Deep Dives
This Fall, KidsArts is offering a variety of art and music lessons and activities for all ages! What makes this different from our in person and virtual workshops? All Deep Dives are available as one-on-one or small group lessons and activities, which means we create a custom schedule and pace according to your needs.
Exploring Music!
Get a diverse introduction to string instruments, percussion and the basic elements of music. Ranging from rhythm and melody to dynamics and listening, this course is designed to provide students with a strong foundation for musical pursuits. [In-Person, Virtual]
Guitar & Ukulele
Learn the fundamentals and build your repertoire with guitar or ukulele lessons customized to meet your interests and needs. Play your favorite songs and classic hits in individual or small group lessons. [In-Person, Virtual]
Intro to Percussion
Learn the basics of rhythm and drumming in this workshop. Great for beginners, we will have fun playing beats from different parts of the world! If needed, instruments can be provided. [In-Person, Virtual]
Songwriting
Learn to play and sing your favorite songs and how to structure and write your own! This deep dive is perfect for musicians of all levels and is open to singers and instrumentalists! [In-Person, Virtual]
Exploring Visual Art with Noelle
Survey a variety of mediums and experience what it is like to use many different types of materials! Each class, we will dive into a new medium including painting and drawing, collage, clay, and various fiber arts techniques. This deep dive is great for kids that like to work with their hands and try new things! [In-Person, Virtual]
Exploring 2D Visual Art with Noelle
Explore the many ways to make art on a two dimensional surface including painting, drawing, collaging, and more. This class is geared towards kids that enjoy drawing and painting and will teach exciting new strategies for picture-making. [In-Person, Virtual]
Exploring Sculpture with Noelle
This class is all about learning different ways to make sculptures. Activities are designed to get kids building, sculpting, and carving using clay, foam core, soap bars, and more. This class is great for kids that enjoy doing tactile projects, and like puzzles and creative problem solving. [In-Person, Virtual]
Exploring Clay with Noelle
In this class we will learn various techniques to make things out of clay including clay basics, slab ceramics, drawing on clay, and coil ceramics. This class is great for kids that like doing sensory activities with their hands and are ok with getting their hands dirty. [In-Person, Virtual]
Exploring Fibers with Noelle
Learn about various art forms surrounding fabrics, strings, and textiles including knitting, weaving, and dying. This class is ideal for kids that enjoy doing relaxing, repetitive activities and working on detail work with their hands. This class is great for practicing fine motor skills. [In-Person, Virtual]
Embroidery with Rubin
Together we will learn different embroidery styles, knots and stitches to make super unique embroidered fabrics! [In-Person, Virtual]
The Art of Sketching with Raef
Let's work our drawing muscles! Each week we'll tackle a different drawing difficulty. Flowers? Lions? Space aliens? We'll master them all together! [Virtual]
Art Bomb! with Tim
Make a hotel for bugs and hide it in the park! Paint some rocks and sneak them into your neighbors garden! Make a little painting and hang it on a tree! Here at Art Bomb we make art and gift it to the whole world to enjoy and delight in the magical offering. Every week we will focus on a new project - and then it’s up to you to explore and find a public space for your art to live! Let’s make the whole world our gallery! [Virtual]
Movie Making with Lara
Lights, camera, action! We will create our own short videos and learn about every step of the process. From creating a story, to filming our movie, and even learning to edit our final product. This class can be taken by an individual or a small group of friends who want to create something together! [Virtual]
How do YouTube? with Noelle
Learn how to create, edit, and publish your own Youtube videos!
Photoshop Experiments! with Rubin
Together we will learn the basics of image editing software. We will work with photos we like from the internet and pictures we've taken. [In Person, Virtual]
Music Videos with Lara
Let’s create our own music videos! We will turn our favorite songs into awesome videos using dance, puppets, toys, pets, and whatever we find around us that inspires us. We will pick the music, plan a video, and edit the videos! This class can be taken by an individual or a small group of friends who want to create something together! [Virtual]
The KidsArts team is offering one-on-one tutoring and homework help. Our teachers can help students with tricky schoolwork, and offer advice for staying organized and on track. We are happy to support blended or virtual school programs by meeting with students both after school and during traditional school hours
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Game Making with Sam
With an assortment of objects we will create our own contact-free games and play them! The funniest ones we can come back to, fine tune our skills, and create a book of them to distribute to the community! [In-Person]
