Classes for Children & Teens

May 10, 17, 24, 31st Fridays 3:30-5:30pm In Person at the Wallkill River Center for the Arts Open to beginning and intermediate students Suitable for grades 6th - 12th $140 per student   Animation is the art of bringing your drawings to life! Whether you’re interested in traditional animation, game animation, anime, 3D animation, or … Continue reading 05/24 After School Animation with Aedan Ciganek

July 8 - 12th 1:00-3:00 pm Ages 10-15 Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Come join jewelry artist Janet Baskerville for a week long immersive and fun jewelry making class.  We will work with different mediums like alcohol inks, mod podge, metal washers, scrabble tiles, Shrinky dinks, macramé, memory … Continue reading July 8 – 12th Jewelry Making with Janet Baskerville

July 15 - 19th 10am - 12pm Grades 1st - 8th Whether its realistic, stylized, or imaginary, animals are my favorite subject! We'll be using guide books, photos, and references for observation. We'll even try simplifying them into stylized animals too! Imaginary animals are a big favorite. We can make our own with watercolor 'blobs', … Continue reading July 15 – 19th Animals Real & Imaginary with Margaret Grasso

July 15 - 19th 10am-12pm Ages 8-14 Location:  Benedict Farm Park Pavilion Cost: $135 per student Run around before the day gets hot with Nerf Camp! Darts and Blasters will be provided, but you’re free to bring your own if they take standard darts. Compete in an array of games to build cooperation skills and … Continue reading July 15-19th Nerf Camp with Matt Donaldson

July 22 - 26th 10am - 12pm Grades 1st - 8th Plants, trees, leaves, vegetables, fruits, flowers, birds, bugs, fish, land, water, and clouds... It's all nature! Here's a few ideas of what I'd like to create with you: Shadow drawings of leaves and branches, drawings of the inside of vegetables, making a botanical illustration … Continue reading July 22 – 26th Nature in Art with Margaret Grasso

July 8 - 12th 1:00-3:00 pm Ages 10-15 Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Come join jewelry artist Janet Baskerville for a week long immersive and fun jewelry making class.  We will work with different mediums like alcohol inks, mod podge, metal washers, scrabble tiles, Shrinky dinks, macramé, memory … Continue reading July 22 – 26th Jewelry Making with Janet Baskerville

July 29th - August 2nd 10am-12pm Ages 8-14 Location:  Benedict Farm Park Pavilion Cost: $135 per student Run around before the day gets hot with Nerf Camp! Darts and Blasters will be provided, but you’re free to bring your own if they take standard darts. Compete in an array of games to build cooperation skills … Continue reading July 29 – Aug 2nd Nerf Camp with Matt Donaldson

July 29th - August 2nd 10:00 - 12:00 am Grades 3rd- 7th Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Mixed media will use a variety of techniques and mediums to create unique pieces of art. Students will learn the elements and principles of design to put together pieces of art … Continue reading July 29th – Aug 2nd Kid’s Mixed Media and Collage with Jodi Doster

July 29th - August 2nd 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 8th - 12th Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Mixed media will use a variety of techniques and mediums to create unique pieces of art. Students will learn the elements and principles of design to put together pieces of … Continue reading July 29th – Aug 2nd Teen’s Mixed Media and Collage with Jodi Doster

August 12 - 16th 10am - 12pm Grades 3rd - 12th In this class we will create cards, pictures our own colorful and textured papers, small art journals, and booklets. We will guide you as you go in learning, organizing, and creating your collages and mixed media pieces. We'll experiment together with a wide variety … Continue reading August 12 – 16th Collage & Mixed Media with Margaret Grasso

August 12 - 16th 10am-12pm Ages 8-14 Location:  Benedict Farm Park Pavilion Cost: $135 per student Run around before the day gets hot with Nerf Camp! Darts and Blasters will be provided, but you’re free to bring your own if they take standard darts. Compete in an array of games to build cooperation skills and … Continue reading August 12 – 16th Nerf Camp with Matt Donaldson

August 12 - 16th 10am - 12pm Grades 2nd - 8th Many famous artists have special, unique styles which we can recognize and use as inspiration. They have created many works of art that we can create art of our own with! From Picasso's abstract faces to Van Gogh's sunflowers. Close up flowers like Georgia … Continue reading August 19 – 23rd Famous Artists with Margaret Grasso

August 19 - 23rd 10am-12pm Grades 3rd - 7th Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Students will create their own art journal! They will add their pages and wire the journal together. We'll explore different materials and what an art journal is useful for. Once the journal is made … Continue reading August 19 – 23rd Kid’s Art Journals with Jodi Doster

August 19 - 23rd 1 pm - 3 pm Grades 8th - 12th Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Students will create their own art journal! They will add their pages and wire the journal together. We'll explore different materials and what an art journal is useful for. Once … Continue reading August 19 – 23rd Teen’s Art Journals with Jodi Doster