Now offering this 6 week course in-person! Be inspired by the world around you through visits to the Museum galleries and learning about famous artwork. Students will learn to build their fundamental artistic skills essential to any artist. Create unique 2D art projects using a variety of drawing and painting art materials. Lessons change every session taught by experienced instructors that work with each student to see them grow, sign up for multiple classes!
Offering this 6 week course in-person! Delve into the mind of an illustrator! Explore what it takes to design unique characters through fundamental drawing, illustration, and cartooning techniques. Analyze commercial, cartoon, and fine art to build your understanding of visual language and then put that knowledge to work. Explore the principles behind style and effectively communicating a message in your art. All experience levels welcome. Taken the class before? Instructor works with each individual student to see them grow, sign up for multiple classes!
Now offering this NEW one-time workshop in-person! This special workshop is designed for one adult and one child (ages 6-9) to do together! Smartphone photography and video allow us to document our lives in an instant, but what is the essence of true memory-making and why is it important? The best memories grow from experiencing time and space together while engaging multiple senses, no matter the age. Start creating a legacy together by setting aside time for art-making-in-the-moment.
Offering this one-time workshop in-person! Need something unique for your home or as a gift? Learn the art of wet felting using wool, a resist, soap, and water to make a seamless no sew project in a day! Many variations to choose from to make it your own unique creation. All skill levels welcome.
*Cost includes all art supplies. *$27 worth of materials included in class cost *Please bring an old bath towel, hand towel, and plastic bag to take your artwork home in.
Now offering this NEW Art Play Date in-person! Parents, come join your little artists in multisensory art making activity stations for both of you to enjoy together. Learn to interact creatively with your little one while helping your child get started in the world of art. Did you know that playing with colors actually boosts language skills in young children? Learning to identify and describe colors improves a child's ability to communicate and express themselves while also strengthening math skills through sorting, categorizing and comparing.
Now offering this NEW Art Play Date in-person! Parents, come join your little artists in multisensory art making activity stations for both of you to enjoy together. Learn to interact creatively with your little one while helping your child get started in the world of art. Our sensory play dates are developed to stimulate your toddler's sense of touch, smell, sight, hearing, and balance while encouraging creativity and exploration in a safe environment. Ok-to-get-messy attire suggested; aprons provided.
Now offering this NEW one-time workshop in-person! Inspired by the cities in the exhibit "Continued Continuing: Paintings by Amy Casey." The setting of this world is a lone tower, overlooking a vast island covered with a canopy of treetops, that stretches to the sea. As the only known inhabitant on this island, you must ask yourself what the future world looks like? Will there be a balance of landscape and industry? Will we eventually run out of shared, safe spaces? Sculpt a small scale model of an imaginary, unfinished world using building materials and found objects.
Offering this one-time workshop in-person! Design and create your very own wall vase. Use earthy stoneware clay to make a vase that will hang on a wall. Choose patterns and textures to enhance a bouquet of flowers. No experience needed, all levels welcome!
*Cost includes all art supplies including firing and glazing of your pieces!
COVID UPDATE: *At this time, CMA no longer requires students and instructors to wear a face mask inside the building. (Mask policies subject to change based on CDC guidelines)
Now offering this unique camp in-person at the museum! Who doesn't love to play in the mud? Come explore the endless creativity of clay in this fun yet challenging class. Campers will visit the CMA galleries and see famous ceramic pieces first hand. Tours of the ceramics lab will be given, while learning the process that the clay goes through from beginning to end. Create fun, decorative and sculptural pieces to cherish always. Taken Creative Clay before?
