Youth Arts
RELATE & CREATE
Friday mornings are set aside for multi-generational art activities in our light-filled Tourtelot Youth Arts Studio during our Relate & Create Program. Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, you’re invited to bring your favorite little persons for a morning of collaboration, creativity, and art making. Projects and instructions will be adapted to individual age levels and skills. Open to all families with children ages 3½ to 17.
Tuition is for each adult and child pair: Member tuition: $50
Non-Member Tuition: $60
Plus $15 for each additional child
Tuition includes all art materials.
Door County Postcards
Jane Moeller
Workshop ID: YA1030
Date: Fri, June 25 • Time: 9:30am-Noon
Concepts
Mixing colors • composition • painting • learning about master artists and art movements
Experience
Create a number of personalized postcards based on great classic paintings. Using a variety of paints and techniques, learn to paint on a small scale and to develop your own artistic ideas with inspiration from the great artists.
Project
Painted postcards of your Door County experiences, suitable for mailing.
Imaginary Menagerie
Lucy Yogerst
Workshop ID: YA1031
Date: Fri, July 9 • Time: 9:30am-Noon
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay • imagination and creativity
Experience
Did you ever imagine you could use your body as a tool for forming clay shapes? Using air-dry clay, make a wide variety of shapes which you’ll put together to form sculptures of mythical creatures and fanciful beasts.
Project
A sculpture of an imaginary critter, which you will take home, allow to dry, then paint and decorate.
Mold Making and Casting a Family Emblem
Marnie Wienke
Workshop ID: YA1032
Date: Fri, July 16 • Time: 9:30am-Noon
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • imagination and creativity • mold-making and casting • using art to tell a story
Experience
Bring along a wide variety 3-dimensional objects which can be impressed into moist clay to form a mold. These objects should have meaning to your family, for example: plastic toy parts, wooden cooking utensils, pieces of jewelry, or objects you find in nature. After you make a single composition from your items, you’ll make a plaster casting which will unmold into a beautiful sculpture. We’ll also take a peek into the bronze casting studio to see how they make their large molds and pour molten metal to form their sculptures.
Project
A plaster sculpture which represents your family.
Basic Toons
Mynn Lanphier
Workshop ID: YA1033
Date: Fri, July 30 • Time: 9:30am-Noon
Concepts
Line • shape • texture • drawing • cartooning • using art to tell a story
Experience
Anyone can learn to be a cartoonist- even if you’ve never drawn before! Work together and experiment with lines, play with natural shapes to make easy characters, then draw more advanced cartoons by combining shapes. We’ll talk about giving your character a personality, and how to use them to tell a story.
Project
A sketchbook filled with drawings and cartoons to provide inspiration for continued drawing enjoyment.
Artistic Energy!
Candace Cole
Workshop ID: YA1034
Date: Fri, Aug 6 • Time: 9:30am-Noon
Concepts
Line • color • shape • learning about master artists, their culture, their personal style, and symbols • using art to communicate ideas and express moods and feelings Experience
Explore the clever and lively graffiti art of Keith Haring. He created hundreds of drawings in the New York subway system, using bold lines, vivid colors, and active figures. These images carry strong messages of life and unity. You’ll work together to create a fun composition full of emotion and meaning.
Project
An original expressive art poster in the style of Keith Haring, which will represent the unique voice of your family.
Pueblo Pottery
Jane Moeller
Workshop ID: YA1035
Date: Fri, Aug 13 • Time: 9:30am-Noon
Concepts
3-dimensional form • pattern • texture • increasing skill with clay • using nature as inspiration and source material • learning about different cultures
Experience
Create a pot based on the work of Hopi artist Maria Martinez, using either the pinch or coil method of construction. Next burnish your pot to a high sheen by using a polishing stone. Use decorative patterns and textures adopted from ancient vessels of the Pueblo: birds, roadrunner tracks, rain, feathers, clouds, mountains, zigzags, and kiva steps, or create your own symbols to put a personal twist on traditional pottery.
Project
A vessel made from air-dried clay, based on the polished pottery of the Hopi culture.
Call 920.868.3455 to register or click here to download a registration form.
Summer Studios for Young Artists
Our signature Studios for Young Artists Program is designed for students ages 3½ to 17. This year our workshops are presented in a new format, with Monday through Thursday dedicated to a specific theme.
We’ve responded to your requests for a more rigorous art educational experience, and have included details about the artistic techniques and objectives covered in each class. We’ve also indicated the "take-home" component.
Every class is designed for a specific age level to achieve a balance between challenge and feelings of accomplishment. Our teachers are not only professional artists, but also seasoned educators. Our instructors combine a valuable visual arts curriculum with a spirit of play, imagination and safety. They are supported by a knowledgeable and enthusiastic team of college interns.
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AGES 3½ to 5
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Clay Every Day
Cynthia Wolfe
Workshop ID: YA1001
Date: Mon-Thu • July 5-8, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
Working with clay is magical. It is soft and squishy and can be formed into just about anything you can imagine. We’ll practice rolling clay flat, making long slinky coils, and pinching a ball of clay into a little pot. Then make patterns by pressing objects into the soft clay, decorating with bright colors, and firing (baking) the clay until hard.
Project
Pinch pot candleholder, a decorated tile impressed with your name, a tile holder with ceramic beads, a slithery snake plate, and a dish that looks like a real leaf. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
Going Buggy!
Sarah Ozurumba
Workshop ID: YA1002
Date: Mon-Thu • July 12-15, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
3-dimensional form • balance • symmetry • learning about different cultures, master artists, and art vocabulary
Experience
Imagine seeing the delicate wings of a dragonfly or the tiny little legs of a beetle. What do you think it might be like to be that small? How does the world of an insect look different than the world you live in? We’ll be getting our hands dirty with clay, shiny paint, found objects, collage materials, glue, and tissue paper of all colors, while learning about the awesome world of bugs!
Project
Jewelry piece made from hand crafted bug beads with beautiful detail, an insect mobile created from found objects, and a relief sculpture or fresco complete with textures and colors.
Printing Your Colorful Self-Portrait
Paula Wendland
Workshop ID: YA1003
Date: Mon-Thu • July 19-22, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Color • line • shape • painting • drawing • printmaking • collage • using art to reflect mood and feeling • using imagination and creativity
Experience
Its fun to paint and there are so many ways to do it: with brushes, spoons, fingers, and squirt bottles. Find out how many patterns and marks we can make using paint. It’s always interesting and surprising when colors mix together. Some colors might make us feel happy when we look at them, others might make us feel quiet or maybe even sad. Color is a way to express who you are, and you’ll have lots of fun assemling these color prints to create unique portraits of yourself.
Project
Life-size full body portrait made from monoprinted collage and several smaller self-portraits.
Inspiration Under the Big Top
Sarah Ozurumba
Workshop ID: YA1004
Date: Mon-Thu • July 26-29, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Line • balance • shape • symmetry • movement • drawing • painting • learning about different master artists and art vocabulary
Experience
Animals, acrobats and circus performers have captivated and inspired famous artists like Pablo Picasso and Alexander Calder. We’ll use our imaginations and observational skills to travel to a circus, and create work that comes alive with colors, shapes, and fun designs, We’ll learn to take advantage of the fact that oil and water don’t mix by creating exciting and colorful resist artwork. Imagine hanging your very own circus artwork in your home and sharing what you learned with your family!
Project
Unique drawings which explore different kinds of line, a circus collage, a hanging mobile, and your very own artist book with surprising pop-up features.
Budding Artists
Margaret Lucas
Workshop ID: YA1005
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 2-5, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Mixing colors • shape • pattern • developing skill with watercolor and tempera paints • imagination and creativity • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary
Experience
There is something so totally irresistible about a large piece of paper and colorful paint. Soon it will become an intense, vibrant, expressive composition. Pick up that paintbrush and go! We’ll use examples of famous paintings to inspire us, but add an additional spark of fun in our own paintings. Mix and brighten or darken the sky, or ground. Add an animal or yourself to the painting. Paint a portrait of yourself or family, or how about the glorious sunset? The possibilities in the world of painting are endless.
Project
A portfolio of colorful paintings to carry home and display proudly.
Clay Around the World
Paula Wendland
Workshop ID: YA1006
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 9-12
Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skill with clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
We’ll travel the world by looking at examples of hand-made pottery from different cultures. Then get messy and roll, pound, squeeze, and paddle clay. Later we’ll brush up our painting skills as we decorate our pottery. The pots and sculptures we make will be lovely and useful pieces that we will be proud to show off.
Project
Ceramic vessels that reflect different cultural ceramic traditions: a coil-built "seed pot" decorated with Native American motifs; a slab bowl incised with African decoration; and a Japanese tea bowl made using pinch/paddle methods. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
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AGES 6 to 8
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If the Masters Came to Door County
Jane Moeller
Workshop ID: YA1007
Date: Mon-Thu • June 21-24, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Mixing colors • color wheel • composition • shape • developing skill with paints • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary
Experience
What if Vincent Van Gogh’s "Starry Night" was painted in Fish Creek? Or if Wayne Theibault visited Al Johnson’s Restaurant? Could Grant Wood have painted you and your grandfather? These are just some of the possibilities we can create combining the ideas of the masters with your own experiences in Door County.
Project
A series of paintings that reflect your time spent in Door County, with a focus on color principles and classic artworks.
Cultivate ART!
Marina Lee
Workshop ID: YA1008
Date: Wed-Sun • June 30-July 4
Time: June 30-July 2, 9:30-Noon; July 3, 9:30am-2pm; July 4, Parade 9am-Noon
Member Tuition: $175 • Non-Member Tuition: $185
Concepts
3-dimensional form • pattern • painting • collaboration • problem solving • imagination and creativity • movement • exploring different cultures
Experience
Now that you’re six, you’re old enough to take part in an exciting annual tradition - marching in the Baileys Harbor 4th of July Parade with the Peninsula School of Art! You will be hands-on every step of the way as we create a moving nature pageant. We’ll spend three days in the studio: building, painting, and forming a giant tree from roots to trunk, decorating it with fabric, adinkra symbols, and papier mache. Then, we’ll practice our marching skills to prepare for the parade.
Project
Wearing your personally decorated t-shirt, show off our fantastical branches - brandishing, swaying, twirling, and twisting - as our tree comes to life along the main street of Baileys Harbor!
Clay is Cool!
Cynthia Wolfe
Workshop ID: YA1009
Date: Mon-Thu • July 5-8, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay • exploring different culture
Experience
Working with clay is magical. We’ll create ceramic pieces that are off-beat, whimsical and colorful. Implement your own imaginative, marvelous ideas from rolled out flat slabs, long slinky coils, and pinching balls of clay into small containers. After imprinting with stamps and found objects to make textures and decorating with bright colors, your creations will be fired (baked) until the clay is hard.
Project
One-of-a-kind functional pieces including a candleholder, a mosaic tile personalized with your name, a coiled pencil holder, and a leaf dish. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
Colorful Jewelry from Polymer Clay
Paula Wendland
Workshop ID: YA1010
Date: Mon-Thu • July 12-15, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • developing skill with polymer clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
People everywhere like to get dressed up, and jewelry has always been part of the fun. If you like bright colors, pretty patterns, and creating your own style, make jewelry from scratch using soft and easy-to-use polymer clay. We’ll learn about using color and planning a design to make beads, pendants and pins, then assemble your pieces into necklaces and bracelets. Finally, we’ll make a treasure box to hold your jewels!
Project
Necklaces and bracelets from beads patterned after ancient Roman and Venetian techniques. Mosaic pendants and pins use techniques from classical Byzantine culture. The treasure box will incorporate all the techniques.
Printmaking Journeys
Jane Tomich
Workshop ID: YA1011
Date: Mon-Thu • July 19-22
Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Shape • line • color • composition • using art to communicate ideas • increasing skill with printmaking materials • learning about different cultures
Experience
Join in an incredible art journey around the world as we have fun learning about different printmaking techniques. We’ll make colorful Native American thunderbird design monoprints, a Japanese decorative nature print from leaves and flowers, a Hawaiian tapa cloth stencil print, and a corrugated cardboard Mexican bark art repeating pattern print. You will make awesome printmaking art to show your family and friends as you learn some interesting facts about each culture.
Project
One finished art print from each of the cultures presented, an art portfolio from your Japanese nature print, and your choice of a favorite print to be matted for framing.
Building Character
Penny Niesen
Workshop ID: YA1012
Date: Mon-Thu • July 26-29, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Line • shape • color • value • texture • collage • drawing • cartooning • using imagination and creativity • using art to tell a story or communicate a mood or feeling
Experience
We’ll take a new look at the pictures in our favorite books by Maurice Sendak, Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, and Jan Brett. We’ll create a resource sketchbook full of our own original ideas for different characters and creatures, inspired by these famous illustrators. We’ll bring our characters to life by creating environments and exploring different techniques such as collage, color blending, and drawing.
Project
A portfolio of original works on paper which reflect a new appreciation for illustration and are an expression of personal creativity.
Express Yourself
Carole Pearlman
Workshop ID: YA1013
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 2-5, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Color • line • shape • 3-dimensional form • painting • drawing • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary • using art to communicate ideas and express moods and feelings
Experience
Abstract Expressionism will be our theme for the week. Each day will begin with "free draw," using colorful markers to warm-up our creativity. Then we’ll read an art story to introduce the artist and the project of the day. While listening to music, we’ll use watercolors, oil pastels, tempera paints and building materials to create works in the style of some of the most famous master artists.
Project
Expressions on paper in the style of Kandinsky; paintings using straight lines and the simple color palette of Piet Mondrian; construct "out of the box" wood assemblages in the style of Louise Nevelson.
Mess Around with Modern Painting
Candace Cole
Workshop ID: YA1014
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 2-5, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Line • color • shape • pattern • developing creative ideas for original works of art • learning about master artists, their culture, their personal style, and symbols
Experience
Get messy and explore the unique painting styles of Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Faith Ringgold, Piet Mondrian, and Claes Oldenburg. We’ll experiment with a variety of painting techniques: brushing, splattering, dripping, and rolling. Find out how the artists pushed their creativity by incorporating tissue paper, oil crayons, sawdust, contact paper, mod podge, and recycled materials into their paintings.
Project
A series of paintings that reflect the styles of great artists of the 20th century.
Bring the Zoo to You
Margaret Lucas
Workshop ID: YA1015
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 9-12, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skill with clay • using nature as inspiration and source material
Experience
It’s time to get creative with clay as we make our own private zoo. Sculpt monkeys, giraffes, elephants and your favorite animals (and maybe even yourself as a visitor) out of clay. A variety of fun techniques for forming, texturing, and decorating the clay will be explored. Use the knowledge you gain about animal shapes to understand how each are specialized for different ways of moving, finding food, or avoiding predators.
Project
Go home with a zoo you can visit anytime you like. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
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AGES 9 to 12
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Let’s Do Some Painting!
Ken Klopack
Workshop ID: YA1016
Date: Mon-Thu • June 21-24, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Space • line • color • shape • balance • harmony • emphasis • value • developing skill with watercolor, acrylic, and tempera paints • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary • developing problem-solving strategies
Experience
Have fun, enjoy an exhilarating sense of accomplishment, and build new confidence by working with paints in a skillful way. We’ll learn about great artists and explore new ideas, subject matter, techniques, and styles. Bring your creativity and sense of play and plan to celebrate your success!
Project
A group of masterful paintings as we improve our skills throughout the week. We’ll show off our finished works in a mini-exhibition on the last day.
Fourth of July Parade: Cultivate ART!
Marina Lee
Workshop ID: YA1017
Date: Wed-Sun • June 30-July 4
Time: June 30-July 2, 1- 3:30pm; July 3, 9:30am-2pm; July 4, Parade 9am-Noon
Member Tuition: $175 • Non-Member Tuition: $185 Concepts
Concepts
3-dimensional form • pattern • painting • collaboration • problem solving, imagination and creativity • movement • exploring different cultures
Experience
You’ve been looking foward to it all year: be a part of an exciting annual tradition by marching in the Baileys Harbor 4th of July Parade with the Peninsula School of Art! You will be hands-on every step of the way as we create a moving nature pageant. We’ll spend three days in the studio: building, painting, and forming a giant tree from roots to trunk, decorating it with fabric, adinkra symbols, and papier mache. Then, we’ll practice our marching skills to prepare for the parade.
Project
Wearing your personally decorated t-shirt, show off our fantastical branches - brandishing, swaying, twirling, and twisting - as our tree comes to life along the main street of Baileys Harbor!
Taking a Spin at the Potter’s Wheel
Lucy Yogerst
Workshop ID: YA1018
Date: Mon-Thu • July 5-8, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay
Experience
Have you always wanted to learn to throw pots on the potter’s wheel? You’ll have four mornings devoted to practice, beginning with centering the clay and pulling up walls. Make cylindrical forms as your jumping off place, which we’ll cut apart into pieces and then creatively rearrange into unique creations.
Project
A series of thrown pots, containers, and something to drink out of. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
Intermediate Ceramic Skills
Lucy Yogerst
Workshop ID: YA1019
Date: Mon-Thu • July 5-8, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay
Experience
Get a taste of throwing on the potter’s wheel, as well as hand-building techniques such as slab and coil methods. You can choose to make some functional pieces such as cups or pots, as well as some simple musical instruments, all decorated with colorful underglazes. We’ll also make unglazed sculptures that we’ll "garbage fire" at the end of the week, for some surprising and unpredictable results.
Project
A variety of handbuilt and wheel-thrown forms, both glazed and unglazed. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
Surprising Sculpture from Paper
Nancy Akerly
Workshop ID: YA1020
Date: Mon-Thu • July 12-15, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • design • movement • using art to communicate ideas • achieving a dexterity and comfort with new materials and tools
Experience
Combine the fun of origami with the skills and knowledge to create your own original designs. First we’ll learn to create unit origami structures, paper boxes and cubic sculptures. Next we’ll focus on fun, originality, and creativity as we combine these structures in different ways. Once you learn the basic units, folds, and papers, let your imagination roam free to find your own variations on this ancient art form.
Project
Non-traditional boxes and origami cubes embellished with origami creations, accordian and tunnel books with pop-up pages and other paper folding embellishments.
Printing With the Masters
Jane Tomich
Workshop ID: YA1021
Date: Mon-Thu • July 19-22, Time: 9:30-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Shape • line • color • composition • increasing skill with printmaking materials • learning about master artists, art history and vocabulary • creating multiples and variations
Experience
Create extraordinary, decorative, and beautiful multiple image art. We’ll explore famous artists who were interested in printmaking: Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol. We’ll creatively adapt their traditional printmaking techniqes by making collage block prints, rubber stamp prints, rubbing prints, shoe prints, and fruit and veggie prints.
Project
A print mounted onto colored paper stock for a card to send to family or friends, a book cover for your personal art journal, and a collage from your experimental prints.
Your Own Book: From Paper to Published
Margaret Lucas
Workshop ID: YA1022
Date: Mon-Thu • July 19-22, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Color • texture • form • shape • line • printmaking • sequencing • storytelling • bookbinding • using art to reflect mood and feeling • using imagination and creativity
Experience
Capture your own life story, filled with personal meaning by creating a book from start to finish. Experiment with printing, assemblage, collage, painting, origami and creative book binding. You’ll make your own recycled paper, print your pages and then transform it into a reflection of memorable times in your life. We’ll wrap up the class by reflecting on your story and sharing with your fellow students.
Project
A book created on handmade paper, which is an informative collage you will treasure forever.
Create and Animate
Travis Whitty
Workshop ID: YA1023
Date: Mon-Fri • July 26-30, Time: 9:30am-Noon (Mon-Thu) 1-3:30pm (Fri)
Member Tuition: $155 • Non-Member Tuition: $165
Concepts
The principle elements of animation: timing • anticipation • movement • emotion • collaboration • storytelling • developing problem-solving strategies • developing plans and processes • evaluating and revising works in progress
Experience
Create your own digital animation using some of the same techniques and equipment professionals use. First you’ll create a character, then bring your cartoon hero to life with animation techniques like stop-motion and silhouette. In addition to filming your own animated cartoon (complete with storyboard and environment designs), the class will work on collaborative pieces such as an animated mural to give you an overall feel of what an animation studio can accomplish in a short amount of time.
Project
THE FRIDAY SESSION WILL MEET AT 1PM to view a film festival of the work of both the "Create and Animate" class and the "Animation Production Studio" class. Each student will receive a DVD of all the animations completed in the class to share with family.
Students who have previously taken this workshop with Travis Whitty may register for "Animation Production Studio." See YA1028 below.
How Did They Paint That?
Margaret Lucas
Workshop ID: YA1024
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 2-5, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Color • shape • pattern • 3-dimensional form • painting • drawing • imagination and creativity • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary
Experience
Matisse, van Gogh, da Vinci, and O’Keeffe will guide our endeavors this week as we create our own masterpieces. A variety of art materials and techniques will be explored. We’ll examine a short history of each artist’s life and critically examine reproductions of their works of art. We’ll compare different interpretations of these works with our own reactions and critiques. Discover more than just the techniques they used, learn about their lives and the eras they lived in.
Project
A collection of fine artwork celebrating the style and history of the masters.
Exploring Clay
Jeanne Aurelius
Workshop ID: YA1025
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 9-12, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
Get ready to explore the endless possibilities of clay. Using both the potter’s wheel and tried-and-true handbuilding techniques, you’ll bring home several projects worthy of display. We’ll make slab boxes, dimensional tiles, as well as coiled containers and pinch pots with handles and lids. With new knowledge about texture, we’ll use tools and colorful underglazes to decorate our work.
Project
A box with a lid, several pots, and tiles. Finished pieces will be dried and fired at Jeanne’s studio, and you’ll make arrangements with her for shipping (for a fee) or pick-up.
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AGES 13 to 17
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Creative Painting for Teens
Ken Klopack
Workshop ID: YA1026
Date: Mon-Thu • June 21-24, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Space • line • color • shape • balance • harmony • emphasis • value • developing skill with watercolor, acrylic, and tempera paints • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary • developing problem-solving strategies
Experience
Have fun, enjoy an exhilarating sense of accomplishment, and build new confidence by working with paints in a skillful way. Ken will demonstrate for the group, as well as work with you individually at your easel. We’ll learn about great artists, and explore new ideas, subject matter, techniques, and styles. Bring your creativity and sense of play and plan to celebrate your success!
Project
A group of masterful paintings as we improve our skills throughout the week. We’ll show off our finished works with a mini-exhibition on the last day.
Making Your Personal Amulet
Karen Christians
Workshop ID: YA1027
Date: Mon-Wed • July 12-14, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $105 • Non-Member Tuition: $115
Concepts
3-dimensional form • line • color • pattern • developing skills with metalworking tools and equipment • developing plans and processes • evaluating and revising works in progress
Experience
Create an amulet from materials having special meaning to you - using brass and sterling silver with colorful resin inlay - which you can wear as a pendant or ring. Bring any dry materials from a special place like a vacation spot, or dried flowers from your backyard. We will incorporate these personal elements (such as shells, kitchen spices, sand, dried leaves, flowers, or even pages from a book) into the resin. Anything goes! You will also learn to pierce metal and the basics of soldering with an acetylene torch.
Project
An amulet which will be made into a pendant or ring. Additional pieces may be constructed as time allows.
Animation Production Studio
Travis Whitty
Workshop ID: YA1028
Date: Mon-Fri • July 26-30, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $155 • Non-Member Tuition: $165
Concepts
The principal elements of animation: timing • anticipation • movement • emotion • collaboration • storytelling • developing problem-solving strategies • developing plans and processes • evaluating and revising works in progress
Experience
Experience first-hand what an animation studio can accomplish in a short amount of time. We will work as a group to create a completely cohesive and multi-faceted animated short film. We’ll investigate character design, environments, sound design, title cards and storyboarding. You will exit the workshop with an even greater understanding of animation principles. (Younger ages accepted if they have previously taken "Create and Animate" with Travis.)
Project
The Friday session will feature a film festival of the work of the "Create and Animate" class and the "Animation Production Studio" class. Each student will receive a DVD of all the animations completed in the class to share with family and friends.
Exploring Clay
Jeanne Aurelius
Workshop ID: YA1029
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 9-12, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
Get ready to explore the endless possibilities of clay. Using both the potter’s wheel and tried-and-true handbuilding techniques, you’ll bring home several projects worthy of display. We’ll make slab boxes, dimensional tiles, as well as coiled containers and pinch pots with handles and lids. With new knowledge about texture, we’ll use tools and colorful underglazes to decorate our work.
Project
A box with a lid, several pots, and tiles. Finished pieces will be dried and fired at Jeanne’s studio, and you’ll make arrangements with her for shipping (for a fee) or pick-up.
Summer Studios for Young Artists
Our signature Studios for Young Artists Program is designed for students ages 3½ to 17. This year our workshops are presented in a new format, with Monday through Thursday dedicated to a specific theme.
We’ve responded to your requests for a more rigorous art educational experience, and have included details about the artistic techniques and objectives covered in each class. We’ve also indicated the "take-home" component.
Every class is designed for a specific age level to achieve a balance between challenge and feelings of accomplishment. Our teachers are not only professional artists, but also seasoned educators. Our instructors combine a valuable visual arts curriculum with a spirit of play, imagination and safety. They are supported by a knowledgeable and enthusiastic team of college interns.
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AGES 3½ to 5
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Clay Every Day
Cynthia Wolfe
Workshop ID: YA1001
Date: Mon-Thu • July 5-8, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
Working with clay is magical. It is soft and squishy and can be formed into just about anything you can imagine. We’ll practice rolling clay flat, making long slinky coils, and pinching a ball of clay into a little pot. Then make patterns by pressing objects into the soft clay, decorating with bright colors, and firing (baking) the clay until hard.
Project
Pinch pot candleholder, a decorated tile impressed with your name, a tile holder with ceramic beads, a slithery snake plate, and a dish that looks like a real leaf. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
Going Buggy!
Sarah Ozurumba
Workshop ID: YA1002
Date: Mon-Thu • July 12-15, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
3-dimensional form • balance • symmetry • learning about different cultures, master artists, and art vocabulary
Experience
Imagine seeing the delicate wings of a dragonfly or the tiny little legs of a beetle. What do you think it might be like to be that small? How does the world of an insect look different than the world you live in? We’ll be getting our hands dirty with clay, shiny paint, found objects, collage materials, glue, and tissue paper of all colors, while learning about the awesome world of bugs!
Project
Jewelry piece made from hand crafted bug beads with beautiful detail, an insect mobile created from found objects, and a relief sculpture or fresco complete with textures and colors.
Printing Your Colorful Self-Portrait
Paula Wendland
Workshop ID: YA1003
Date: Mon-Thu • July 19-22, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Color • line • shape • painting • drawing • printmaking • collage • using art to reflect mood and feeling • using imagination and creativity
Experience
Its fun to paint and there are so many ways to do it: with brushes, spoons, fingers, and squirt bottles. Find out how many patterns and marks we can make using paint. It’s always interesting and surprising when colors mix together. Some colors might make us feel happy when we look at them, others might make us feel quiet or maybe even sad. Color is a way to express who you are, and you’ll have lots of fun assemling these color prints to create unique portraits of yourself.
Project
Life-size full body portrait made from monoprinted collage and several smaller self-portraits.
Inspiration Under the Big Top
Sarah Ozurumba
Workshop ID: YA1004
Date: Mon-Thu • July 26-29, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Line • balance • shape • symmetry • movement • drawing • painting • learning about different master artists and art vocabulary
Experience
Animals, acrobats and circus performers have captivated and inspired famous artists like Pablo Picasso and Alexander Calder. We’ll use our imaginations and observational skills to travel to a circus, and create work that comes alive with colors, shapes, and fun designs, We’ll learn to take advantage of the fact that oil and water don’t mix by creating exciting and colorful resist artwork. Imagine hanging your very own circus artwork in your home and sharing what you learned with your family!
Project
Unique drawings which explore different kinds of line, a circus collage, a hanging mobile, and your very own artist book with surprising pop-up features.
Budding Artists
Margaret Lucas
Workshop ID: YA1005
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 2-5, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Mixing colors • shape • pattern • developing skill with watercolor and tempera paints • imagination and creativity • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary
Experience
There is something so totally irresistible about a large piece of paper and colorful paint. Soon it will become an intense, vibrant, expressive composition. Pick up that paintbrush and go! We’ll use examples of famous paintings to inspire us, but add an additional spark of fun in our own paintings. Mix and brighten or darken the sky, or ground. Add an animal or yourself to the painting. Paint a portrait of yourself or family, or how about the glorious sunset? The possibilities in the world of painting are endless.
Project
A portfolio of colorful paintings to carry home and display proudly.
Clay Around the World
Paula Wendland
Workshop ID: YA1006
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 9-12
Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skill with clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
We’ll travel the world by looking at examples of hand-made pottery from different cultures. Then get messy and roll, pound, squeeze, and paddle clay. Later we’ll brush up our painting skills as we decorate our pottery. The pots and sculptures we make will be lovely and useful pieces that we will be proud to show off.
Project
Ceramic vessels that reflect different cultural ceramic traditions: a coil-built "seed pot" decorated with Native American motifs; a slab bowl incised with African decoration; and a Japanese tea bowl made using pinch/paddle methods. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
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AGES 6 to 8
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If the Masters Came to Door County
Jane Moeller
Workshop ID: YA1007
Date: Mon-Thu • June 21-24, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Mixing colors • color wheel • composition • shape • developing skill with paints • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary
Experience
What if Vincent Van Gogh’s "Starry Night" was painted in Fish Creek? Or if Wayne Theibault visited Al Johnson’s Restaurant? Could Grant Wood have painted you and your grandfather? These are just some of the possibilities we can create combining the ideas of the masters with your own experiences in Door County.
Project
A series of paintings that reflect your time spent in Door County, with a focus on color principles and classic artworks.
Cultivate ART!
Marina Lee
Workshop ID: YA1008
Date: Wed-Sun • June 30-July 4
Time: June 30-July 2, 9:30-Noon; July 3, 9:30am-2pm; July 4, Parade 9am-Noon
Member Tuition: $175 • Non-Member Tuition: $185
Concepts
3-dimensional form • pattern • painting • collaboration • problem solving • imagination and creativity • movement • exploring different cultures
Experience
Now that you’re six, you’re old enough to take part in an exciting annual tradition - marching in the Baileys Harbor 4th of July Parade with the Peninsula School of Art! You will be hands-on every step of the way as we create a moving nature pageant. We’ll spend three days in the studio: building, painting, and forming a giant tree from roots to trunk, decorating it with fabric, adinkra symbols, and papier mache. Then, we’ll practice our marching skills to prepare for the parade.
Project
Wearing your personally decorated t-shirt, show off our fantastical branches - brandishing, swaying, twirling, and twisting - as our tree comes to life along the main street of Baileys Harbor!
Clay is Cool!
Cynthia Wolfe
Workshop ID: YA1009
Date: Mon-Thu • July 5-8, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay • exploring different culture
Experience
Working with clay is magical. We’ll create ceramic pieces that are off-beat, whimsical and colorful. Implement your own imaginative, marvelous ideas from rolled out flat slabs, long slinky coils, and pinching balls of clay into small containers. After imprinting with stamps and found objects to make textures and decorating with bright colors, your creations will be fired (baked) until the clay is hard.
Project
One-of-a-kind functional pieces including a candleholder, a mosaic tile personalized with your name, a coiled pencil holder, and a leaf dish. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
Colorful Jewelry from Polymer Clay
Paula Wendland
Workshop ID: YA1010
Date: Mon-Thu • July 12-15, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • developing skill with polymer clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
People everywhere like to get dressed up, and jewelry has always been part of the fun. If you like bright colors, pretty patterns, and creating your own style, make jewelry from scratch using soft and easy-to-use polymer clay. We’ll learn about using color and planning a design to make beads, pendants and pins, then assemble your pieces into necklaces and bracelets. Finally, we’ll make a treasure box to hold your jewels!
Project
Necklaces and bracelets from beads patterned after ancient Roman and Venetian techniques. Mosaic pendants and pins use techniques from classical Byzantine culture. The treasure box will incorporate all the techniques.
Printmaking Journeys
Jane Tomich
Workshop ID: YA1011
Date: Mon-Thu • July 19-22
Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Shape • line • color • composition • using art to communicate ideas • increasing skill with printmaking materials • learning about different cultures
Experience
Join in an incredible art journey around the world as we have fun learning about different printmaking techniques. We’ll make colorful Native American thunderbird design monoprints, a Japanese decorative nature print from leaves and flowers, a Hawaiian tapa cloth stencil print, and a corrugated cardboard Mexican bark art repeating pattern print. You will make awesome printmaking art to show your family and friends as you learn some interesting facts about each culture.
Project
One finished art print from each of the cultures presented, an art portfolio from your Japanese nature print, and your choice of a favorite print to be matted for framing.
Building Character
Penny Niesen
Workshop ID: YA1012
Date: Mon-Thu • July 26-29, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Line • shape • color • value • texture • collage • drawing • cartooning • using imagination and creativity • using art to tell a story or communicate a mood or feeling
Experience
We’ll take a new look at the pictures in our favorite books by Maurice Sendak, Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, and Jan Brett. We’ll create a resource sketchbook full of our own original ideas for different characters and creatures, inspired by these famous illustrators. We’ll bring our characters to life by creating environments and exploring different techniques such as collage, color blending, and drawing.
Project
A portfolio of original works on paper which reflect a new appreciation for illustration and are an expression of personal creativity.
Express Yourself
Carole Pearlman
Workshop ID: YA1013
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 2-5, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Color • line • shape • 3-dimensional form • painting • drawing • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary • using art to communicate ideas and express moods and feelings
Experience
Abstract Expressionism will be our theme for the week. Each day will begin with "free draw," using colorful markers to warm-up our creativity. Then we’ll read an art story to introduce the artist and the project of the day. While listening to music, we’ll use watercolors, oil pastels, tempera paints and building materials to create works in the style of some of the most famous master artists.
Project
Expressions on paper in the style of Kandinsky; paintings using straight lines and the simple color palette of Piet Mondrian; construct "out of the box" wood assemblages in the style of Louise Nevelson.
Mess Around with Modern Painting
Candace Cole
Workshop ID: YA1014
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 2-5, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Line • color • shape • pattern • developing creative ideas for original works of art • learning about master artists, their culture, their personal style, and symbols
Experience
Get messy and explore the unique painting styles of Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Faith Ringgold, Piet Mondrian, and Claes Oldenburg. We’ll experiment with a variety of painting techniques: brushing, splattering, dripping, and rolling. Find out how the artists pushed their creativity by incorporating tissue paper, oil crayons, sawdust, contact paper, mod podge, and recycled materials into their paintings.
Project
A series of paintings that reflect the styles of great artists of the 20th century.
Bring the Zoo to You
Margaret Lucas
Workshop ID: YA1015
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 9-12, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skill with clay • using nature as inspiration and source material
Experience
It’s time to get creative with clay as we make our own private zoo. Sculpt monkeys, giraffes, elephants and your favorite animals (and maybe even yourself as a visitor) out of clay. A variety of fun techniques for forming, texturing, and decorating the clay will be explored. Use the knowledge you gain about animal shapes to understand how each are specialized for different ways of moving, finding food, or avoiding predators.
Project
Go home with a zoo you can visit anytime you like. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
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AGES 9 to 12
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Let’s Do Some Painting!
Ken Klopack
Workshop ID: YA1016
Date: Mon-Thu • June 21-24, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Space • line • color • shape • balance • harmony • emphasis • value • developing skill with watercolor, acrylic, and tempera paints • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary • developing problem-solving strategies
Experience
Have fun, enjoy an exhilarating sense of accomplishment, and build new confidence by working with paints in a skillful way. We’ll learn about great artists and explore new ideas, subject matter, techniques, and styles. Bring your creativity and sense of play and plan to celebrate your success!
Project
A group of masterful paintings as we improve our skills throughout the week. We’ll show off our finished works in a mini-exhibition on the last day.
Fourth of July Parade: Cultivate ART!
Marina Lee
Workshop ID: YA1017
Date: Wed-Sun • June 30-July 4
Time: June 30-July 2, 1- 3:30pm; July 3, 9:30am-2pm; July 4, Parade 9am-Noon
Member Tuition: $175 • Non-Member Tuition: $185 Concepts
Concepts
3-dimensional form • pattern • painting • collaboration • problem solving, imagination and creativity • movement • exploring different cultures
Experience
You’ve been looking foward to it all year: be a part of an exciting annual tradition by marching in the Baileys Harbor 4th of July Parade with the Peninsula School of Art! You will be hands-on every step of the way as we create a moving nature pageant. We’ll spend three days in the studio: building, painting, and forming a giant tree from roots to trunk, decorating it with fabric, adinkra symbols, and papier mache. Then, we’ll practice our marching skills to prepare for the parade.
Project
Wearing your personally decorated t-shirt, show off our fantastical branches - brandishing, swaying, twirling, and twisting - as our tree comes to life along the main street of Baileys Harbor!
Taking a Spin at the Potter’s Wheel
Lucy Yogerst
Workshop ID: YA1018
Date: Mon-Thu • July 5-8, Time: 9:30am-Noon
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay
Experience
Have you always wanted to learn to throw pots on the potter’s wheel? You’ll have four mornings devoted to practice, beginning with centering the clay and pulling up walls. Make cylindrical forms as your jumping off place, which we’ll cut apart into pieces and then creatively rearrange into unique creations.
Project
A series of thrown pots, containers, and something to drink out of. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
Intermediate Ceramic Skills
Lucy Yogerst
Workshop ID: YA1019
Date: Mon-Thu • July 5-8, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay
Experience
Get a taste of throwing on the potter’s wheel, as well as hand-building techniques such as slab and coil methods. You can choose to make some functional pieces such as cups or pots, as well as some simple musical instruments, all decorated with colorful underglazes. We’ll also make unglazed sculptures that we’ll "garbage fire" at the end of the week, for some surprising and unpredictable results.
Project
A variety of handbuilt and wheel-thrown forms, both glazed and unglazed. Finished pieces may be picked up on Saturday from 2 to 5pm.
Surprising Sculpture from Paper
Nancy Akerly
Workshop ID: YA1020
Date: Mon-Thu • July 12-15, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • design • movement • using art to communicate ideas • achieving a dexterity and comfort with new materials and tools
Experience
Combine the fun of origami with the skills and knowledge to create your own original designs. First we’ll learn to create unit origami structures, paper boxes and cubic sculptures. Next we’ll focus on fun, originality, and creativity as we combine these structures in different ways. Once you learn the basic units, folds, and papers, let your imagination roam free to find your own variations on this ancient art form.
Project
Non-traditional boxes and origami cubes embellished with origami creations, accordian and tunnel books with pop-up pages and other paper folding embellishments.
Printing With the Masters
Jane Tomich
Workshop ID: YA1021
Date: Mon-Thu • July 19-22, Time: 9:30-Noon
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Shape • line • color • composition • increasing skill with printmaking materials • learning about master artists, art history and vocabulary • creating multiples and variations
Experience
Create extraordinary, decorative, and beautiful multiple image art. We’ll explore famous artists who were interested in printmaking: Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol. We’ll creatively adapt their traditional printmaking techniqes by making collage block prints, rubber stamp prints, rubbing prints, shoe prints, and fruit and veggie prints.
Project
A print mounted onto colored paper stock for a card to send to family or friends, a book cover for your personal art journal, and a collage from your experimental prints.
Your Own Book: From Paper to Published
Margaret Lucas
Workshop ID: YA1022
Date: Mon-Thu • July 19-22, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Color • texture • form • shape • line • printmaking • sequencing • storytelling • bookbinding • using art to reflect mood and feeling • using imagination and creativity
Experience
Capture your own life story, filled with personal meaning by creating a book from start to finish. Experiment with printing, assemblage, collage, painting, origami and creative book binding. You’ll make your own recycled paper, print your pages and then transform it into a reflection of memorable times in your life. We’ll wrap up the class by reflecting on your story and sharing with your fellow students.
Project
A book created on handmade paper, which is an informative collage you will treasure forever.
Create and Animate
Travis Whitty
Workshop ID: YA1023
Date: Mon-Fri • July 26-30, Time: 9:30am-Noon (Mon-Thu) 1-3:30pm (Fri)
Member Tuition: $155 • Non-Member Tuition: $165
Concepts
The principle elements of animation: timing • anticipation • movement • emotion • collaboration • storytelling • developing problem-solving strategies • developing plans and processes • evaluating and revising works in progress
Experience
Create your own digital animation using some of the same techniques and equipment professionals use. First you’ll create a character, then bring your cartoon hero to life with animation techniques like stop-motion and silhouette. In addition to filming your own animated cartoon (complete with storyboard and environment designs), the class will work on collaborative pieces such as an animated mural to give you an overall feel of what an animation studio can accomplish in a short amount of time.
Project
THE FRIDAY SESSION WILL MEET AT 1PM to view a film festival of the work of both the "Create and Animate" class and the "Animation Production Studio" class. Each student will receive a DVD of all the animations completed in the class to share with family.
Students who have previously taken this workshop with Travis Whitty may register for "Animation Production Studio." See YA1028 below.
How Did They Paint That?
Margaret Lucas
Workshop ID: YA1024
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 2-5, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Color • shape • pattern • 3-dimensional form • painting • drawing • imagination and creativity • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary
Experience
Matisse, van Gogh, da Vinci, and O’Keeffe will guide our endeavors this week as we create our own masterpieces. A variety of art materials and techniques will be explored. We’ll examine a short history of each artist’s life and critically examine reproductions of their works of art. We’ll compare different interpretations of these works with our own reactions and critiques. Discover more than just the techniques they used, learn about their lives and the eras they lived in.
Project
A collection of fine artwork celebrating the style and history of the masters.
Exploring Clay
Jeanne Aurelius
Workshop ID: YA1025
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 9-12, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
Get ready to explore the endless possibilities of clay. Using both the potter’s wheel and tried-and-true handbuilding techniques, you’ll bring home several projects worthy of display. We’ll make slab boxes, dimensional tiles, as well as coiled containers and pinch pots with handles and lids. With new knowledge about texture, we’ll use tools and colorful underglazes to decorate our work.
Project
A box with a lid, several pots, and tiles. Finished pieces will be dried and fired at Jeanne’s studio, and you’ll make arrangements with her for shipping (for a fee) or pick-up.
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AGES 13 to 17
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Creative Painting for Teens
Ken Klopack
Workshop ID: YA1026
Date: Mon-Thu • June 21-24, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $125 • Non-Member Tuition: $135
Concepts
Space • line • color • shape • balance • harmony • emphasis • value • developing skill with watercolor, acrylic, and tempera paints • learning about master artists, art movements, and art vocabulary • developing problem-solving strategies
Experience
Have fun, enjoy an exhilarating sense of accomplishment, and build new confidence by working with paints in a skillful way. Ken will demonstrate for the group, as well as work with you individually at your easel. We’ll learn about great artists, and explore new ideas, subject matter, techniques, and styles. Bring your creativity and sense of play and plan to celebrate your success!
Project
A group of masterful paintings as we improve our skills throughout the week. We’ll show off our finished works with a mini-exhibition on the last day.
Making Your Personal Amulet
Karen Christians
Workshop ID: YA1027
Date: Mon-Wed • July 12-14, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $105 • Non-Member Tuition: $115
Concepts
3-dimensional form • line • color • pattern • developing skills with metalworking tools and equipment • developing plans and processes • evaluating and revising works in progress
Experience
Create an amulet from materials having special meaning to you - using brass and sterling silver with colorful resin inlay - which you can wear as a pendant or ring. Bring any dry materials from a special place like a vacation spot, or dried flowers from your backyard. We will incorporate these personal elements (such as shells, kitchen spices, sand, dried leaves, flowers, or even pages from a book) into the resin. Anything goes! You will also learn to pierce metal and the basics of soldering with an acetylene torch.
Project
An amulet which will be made into a pendant or ring. Additional pieces may be constructed as time allows.
Animation Production Studio
Travis Whitty
Workshop ID: YA1028
Date: Mon-Fri • July 26-30, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $155 • Non-Member Tuition: $165
Concepts
The principal elements of animation: timing • anticipation • movement • emotion • collaboration • storytelling • developing problem-solving strategies • developing plans and processes • evaluating and revising works in progress
Experience
Experience first-hand what an animation studio can accomplish in a short amount of time. We will work as a group to create a completely cohesive and multi-faceted animated short film. We’ll investigate character design, environments, sound design, title cards and storyboarding. You will exit the workshop with an even greater understanding of animation principles. (Younger ages accepted if they have previously taken "Create and Animate" with Travis.)
Project
The Friday session will feature a film festival of the work of the "Create and Animate" class and the "Animation Production Studio" class. Each student will receive a DVD of all the animations completed in the class to share with family and friends.
Exploring Clay
Jeanne Aurelius
Workshop ID: YA1029
Date: Mon-Thu • Aug 9-12, Time: 1-3:30pm
Member Tuition: $135 • Non-Member Tuition: $145
Concepts
3-dimensional form • color • pattern • texture • increasing skills with clay • exploring different cultures
Experience
Get ready to explore the endless possibilities of clay. Using both the potter’s wheel and tried-and-true handbuilding techniques, you’ll bring home several projects worthy of display. We’ll make slab boxes, dimensional tiles, as well as coiled containers and pinch pots with handles and lids. With new knowledge about texture, we’ll use tools and colorful underglazes to decorate our work.
Project
A box with a lid, several pots, and tiles. Finished pieces will be dried and fired at Jeanne’s studio, and you’ll make arrangements with her for shipping (for a fee) or pick-up.