HANDBUILDING CLAY: CERAMIC SCULPTURES (12-14) Work with your hands to create three-dimensional work in clay. Learn sculptural hand-building techniques and work with color using surface design applications and glazes. All levels are welcome; beginning students...
Read MorePAINTING ON CANVAS (12-14) There is something so satisfying about painting on canvas! Perhaps it has to do with the permanence and history, or the texture and visible results, but there’s nothing quite like it!...
Read MoreDIGITAL POSTER DESIGN (12-14) Create posters that can inform, advertise, uplift, or entertain! In this class, students will learn elements of graphic design and digital software to create attention-grabbing posters. Students will take home a...
Read MoreTOY MAKING LAB (12-14) Build your own fun! In this class, students will learn how to make their own toys, including designing and sculpting a Funko or Labubu-inspired art toy out of polymer clay and...
Read MoreDIGITAL DRAWING AND PAINTING Using Procreate and Photoshop as their primary tools, students will sketch, snap, and edit their way into some incredible artwork! Students will use their creative digital skills to make fantastic digital...
Read MoreWEARABLE ART AND JEWELRY (12-14) Make bold artistic statements with accessories you made yourself! Work with a variety of materials like wire, polymers, clay, and foam to create wearable pieces. Much of the focus of...
Read MoreMUSEUM DISCOVERIES (9-11) 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 MoreTHE WORLD OF COMIC BOOKS (12-14) Take a course in the wide world of comics. Learn the fundamental illustration techniques including line, shading, proportion, and gesture to create expressive drawings while learning about different comic...
Read More2D ART EXPLORATIONS (9-11) This class is for artists who want to learn a little bit about everything that can be created on a flat, single plane. Methods of printmaking, photography, digital illustration, drawing, painting,...
Read MoreYOUTH CLAY STUDIO (9-11) 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...
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