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Make & Sew Hand-Printed Fabrics
Grade 3-5 8 Thursdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 27 - June 15, 2017 Design patterns and projects of your own creation! Explore textile dyeing techniques from around the world such as resists, stamps and bound methods for creating forms and patterns on cloth and then use your own cloths, and incorporate fabrics made by other artisans if you choose, to hand sew a bag or a pillow or another project of your own design. Snack 'n Track is available for students who…
Find out more »Woodcut & Monotype: Finding a Balance
Adult / Teen 8 Fridays, 10 am – 12:30 pm April 28 – June 16, 2017 Interweave two processes! Enjoy the excitement of seeing your layered images emerge from your carved woodcut and monotype. Color, composition and texture will all be considered. Emphasis will be on woodcut while simultaneously exploring the many processes possible with all forms of relief, monotype, and monoprint and collage. The spring schedule for this class will be as follows: April 28 single class May 5 double class…
Find out more »Papermaking & Handmade Books
Grade 1-5 8 Fridays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 28 - June 16, 2017 Artwork from scratch! Create paper using recycled paper, plant fibers and whole flowers, leave some blank for your own writing and illustrations and explore paper printing techniques for end papers and book covers. Then, incorporate the papers you've made into books you'll make, of various shapes and sizes, formed to reveal your ideas of what a book can be. Age groups work together in this fun friday afternoon…
Find out more »Explore 3D Building
Grade K 8 Fridays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 28 - June 16, 2017 Art in all directions! Build simple to increasingly more complicated 3-dimensional forms using limited supplies and a lot of problem solving. The curriculum with explore different techniques and processes to help bring the student's vision to life. The class will be challenged to create in new ways while working independently and cooperatively. This course is for the student who desires to expand their creativity and try something new. Snack…
Find out more »Drawing: From Observation to Metaphor
April 29 - 30, 2017 10 am to 4 pm Adult / Teen Workshop This is a chance to work with legendary drawing teacher Bill Flynn. He describes the workshop below: “This workshop will stress finding your way of transforming the literal world into a poetic visual experience. Our goal will be developing a personal perspective toward your own art process. Throughout our time we will move from observation to discovery and transformation. We will explore the language of marks, shapes…
Find out more »All for Clay / Clay for All: Adult + Child
8 Saturdays, 11 am - 1 pm April 29 - June 17, 2017 All ages and skill levels can work side by side. No matter how young or old you can be successful in clay. Employing a variety of handbuilding and wheelthrowing techniques we will have fun making functional and sculptural pieces. We will glaze and fire our work to take home and enjoy! This is a chance for all ages to work together, learn from each other, and inspire each other. Note: Registration…
Find out more »All for Clay / Clay for All: Grades 3-5
8 Saturdays, 11 am - 1 pm April 29 - June 17, 2017 All ages and skill levels can work side by side. No matter how young or old you can be successful in clay. Employing a variety of handbuilding and wheelthrowing techniques we will have fun making functional and sculptural pieces. We will glaze and fire our work to take home and enjoy! This is a chance for all ages to work together, learn from each other, and inspire each other
Find out more »All for Clay / Clay for All: Adult
8 Saturdays, 11 am - 1 pm April 29 - June 17, 2017 All ages and skill levels can work side by side. No matter how young or old you can be successful in clay. Employing a variety of hand-building and wheel throwing techniques we will have fun making functional and sculptural pieces. We will glaze and fire our work to take home and enjoy! This is a chance for all ages to work together, learn from each other, and inspire each other.
Find out more »All for Clay / Clay for All: Grades 6-8
8 Saturdays, 11 am - 1 pm April 29 - June 17, 2017 All ages and skill levels can work side by side. No matter how young or old you can be successful in clay. Employing a variety of handbuilding and wheelthrowing techniques we will have fun making functional and sculptural pieces. We will glaze and fire our work to take home and enjoy! This is a chance for all ages to work together, learn from each other, and inspire each other.
Find out more »Acrylic Mixed Media Hands-On Demo
Sunday, April 30th, 2017 10:30 am - 12:30 pm $10 per person Join local artist Adria Arch to experiment with a wide range of painting techniques using Golden Acrylic paints and mediums, including watercolor-like approaches, collage, stencils and lots more. Beginners and experienced artists are encouraged to join. Attendees will receive a sample pack of Golden Acrylic products. In collaboration with ArtWeek Boston, affordable fun for anyone with a creative sense of adventure, featuring unique and unexpected experiences that are participatory, interactive, or…
Find out more »Sketching & Painting Cambridge
May 20 - 21, 2017 10 am to 4 pm Adult / Teen Workshop Experience the intensity of looking anew at your familiar surroundings. Actually looking while drawing and painting is a profoundly different experience that just passing through. Alexandra will guide you in your explorations with pen and pencil, paper and paint. An exhibition will follow in August 2017 in the Chandler Gallery and the Foyer Gallery.
Find out more »Making a Mandala
Saturday, June 10, 2017 1 - 3:30 pm Free, all ages welcome Create surprising and fun works by designing and assembling fabrics to form a mandala. Explore ideas, imagery, color, symbols and materials in a celebratory mandala that draws inspiration from your own experiences of your community and the world around you. Make your own mandala and contribute to a large collaborative mandala for all to enjoy. Join us for this multi-age workshop during our Backyard Block Party for the whole community.…
Find out more »Summer Creative Arts Workshops
Rising Grade 6 - 9 Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:45 pm | Week 1 July 9 - 13th Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth entering grades 6 through 9. Programs begin the week of July 9th and run through the August 17th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, photography, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture, depending on the week.…
Find out more »Week 1: Paint with Fabric, Ceramics
Rising Grades 6 – 9 July 10 – 14, 2017 1:30 – 5:45 pm Paint with Fabric: Color, Form, Pattern Working with a collection of artist designed cloth and using glue as the primary means of assemblage, your pieces will take diverse forms such as a mandala wall cloth, wearable art, a large serving tray or a string of flags. We will incorporate acrylic paint and stitched elements layering color, pattern, and representational images if you choose, focusing on a…
Find out more »Week 2: Screenprinting, Ceramics
Rising Grades 6 - 9 July 17 – July 21, 2017 1:30 - 5:45 pm Screenprinting: Colorful Multiples Discover wild colors and combinations to create colorful prints on a variety of surfaces. Learn the art of screenprinting and more, everything from hand-cut stencils to painted, drawn, and photo images. One of the most colorful of processes can be applied in crazy layers on almost any surface. Ceramics Learn or progress the satisfying skill of throwing pots on a potter’s wheel while you…
Find out more »Week 3: Relief Printmaking, Ceramics
Rising Grades 6 – 9 July 24 – 28, 2017 1:30 – 5:45 pm Relief Printmaking: Illustrate, Carve, Collage Translate illustrations and drawings into prints through the process of relief printmaking. Explore how work is laid out on the block or place, carved, and printed on our printing press or by hand. Experience the beauty of turning initial drawings into multiple different prints and paper collages of work in both 2D works on paper and 3D forms. Ceramics Explore the…
Find out more »Week 4: Drawing, Painting, Ceramics
Rising Grades 6 – 9 July 31 - August 4, 2017 1:30 – 5:45 pm Drawing, Painting: Line, Shape, Composition Challenge your skills in drawing and painting through the powerful use of color, pattern, shapes and placements. Using paper and paint we will emulate some of Matisse’s vibrant cutout work and design our own worlds from the paper to the walls of the studio to then make collage murals and collaborative installations. Ceramics Explore the satisfying skill of throwing on a potter’s wheel…
Find out more »Ceramics Summer Series
Adult / Teen 6 Mondays, 6 - 8:30 pm July 31 - September 11, 2017 Excludes September 4, 2017 The summer is what you make it. Students can focus on throwing on the wheel as well as hand-building construction processes such as coils, slabs, and pinching. This class will offer participants personalized instruction to develop their skills creating artwork in clay. Artists will benefit from building and throwing demonstrations as well as instruction on decorative and finishing techniques using various glazing combinations.…
Find out more »Ceramics Summer Series
Adult / Teen 6 Wednesdays, 6 - 8:30 pm August 2 - September 6, 2017 The summer is what you make it. Students can focus on throwing on the wheel as well as hand-building construction processes such as coils, slabs, and pinching. This class will offer participants personalized instruction to develop their skills creating artwork in clay. Artists will benefit from building and throwing demonstrations as well as instruction on decorative and finishing techniques using various glazing combinations. We will provide inspiration, information,…
Find out more »Week 5: Book Arts, Ceramics
Rising Grades 6 – 9 August 7 - 11, 2017 1:30 – 5:45 pm Book Arts Expand your ideas about what a book can be. Create colorful, dynamic book forms that communicate your story in unique and engaging ways. Using non-traditional printmaking processes, origami type folds, unusual hinges, and altered book techniques, participants will build a stunning library of distinctive, creative expression. Ceramics Explore the satisfying skill of throwing on a potter’s wheel while you relax with your hands in clay. Move…
Find out more »Week 6: Soft Sculpture, Ceramics
Rising Grades 6 – 9 August 14 - 18, 2017 1:30 – 5:45 pm Soft Sculptures: Textured Objects Explore a wide variety of media and their many applications to sculpture. Use processes like handwork, embroidery, sewing, fabrics, paint, paper collage with found objects like marbles and buttons to feed the imagination and create morphic objects that walk the line of representational and abstract. Ceramics Explore the satisfying skill of throwing on a potter’s wheel while you relax with your hands in clay.…
Find out more »Spirit Awards 2017
Save the Date! Sunday, September 24th, 6:30 - 9:30 pm Join us for a celebration of the arts in our community. Please visit the Spirit Awards page for more information.
Find out more »2017 Past Spirit Awards
Making Art, Creating Community: Spirit Awards honors Jason Weeks The 2017 Spirit Awards honored Jason Weeks, a leader in arts advocacy and creative partnerships. Mr. Weeks was integral in providing City and Cambridge Arts Council support for Maud Morgan Arts from its initial planning stage. As a vocal community arts advocate, he has been a dedicated spokesperson for Maud Morgan Arts’ outreach programs. The Spirit Award recognizes and honors Mr. Weeks for his enthusiastic leadership and immense contributions to the…
Find out more »Start with Art
Preschool & Toddler 10 Tuesdays, 10:30 - 12:00 pm October 3 - December 5, 2017 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. As…
Find out more »HONK! Parade Mask Workshop
Sunday, October 8, 2017 11 am - 1 pm $5 per person all ages welcome Join us to make a silly mask or hat with our art instructors, eat some pizza, and then join the HONK! Parade as it passes down Mass Ave and marches into Harvard Square! No registration needed, so come on a whim, with your family and friends!
Find out more »Painting Light: A Watercolor Workshop
November 4 - 5, 2017 10 am to 4 pm Adult / Teen Workshop Explore strategies for painting with watercolor. Focus on a variety of working methods and increase your understanding of how transparent washes can be layered both to create a full range of light and dark and to adjust colors as you works. We will also stay open to the playful, quick and spontaneous potentials of the medium. Students will paint primarily from observation and will work directly from a…
Find out more »Introduction to Mosaics
December 2 -3, 2017 10 am to 4 pm Adult / Teen Workshop Design and fabricate a 8” X 8” mosaic using handmade Mexican tiles, called smalti, with unusual variations of color and texture. We will learn how to cut tiles into a variety of shapes and arrange them to best emphasize the lines and shapes in your design. You will go home with all the information that you need to continue making mosaics on your own. Students should bring photos,…
Find out more »Bare Essentials: Life Drawing
Mondays, 6:15 - 8:45 pm Weekly, Year-round Excludes July, August and Monday holidays Weekly drop-in drawing session Hone your figure drawing skills in this open session with a live model. Participating artists choose the poses by consensus. Because life drawing sessions include a nude model, participants must be 18 or over or bring a consent letter signed by a parent/guardian. Artist may drop-in and pay cash or purchase ticket blocks online.
Find out more »Exploring Mixed Media
Adult 5 Wednesdays, 10 am - 12 pm January 10 – February 7, 2018 Elements of drawing, painting and collage are introduced in guided exercises. Consider new combinations of figurative or abstract images using visualization, imagination and your own intuition to unlock your inventive thinking. Experiment with combinations of techniques that can be used to create works of art that appear complex, yet easy to produce. All levels of experience welcome. Studio Sampler Series offers five-week classes that introduce topics in studio art. Studio practices will vary by season, and…
Find out more »Develop Your Sketchbook: Painting, Drawing, Collage
Adult 5 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm January 10 – February 7, 2018 This five 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 the pressure of creating a “finished…
Find out more »Monotype with Model
January 27 - 28, 2017 10 am to 4 pm Adult Workshop Come explore printmaking as a drawing medium. With a nude model as the observational focus, work directly and spontaneously on printing plates with an "all in one" approach and simple monotype techniques that seamlessly integrate printmaking and drawing. This will be an intensive, fun workshop in a supportive and encouraging environment. Be prepared for challenges, and surprises. No experience in printmaking, figurative work, or drawing is necessary.
Find out more »High School Ceramics Intensive
Grade 9-12 Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 12 pm February 20 - 23, 2018 Spend your vacation week focused on throwing on the wheel as well as hand-building construction processes such as coils, slabs, and pinching.
Find out more »Art in the Making: Materials Lab
Grade 3-5 Tuesday - Friday 1 - 5:30 pm, with snack break February 20 - 23, 2018 With a focus on art as a making process, explore the act that drives creativity and design. Students will spend each day working with clay and a variety of other materials that challenge our understanding of making that might include wood, found objects, fabric, paper mache, and more.
Find out more »Designing for the Arts: Architectural Workshop
Grade 6-8 Tuesday - Friday 1 - 5:30 pm, with snack break February 20 - 23, 2018 Learn about architectural concepts through material prototyping, scaled drawings and models, as well as real world applications of projects within the built environment. Students will explore clay and a variety of materials in this hands-on program each day. This program is supported in part by a grant from the BSA Foundation.
Find out more »Living With Water: Envisioning Solutions with LEGO Bricks
Friday, Feb 23, 2018 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Free, RSVP, registration opens Feb 13th Max 30 participants Join architects from BSA Space to envision the future of Cambridge with LEGO bricks. Learn how the Envision Cambridge planning team is considering sustainability, transportation, housing, parks and open space. Can residents and designers think of ways to live happily with water as it increases each year? Participants will learn about the challenges being faced, see ideas generated by architects in the Living with…
Find out more »All for Clay / Clay for All: Grades 6-8
9 Saturdays, 11:30 am - 1:30pm April 7- June 16, 2018 Excludes April 21, 2018 All ages and skill levels can work side by side. No matter how young or old you can be successful in clay. Employing a variety of hand building and wheel throwing techniques we will have fun making functional and sculptural pieces. We will glaze and fire our work to take home and enjoy! This is a chance for all ages to work together, learn from each other,…
Find out more »Start with Art
Preschool & Toddler 9 Tuesdays, 10:30 - 12:00 pm April 10 - June 12, 2018 Excludes April 17, 2018 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…
Find out more »Start with Art
Preschool & Toddler 9 Thursdays, 10:30 - 12:00 pm April 12 - June 14, 2018 Excludes April 19, 2018 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…
Find out more »Designing for the Art: Architectural Workshop
Grade 6-8 Tuesday - Friday 1:00 - 5:30 pm April 17-20, 2018 Designing for the Arts: Architectural Workshop. Inspired by the Japanese architect, Shigeru Ban, we will be exploring his experience with using innovative building materials to design very small buildings which are temporary, recyclable and buildable without previous skills and sometimes in emergency situations. We will look at many photos and drawings of his work, as Ban has pioneered the approval of paper based building materials and also uses…
Find out more »Mobile Making Workshop
Friday April 20th, 2018 10:30-12:30pm RSVP Required - See Registration for Details Maud Morgan Art hosts artist and art teacher Paul Hackett in our Mobile Making Workshop! Our students will add their own unique twists by coloring, drawing and decorating paper then turning their masterpieces into moving pieces of art! Partnered with Cambridge Science Festival. Event is free, please RSVP by registering. Note if parents are registering their children, parents must be present throughout the workshop.
Find out more »Portrait Painting Workshop
Adult / Teen Saturday, April 21st, 2018 10am-3pm | 2D Studio With Instructor Mia Cross Develop new ways of creating portraits! We will explore a variety of portrait painting techniques creating layers of luminous color. Using palette knives, acrylic and oil paint. Class will also feature a live model to work from.
Find out more »Indigo Dye Workshop
Adult / Teen Saturday, May 5th, 2018 10am-2pm | 2D Studio Come explore shape-resist techniques and the amazing effects of indigo fiber dye. Workshop participants will have cotton cloth and yarn provided, to stitch, fold, twist, wrap and clamp to form a barrier to the dye in an indigo vat. Watch with excitement as the dyed fibers are unfolded and the patterns are revealed. The cloth can be made into simple handstitched items before they are bound and dyed.
Find out more »Macrame Workshop
Adult / Teen Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 6:30-8:30pm | 2D Studio Join MMA as we host macrame artist, Brianna Conlan from Fiber&Ink in this 2hr introduction to Macrame!
Find out more »Painting Workshop with Jo Ann Rothschild
Adult / Teen Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 10am-3pm | 2D Studio Spend a Saturday painting with with Jo Ann Rothschild in the MMA 2D studio. The focus of the class will be geared towards Jo Ann providing guidance and observations while students paint. The class will also hold discussions about the student's work. Artists will be emailed a materials list before class (acrylic paint included). Artists are allowed to bring in materials from home, note no oil paint, or toxic chemicals…
Find out more »Summer Creative Arts Workshops | Week 1
Rising Grade 6 - 9 Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:45 pm Week 1, July 9 - 13 Ceramics & Book Making Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth entering grades 6 through 9. Programs begin the week of July 9th and run through the August 17th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture, depending on…
Find out more »Summer Creative Arts Workshops | Week 2
Rising Grades 6 - 9 Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:45 pm Week 2 , July 16 - 20 Ceramic & Fabric Manipulation Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth entering grades 6 through 9. Programs begin the week of July 9th and run through the August 17th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, photography, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture,…
Find out more »Summer Creative Arts Workshops | Week 3
Rising Grade 6 - 9 Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:45 pm Week 3, July 23 - 27 Ceramics & Mixed Media Printmaking Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth entering grades 6 through 9. Programs begin the week of July 9th and run through the August 17th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, photography, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture,…
Find out more »Summer Series: Spin Control
Adult / Teen 7 Mondays, 6 - 8:30 pm July 23 - September 10, 2018 Exclude September 3, 2018 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…
Find out more »Summer Series: Centrifugal Force
Adult / Teen 7 Wednesdays, 6 - 8:30 pm July 25 - September 5, 2018 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 »Summer Creative Arts Workshops | Week 4
Rising Grades 6 - 9 Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:45 pm Week 4, July 30 - August 3 Ceramics & Painting Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth entering grades 6 through 9. Programs begin the week of July 9th and run through the August 17th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture, depending on…
Find out more »Summer Creative Arts Workshops | Week 5
Rising Grades 6 - 9 Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:45 pm Week 5, August 6 - 10 Ceramics & Silkscreen Printing Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth entering grades 6 through 9. Programs begin the week of July 9th and run through the August 17th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture, depending on…
Find out more »Summer Creative Arts Workshops | Week 6
Rising Grades 6 - 9 Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:45 pm Week 6, August 13 - 17 Ceramics & Screenprinting Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth entering grades 6 through 9. Programs begin the week of July 9th and run through the August 17th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture, depending on the…
Find out more »Spin Control: Ceramics
Adult / Teen Mondays, 6 - 8:30 pm October 1 - December 17, 2018 Excludes October 8 & November 12 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…
Find out more »Art of Printmaking
Adult / Teen 10 Tuesdays, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm October 2 – December 4, 2018 Tailored to you! Raising your personal concepts and technical skills to new levels is the focus of this tutorial style class. Attention to individual needs and desires makes it a very specific, tailored experience. Exploration of a variety of processes, including relief monoprint, in experimental and exciting ways will push your work and get you thinking “out of the rectangle.” We will use Akua inks…
Find out more »Wheelworks: Another Spin
Grades 6 - 8 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm October 2 - December 4, 2018 Work on a potter's wheel. Learn to advance the skills of throwing pots on a potter’s wheel, from salt cellars to floor vases, and everything in between, from functional to sculptural. Hand-glaze your work and experience the surprises when the kiln is unloaded.
Find out more »Handbuilding & Wheelthrowing
Adult / Teen 10 Tuesdays, 6 - 8:30 pm October 2 - December 4, 2018 An Introduction to Ceramics! This class introduce a variety of techniques for making ceramic art. Learn a wide range of techniques for building with slabs, coils and molds, as well as the fundamentals of throwing on the potters wheel. Then experimental to find the perfect glaze for your work!
Find out more »Centrifugal Force
Adult / Teen 10 Wednesdays October 3 - December 12, 2018 Excludes November 21, 2018 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 October 3 - November 7, 2018 * class is not meeting on October 17 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”…
Find out more »Start with Art
Preschool & Toddler 10 Thursdays, 10:30 - 12:00 pm October 4 - December 13, 2018 Excludes November 22, 2018 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…
Find out more »Relief Printmaking
Adult / Teen 5 Fridays, Bi-weekly, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Dates: 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, 11/30 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…
Find out more »Building Blocks of Architecture
Grades 6 -8 10 Fridays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm October 5 - December 14, 2018 Excludes November 23, 2018 Explore how architects, designers and artists approach the creative process! Exploring spaces through storytelling, model making and drawing. Students will craft objects and spaces, and learn the language of architectural drawing to convey big ideas to each other. Through a series of small exercises we will consider scale, material, spacial needs, and the natural environment before realizing a culminating project.
Find out more »Sampler Series: Contact Earth
Adult / Teen 5 Thursdays, 6 - 8:30 pm October 11th - November 8, 2018 How will you shape your clay? 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. This class will cover a variety of basics, where you take it from there is up to your artistic vision. Studio Sampler Series offers five-week classes that introduce topics in studio art. Designed to inspire without a huge commitment,…
Find out more »Drawing with Thread
Drawing with Thread Workshop Joetta Maue October 20th & 21st | 10am-3pm This workshop explores embroidery as drawing and mark making with a specific focus on how to translate drawing into a stitched work. Through direct drawing, transfer and projection students will build technical skills and conceptual idea development. Traditional drawing techniques such as contour, gesture and hatching are addressed and considered in terms of application with embroidery. Students will learn embroidery techniques, including various stitches, appliqué techniques, and staining of…
Find out more »Monotype with Model
November 10 & 11, 2018 10 am to 4 pm Adult / Teen Workshop Come explore printmaking as a drawing medium. With a nude model as the observational focus, work directly and spontaneously on printing plates with an "all in one" approach and simple monotype techniques that seamlessly integrate printmaking and drawing. This will be an intensive, fun workshop in a supportive and encouraging environment. Be prepared for challenges, and surprises. No experience in printmaking, figurative work, or drawing is necessary.
Find out more »Wheelworks: Another Spin
Grades 6 - 8 10 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm January 8 - March 19, 2019 Excludes February 19, 2019 Work on a potter's wheel. Learn to advance the skills of throwing pots on a potter’s wheel, from salt cellars to floor vases, and everything in between, from functional to sculptural. Hand-glaze your work and experience the surprises when the kiln is unloaded.
Find out more »Sampler Series: Develop Your Sketchbook
Adult/Teen 5 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm January 9 - February 6, 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 the pressure of creating…
Find out more »Exploring Sustainable Architecture & Design Workshop
Grade 5 -8 Tuesday - Friday 1:30 - 5:30 pm February 19 - 22, 2019 Explore how architects, designers and artists approach the creative process! In this 4-day architecture intensive, students in grades 5 - 8 will cover the basic principles of Sustainable Architecture and Design. Artists will have the chance to work both on team oriented projects; as well as individually design and build projects based on the principles of STEAM. Note that dates cannot be prorated or refunded…
Find out more »Woodworking Intensive
Grades 3 - 5 Tuesday – Friday 1:30 – 5:30 pm February 19 – 22, 2019 Use a drill, a saw, and a hammer! Join us for 4 days of woodworking with Instructor Angela Kimberk. Students will be introduced to handling woodworking tools and techniques. Woodworkers will have the opportunity during this intensive to work continuously on large scale projects through out the week. This class is designed for new and returning students. Please bring a nut-free snack for your child during…
Find out more »Build Your Own Monument
Join us for a creative Friday morning for our "Build Your Own Monument" workshop, led by Ian Prishwalko. MMA is enable to offer this program free of cost to our families, thank you to the grant provided by the Boston Society of Architects. Please make sure to register as we only have 20 spots available (please sign yourself up on the waitlist if spots are full)! Note that all participants under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult. If…
Find out more »Create Your Own Slime
Create Your Own Slime K-8/Family Saturday, February 23rd 10am-11:30pm | 3D Studio Create your own custom slime in this STEAM based workshop! Students will be creating slime mixtures with teacher Ian Prishwalko. Add glitter, bright colors and fun. Students will given small containers to bring their creations home. Note registration is per student participating.
Find out more »Portrait Painting With Mia Cross
Portrait Painting With Mia Cross Adult / Teen Saturday, February 23rd 10am-3pm | 2D Studio With Instructor Mia Cross Join artist Mia Cross for a Saturday of exploring painting portraits. Artists will be asked to bring in a photograph of themselves or another person. Mia will dive into helping students see and mix colors, creating portrait forms and application techniques. Our artists will be provided all the tools they need for the workshop: Stretched canvas, drawing tools, and mix of acrylic and…
Find out more »Experimenting with Watercolors: Materials, Techniques and Ideas
Adult 5 Mondays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm April 1 - May 6, 2019 Excludes April 15, 2019 This five weeks class will introduce students to different watercolor paints, papers, brushes and techniques. We will cover different ways of working with the medium such as “wet over wet”, “wet over dry” and will use unexpected materials for creating a wide variety of surprising textures. In addition, we will use masking fluid, stenciling and gouache paints (opaque watercolors) to expend on the basics.…
Find out more »Pottery & Printmaking
Grades 6 - 8 10 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 2 - June 11, 2019 Excludes April 16, 2018 Work on a potter's wheel. Learn to advance the skills of throwing pots on a potter’s wheel. Create functional or sculptural pieces with unique patterns and designs using linocut to add texture. Hand-glaze your work and experience the surprises when the kiln is unloaded.
Find out more »Develop Your Sketchbook
Adult 5 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm April 3 - May 8, 2019 Excludes April 17, 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 »Relief Printmaking: Creative Woodcut
Adult / Teen 5 Fridays, Bi-weekly, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Dates: 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, 5/24, 6/7 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…
Find out more »Sustainable + Environmental Urban Design
Sustainable + Environmental Urban Design In this 4-day architecture intensive, students will cover the basic principles of Sustainable + Environmental Urban Design. Artists will have the chance to work both in team oriented projects, as well as individually design based projects keeping in mind the principles of STEAM. Environmentally-friendly building materials. A sustainable architect typically chooses to use environmentally-friendly building materials. ... Energy and resource efficiency. ... Efficient use of space. Use of Natural Resources Note that a portion of this class will be held offsite (permission slips…
Find out more »Woodworking Intensive
Grades 3 - 5 Tuesday – Friday 1:30 – 5:30 pm April 16 – 19, 2019 Use a drill, a saw, and a hammer! Join us for 4 days of woodworking with Instructor Angela Kimberk. Students will be introduced to handling woodworking tools and techniques. Woodworkers will have the opportunity during this intensive to work continuously on large scale projects through out the week. This class is designed for new and returning students. Please bring a nut-free snack for your child during…
Find out more »Dry Ice Bubble Painting
Parents/Guardians must be present with student throughout the workshop. Friday, April 19th 10am-12pm Instructor Joe Kitsch Dry Ice Bubble Painting! This exercise teaches students simple chemical reactions (can explain molecular make up of dry ice and compare it to other gasses in the atmosphere). Taught by Boston based artist, Joe Kitsch. Chunks of dry ice are dropped into water, soap added when ready. As the soap bubbles up, drops of food coloring are added to the foam. Students can let…
Find out more »Layering Light
Saturday, May 4th 10am-3pm This one-day workshop explores the color theory behind laying transparent and opaque colors. We will use stencils, inks and water-based drawing media to explore a wide range of mark making and imagery.
Find out more »Sampler Series: Intro to Printmaking
Adult / Teen 5 Tuesdays, 6 - 8 pm May 7 – June 4, 2019 Excludes April 16, 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 learn a variety of techniques. These will include additive, reductive, and stencil monotype, drypoint, collagraph, and relief. Students will have the opportunity to experiment with these different printmaking methods while exploring their own imagery. Students are strongly encouraged experimenting…
Find out more »Gallery Series: Altered Book Making
Gallery Series: Altered Book Making Saturday, May 11th 10am-2pm This workshop will be lead by artists Lola Baltzell, Carol Blackwell, Amy Solomon and Valerie Spain. Turn an old book into a personal work of art by cutting, collaging, writing in the margins, gluing and building. We will have old books on hand for your use. Please also feel free to bring your own or other ephemera or objects that hold special meaning to you. Be inspired by the book itself,…
Find out more »Art and Design Intensive: Painting & Ceramics
Rising Grades 6 - 8th Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:30 pm Week 1, July 8th - 12th Painting & Ceramics Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth rising grades 6 through 8th. Programs begin the week of July 8th and run through the August 16th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture, depending on the week.
Find out more »Summer Spin Control: Ceramics
Adult / Teen 6 Mondays, 6 - 8:30 pm July 8 - August 12, 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…
Find out more »Summer Handbuilding & Wheel throwing
Adult / Teen 6 Tuesdays, 6 - 8:30 pm July 9 - August 13, 2019 An Introduction to Ceramics! This class introduce a variety of techniques for making ceramic art. Learn a wide range of techniques for building with slabs, coils and molds, as well as the fundamentals of throwing on the potters wheel. Then experimental to find the perfect glaze for your work! Please note this class includes 15 hours of independent studio time to be used during the class…
Find out more »Summer Centrifugal Force: Ceramics
Adult / Teen 6 Wednesdays, 6 - 8:30 pm July 10 – August 14, 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. Please note this class includes 15 hours of independent studio time to be used…
Find out more »Art and Design Intensive: Ceramics & Art in Response to Music
Rising Grades 6 - 8th Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:30 pm Week 2, July 15th - 19th Ceramics & Art in Response to Music Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth rising grades 6 through 8th. Programs begin the week of July 8th and run through the August 16th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture,…
Find out more »Art and Design Intensive: Traveling Sketchbooks & Ceramics
Rising Grades 6 - 8th Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:30 pm Week 3, July 22nd-26th Ceramics & Traveling Sketchbooks* Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth rising grades 6 through 8th. Programs begin the week of July 8th and run through the August 16th. Each student will be given their own sketch book and will travel offsite with our instructor as they visit local galleries and museums located in our very own Harvard…
Find out more »Art and Design Intensive: Silk Screening & Ceramics
Rising Grades 6 - 8th Monday - Friday 1:30 - 5:30 pm Week 5, August 5th-9th Ceramics & Printmaking Explore, Create, and Challenge Yourself Six unique weeks of creative art workshops for youth rising grades 6 through 8th. Programs begin the week of July 8th and run through the August 16th. Students will explore two subjects for two hours each day, ceramics and one of a variety of other subjects including painting, illustration, screenprinting, sculpture, depending on the week. This week…
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 »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 »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 »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 »Create Your Own Slime
K-8/Family Saturday, September 21, 2019 10 - 11 am | 3D Studio Create your own custom slime in this STEAM based workshop! Students will be creating slime mixtures with teacher Ian Prishwalko. Add glitter, bright colors and fun. Students will given small containers to bring their creations home. Note registration is per student participating.
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 »Honk Parade Workshop
HONK! Parade Family Workshop Sunday, October 13th 11:30 am – 1 pm $5 Suggested Donation upon arrival Join us to make a silly mask or hat with our art instructors, and then join the HONK! Parade as it passes down Mass Ave and marches into Harvard Square! Please RSVP on our Eventbrite link!
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