Experiments in Clay  Handbuilding in Clay

 

With Jody Snyder and guest teachers Wednesdays   4 - 7 p.m. $80 members / $100 non-members      Special guest instructor for June 2009: Nora Sarkissian   Explore the possibilities of the world of color in clay. There will be emphasis on individual exploration & experimentation. Through a variety of clay techniques, such as pinch, coil, slab, sculpt, we will explore the possibilities & imagery that lie waiting to be brought forward.  Through lessons & demos students will explore images that rest in the unconscious.  Collage & drawing may be used as tools to assist in the discovery of individual vocabulary & style.  Students will learn basic hand building techniques in clay in order to produce sculptures that reflect these personal images.   Glazing, firing & patina will be used & demonstrated.     $20 members drop in.

TEENS

FREE Teen Class @ SLVHS:

Thursdays, from 2:30 - 5:00 pm at the SLV High School art room, open to any junior high and high school students.
Drop in, starting again in September through May, 2010
 

 SC MAC is pleased to offer a series of FREE after school classes for teens, supported by a grant from the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County.  Classes will take place on Thursdays, from 2:30 – 5:00 at the SLV High School art room, offering instruction in various media, taught by SC MAC teachers.  All teens, middle and high school ages, are welcome.
 

 

  Poster.  click on the thumbnail at left to view large image.

 

 

NEW Summer Classes for Teens with Brenda Berg:

 

Mixed Up Madness

Tuesday & Wednesday, July 7 - 8, 2009
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
$95 members / $110 non-members / $15 materials

This class is designed for adventuresome artists who like to experiment with materials, textures and art-making approaches. Mixing traditional art media with found objects and other non-traditional art materials, students will create their own unique works of art from zany clocks to awesome assemblages.  Each day a specific art movement and mixed media artists from the period will also be introduced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Animation

Thursday & Friday, July 9 - 10, 2009
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
$95 members / $110 non-members / $15 materials

Explore amazing animation from concept to finished product - from storyboarding, drawing techniques, drawn and digital animated character design, to movement, timing, sound, titles and credits.
 

Claymation

Monday - Thursday, July 20 - 23, 2009
12 pm - 2:30 pm
$95 members / $110 non-members / $15 materials

Explore amazing clay-animation from concept to finished product—from storyboarding,  drawn and clay character design, to animated movement, timing, sound, titles & credits. Students will have an opportunity to work on individual movie shorts or on a collaborative group movie.
 

Robotics

Monday - Thursday, July 20 - 23, 2009
3 pm - 5:30 pm
$95 members / $110 non-members / $25 materials

Learn how to build, program and control a robot!  Each student will build and keep one simple introductory robot.  
This fun class is ideal if you  like to know how to make things work, crawl, roll, blink, buzz or even think!  A great introduction to the world of robotics, students will have a chance to assemble and program simple to more complex robots that communicate, move and think on their own.  During the week we’ll break out different types of robots including the totally fun Lego Mindstorms.  Learn how to build, program and control a robot!  Each student will build and keep one simple introductory robot.  Brenda is pleased to have Stanford engineer Ted Berg as the class mentor!

 

CHILDRENS CLASSES

Register by calling 336-4ART or by downloading registration form  and sending it  via post or dropping it at the Center along with the tuition.   Students must register before the first day of class. 

 

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1 Week in Spring, 3 Weeks in June - August + Quarterly Saturday Classes

Spring Break Art Camp - April 6 - 10, 2009.  Save the Date!

SUMMER ART CAMPS

5 Full Days: $250 members / $270 non-members - $30 materials (bring a lunch)
5 Half-days: $125 members / $135 non-members / $15 materials
 

Session I - Creature Features
Monday - Friday    6/22 - 6/26/2009

9 am - 12 pm - Clay with Jen Hennig  

Come join the fun of making creature sculpture and pots with
clay this summer!  
Join local clay artist, Jennifer Hennig for a wondrous ceramic experience.
We will be exploring a variety of techniques in creating with clay as well
as glazing. This class is for kids who have or haven't had prior
experience in clay. With the variety of experience in our students, we
know how to make it fun and interesting for everyone!  Come with a
creative craving, questions and open minds and always remember:
practice makes perfect!

12 pm - 3 pm - 2D with Anouk Johanna  

In these 5 fun-filled days w will draw, paint, collage and print all sorts of fantasy
creatures on boxes, cards, puzzles, art journals and other creative projects.
Meanwhile we will learn about composition, design, pen & ink, color mixing and
perspective.  At the end of each day we will have a beautiful art project to take
home.

Session II - Secret Garden
Monday - Friday    7/13 - 7/17/2009

9 am - 12 pm - 2D with Lori Wilson

A garden-themed mixed media class using paper mache and plaster.  We’ll make
sun gods, flowers and masks.

12 pm - 3 pm – Clay with Nora Sarkissian    

Learn through various clay techniques such as pinch, coil, sculpt
to create your own special 3-D Secret Gardens.  
What would you hold true for you in your own secret garden?  Other
projects will be explored as time allows, such as pots for planting &
animal companions.  Enhance your kinesthetic skills through the use of
clay & 3-D.

Session III - Magic & Myth
 Monday - Friday    7/27 - 7/31/2009   

9 am - 12 pm – 2D with  Anouk Johanna  Clay with Nora Sarkissian   

Come make magic for a week!  We will paint, draw, collage, print and construct
magical animals, objects and a very special magic wand.
We’ll put t he images on paper, boards, boxes, plexi plates and books.  You will
make many cool art objects to give away as presents.

12 pm - 3 pm –    Clay with Nora Sarkissian

Through learning a variety of clay techniques, such as, pinch,
coil, sculpt You will create your own special creatures, fantasy or
realistic, large & small.  
Creatures are always with us. In this class you can let your imagination
go wild as your creatures would like.  As time allows other projects may
be explored, such as pots, picture frames, self portrait.
 

Session IV - Art Planet
Monday - Friday    8/10 - 8/14/2009   

9 am - 12 pm – 2D with Lori Wilson

Let’s draw, paint and play with fun art materials!  Learn to draw animals, flowers
and plants.

12 pm - 3 pm – Clay with Jen Hennig    

Come join the fun of making one-of-a-kind sculpture and pots
with clay this summer!  
Join local clay artist, Jennifer Hennig for a wondrous ceramic
experience.  We will be exploring a variety of techniques in
creating with clay as well as glazing. This class is for kids who
have or haven't had prior experience in clay. With the variety of
experience in our students, we know how to make it fun and
interesting for everyone!  Come with a creative craving,
questions and open minds and always remember: practice makes
perfect!

  

Art Saturdays      Series of 4 Saturdays, October through May.

 

OTHER CLASSES

Robotics  with Brenda Berg   3rd grade - High School

July 20 - 23 - Monday - Thursday      3 - 5:30 p.m.

$95 Members, $110 non-members, $25 materials fee  (robots, software, tools)
 

Pre-Registration encouraged.

 

 

Learn how to build, program and control a robot!  Each student will build and keep one simple introductory robot.      This fun class is ideal if you  like to know how to make things work, crawl, roll, blink, buzz or even think!  A great introduction to the world of robotics, students will have a chance to assemble and program simple to more complex robots that communicate, move and think on their own. During the week we’ll break out different types of robots including the totally fun Lego Mindstorms.  Brenda is pleased to have Stanford engineer Ted Berg as the class mentor! Pre-registration is encouraged.
 

(robotics lab experiences include working with basic robotics building and programming, Lego's Mindstorms® Robotics, and a simple robot project that each student will keep)

 

Check out this video

 

Claymation   3rd - 8th grades  with Brenda Berg

July 20 - 23, 12 - 2:30 p.m.  Monday - Thursday

$95 members / $110 non-members, $15 materials fee (clay-animated character, software, tools)

To contact Brenda by email for information, click HERE

For more images of Brenda's work, click HERE.

Design and create a movie with clay animation just like Wallace and Gromit! The entire class will be part of the movie crew: storyboard artists and writers, set painters, and clay animation sculptors. The class will then digitally shoot the stop-motion frames and load them into a computer video program where the final claymation movie will be burned to a DVD. Each student will have a copy of their very own claymation movie (about 1-4 minutes in length) with additional footage of the class progressively building the actual movie!  Students will have an opportunity to work on individual movie shorts or on a collaborative movie project.

 

 

Mommy/Daddy & Me Clay Class 

Dates to be determined  call 336-4ART to let us know your interest in this class    
10 am - 11 am      

With Jennifer Hennig    

A class for toddlers ages 1-5 with adult  

$65 members / $75 non-members / $10 materials  

This class is for very young children who want to get gooey with clay and maybe make something too.  Moms or Dads need to come to facilitate the process and have some fun too.    Looking for a fun “to-do” class with your little one who’s getting cabin fever? Come get their ya-yas out with some squishy clay and maybe make something too.  Each class is gauged by the group so the entire process is facilitated to the majority; individual needs are met as well by Mom or Dad being there too.