* Spring 2025 School of Art Open Class Registration Begins Sunday, March 16 *
Check the Links Below for the Latest Offerings
The CMA offers courses available in a wide range of media, scheduled for weekdays and weekends throughout the day and evening, there's a class to fit every schedule, budget, and interest! Courses are available for adults plus children and teens, (including a Summer Art Camp).
*Teens ages 14 and older are also welcome to enroll in any of our Classes for Adults and Teens.
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Scholarships are also available for students (ages 6-18) through generous support from The Hoover Foundation. Click here for more Scholarship Info
Begins 04/05/2025, Ends 05/10/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/05/2025
6 Saturdays, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM
101
Instructor: Lindsey Wenck
This parent-child art class fosters confidence and self-esteem through drawing, painting, and sculpture. The class builds fine motor skills and introduces children to art language and diverse perspectives.
Cost: $75.00 per person (Cost for Members: $60.00)
Begins 04/05/2025, Ends 05/10/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/05/2025
6 Saturdays, 12:00 PM-01:00 PM
101
Instructor: Lindsey Wenck
Paper, collage, paint, string, glue…this class helps students develop an appreciation for using materials that appear flat but can be transformed into 2D creations. By exploring new approaches to using flat materials, 2-D design is a stepping stone to understanding how to build 3-D sculpture and assemblage.
Cost: $75.00 per person (Cost for Members: $60.00)
Begins 04/05/2025, Ends 05/10/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/05/2025
6 Saturdays, 01:30 PM-03:00 PM
101
Instructor: Lindsey Wenck
Working with clay allows young students to develop creativity and resilience, as they learn from mistakes and transform ideas into reality. Students will learn the basic foundation skills for working with clay including wedging, creating a pinch pot, building with coils, and slab plaques.
Cost: $94.00 per person (Cost for Members: $75.00)
Begins 04/05/2025, Ends 05/10/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/05/2025
7 Saturdays, 03:30 PM-04:30 PM
101
Instructor: Lindsey Wenck
This class explores the exciting process of creating sculptures from discarded or overlooked objects. Through individual and collaborative projects, you'll experiment with a variety of techniques and materials, repurposing and combining items in unexpected ways. Develop your creative problem-solving skills and breathe new life into forgotten objects.
Cost: $94.00 per person (Cost for Members: $75.00)
Begins 04/06/2025, Ends 04/06/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/06/2025
1 Sunday, 01:30 PM-03:00 PM
102
Instructor: Amy Pepperney
Students will explore different techniques to make their own glass design. They will learn basic glass cutting skills, composition and safety. Students must be able to wear safety goggles at all times in the glass studio, including those students who wear eyeglasses.Their glass will be fired in the kiln and available for pick up in approximately 2-3 weeks.
Cost: $37.00 per person (Cost for Members: $25.00)
Begins 04/08/2025, Ends 04/08/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/08/2025
1 Tuesdays, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
101
Instructor: Haylee Wagner
Early art-making experiences help develop self-expression, problem-solving, and social skills in young children. Multisensory play with colors and shapes, texture, balance, and scale is at the core of this child-directed exploration. Please dress for unexpected paint splatters.
Cost: $20.00 per person (Cost for Members: $16.00)
Begins 04/15/2025, Ends 05/20/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/15/2025
6 Tuesdays, 05:30 PM-06:30 PM
101
Instructor: Faith Geib
Stuck on designing and redesigning a character? Imagine the story behind the character and watch it come to life. This series focuses on drawing techniques, character development, and emotion. Registration includes sketchbooks and drawing tools.
Cost: $75.00 per person (Cost for Members: $54.00)
Begins 04/20/2025, Ends 04/20/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/20/2025
1 Sunday, 02:00 PM-03:30 PM
101
Instructor: Haylee Wagner
Create tie-dye patterns using natural pigments from your spice cabinet and garden. This class will explore various techniques, including twisting, tying, and knotting cloth to achieve vibrant and psychedelic designs.
Cost: $25.00 per person (Cost for Members: $20.00)
Begins 04/23/2025, Ends 05/28/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/23/2025
6 Wednesdays, 11:00 AM-01:00 PM
Room 101, Gallery
Instructor: Karan Knish
Studying art history encourages critical thinking skills, artistic behavior, and holistic learning by incorporating other subject areas. Each session includes an object-based visual literacy lesson in the galleries and an art-making experience led by a teaching artist in the studio classroom. This program supports the Ohio homeschool curricula’s Fine Arts requirements.
Cost: $75.00 per person (Cost for Members: $60.00)
Begins 04/27/2025, Ends 04/27/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 04/27/2025
1 4/27/2025, 02:00 PM-03:00 PM
101
Instructor: Haylee Wagner
This parent-child art class uses nontraditional art materials to explore faces and emotions. Students will examine portraits in the galleries and then use mirrors in the studio to create their own artwork.
Cost: $20.00 per person (Cost for Members: $16.00)
Begins 05/11/2025, Ends 05/11/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 05/11/2025
1 Sunday, 02:00 PM-03:30 PM
101
Instructor: Karan Knish
Using Michelle Wentling’s fiber art exhibit as inspiration, students will learn the basics of hand weaving and sewing to create a small woven crossbody bag-perfect for your phone or other easily lost belongings!
Cost: $35.00 per person (Cost for Members: $23.00)
Begins 05/13/2025, Ends 05/13/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 05/13/2025
1 Tuesdays, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
101
Instructor: Haylee Wagner
Early art-making experiences help develop self-expression, problem-solving, and social skills in young children. Multisensory play with colors and shapes, texture, balance, and scale is at the core of this child-directed exploration. Please dress for unexpected paint splatters.
Cost: $20.00 per person (Cost for Members: $16.00)
Begins 05/18/2025, Ends 05/18/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 05/18/2025
1 Sunday, 01:30 PM-03:30 PM
101
Instructor: Haylee Wagner
Learn the art of pyrography! Beginner to intermediate students learn to use a heated tool to burn designs onto a functional wooden birdhouse. Line weight, surface texture, various wood grains and finishes will be explored in this class. Students are provided with protective heat-safe gloves.
Cost: $40.00 per person (Cost for Members: $25.00)
Begins 06/03/2025, Ends 06/03/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 06/03/2025
1 Tuesday, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
101
Instructor: Haylee Wagner
Early art-making experiences help develop self-expression, problem-solving, and social skills in young children. Multisensory play with colors and shapes, texture, balance, and scale is at the core of this child-directed exploration. Please dress for unexpected paint splatters.
Cost: $20.00 per person (Cost for Members: $16.00)
Begins 06/08/2025, Ends 06/08/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 06/08/2025
1 Sunday, 02:00 PM-03:30 PM
101
Instructor: Faith Geib
In this fiber arts class, students will learn to create beautiful textile art inspired by summer sunsets. Using a blend of water, soap, and soft wool roving, participants will capture the ephemeral beauty of the setting sun in a stunning piece of fuzzy, warm textile art.
Cost: $25.00 per person (Cost for Members: $20.00)
Begins 06/22/2025, Ends 06/22/2025 - Register
*deadline to register: 06/22/2025
1 Sunday, 02:00 PM-03:30 PM
101
Instructor: Haylee Wagner
Print with leaves, flowers, and other natural objects to create unique art on paper or fabric. Students will learn about basic printmaking techniques and tools, pattern-making, color combinations found in nature, and attention to detail.
Cost: $25.00 per person (Cost for Members: $20.00)
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