?PAINTING (7-8)?? Experiment with painting styles while exploring brush strokes and color mixing. Learn how colors on the color wheel work with each other to make dynamic works of art. Create your own paintings large...
Read MoreYOUTH CLAY STUDIO (7-8)? Take this opportunity to play in the mud! Students will learn a variety of handbuilding methods by creating pinch pots from clay balls, coiled forms, and slab tiles while making sculptures...
Read MoreART EXPLORERS: MIXED-MEDIA ART (7-8) Explore the wide world of art making! Students will be introduced to a wide variety of materials to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional works and will be given choices in planning...
Read MoreYOUTH CLAY STUDIO (7-8) Take this opportunity to play in the mud! Students will learn a variety of handbuilding methods by creating pinch pots from clay balls, coiled forms, and slab tiles while making sculptures...
Read MoreDRAWING (7-8) Explore drawing what you see with your eyes and what you see in your imagination. Learn fundamental drawing skills and experiment with different drawing mediums to make your fabulous creations. Scholarships for classes...
Read MoreSTOP-MOTION ANIMATION (7-8) Do you dream of making movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Wallace and Gromit, or Coraline? In this class, students will learn the process of creating stop-motion animation films, from storyboarding and...
Read MoreART EXPLORERS: MIXED-MEDIA ART (7-8) Explore the wide world of art making!? Students will be introduced to a wide variety of materials to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional works and will be given choices in planning...
Read MoreMUSEUM DISCOVERIES (7-8) Get to know some of the secrets of the Des Moines Art Center Museum and the artwork it holds! In this new class, students will take weekly tours in the museum and...
Read MoreMAKE YOUR OWN CHIA PLANTER (1-day workshop for 7-8 year-olds) Make a lush, sprouting sculpture and add some greenery to your winter months! Chia Pets are ceramic planters that grow curly sprouting seeds that look...
Read MoreVALENTINE’S DAY CARDS WORKSHOP (1-day workshop for 7-8 year-olds) Show the people in your life how much you care about them with a hand-crafted valentine! This one-day workshop will show students methods of making pop-up...
Read MorePAINTING (7-8) Experiment with painting styles while exploring brushstrokes and color mixing. Learn how colors on the color wheel work with each other to make dynamic works of art. Create your own paintings large and...
Read MoreDIGITAL CARTOONING (7-8) Get ready for the funny papers! In this class, students will have the chance to digitally create new characters and the stories they inhabit. Students will learn methods of drawing with digital...
Read MoreCUSTOM-MADE COOL (7-8) In this new class, students will make their own buttons, stickers, and customized wearable art. For people who want to cover their water bottles in professional looking homemade stickers and have their...
Read MoreART EXPLORERS: CHOICE-BASED ART MAKING (7-8) Some days we want to make sculptures, some days we want to paint! That’s the life of an artist. This class encourages students to put their passion and creativity...
Read MoreWE’RE MAKING POM POMS! (1-day workshop for 7-8 year-olds) Get ready to make some fluffy, fuzzy, floof balls. In this one-day workshop, students will use yarn to make pom poms both large and small and...
Read MoreSPRING BREAK TOTAL ART EXPERIENCE In this fun week-long camp, young artists will get the chance to sample a smorgasbord of art-making techniques- a TOTAL ART EXPERIENCE. Campers will paint, draw, and sculpt, and more,...
Read MoreSPRING BREAK TOTAL ART EXPERIENCE In this fun week-long camp, young artists will get the chance to sample a smorgasbord of art-making techniques- a TOTAL ART EXPERIENCE. Campers will paint, draw, and sculpt, and more,...
Read MoreDIY PAPER FLOWERS (1-day Workshop for 7-8 year-olds) Use construction paper, tissue paper, dowels and pipe cleaners to make incredible, colorful spring bouquets. Scholarships for classes and materials are available on our website. 26A3KN101 Ages...
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