Activities for Children & Youths

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At A Glance

2020 Classes
​at a Glance:

Art’s First!
(for children 6 yrs. and younger)
Saturday, Feb. 1
9:30AM – 10:30AM
Tina Logan

Art’s First!
(for children 7-10 yrs.)
Saturday, Feb. 1
11AM-12:30PM
Tina Logan

Storytime & Eye Spy in the Gallery
(Family Fun)
Fri., February 14
11-11:30AM​
 
Introduction to Pastels
(ages 14 yrs +)
Jeneane Lunn
Sat., Feb. 22
10AM-3PM (bring a lunch/snack

The Animals Call it Home
(ages 8-12 years)
Georgia Landau
Mon – Wed: Feb. 24; 25; 26
10-11:30AM

Making Animal Sculptures
(ages 12 – 16 yrs.)
Georgia Landau
Mon – Thurs: Feb. 24; 25; 26; 27
1-2:30PM

Storytime & Eye Spy in the Gallery
(Family Fun)
Thurs., February 27
10:30-11AM​
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Pop-Up Basics & the Moving Book
Elissa Campbell
(ages 14 years +)
Sat., Feb. 29 (during Winter Break)
10AM-4PM (bring a lunch/snack)

Storytime & Eye Spy in the Gallery
(Family Fun)
Fri., March 6
11-11:30AM​

Art’s First!
(for children 6 yrs. and younger)
Saturday, Mar. 7
9:30AM – 10:30AM
Tina Logan

Art’s First!
(for children 7-10 yrs.)
Saturday, Mar. 7
11AM-12:30PM
Tina Logan 

Cartooning & Graphic Novels
(ages 14 yrs+)
Robert W. Brunelle, Jr.
Sat., April 4
9:30AM – 4:30
UPDATE: Class Postponed. Rescheduled dates TBA

Make Sculptural Clay Whistles
(ages 14 yrs – adults)
Robert W. Brunelle, Jr.
Sat., April 25
1:30-4PM​
UPDATE: Class Postponed. Rescheduled dates TBA

Drawing & Sculpting Faces
(ages 8-12 yrs.)
Georgia Landau
Wed: May 6; 13; 20; 27
3:30-5PM
UPDATE: Class Postponed. Rescheduled dates TBA

Summer Mini-Camps:
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Make a Miniature Parade!
(ages 8-12 yrs.)
Georgia Landau
July 27; 28; 29; Aug. 4; 5

Creatures on Parade!
(ages: 5-10 years)
Tina Logan
Mon-Fri, Aug. 3-7
9:30-11:30AM

CALL for YOUNG ARTISTS:

We love art! We will be assembling a slideshow of artwork made by children in our neighborhood at the SPA Facebook page on Fridays each week through April 17.

Send us a photo of artwork made by a young artist in your household. (Please limit to 2 works of art for each child, each week. Include the first name of your child, their age, and their hometown in VT). Send photographs by Wednesdays at 7PM to SPA via info@studioplacearts.com

FIND ART
(around your home)
Read, set ... create!!!!  Play "Find Art" and be a part of a virtual gallery show that will be on view in mid-May.    
For info on this fun art-making project, click on Find Art


 2020 Class Details:

Art’s First! 
(NOTE:  This session is currently full and no further enrollments will be taken; you may add your name to the waiting list.)
(for children 6 yrs. and younger)
Saturday, Feb. 1
9:30AM – 10:30AM
Tina Logan
 
Explore color, shape and line with your toddler through hands on art making activities that will awaken your senses and bring out the child in you with your little one.  These Saturday workshops will provide opportunities for color mixing, painting, printing, collage and assemblage making. All materials are non-toxic and will be provided.  No experience necessary, just a willingness to play and explore the magic of creativity and art making with your little one!
 
Free inspiration!


Art’s First!
(for children 7-10 yrs.)
Saturday, Feb. 1
11AM-12:30PM
Tina Logan
 
Create assemblages out of recycled materials and cardboard, or make mobiles and structures from wire and found objects. Mix colors to create a painting or try your hand at making mono prints. These Saturday workshops are designed for your child to come and explore different materials to make whimsical art that connect to our current and upcoming SPA exhibits. Materials will be provided. Come join us for some creative fun! No experience necessary, just curiosity and playfulness!

Free inspiration!

Tina Logan is an educator and artist who received her BFA in art education in 1987 from Syracuse University, and has been teaching ever since. She currently teaches at Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School in Essex Junction Vt. but also has 20 years of experience teaching elementary aged artists as well. Tina has served as past president and secretary for Vermont Art Teachers Association and participates on many boards and committees that promote the arts and help bring the arts into the community.  As an artist, she draws inspiration from her family, students, garden and community.


Storytime & Eye Spy in the Gallery
(Family Fun)
Fri., February 14
11-11:30AM
Bring your young children to the SPA galleries, sit on the floor on a blanket in our botanical art exhibit, and listen to a story that relates to this exhibit.  Following the story, take part in a game of “eye spy”.  It’s a fun “treasure hunt” geared for children that will motivate them to look closely at the artwork and find “hidden” things on display.  Join us for an engaging exploration of the art exhibit! 

Free Inspiration! - Walk-ins welcome


Introduction to Pastels
(ages 14 yrs +)
Jeneane Lunn
Sat., Feb. 22
10AM-3PM (bring a lunch/snack

Learn the basics about creating with pastels or get better acquainted with your pastels in this workshop.  Enjoy a pastel demonstration in the morning and in the afternoon, with time to work on pastel works of your own.  Jeneane will demonstrate different pastel techniques that will allow you to explore abstract and figurative pastel works.  Students will learn about the tools and advance their creative process through seeing things differently and developing expression and style.  Contact SPA for suggested materials.  (SPA has some start-up materials if you prefer to test pastels before you purchase your own.)

Youths 14-17 yrs:  $35
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Jeneane Lunn attended the Art Students League of New York. She has been an artist and teacher in Vermont for the last twenty five years. She has participated in many national and local art exhibitions including the Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, NYC, Salmagundi Club, NYC, Pen and Brush Club, NYC, St. John the Divine Cathedral, NYC, Shelburne Farms Exhibition, Shelburne, Vermont, and Frog Hollow Vermont State Art Center to name a few. She has created posters for Vermont Symphony and T-shirts for Farm-aid, a national organization to help farmers started by Willie Nelson.
Her work can be seen at: http://sites.google.com/site/jeneanelunn/paintings


The Animals Call it Home
(ages 8-12 years)
Georgia Landau
Mon – Wed: Feb. 24; 25; 26
10-11:30AM

In this hand building clay class, you’ll learn the skills you need to sculpt animals and build a barn for their home.  Pinching the clay with your fingers, rolling it into tubes called coils and flattening it into slabs with a rolling pin are the basics of hand building with clay.  Flat slabs are perfect for barns. Pinching and coiling work well for animals. Georgia loves pigs and horses – hope about you? Materials fee to the instructor: $10 each.

Youths:  $35


Making Animal Sculptures
(ages 12 – 16 yrs.)
Georgia Landau
Mon – Thurs: Feb. 24; 25; 26; 27
1-2:30PM

Learn or refresh your skills with hand building with clay.  In this class, participants will start their process by looking at the skeletons and muscles – the inner structure – of a variety of animals.  Participants will learn the value of preliminary work, like informal clay “sketches” of the project. Whether you are working on a lion, a dog, or a dragon these early activities will help you to create a believable sculpture.  Materials fee to the instructor: $10 each.

Youths:  $40

Georgia Landau has been a craftsperson for more than 40 years, creating figurative art in a variety of media.  She has taught clay and other media with adults and children for the past ten years, and is one of the founders of both the Artisans Hand and Studio Place Arts.


Storytime & Eye Spy in the Gallery
(Family Fun)
Thurs., February 27
11-11:30AM
Bring your young children to the SPA galleries, sit on the floor on a blanket in our botanical art exhibit, and listen to a story that relates to this exhibit.  Following the story, take part in a game of “eye spy”.  It’s a fun “treasure hunt” geared for children that will motivate them to look closely at the artwork and find “hidden” things on display.  Join us for an engaging exploration of the art exhibit! 

Free Inspiration! - Walk-ins welcome


Pop-Up Basics & the Moving Book
Elissa Campbell
(ages 14 years +)
Sat., Feb. 29 (during Winter Break)
10AM-4PM (bring a lunch/snack)

If you want to add more magic to your cards and artist books, then give pop-ups a try!  Also known as paper engineering, pop-ups use cuts and folds to create motion and energy in paper structures. 
 
Through the creation of a series of pop-up cards, you'll learn the basics of three-dimensional construction, including box supports, props, and straddles.  You'll then bind these cards into a book, which will become a handy reference for future work.

You'll receive a detailed handout and resource list for all materials we use.  No previous experience is required – this is a great class for a beginner. However, you'll probably feel more comfortable if you have experience using an X-Acto knife.

Materials fee to the instructor:  $12. (All materials are included in the materials fee, but feel free to bring materials for use in creating your cards.)  Several ideas are:

• Collage materials (paper)
• Photographs
• Rubber stamps and pads
• Markers, pens, colored pencils, etc.
• Decorative scissors/punches

Supplies: Bonefolder, ruler, X-Acto knife, cutting mat, scissors, pencil.  
 
NOTE:  Bring the supplies if you have them – don’t feel obligated to buy anything.  Elissa will have extras available. For younger participants: This is an all day, intensive workshop requiring focus and the use of sharp tools.

Youths (14-17 years):  $40

Elissa Campbell has been making books for the past 25 years and sells her work professionally under the business name of Blue Roof Designs.  She is a big believer in the power of using books for self-expression.  Elissa is currently chair of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont and is on the Vermont Arts Council's Teaching Artist Roster.              
http://www.blueroofdesigns.com & https://www.instagram.com/blueroofdesigns/


Storytime & Eye Spy in the Gallery
(Family Fun)
Fri., March 6
11-11:30AM
Bring your young children to the SPA galleries, sit on the floor on a blanket in our botanical art exhibit, and listen to a story that relates to this exhibit.  Following the story, take part in a game of “eye spy”.  It’s a fun “treasure hunt” geared for children that will motivate them to look closely at the artwork and find “hidden” things on display.  Join us for an engaging exploration of the art exhibit! 

Free Inspiration! - Walk-ins welcome


Art’s First!
(for children 6 yrs. and younger)
Saturday, Mar. 7
9:30AM – 10:30AM
Tina Logan
 
Explore color, shape and line with your toddler through hands on art making activities that will awaken your senses and bring out the child in you with your little one.  These Saturday workshops will provide opportunities for color mixing, painting, printing, collage and assemblage making. All materials are non-toxic and will be provided.  No experience necessary, just a willingness to play and explore the magic of creativity and art making with your little one!
 
Free inspiration!


Art’s First!
(for children 7-10 yrs.)
Saturday, Mar. 7
11AM-12:30PM
Tina Logan
 
Create assemblages out of recycled materials and cardboard, or make mobiles and structures from wire and found objects. Mix colors to create a painting or try your hand at making mono prints. These Saturday workshops are designed for your child to come and explore different materials to make whimsical art that connect to our current and upcoming SPA exhibits. Materials will be provided. Come join us for some creative fun! No experience necessary, just curiosity and playfulness!

Free inspiration!

Tina Logan is an educator and artist who received her BFA in art education in 1987 from Syracuse University, and has been teaching ever since. She currently teaches at Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School in Essex Junction Vt. but also has 20 years of experience teaching elementary aged artists as well. Tina has served as past president and secretary for Vermont Art Teachers Association and participates on many boards and committees that promote the arts and help bring the arts into the community.  As an artist, she draws inspiration from her family, students, garden and community.


Cartooning & Graphic Novels
(ages 14 yrs+)
Robert W. Brunelle, Jr.
Sat., April 4
9:30AM – 4:30PM 
UPDATE: Class Postponed. Rescheduled dates TBA

We will learn how to:  design characters, set up panels for a strip or comic book, how to write dialog balloons and set up punch lines.  We will also learn about the different types of cartoons (political, single panel gags, comic strips, comic books, graphic novels) as well as a brief history of cartooning.  Also, we will learn about how to use graphic tablets, digital pens, and various software to draw and color cartoons and illustrations on a computer.
 
Participants need to bring pens/color pencils, paper and rulers and bring their own computers or tablets (and have basic knowledge about the use of their design programs).
 
Youths 14-18 yrs.:  $40
 
Robert Waldo Brunelle is a painter, book illustrator, retired art teacher and political cartoonist.   He taught cartooning and computer animation techniques at the Browns River Middle School for 31 years, and has taught cartooning workshops for adults at the Fletcher Farm School for Arts and Crafts.  In 2007 he was one of the Vermont cartoonists featured in the "Drawn Here" series produced by WCAX Channel 3 T.V.  He creates a weekly cartoon for Seven Days, Vermont’s art news source.  His political cartoon strip "Mr. Brunelle Explains It All" appears monthly in the humor magazine "Funny Times", and weekly on the website of the humor magazine "Humor Times", at [www.humortimes.com].  To see more of Mr. Brunelle's art and cartoons, visit his website at [www.mrbrunelle.com], or email him at [brunelles3@aol.com]

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Make Sculptural Clay Whistles
(ages 14 yrs – adults)
Robert W. Brunelle, Jr.
Sat., April 25
1:30-4PM 
UPDATE: Class Postponed. Rescheduled dates TBA
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Students will learn how to make single or multi-tone, sculptural whistles out of clay.  The whistles can be made into a wide variety of whimsical shapes, such as animals, monsters, people, aliens, cartoon characters, etc.  The whistles can be made into two tone or ocharenas by adding more holes.  We will be using air dry clay, so students can bring them home the same day.  Once the clay is dry, students will have the option of painting their whistles at home.  There should be time for students to make 2-4 whistles in this workshop, depending on how elaborate.  (Materials are included in the class fee.)
 
Youths (14-18 yrs.):  $25 ea.
 
Robert Waldo Brunelle is a painter, book illustrator, retired art teacher and political cartoonist.   He taught cartooning and computer animation techniques at the Browns River Middle School for 31 years, and has taught cartooning workshops for adults at the Fletcher Farm School for Arts and Crafts.  In 2007 he was one of the Vermont cartoonists featured in the "Drawn Here" series produced by WCAX Channel 3 T.V.  He creates a weekly cartoon for Seven Days, Vermont’s art news source.  His political cartoon strip "Mr. Brunelle Explains It All" appears monthly in the humor magazine "Funny Times", and weekly on the website of the humor magazine "Humor Times", at [www.humortimes.com].  To see more of Mr. Brunelle's art and cartoons, visit his website at [www.mrbrunelle.com], or email him at [brunelles3@aol.com]


Drawing and Sculpting Faces
(ages 8-12 yrs.)
Georgia Landau
Wed:  May 6; 13; 20; 27
3:30-5PM
UPDATE: Class Postponed. Rescheduled dates TBA
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Drawing and sculpting are both ways to study and understand faces.  We'll work with clay to find the structure of a human face, the shapes of eyes, nose and mouth.  Then move on to drawing faces, creating those same shapes with line and shading.  Materials fee to the instructor:  $10 each.
 
Youths:  $40
 
Georgia Landau has been a craftsperson for more than 40 years, creating figurative art in a variety of media.  She has taught clay and other media with adults and children for the past ten years, and is one of the founders of both the Artisans Hand and Studio Place Arts.
 

Summer Mini-Camp:
Make a Miniature Parade!
(ages 8-12 years)
Georgia Landau
Mon–Wed: July 27; 28; 29 & Tues-Wed., Aug. 4; 5
10AM-Noon
In this hand building clay sculpture class, you’ll learn the skills you need to form animals (real and in your imagination), build floats and parade stands, and create other parade characters like musicians and clowns on unicycles.  Pinching the clay with your fingers, rolling it into tubes called coils and flattening it into slabs with a rolling pin are the basics of hand building.  Flat slabs are perfect for miniature parade floats and other vehicles.  The first 3 days are for creating with clay, then Georgia will fire the pieces in the kiln.  Return the next week to decorate and assemble parades.  Materials fee to the instructor:  $15 each. 
 
Children:  $60 ea
 
Georgia Landau has been a craftsperson for more than 40 years, creating figurative art in a variety of media.  She has taught clay and other media with adults and children for the past ten years, and is one of the founders of both the Artisans Hand and Studio Place Arts.

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Summer Mini-Camp:
Creatures on Parade!
(ages: 5-10 years)
Tina Logan
Mon-Fri, Aug. 3-7
9:30-11:30AM
Young artists will spend the week creating creatures (imaginary and real) to take part in a mini assembled parade.  Young artists will explore, paper mâché, wire, cardboard construction and mixed media to create their parade of creatures.  Curiosity and imagination will be our guide.  Materials and a snack are included.  Please wear clothing that can get messy.
 
Join us on Friday at 11:30 for our mini parade reception! 
  
Children:  $60 ea.
 
Tina Logan is an educator and artist who received her BFA in art education in 1987 from Syracuse University, and has been teaching ever since. She currently teaches at Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School in Essex Junction Vt. but also has 20 years of experience teaching elementary aged artists as well. Tina has served as past president and secretary for Vermont Art Teachers Association and participates on many boards and committees that promote the arts and help bring the arts into the community.  As an artist, she draws inspiration from her family, students, garden and community.
 

+ More classes & activities coming soon!

*NOTE:  Youths ages 16 and older may take Adult classes; a $10-$20 discount is provided to students 16-19 years of age for Adult classes.

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REGISTER ONLINE:

Send us an email with the participant's name, address and phone number.

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MORE INFO:
(802) 479-7069
info@studioplacearts.com