Classes for Children & Teens

April 2, 9, 16, 23rd Tuesdays 4:00 – 5:30pm Grades: Kindergarten - 5th grade Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Montgomery, NY Price: $140 per student for this month Has your child always been drawn to art?  This class is a great way to keep them involved in a regular one day a week after … Continue reading 04/2024 After School Art Exploration with Jeanne Cook

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

Friday July 19th 3:30pm - 6:00pm At the Wallkill River Center for the Arts Suitable for Kids and Teens 12-18 years old. Class Preview Animation! The art of making movement with drawings. This one day crash course will get any young animator started with the basic skills of the craft. We will: Practice key animation … Continue reading 07/19/24 One Day Kids Animation Workshop with Aedan Ciganek

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 22 - 26th 10am - 12pm Ages 8 - 12 Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Dreamed of creating characters for animation or comics? Curious about the whole process of not only creating your own series but also writing your own backstory for your characters? Then you will … Continue reading July 22-26th Kid’s Writing and Characters Workshop with Joe Ryan

July 22 - 26th 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 22 - 26th 1pm - 3pm Ages 13 - 18 Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Dreamed of creating characters for animation or comics? Curious about the whole process of not only creating your own series but also writing your own backstory for your characters? Then you will … Continue reading July 22-26th Teen’s Writing and Characters Workshop with Joe Ryan

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

Monday, July 29th 10am - 12pm Ages 8-13 Rain date:  Wednesday, July 31st Location: Benedict Farm Park $55 per student Learn how to create your very own 3D sculptures from found and natural materials! Explore the beautiful Benedict Farm Park in Montgomery, NY this Summer with AGRISCULPTURE Amy, a master of Nature:Arts and sculptural collage, … Continue reading July 29th Scavenger Sculpture with Amy Lewis Sweetman

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

July 29th - August 2nd 1pm - 3pm Ages 13-18 Location:  Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Ever wanted to create your own comic but curious on where to begin? Well in this fun engaging workshop we will do just that! Brainstorm a comic to tell a short story! Through … Continue reading July 29th – Aug 2nd Teen’s Comics Workshop with Joe Ryan

August 2, 9, 16, 23rd 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 08/2/24 Friday Afternoon Animation with Aedan Ciganek

August 5 - 9th 10 am - 12 pm Grades 3rd - 7th 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 August 5 – 9th Kid’s Printmaking with Jodi Doster

August 12 - 16th 10am - 12pm Grades 3rd - 12th You can create beautiful, colorful and imaginative paintings without using realistic images.  Margaret will show you how to loosen up, relax and enjoy the process of expressive painting using water based paints and collaging your own painted papers.  Experience how to work "intuitively" (with … Continue reading August 12 – 16th Expressive Painting & Collage 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 19-23rd 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 O'Keefe and … Continue reading August 19 – 23rd Try Famous Artists’ Styles 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

September 6, 13, 20, 27th 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 09/24 Friday Afternoon Animation with Aedan Ciganek