Fall Classes!
Held at First Christian Church of Gainesville (3411 NW 83rd St)
$120/ 6 wk session
Pottery w/ Hailey Mondays @ 3 (ages 5-10)
Wk 1 (Sept. 19) - Hand Building
During our first class we will introduce the material, what it’s made of, and look at examples. We will talk about the different tools and how to use them. Students will learn about the kiln and how it works. We learn a variety of techniques before moving on to creating our own pieces.
Wk 2 (Sept. 26) - Clay Carving and Hand Building Continued
In this class, we will look at examples of etched clay and learn techniques on how to do it. We will think about what designs we would like to carve into our pottery from week one and then move on to executing our ideas. Students will also have time to complete another hand-built piece if they wish.
Wk 3 (Oct. 3) - Bisque Bubble Art
In week 3’s class, we will explore the art of bubble glazing. This is a fun and creative technique that renders a unique piece every time! Each student will get to bubble glaze their own bisque tile before sketching out a design to add to it in week 4.
Wk 4 (Oct. 10) - Bisque Bubble Art Continued
During week 4 we will learn about glaze paint and how to use it successfully. We introduce other glazing tools and how to use them. We will then transfer our sketch from week 3 onto our tile and finish painting our design.
Wk 5 (Oct. 17) - Bisque Painting
During this class we will talk about bisqueware and how it’s made. We will review things we learned in class previously such as glazing techniques and what we know about clay and bisqueware. Each student will then get to choose their own premade pottery piece and paint it.
Wk 6 (Oct. 24) - Paint Hand Built Pieces
For our last class, we will be putting the finishing touches on our hand-built pieces from weeks 1 and 2 before using our glaze paint to decorate them.
Toddler Time Arts and Crafts w/ Alison Tuesdays @ 9am (ages 2-5)
Wk 1 (Sept. 20) - Color Mixing and Finger Painting
In the first week we will first learn the three primary colors. Kiddos will mix the colors together with their fingers while we talk about what new colors we’ve created. After we’ve mixed colors, we’ll go over the new secondary colors and finger paint a banner. Book: The Color Kittens
Wk 2 (Sept. 27) - Chalk Pastels
In this class we will introduce chalks and blending. While we play with the chalk, we will talk about how chalk feels and how we blend colors together. Afterwards, we can show how water affects the chalk and talk about why. Book: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky
Wk 3 (Oct. 4) - Pottery Handprint
In the third week we are going to hand build with clay. We will start out feeling the clay and playing with it, talking about how we mold it and how it feels when it’s wet or dry. We will make flat ornaments and hand bowls. Afterwards, we will talk about the kiln and how clay is fired to keep its shape.
Wk 4 (Oct. 11) - Nature Art
This week we can go for a nature walk and talk about all of the different plants colors and textures we see. We can pick up whatever foliage looks interesting to the kiddos and take them back inside. We can talk about what was interesting about their pieces and why they chose them. We will also talk about the process of plants and how they grow, and leaves eventually fall while we glue the pieces together and make a nature collage. Book: Oink, Baa, Moo
Wk 5 (Oct. 18) - Texture Painting
This class is all about playing with textures! We’ll go over what textures and prints are. We will talk about how different objects feel and what kind of imprint they will make while we come together to paint a giant poster using objects such as bubble wrap, leaves, shaving cream, and tot cars.
Wk 6 (Oct. 25) - Pumpkin Painting
To amp up a bit of excitement for Halloween, we will be painting foam pumpkins during our final week. We can add any textures from week 5, plus anything else we learned over the weeks. We can add google eyes and create little pumpkin monsters! We’ll help our little ones come up with a story and name for their monsters and help them share with the class their monster pumpkins. Book: Who’s There on Halloween
Mixed Media Art w/ Hailey Wednesdays @ 2 (ages 5-10)
Wk 1 (Sept. 21) - Colored Pencil Art
During week one, we will be introducing the basics of sketching. Every student will get their own sketchbook to decorate before practicing techniques. We will then brainstorm and start our official sketch for our colored pencil piece.
Wk 2 (Sept. 28) - Colored Pencil Art Continued
In this week’s class, we will discuss and practice colored pencil techniques in our sketchbooks before finishing our official sketch. We will then color in our artwork using the techniques that we learned.
Wk 3 (Oct. 5) - Acrylic Painting
During week 3’s class we will introduce acrylic paint. We will talk about the different tools used for acrylic paints and what they’re best used for. We will go over painting techniques and practice in our sketchbooks before coming up with our ideas for our canvas painting. We will then start our official sketch for our painting.
Wk 4 (Oct. 12) - Acrylic Painting Continued
In this week’s class we will review the painting techniques we learned during week 3 before finishing our official sketch. We will then transfer our sketches onto the canvas and paint our final masterpiece!
Wk 5 (Oct. 19) - Watercolors
During week 5, we will talk about watercolor paints, how to make them, and the tools we will be using. We will plan our pallet in our sketchbooks and then make our own watercolors using a variety of materials. We will swatch and test our colors before starting our sketch for our watercolor piece.
Wk 6 (Oct. 26) - Water Colors Continued
For our final class, we will go over watercolor painting techniques, and finish our sketch if needed, before creating our watercolor masterpiece!
Toddler Time Theater and Movement w/ Alison Thursdays 9am (ages 2-5)
Wk 1 (Sept. 22) - What Are Characters
We will start this class with a fun icebreaker with having the kiddos act out their favorite animals. After introductions, we will go over what characters are. We will ask all the littles what their favorite character from their favorite show is. After this we will have them, all act as their favorite characters and create the characters they’d like to be for a play.
Wk 2 (Sept. 29) - Set and Scene
This week we will talk about what a set and scene is. We can talk about our current set and scene being the space we’re in. After we’ve established what setting and scene is we will have them create a new setting and scene they like. We will keep this idea and move forward creating a small play through the weeks and have them play and get comfortable in their “new scenery”.
Wk 3 (Oct. 6) - Mood and Feeling
Now that we have a setting and characters, this week we will talk all about mood and feeling. While reading our book we will talk all about feelings and continue to express how the character is feeling. Once we’ve expressed his feeling, we can list the main emotions and have them act out all of the emotions they can. Book: Scaredy-cat
Wk 4 (Oct. 13) -. Conflict and Resolution
This week we will introduce what conflict and resolution are to the little ones. We will have them recognize the conflict and resolution while we’re reading our book. After our book we will give them a small conflict and have them try to solve it with our supervision and teaching them and guiding them along the way. Then we can create a conflict and resolution for our play to be centered around.
Wk 5 (Oct. 20) - Costumes
This week will be about costumes! We can talk to the kiddos about how costumes create an illusion of you being a character. We can ask them about what their favorite characters usually wear. Then help them create a costume for their characters. We can make masks, hats, crowns and more!
Wk 6 (Oct. 27) - Cast, Director, and Rehearsal
During our last week, we will put on our “play.” We will go over what the cast, director, and rehearsal mean. After that, we will rehearse everything we learned throughout the weeks and put on our play.
