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Snack ‘n Track
Monday - Friday, 2 - 3:30 pm Grades K - 5 If your child is unsupervised between arrival of the buses and the beginning of classes, you must sign up your child for Snack 'n Track. What is Snack 'n Track? A program offered to ensure the safe arrival and supervision of students whose parents and guardians are unable to bring them to their art class. Students registered for S'nT either attend the Baldwin School or arrive at the Baldwin School stop via…
Find out more »Collaborative Mural Making
Grades 5-8 10 Mondays, 3:30-5:30pm September 16 - November 25, 2019 Excludes October 14, 2019 Make your mark! Students will work together to plan, design and paint three murals in the MMA side yard! If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must be enrolled in the Snack ‘n Track program.
Find out more »Woodworking Projects
Grades 1 - 2 10 Mondays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 16 - December 2, 2019 Excludes October 14, 2019 and November 11, 2019 Use a drill, a saw, and a hammer! Students will learn techniques for using hand tools as they make projects of their own design. This class is designed for new and returning students. Projects will be based on prompts; for example, how to use a drill followed by discussing something one might build with wheels or a…
Find out more »Spin & Build
Grades 3 - 5 10 Mondays, 3:30 - 5:30 September 16 - Dec 2, 2019 Excludes October 14 and November 11, 2019 Clay goes through different stages to become an ice cream bowl or a cool sculpture for your room. Learn to build abstract sculptures in clay, or center on the wheel to make useful pots. We will talk about form, function and aesthetics to make your visions come to life. You will glaze your work in beautiful colors to be…
Find out more »Kinga’s Kindergarten Circus
Kindergarten 10 Mondays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 16 - December 2, 2019 Excludes October 14 and November 11, 2019 Build a class circus train with animals and performers through 2D and 3D projects in a variety of mixed media. Storybooks and students ideas will inspire imaginative making and a circus that is real and imagined. If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must be enrolled in the…
Find out more »Handbuilding Figurative Sculptures and Vessels
Adult / Teen 10 Mondays, 6:30 - 9 pm September 16 - December 2, 2019 Excludes October 14 and November 11, 2019 An Introduction to Sculptural Ceramics! In this class you'll have fun while learning various handbuilding techniques to create figurative sculptures or functional peices of people and animals. We will study some anatomy and proportions and how positioning, gesture and emotion can be conveyed with coils, slabs and solid clay. Bring a sketchbook and something to draw with. Please note…
Find out more »Spin Control: Ceramics
Adult / Teen Tuesday, 6 - 8:30 pm September 17 - November 19, 2019 For beginner to intermediate students Relax with your hands in the mud, test your strength as you move and shape the clay. This class covers all the fundamentals of learning to use a potters wheel, and will introduce a variety of techniques for making ceramic art. Our studio is intimate enough to allow us to address each potter’s needs at their own level as we move to more sophisticated…
Find out more »Multi Media with Models
Mondays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm September 16 - October 21st, 2019 Excludes October 14, 2019 Join artist and MMA staff member Ian Prishwalko for 5 weeks as Ian introduces you to working from a live model, and new materials each week. From simple drawing tools to watercolor and paint, work through timed poses starting with short warm-ups and extending into longer poses as the class progresses. Fees include all materials, and a live model for each class. Please note that…
Find out more »Pottery Prints
Grades 6 - 8 10 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 17 - November 19, 2019 Create functional or sculptural pieces with unique patterns and designs using linocut to add imagery and texture. Hand-glaze your work and experience the surprises when the kiln is unloaded.
Find out more »Paint & Print
Grade 3-5 10 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 17 - November 19, 2019 This class will mix traditional painting and printmaking practices enabling students to create their own mixed media pieces. Students will practice color theory, creating print editions and more! If your 4/5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must be enrolled the Snack ‘n Track program, or have an unsupervised arrival form.
Find out more »Building Blocks of Woodshop
Grade K 10 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 17 - November 19, 2019 Projects will be based on prompts; for example, how to use a drill followed by discussing something one might build with wheels or a lesson looking at a variety of wooden shapes and a thinking about how they could be used to make a wooden animal. If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must…
Find out more »Exploring Painting & Sculpture
Grades 1 – 2 10 Tuesdays, 3:30 – 5:30 pm September 17 – November 19, 2019 How many colors can you paint with? Mixing colors and materials in this program students will learn the foundation of 2d painting as well as 3d sculptures! If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must be enrolled in the Snack ‘n Track program.
Find out more »Faux Animal Sculptures
Grades 3 - 5 10 Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 18 - December 4, 2019 Excludes October 9 & November 27, 2019 Let your imagination run wild to create whimiscal animals in this fiber arts based class. Artists will design a 3-D wall hanging piece. If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must be enrolled in the Snack ‘n Track program.
Find out more »Life Size Building
Grades 1 - 2 10 Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 18 - December 4, 2019 Excludes October 9 & November 27, 2019 How big can you build? This program is supported by the Boston Society of Architects. Students will use mixed media materials; using paper mache, recycled materials and more to build their own sculptural objects with a focus on skyscrapers, dream homes and urban landscape. The class will be challenged to create in new ways while working independently…
Find out more »Little Fingers Shaping Clay
Kindergarten 10 Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 18 - December 4, 2019 Excludes October 9 & November 27, 2019 How many shapes can you make? The sensory pleasure of clay is unsurpassed, particularly for little fingers just starting to explore the world. Because clay can be shaped into anything, it simultaneously stimulates the imagination, and builds fine motor coordination. If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must…
Find out more »Color Intensive: Draw/Paint
Grade 5-8 10 Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 18 - December 4, 2019 Excludes October 9 & November 27, 2019 Expressive imagination and close observation come into play through exploring a wide variety of media in works on paper. People, animals, and objects in nature, dreams, fantasies and abstract lines and forms will be suggested as stimulating and challenging subjects. If your 5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they…
Find out more »Centrifugal Force: Ceramics
Adult / Teen 10 Wednesdays, 6 - 8:30 pm September 18 – December 4, 2019 Excludes October 9 & November 27, 2019 For intermediate to advanced students. Establish your voice and style. This class will offer participants personalized instruction to develop their skills creating artwork in clay. We will provide inspiration, information and encouragement for our artists to establish a voice and style for their ceramic work. Experienced students will benefit from advanced demonstrations.
Find out more »Develop Your Sketchbook
Adult/Teen 5 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm September 18 - October 23, 2019 Excludes October 9, 2019 This 5 week class will focus on exploring variety of materials from micron pens, markers, watercolor, acrylic paints and collage. Each week will focus on a different exercise that will allow students to enjoy the process of art making while working with color, line, shapes and found images. Students are encouraged to work in their sketchbooks to create vibrant, “messy” and experimental spreads without…
Find out more »Start with Art
Preschool & Toddler 5 Thursdays, 10 - 11:30 am September 19 - October 10, 2019 Play, Discover, Create Each week children and their caregivers will find a variety of age appropriate materials and techniques to explore. Children can move at their own pace between stations of process art activities. We will dive into using fine and gross motor skills, as well as sensory experiences.Projects will include a mix of messy and/or large projects with those more easily repeated at home.…
Find out more »Fashion Design: Illustration, Textiles & More!
Grades 3 - 5 10 Thursday, 3:30 – 5:30 pm September 19 – November 21, 2019 Become a Fashion Designer! Enter the world of Fashion by creating and illustrating your own designs. Discover various techniques of illustrating your fashions using pencils, markers, and collage; design your own fabric patterns, shoes, accessories and create fun environments for your models. Students will also learn the basics of hand sewing. If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes…
Find out more »The Natural World
Kindergarten 10 Thursdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 19 - November 21, 2019 Draw, print, sculpt, paint, and build the natural world around us! Students will take a closer look at our local Massachusetts landscape by creating 3D/2D pieces of art. If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must be enrolled in the Snack ‘n Track program.
Find out more »Exploring Impressionism
Grades 1 - 2 10 Thursdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 19 - November 21, 2019 Explore the play of light and movement through the life and works of 19th Century artists: Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne. Students will use Claude Monet’s light brush-strokes, create their own dot landscapes like Georges Serault and make cubist self-portraits like Pablo Picasso. We will make Monet-style giant cut-outs and hang them in the studio. If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off…
Find out more »BIG Press & Print Projects
Kindergarten 10 Fridays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 19 - November 21, 2019 Students will experiment with LARGE scale printmaking. From simple stamping techniques to more complex multi-step processes, students will find what it means to create with light, transferring and reproducible art work. If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must be enrolled in the Snack ‘n Track program.
Find out more »Contact Earth Series
Adult / Teen 10 Thursdays, 6 - 8:30 pm September 19 - November 21, 2019 Shape a lump of clay to an elegant form using the wheel, or construct your artwork using hand-building processes such as coils, slabs, pinching. Learn a variety of basics, where you take it from there is up to your artistic vision.
Find out more »Environmental Painting
Grade 5-8 10 Fridays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 20- November 22, 2019 Students will create paintings inspired by the environment and ecosystems that surround them everyday. In this course, artists will create still life paintings, plein air paintings of the nature and incorporate natural materials. If your 5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must be enrolled the Snack ‘n Track program, or have an unsupervised arrival form.
Find out more »Clay Critters
Grades 1 - 2 10 Fridays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 20 - November 22, 2019 Use clay to mold, shape and create! This class will hone in on fine motor skills to sculpt animals and creatures! Decorate your work with marks and patterns, then glaze your pieces to make then bright and colorful! If your K-5th grade child is not being dropped off to art classes by a parent or guardian, they must be enrolled in the Snack ‘n…
Find out more »Relief Printmaking: Creative Woodcut
Adult / Teen 5 Fridays, Bi-weekly, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Dates: 9/20,10/4, 10/18,11/1, 11/15 Interweave processes! Experiment with layered images as they emerge from your carved block. Color, composition and texture will all be considered as you explore all the ways relief printmaking can challenge your process. Combine many blocks or work reductively from one; rotate blocks and utilize stencils to hide and reveal layers in your work. The fall schedule for this class is comprised of five double sessions,…
Find out more »SaturCLAY
Grade K - 1 5 Saturdays, 10 - 11:30 am October 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th and November 2nd Use clay to mold, shape and create! This class will hone in on fine motor skills to sculpt animal and creatures. Decorate you work with marks and patterns, then glaze your pieces to make them bright and colorful!
Find out more »Cyanotypes with Susan Murie
Adult/Teen Saturday, October 5, 2019 (rain date October 6) 10 - 2pm | Printmaking Studio Learn the Cyanotype basics with seasoned printmaker, Susan Murie. Susan will demonstrate how to prepare your paper and make and process prints. And offer tips and tools of the trade for the best results! Price includes all materials to make a few of prints in the workshop and you will go home with additional coated paper to expose, a hake brush, a sheet of 11″x14″…
Find out more »Pressworks
Adult / Teen 5 Tuesdays, 6 - 8 pm October 15 – November 12, 2019 Tailored to you! This course will introduce a number of low-tech and fun printmaking methods. Through in-class demonstrations and personalized instruction, students will have the opportunity to experiment with these different printmaking methods while exploring their own imagery. Students are strongly encouraged experimenting with color, layering, and combining multiple techniques.
Find out more »Color Impression: Printmaking
Adult / Teen 5 Wednesdays, 10am - 12:30pm October 16 – November 13, 2019 Jump into this five week class and experiment with mixing colors and layered shapes with award winning artist, Cicely Carew. Processes will be demonstrated including multiple plate printing with color overlays.
Find out more »Silkscreen Shop
Adult/Teen 5 Saturdays, 10am - 12 pm October 19 - November 16, 2019 In this 5-week class students will have the opportunity to create 2 to 3 screens using the photo emulsion process and utilize the screens in making paintings. Students will be encouraged to work on paper and wood panels using Speedball Acrylic inks. This versatile printmaking process allows for creating variety of images that can be easily combined with painting. Bring ideas and see how they can be…
Find out more »Foundation of Printmaking
Adult / Teen 5 Mondays, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm October 21 – November 25, 2019 In this excitingly experimental and in-depth printmaking class, we will explore various printing processes and techniques. This includes but not limited to Intaglio, relief, monotype and pronto plate. In addition to plate making, we will play with layering, multi-plate, and collaging techniques such as chine collé. By the end of this class, students will gain a deeper understanding of printmaking and all of its wonderful…
Find out more »Watercolor & Collage with Molly
Adult/Teen Thursday, November 14th 6 - 8:30 pm | 2D Studio Experiment with a variety of water color techniques by creating hand painted paper that you will later use to create a collage. Create one large scale, or a series of small scale collages. Even turn them into one of a kind greeting cards.
Find out more »Paint it Large – Keep it Fresh!
Rescheduled November 16th 10am-3pm A one-day workshop that gives your painting a push! With a photo (enlarged), that you will bring along as a reference, this one-day workshop is the place to take some chances and break through fears about your painting process. Artist/instructor Emily Passman will walk you through guided exercises pushing you to find fresh ways of seeing, using your tools, choosing color and creating composition. You will leave at the end of the day with a large…
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