An explorer?s notebook is the holding form for sketches and notes, and the artifacts created and placed on the map help tell the story of each students? travels.

Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Grades K-2. This new course is designed to enable very young artists to start building a foundation in artistic vision and perceptual skills. Using primarily 2D processes such as drawing, painting, and printmaking, students take on the role of ?detectives? as they build the habits of mind and perceptual skills needed to see and behave as artists. Students are involved in choice-making every step of the way, helping to organize real-life subjects and exploring visually fascinating objects such as toys, foods, natural objects, and more. Cultural references to craft objects, architecture, diverse environments, and animals allow students to develop a visual repertoire at a very early stage in their artistic development.

Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

Grades 6-8. Designed for students who want to improve drawing skills and work toward more realistic drawings, this course focuses on drawing from observation. Students are guided through a carefully sequenced, step-by-step process designed to develop the student’s perception and thinking skills. Based upon exercises in Betty Edward’s Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this approach has been successful in improving students’ ability to draw realistically, even for those who think they cannot draw. As such, it provides the young artist with an excellent bridge between drawing symbolically and working more realistically.

Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

Grades 6-8. This course is especially designed for young artists who are interested in developing their skills in basic hand-building techniques to create both functional and decorative forms in clay. Using the clay work of different cultures and that of specific artists as inspiration, students create unique forms, patterns, and textures as they explore the possibilities and qualities of this very special medium. Once pieces have been fired, students will also have opportunity to explore the color and surface design possibilities of a variety of glazes.

Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Grades 6-8. Throughout its long history, cartooning and caricature have provided a wonderful means for people to capture (humorous) likenesses, entertain one another, bring forth laughter, and take amazing flights of fantasy. In this course, students learn how cartoonists develop their ideas, design and bring to life original characters, and story-board an adventurous context in which to place the character. From there, students learn the basics of facial proportion and learn how to exaggerate and stylize features and line quality to create caricatures. Part portrait course-part cartooning course, this class will leave you with a sharpened ability to capture faces while having fun along the way!

Section A Meets 9/18/2010 to 12/4/2010 on Saturday from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Grades 6-8. Leonardo Da Vinci’s keen eye and innovative mind led him to generate countless sketches of his observations, ideas, and inventions. In careful detail, he visualized ideas and explored the unique qualities of animals, machines, plants, bones, and other man-made and natural forms through observational drawing. Drawing was used as a means to understand the world better. In this course, students step into his creative mind and try to see the world as he did. In doing so, they will ‘draw like Da Vinci’ and explore the varied ways line can be used to experience and understand the world visually.