Please read through our COVID-19 Procedures and Rules if you have not already
This situations and our procedures will effect how we handle class populations, health, hygiene, and visitors (including parents). In particular, the pick up, drop-off, and waiting area procedures are very different than our traditional setup.
Our small classes, taught by professional instructors, are designed to encourage making, appreciating and thinking about art. Our programs foster imagination and encourage exploration of personal connections with materials and ideas.
Our art instructors give a great deal of thought to the themes, skills, and concepts that will be covered in classes. In our curriculum we recognize the varying abilities of students within a single class and our instructors plan to incorporate multiple ways to challenge all the students at the highest levels of their abilities. Our art class curricula meets State of Michigan Standards, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Content Expectations.
Frida’s Flowers Painting on Canvas
Let’s celebrate the colorful world of the amazing Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. Your wonderful instructor will show you how to create a mixed-media canvas art piece filled with bright colors and beautiful flowers! Enjoy the company of friends, work on your art piece, and enjoy some refreshments.
In partnership with Ella Sharp Museum:
You are invited to join us to tour the Frida Kahlo Exhibit at The Ella Sharp Museum
$25 Includes all supplies and light refreshments
Instructor: Carey
Forest Fairy Painting on Canvas
The fairies are coming! Join us in the Art Studio to create a fanciful fairy inspired art piece. Your wonderful instructor will provide all of your materials and lead you through the project from start to finish. Create a beautiful, sparkling fairy painting, filled with the wonders of the fairy forest, and enjoy some refreshments with friends.
$25 Includes all supplies and light refreshments
Instructor: Carey
Ages 4 to 6
Mondays 4:45-5:30 PM
Welcome Explorers, you will be able to nurture your sense of wonder in this drawing and mixed-media art class. Let’s seek adventure in woodlands, wetlands, and even in your own backyard. Use your senses to discover the plants, animals, and bugs of our natural environment. Artists, you will design your own treehouse, build dioramas of imaginative lands, and make nature prints with colorful, creepy, crawly bugs! If you’re a little explorer, this class is sure to be an extreme-adventure for you!
Learn More & Watch Class Video
Instructor: Carey
Tuition of $35 a Month or Less*
Plus Art Supply Fee $12
Ages 7 to 10
Mondays 5:45-6:30PM
Your exciting art adventure begins here. You will be able to nurture your sense of wonder in this drawing and mixed-media art class. Let’s seek adventure in woodlands, wetlands, and even in your own backyard. We will explore line, shape, and composition as you work to develop your original sketches into finished pieces. Use your senses to discover the plants, animals, and bugs of our natural environment. Artists, you will design your own treehouse, build dioramas of imaginative lands, and make nature prints with colorful insects!
Instructor: Carey
Tuition of $35 a Month or Less*
Plus Art Supply Fee $12
Cartoons Come to Life
Ages 6 to 9 Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 PM
Ages 10 to 15 Tuesdays 6:45-7:45 PM
Learn drawing techniques and the visual storytelling that make comics and cartoons such an interesting medium. We will learn how to create expressive figures, and how to pose them at different angles. Super hero to Manga, to indie comic book styles will be introduced, and students will be encouraged to cultivate their own style. Storytelling and layouts will be discussed. We will learn to create thumbnail sketches of different ways to layout a specific scene. Students will work on creating a range of different types of characters. Begin with simple sketches, learn to create expression, mood and movement. Add a pop of color with chalk pastels, marker and watercolor to bring them to life!
This class will help our young students get familiar with a creative workflow that will benefit in many future projects — including beyond cartoons.
Instructor: Sara
Tuition of $35 a Month or Less*
Plus Art Supply Fee $12
Ages 4 to 8 Wednesdays 5:00-5:45 PM
Ages 9 to 13 Wednesdays 6:15-7:15 PM
Learn to create three dimensional works of art using various types of materials including, modeling clay, cardboard, paper mache’, beads & wire, and found objects. Your instructor will inspire you to use your creativity as you get your hands messy, and create magnificent artwork from the table up!
Instructor: Rene
Tuition of $35 a Month or Less*
Plus Art Supply Fee $12
Ages 2 to 3 with parent or caregiver
Three Sessions to Choose From:
Beautiful messy fun will happen when you join your child for their very first art class. The colors of the seasons will inspire us as we work on projects together discovering paint, creating with clay, cutting, tearing, drippy watercolors, glitter, glue, and so much more. Wear your paint shirt, and get ready for some colorful creative fun!
Instructor: Jode
Tuition of $38 a Month
Plus Art Supply Fee $12
Ages 3 to 4 with parent or caregiver
Thursdays 11:00-11:45 AM
We will explore many materials in the art room from finger paint, to watercolors, gloppy glue, and glitter galore! We will be inspired by the wonderful artist, Frida Kahlo. Flowers, gardens, glorious green foliage, and beautiful bright colors will fill our projects!
In Partnership with the Ella Sharp Museum:
This class will include an opportunity for a field trip to Ella Sharp Museum, to tour the Frida Kahlo Exhibit for inspiration. Each student will also have a selected piece of their artwork hung in the Frida Pop Up Gallery at the Ella Sharp Museum.
Instructor: Jode
Tuition of $38 a Month
Plus Art Supply Fee $12
Ages 5 to 8 Thursdays 5:00-6:00 PM
Ages 9 to 13 Thursdays 6:30-7:30 PM
Join us, and be inspired by the renowned Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo! Frida was fascinated with her surroundings including lavish colorful gardens, bright vibrant foliage, and the people and culture around her. She was known for her self-portraits, and paintings filled with brilliant color, and many beautiful flowers. This class will explore many types of paint, including watercolor, acrylic, and tempera. We will also use various tools, beyond the paintbrush. Join us to explore a pallet of brilliant colors, learn the basics of color-mixing, brush technique, light and shading, as you create stunning finished pieces.
In Partnership with the Ella Sharp Museum:
This class will include an opportunity for a field trip to Ella Sharp Museum, to tour the Frida Kahlo Exhibit for inspiration. Each student will also have a selected piece of their artwork hung in the Frida Pop Up Gallery at the Ella Sharp Museum.
Instructor: Rene
Tuition of $35 a Month or Less*
Plus Art Supply Fee $12
For Teens & Adults
Ages 14 to Adult
Mondays 7:00-8:30 PM
Everyone is an artist. Indulge your love of art and grow at your own pace. This inspiring class is for students at any skill and experience level. Meet with friends in a small group setting for individualized instruction, and hands-on demonstrations… find your inner-artist! Enjoy one four-week session, or take both. Due to the COVID-19 situation, we are not having this Art Foundations class until March — resulting in only two 4-week sessions.
Instructor: Carey
$48 per 4-Week session – Includes all supplies and tuition
Ages 18+ Fridays 1:00-2:00PM
This class is designed for individuals with developmental disabilities who want to discover and experience art in all its forms from painting, to drawing, mixed-media and illustration. Projects will be varied and will allow students to work at their own pace and gain practical skills while discovering their strengths. A student art show will complete the class.
Learn More & See Video of Class
Instructor: Rene
Tuition of $35 a Month for Tuition and Supplies
Winter/Spring Session Dates:
The Student Art Exhibition will be on May 21 from 1:00-2:00
(Tour the gallery of student art, and enjoy refreshments)
