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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.
Extra Info to Keep In Mind
Classes begin the week of January 14.
Registration is ongoing unless classes are full.
Fees for art classes for ages 2-17 are based on our sliding fee scale with rates from $24 to $35 per month plus a one-time supply fee. (See our Affordability and Scholarships page) The supply fee and one month fee is due at registration.
Between May 14 and June 3
Invite family and friends and join us for a celebration featuring all of our amazing art students! View the gallery of artwork, enjoy refreshments, and a family art project. All students will finish the term with an Art Exhibit on the last day of art class, during your scheduled class time. Please save all of your art for the exhibit. Your art instructor will ask you to bring all artwork back a few weeks before, to be hung for the show. Art can be taken home at the end of the show.
Monday 4:45-5:30
Come explore the wonders of the deep, together with other art lovers. Students will expand upon their knowledge of line, shape, color, texture, form, value, and space as they experiment with different techniques. Have fun with an under the sea adventure, as you create sea creatures, shipwrecks, shells and fabulous fish!
Art Supply Fee: $10
Instructor: Carey
Monday 5:45-6:45
Join us as we explore drawing in an under the sea adventure. You, the artist, will explore line, shape, and composition as you work to develop your original sketches into finished pieces. Learn how to bring your drawings to life through the use of details, color, shading, and texture. Work to build an exciting body of work while showcasing your creativity in this exploration of the deep blue sea.
Art Supply Fee: $10
Instructor: Carey
Saturday 12:00-1:30 PM
Art supply fee $4 per 4-week session – Includes a snack!
Instructor: Carey
Monday 7:00-8:30
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. Our amazing instructor will introduce you to contour, value and still-life drawing techniques. Learn the basics of paint application, color mixing, color theory, value and composition. In our final session, enjoy the process of painting, along with adding wonderful layers of beautiful paper, fabric and embellishments to create a finished mixed media painting on canvas. 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 them all.
Session 1: Drawing and Painting – Acrylic I January 14-February 4
Session 2: Painting – Acrylic II February 11- March 11 (No class Feb 18)
Session 3: Painting – Watercolor March 18- April 22 (No class April 1 & 8)
Session 4: Painting – Mixed Media April 29- May 20
Instructor: Carey
Fees: $48 includes supplies and tuition. Register for all four sessions and pay $165, a savings of $27 (for this option, payment must be made in full at time of registration)
Thursday 9:45-10:30
Friday 9:45-10:30
Friday 11:00-11:45
Requires Parent or Caregiver Present
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!
Art Supply Fee: $10
Instructor: Jode
Ages 5-8 / Wednesday 4:30-5:30
Ages 9-13 / Wednesday 5:45-6:45
Love to paint? Join us to explore a pallet of brilliant colors as we put brush to canvas, creating works of art that will impress. Learn the basic of color-mixing, brush technique, light and shading, as you create stunning finished paintings on canvas.
Art Supply Fee: $10
Instructor: Penny
Thursday 11:00-11:45
Requires Parent or Caregiver Present
Art is fun and messy. We will explore many materials in the art room from finger paint, to water colors, gloppy glue, and glitter galore! Drive cars through paint, stomp dinosaur footprints, and create colorful abstract works of art. We will find inspiration in the changing of the seasons, and enjoy the process of creating beautiful children’s art.
Art Supply Fee: $10
Instructor: Jode
Sundays, May 5th at 1:00-2:30 PM
Painting on Canvas
Enjoy a Sunday afternoon of creativity. Join us in the art room to create a beautiful painting on canvas, and enjoy the company of other inspiring artists. Our amazing instructor will give you the tools, instruction and materials to bring out the artist in you!Art Supply Fee: $20 Includes all supplies
Instructor: Penny
Thursdays, 7:15-8:45 PM
Four Week Workshop: February 21 – March 14
$48 Includes supplies and tuition
Project: Pottery with Resin – Catch-All Dish (See Sample Image)
Create a beautiful, one of a kind dish, for your keys or jewelry. Using raw clay, you will learn the hand-building techniques to form a dainty dish. A glazing application and firing will add to the beauty of the piece. You will learn how to work with oven-bake clay to create a stunning focal point, which will rest in a pool of resin water. You are the artist…so use your creativity and build this piece to match your own personal style by customizing your focal point…a starfish, a leaf, a flower or frog. The possibilities are endless!
Instructor: Jessicah
Using techniques such as rolling, pinching, and forming, this class is for developing hand-building techniques. We will work with many types of clay, including raw clay, air-dry clay, oven bake clay, plaster, and modeling clay. This class focuses on practicing craftsmanship, technique, and tool usage.
Ages 4-13 Monthly fee based on fee scale
Art Supply Fee: $15
Instructor: Jessicah
Fridays from 1:00-3:00 pm – Twice a Month
This class is designed for individuals with developmental disabilities who want to discover and experience art in all its forms from painting, 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. The class meets twice a month on
A student art show will complete the class on June 7, 2019 at 1:00 pm.
Instructor: Amy Fracker
Students must be over 18 years of age
Art Supply Fee: $5 per month.
Class Dates: March 8 and 22, April 19 and 26, May 10 and 17
Ages 7-12 / Tuesday 5:00-6:00
Ages 10-14 / Tuesday 6:15-7:15
Let your imagination run wild! Join us as we make up our own original characters, monsters, animals, and even whole planets. Combine your limitless imagination with artistic mediums such as paint, chalk pastel, and found object collage with different art techniques to bring your creations to life.
Art Supply Fee: $5
Instructor: Shannon
A magical afternoon, and a tea party for you and your favorite doll!
1:00-3:00pm
Succulent Surprise Tea Party May 18th
Shhhh….It’s a secret place where friends come to enjoy a magical garden party filled with all things pretty and petals. Create some beautiful succulent art, and make a tiny secret garden for you and your doll. Dance in a rainbow of colors and play some garden games. Finish off your fun afternoon with some tiny tasty treats, and sweet succulent tea.
$20 Includes All Supplies & Snacks
Instructor: Jode
Classes begin as early as June 12, but have sessions throughout the summer
Registration is ongoing unless classes are full.
Mondays: July 15, 22 & 29
Ages: 5-9 5:00-6:00
Ages: 10 & up 6:30-7:30
Using techniques such as rolling, pinching and stamping, this class is for the beginner hand-building ceramics student. We will be using a glaze application for final decoration of a beautiful garden lantern.
$35 Includes All Supplies
Instructor: Jessicah
Tuesdays: July 16, 23 & 30
Ages 4-8 4:00-5:00
Ages 9-13 5:30-6:30
If you love mixing up gooey, mushy, magnificent concoctions…then this is for you. Learn the recipes to make and color your own slime. Get sticky and creative as you paint, color and blend brilliant slime creations. Throw in some glitter, and enjoy a slimy good time.
$27 Includes All Supplies
Instructor: Penny
Wednesdays: July 17, 24, 31
Ages 4-7 3:00-4:00
Be inspired by sunny days filled with a rainbow of colors. Get your hands dirty, with some muddy fun! Have an adventure with some amazing insect art. Create some blooming art to decorate your yard and garden.
$27 Includes All Supplies
Instructor: Jessicah
Wednesdays: July 17, 24, 31
Ages 4-7 5:00-6:00
Ages 8-12 6:30-7:30
Beakers, Bubbles, & colorful explosions…. Mix up some bubbly creations, make messy experiments, and watch them overflow with brilliant colors of fun. Learn the recipes to make your own glittery slime. Mix, bubble and brew up some beautiful science art. Safety goggles for everyone!
$27 Includes All Supplies
Instructor: Jessicah
Thursdays: July 18, 25 & August 1
Ages 5-8 4:00-5:00
Ages 9-13 5:30-6:30
Let’s throw some paint! The abstract artist, Jackson Pollock, will be our inspiration. We will enjoy some outdoor summer painting fun! Paint will be flying from all directions to cover our canvas with splashes of color. Sprinkle on some glitter and glitz, then layer with paper designs, to create a stunning mixed-media painting on canvas. Wear your art clothes, it will be messy!
$27 Includes All Supplies
Instructor: Penny
Fridays: July 19, 26 & August 2
Ages 2 ½-4 with a parent/caregiver
10:00-10:45
11:15-12:00
Create colorful artwork inspired by summer fun. Sail away as you drip, splatter and splash your way to beautiful masterpieces. Dive into paint, glue, glitter and more! Wear your art clothes!
$27 Includes All Supplies
Instructor: Jode
Ages 16 & up
Tuesday July 9th 6:00-8:00pm
The mocktail portion of this is NON-alcoholic! It will be a fun mixed sparkling juice served in a wine glass!
Paint on canvas, and enjoy some light refreshments. Your instructor will lead you through a beautiful summer garden inspired painting. No worries if you feel you’re not an artist, we will lead the way. For the expert painters, there’s always room to add your own creative flare!
$28 Includes All Supplies
Instructor: Penny
Ages 4-12
Wednesdays 10:00-12:00
Paint a canvas with beautiful summer inspired art, chat with friends, and enjoy some light snacks and a cool summer drink.
$20 (each day) Includes All Snacks & Supplies
Instructor: Jode
Ages 4-12
June 24-27 9:30-11:30
Join us in the land of Potter! Starting at Station 9 ¾, we will travel to Hogwarts to explore the wonderful world of wizardry. Choose your wand, and whip up some spells! Create some magical artwork, and enjoy some snacks from the Honeydukes Express. Wear your favorite Harry Potter outfits if you wish. Invite family the last day for an amazing Hogwarts Art Exhibit and some snacks in the Great Hall!
$68 Includes All Supplies & Daily Snack
Instructor: Jode & Jen
Ages 4-10
July 22-25 9:30-11:30
Once upon a time… there was the best princess camp ever! Your dreams come true as you create beautiful artwork and dance to all of your favorite princess music. Princess Elsa, Moana, Belle and Jasmine will inspire our royal fun. Invite your families the last day for a charming performance. Make sure to wear your royal attire!
$68 Includes All Supplies & Daily Snack
Instructor: Jode & Jen
