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CHILDREN'S CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS  
Please call for details 727-596-4331

Parent and Child Pottery Class
Nancy Phelps
Monday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Ages 3 to 5
Spend some creative time with your son or daughter in our pottery studio. You and your child will have a great time hand-building projects together. Glaze or paint them and have finished pieces that will be wonderful keepsakes. Come and give your child the gift of creativity.
$75 for 5 classes (one child and one parent)
$10 Materials fee

Children's Kreative Kids Art! For Lil' Artists
Lori Benton
Monday, 4:15 to 5:00 p.m.
Ages 3-5 years
Members: $50 plus $10 Materials Fee for 5 Classes
Non Members: $65 plus $10 Materials Fee for 5 Classes
Join Lori Benton, the "Creative Mommy", in this class for children ages 3 - 5 years exploring drawing with charcoal, watercolors, acrylics, textures, form and clay. This is an open ended art process in which children will also learn about famous artists.

Children's Kreative Kids Art! For Kreative Artists
Lori Benton
Monday, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Ages 6- 10 years
Members: $50 plus $10 Materials Fee for 5 Classes
Non Members: $65 plus $10 Materials Fee for 5 Classes
Join Lori Benton, the "Creative Mommy", in this drop off class for children ages 6 - 10 years exploring drawing with charcoal, watercolors, acrylics, textures, form and clay. This is an open ended art process in which children will also learn about famous artists.

Family Crafts
Debra Peisner
Wednesday and/or Thursday, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Six Week Course beginning January 13 and March 3
Up to three family members can be on one class fee.
Members: $75 for 6 classes once a week, $150 twice a week
Non Members: $85 for six classes once a week, $170 twice a week.
$10 per person materials fee per six classes.
We all have busy lives. What can we do together to build memories? Family Crafts will feature a different medium each week for a parent/child combination. Leather Craft, Beading and Crimping, Clay Bead Designs, Beeswax Decoupage and Wire Wrapping will highlight the classes.

Claytastic for Kids
Nancy Phelps
Wednesday, 4:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Ages 7 to 12
Children explore clay and learn artistic techniques with Nancy Phelps. If you have a creative child, let them prove to you they are simply Claytastic! Coiling, pinching, rolling, slop and other fun stuff will be discussed. Please note: Plan on getting messy.
$75 for 5 classes
$10Materials fee
$150 for 10 classes

Children's Art Workshops:

Eco-Art!
Lori Benton
Saturday, February 27, 9:00 a.m. to Noon
Ages 6-10 years
- Members: $25 per child, Non-Members: $35 per child
Come create out of recyclable materials, make robots, sculptures and more! Join Lori, the Creative Mommy, for eco friendly art and a trip with your own imagination!

Beading for Kids!
Lori Benton 
Saturday, March 27, 9:00 a.m. to Noon

Ages 6-10 years - Members: $30 per child, Non-Members: $40 per child
Create your own, beautiful jewelry out of beads! Join Lori, the Creative Mommy, in a creative class and take home your own, hand made jewelry.

Nature Art!
Lori Benton
Friday, May 7, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Ages 5-9 years
- Members: $25 per child, Non-Members: $35 per child
Create art pieces with items from nature such as leaves, shells, twigs and more! Use the beauty of nature's materials to enhance your creativity and fun with the Creative Mommy, Ms. Lori!

Birthday Clay Party for Kids at the Beach Art Center

Why not have your child's birthday party at the Beach Art Center? Have a fun arty party making a clay project. We will fire their artworks and call you when they are ready. You can leave them as they are or you can paint them at home. We provide the art teacher.  Two hours (one and a half hour with the teacher) for up to fifteen children.  $175 - BAC Members Only.

PREVIOUS CHILDREN’S POTTERY CAMPS

Students learn hand building techniques including coil, pinchpot and slab, glazing and wheel-throwing. 
" Miss Jane" teaches pottery to all ages. She excels with children and has had a successful after school program this year. Her students will learn hand building techniques including coil, pinchpot and slab. Students will learn to use glazes, the extruder and slab-roller. Older students will learn the use of the "wheel".

At the end of the 2week session, parents, etc. are invited to a "reception" and awards to view their child's work. This is a big moment for the children and we encourage your attendance.
Honorable DSCF4463.jpg (60823 bytes) 1st Place DSCF4466.jpg (66620 bytes) 2ed Place DSCF4468.jpg (64542 bytes) 3rd Place DSCF4476.jpg (46674 bytes)

 

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The exciting projects for this year's Creative Arts Camp include constructing Colonial weathervanes, self portraits, wild wind kites, and polymer clay funky bottles. 

Students will explore printing methods with various gadgets and raised cardboard and tye-dye art. Paper projects will include marbling , paper mache masks, and using crepe paper in mixed media projects. Beautiful mosaic treasure boxes will be constructed using stones and old jewelry. Techniques of sponging, brush techniques and various media exploration will be used on keepsakes that will always bring back fond memories of this summer art experience.
Cartooning and photography will be combined in hand-tinting your own photograph and transforming it into a cartoon character.

This wonderful program is geared to developing young creative talent into a lifelong love of the arts and providing a foundation of basic art knowledge and use of various media.

 

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