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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
