Summer 2008 Schedule
Week 9: August 25 - August 29

The cost of each class is $85. Cost for members is $76, unless otherwise noted. Materials are included. Tuition assistance is available.

Registration Information
For more information or to receive a Studio brochure with a complete list of current classes call the Armory at 626.792.5101 x 121. Or download the current schedule of classes (PDF).

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8:30 – 10 a.m.
Su8.159 Animals on Parade
Students will create animal masks and explore these animals through theater games and exercises. Wearing animal masks, they’ll go on parade and show off their characters.
Ages 3-4 / Grace Lacques

Su8.160 Mad Scientists
Students will explore the wacky side of science through silly and messy art projects. They’ll create sculptures out of candy, explode volcanoes, make papier-mâché planets and zooming paper airplanes.
Age 5-6 / Quinton Bemiller

Su8.161 Comic Book Art
Students will explore the world of superheroes and fantasy landscapes. They’ll invent characters, cities, stories and create finished comic books.
Ages 7-9 / Matt MacFarland

Su8.162 Photo: Exposure-iffic
Students will be introduced to the basic concepts of photography from sunprints and photograms to building their own pinhole cameras. They’ll learn how the photographic process and the reproduction of visual pictures have developed and changed through time.
Ages 9-11 / Janice Gomez

10:30 a.m. – noon
Su8.163 Paint with Pollock
Drip, drop and drizzle, students will use the painting techniques of Jackson Pollock to create big art. They’ll paint using fun materials like branches and fruit and explore odd colors, patterns and shapes.
Ages 3-4 / Quinton Bemiller
FULL

Su8.164 Dance & Art
Students will explore patterns of time, space and rhythm through creative movement and mixed-media art projects.
Ages 5-6 / Sandy Biery

Su8.165 Kites, Planes & Rockets
Students will learn to make sophisticated paper airplanes, kites that fly and rockets that blast as we explore the world of flight and aerodynamics.
Ages 6-8 / Naomi Buckley

Su8.166 Things that Bite
From dogs to alligators, students will explore things that bite. Using drawing, painting and mixed-media, they’ll make snapping creations. Watch out for sharp teeth.
Ages 7-9 / Jesse Benson

Su8.167 Caricature Drawing
Students will learn the basics of drawing portraits and how to exaggerate details of the human face and body for comedic effect.
Ages 9-11 / Matt MacFarland

12:30 – 2 p.m.
Su8.168 Art Magicians
Students will use an array of materials to make magic wands, wizard hats and their own magic words. Don’t miss the magical experience.
Ages 3-4 / Patricia Liverman

Su8.169 Colorific
Students will explore the world of color through a variety of projects and materials, including soft sculpture, paintings and collage.
Ages 5-6 / Amy Mauck

Su8.170 Art that Moves
Students will get in step with moving art while they make art that travels, flips, pops and spins. They’ll use various materials to keep their art moving.
Ages 6-8 / Jesse Benson

Su8.171 Ceramics
Students will learn hand-building techniques and incorporate various materials to make sculptures, creating functional and decorative art. Each class offers new experiences and projects so students can take this class more than once.
Ages 7-9 / Elonda Billera
FULL

Su8.172 Layered Landscapes
Students will investigate the genre of landscapes from a sculptural focus. They’ll learn about types of landscapes; desert, Mars, the moon and the icy Arctic. They’ll build a collage landscape including trees, waterfalls, rocks and mountains.
Ages 9-11 / Naomi Buckley

2:30 – 4 p.m.
Su8.173 Colorful Mosaics
Students will make mosaic patterns and pictures from all kinds of materials and papers. They’ll make pictures with buttons, Styrofoam, clay and more.
Ages 3-4 / Chelsea Dean
FULL

Su8.174 Ancient Architecture
Students will learn about architecture by looking at ancient and contemporary structures. They’ll build their own buildings, monuments, temples and houses.
Ages 5-6 / Nicola Vruwink

Su8.175 What’s That Crazy Thing
Cats with wings? A dog-i-gator? Students will use their wildest imaginative powers to dream up odd animals and make fun, interesting creatures while learning to juxtapose ideas and materials.
Ages 6-8 /Sandra Gallegos

Su8.176 Stop Motion Animation
Students will be introduced to basic animation concepts, using techniques of stop motion animation. They’ll animate objects, sand, clay and their own bodies to produce a stop motion video.
Ages 7-9 / Michael Markowsky

Su8.177 Poster Design
Students will explore the history, purpose and function of posters. From advertisements to propaganda to announcing concerts and shows, posters have provided valuable mass communication and a well-known form of art. Students will design and create posters in marker and acrylic paint.
Ages 9-11 / Sergio Hernandez

Registration Information
For more information or to receive a Studio brochure with a complete list of current classes call the Armory at 626.792.5101 x 121.

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PDF Forms
• Summer 2008 Schedule of Classes
• Registration Form