After School Classes
Fall 2024
After-School Art Classes for Youth, Teens & Tweens
Fall Session
Sept 2 - Oct 10, 2024
Join anytime. Drop-in and pro-rated pricing available
We offer a variety of classes in various disciplines to ages 3-17. Each class is designed to spark curiosity and encourage problem solving while introducing a variety of mediums and materials. With an emphasis on the creative process vs. the finished product, our classes offer a fun, enriching experience.
Tuesdays: 6 classes starting Sept 3, 2024
Join anytime at a pro-rated fee or drop-in’s available.
Art Lab: Mixed Media Magic
In Art Lab students explore materials both traditional and upcycled as they mix it up with charcoal, markers, paints, wood, wire, clay and collage materials. They will be given a description of their art project, examples by contemporary or modern masters and a demo before embarking on their own unique creations. This class offers open-ended projects with a focus on building new skills, problem-solving and experimentation with different results for each student. For this session, we will introduce all new projects with a variety of new materials.
Instructor: Taryn Nicoll
Location: Healdsburg Community Center
Ages: 6-9
Dates: Tuesdays, Sept 3 - Oct 8
Times: 3:30-5:00
Drop-in and pro-rated pricing available
Ages 6-9
Ages 10-17
Weds., Sept 4 - Oct. 9
Studio Art: Drawing
In these ongoing sessions, students will practice drawing from observation with various professional materials: charcoal, graphite, colored pencils, ink, markers, and conte crayon using a variety of quality paper supports. They will learn basic and more advanced techniques used in the studio such as line, form, shading, blending, perspective and building texture. We will explore drawing styles of various old, modern and contemporary masters. Participants will learn to appreciate that all art, and especially drawing, begins with looking.
All levels are welcome. Differentiated instruction is provided to meet each student’s interests, needs, and strengths.
Instructor: Kelly Ebeling
Location: Healdsburg Community Center
Ages: 10 - 15
Dates: Weds., Sept 4 - Oct 9, 2024
Times: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Drop-in and pro-rated pricing available
Thursdays: 6 classes starting Sept 5, 2024
Join anytime at a pro-rated fee or drop-in’s available.
Comics + Characters
Get into Character! Students will create their own characters with hands-on demos in shape language, exaggeration and facial expressions. They will then craft their own comics exploring visual storytelling using industry techniques. This is a great class for students interested in character design, animation, graphic novels, comics, and cartooning. For this session, Taryn will add more illustration and advanced character development while students create full comic strips. This class is scaled for both beginners and intermediate students.
Instructor: Taryn Nicoll
Location: Healdsburg Community Center
Ages: 8 - 15
Dates: Thurs., Sept 5 - Oct 10
Times: 3:30-5:00
Drop-in and pro-rated pricing available