Classes for Children & Teens

November 1, 8, 15, 22 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 Class Preview Animation is the art of bringing your drawings to life! Whether you’re interested in traditional animation, game animation, anime, 3D … Continue reading 11/24 Friday Afternoon Animation with Aedan Ciganek

December 6, 13, 20th 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 $110 per student Animation Class Preview Animation is the art of bringing your drawings to life! Whether you’re interested in traditional animation, game animation, anime, 3D animation, … Continue reading 12/24 Friday Afternoon Animation with Aedan Ciganek

February 7, 14, 21st 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 $110 per student Animation Class Preview Animation is the art of bringing your drawings to life! Whether you’re interested in traditional animation, game animation, anime, 3D animation, … Continue reading 02/25 Friday Afternoon Animation with Aedan Ciganek

April 4, 11, 18, 25th 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 Class Preview Animation is the art of bringing your drawings to life! Whether you’re interested in traditional animation, game animation, anime, 3D … Continue reading 04/25 Friday Afternoon Animation with Aedan Ciganek

May 2, 16, 23, 30th (please note, no class May 9th) 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 Class Preview Animation is the art of bringing your drawings to life! Whether you’re interested in … Continue reading 05/25 Friday Afternoon Animation with Aedan Ciganek

July 7 - 11, 2025 10am - 12pm Grades 1st - 5th 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 … Continue reading Animals Real & Imaginary with Margaret Grasso

July 14 - 18, 2025 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 … Continue reading Nerf Camp with Matt Donaldson

July 22 - 26, 2025 10am - 12pm Grades 5th - 12th Experiment with a wide variety of painting, drawing, and collaging. We will use sketchbooks and even learn how to make our own from mixed media paper as well as a cover you design. We will use: pens, pencils, paints, acrylic markers, water soluble … Continue reading Mixed Media Art Journals with Margaret Grasso

July 14 - 18, 2025 1:00 - 3:00 pm Ages 10-16 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 … Continue reading Jewelry Making with Janet Baskerville

July 21 - 25, 2025 10am - 12pm Grades 1st - 6th 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 … Continue reading Nature in Art with Margaret Grasso

July 21 - 25, 2025 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 6-12th Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Animation Class Preview Animation is the art of bringing your drawings to life! Whether you’re interested in traditional animation, game animation, anime, 3D animation, or just want to make your doodles move … Continue reading Animation with Aedan Ciganek

July 28 - August 1, 2025 10am - 12pm Grades 6th - 12th Many people like to paint looser and more expressively, like me! It's hard to start making art and immediately want it to look photo realistic. If you would like to experiment with a more relaxed, expressive style, we can explore the many … Continue reading Expressive Painting with Margaret Grasso

July 29 - August 1, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm Grades 2nd - 6th Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student In printmaking, students will make copies of an image that they have created from various sources of their choosing. They will then transfer the image and use carving or impressing … Continue reading Printmaking for Kids with Jodi Doster

July 29 - August 1, 2025 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 7th - 12th Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student In printmaking, students will make copies of an image that they have created from various sources of their choosing. They will then transfer the image and use carving or … Continue reading Mixed Media Printmaking for Teens with Jodi Doster

August 4 - 8, 2025 10am – 12pm Grades 2 - 6th Create sculptures with artist Liz Keithline. Students will work with wire, wood, paint and other found materials. All materials provided! You can bring your own if you'd like too! Artist and arts administrator Elizabeth Keithline’s work focuses on human self-extension and human systems … Continue reading Sculpture Creations with Liz Keithline

August 4 - 8, 2025 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 7th - 12th Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Students will have a chance to learn about creating the illusion of depth with their art in Optical Art. Learn the skills of forced perspective, optical illusions, and other techniques … Continue reading Optical Art with Jodi Doster

August 11 - 15, 2025 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 … Continue reading Nerf Camp with Matt Donaldson

August 11 - 15, 2025 10:00 - 12:00 pm Grades 3rd- 6th 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 Kid’s Mixed Media and Collage with Jodi Doster

August 11 - 15, 2025 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 7th - 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 Teen’s Mixed Media and Collage with Jodi Doster