Children & Youth Classes

Place des Arts offers children and youth the opportunity to develop a life-long appreciation for art. Our objective is to provide a friendly, non-competitive environment where creativity and innovation can flourish.

Visual arts classes for children and youth are offered in the fall, winter and spring sessions. Students are encouraged to take more than one session, as each session introduces new ideas, techniques and materials.

Visual Arts for Preschoolers

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Preschool: Drawing & Painting (3-5 years)

Explore your creativity through drawing and painting. Make new friends and learn basic drawing skills including shapes, shading, light, colour and perspective in a fun, friendly atmosphere. Teacher: Olga Pirogova

8996 • TH • Apr 19 - Jun 21 • 3:45 - 4:30 PM • $89.50
9042 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 9:15 - 10:00 AM • $89.50
Preschool: Creative Clay (3-4 years)

Preschoolers will have fun while building and creating clay projects. Projects will be fired and then painted. Parents are welcome in the classroom and are encouraged to attend the first few sessions. Teacher: David Robinson

8771 • M • Apr 16 - Jun 11 • 9:30 - 10:15 AM • $83
Family Time: Creative Clay (2+ years)

Come and create beautiful objects that showcase the special bond between young child and parent. Each week parents will nurture their child’s creativity and imagination through a collaborative project to be designed, sculpted and glazed. David will work with parents to develop objects that capture this special time in every family’s life. Fee includes parent & child. Teacher: David Robinson

9194 • SU • Apr 22 - May 13 • 3:00-4:00PM • $55.50
9705 • SU • May 27 - June 17 • 3:00-4:00PM • $55.50
Imagination Station (3-5 years)

Jump into your imagination with this fun, creative exploration of the visual arts. Use paint, pastels, printmaking, plasticine and a host of other materials to express yourself in artistic ways. Creative process is stressed, as are the tools to help creativity such as colour mixing, mark making and collaging. Teacher: Joy Kirkwood
9037 • TU • Apr 17 - Jun 19 • 4:00 - 4:45 PM • $92

Visual Arts for Children & Youth

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Animation & Anime (11-17 years)

Learn to make your own hand-drawn animation. Focusing on designing characters for animation, motion and timing, you will bring your characters to life in your own cartoons using techniques from the animation industry. After adding voices, sound effects and music, we’ll upload your animations to YouTube for the world to see. Teacher: Kenten Bowick
8845 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 1:45 - 3:15 PM • $124
Animation Studio (8-12 • 11-17 years)

Stop-motion animation like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline! Hand-drawn animation like anime and Saturday-morning cartoons! Even computer-based Flash animation! In this class, you will try it all, creating your own dynamic and entertaining animated short films that will be uploaded to YouTube. A digital camera with removable card is recommended for this class. Teacher: Kenten Bowick

8-12 years

8855 • TH • Apr 19 - Jun 21 • 5:05 - 6:35 PM • $127

11-17 years

8856 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 3:30 - 5:00 PM • $127
Anime Manga (11-17 years)

Discover the diverse styles of Japanese comics and cartoons. You’ll practice design, proportion, expression and body language. Learn to draw your favourite characters, and then create a cast of compelling characters to star in your own printed manga comic book. Teacher: Kenten Bowick
8850 • TH • Apr 19 - Jun 21 • 6:45 - 8:45 PM • $159
Art Blender (5-7 • 8-12 years)

Explore ‘dark’ and ‘light’ secrets of pencil drawing; dive deep into the ‘see’ of ‘cool’ colours of painting; make breath-taking impressions by printing your own poster or set of greeting cards; design and make a terrifying papier mâché mask; turn collections of scrap paper, strings and glitter into a masterpiece of collage art! Teacher: Stan Hunc

5-7 years

8946 • M • Apr 16 - Jun 18 • 3:45 - 4:45 PM • $82.50
Cartooning (5-7 • 8-12 years)

Learn to draw all kinds of characters, from funny animals to humans. You’ll practice design, proportion, expression and body language and learn how to draw your favourite characters. Then you’ll create your own characters and feature them in your own comic stories! Teacher: Kenten Bowick

5-7 years

8841 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 9:15 - 10:15 AM • $87

8-12 years

8839 • TH • Apr 19 - Jun 21 • 3:30 - 5:00 PM • $122
8840 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 10:30 - 12:00 PM • $122
Cartooning: Comics (8-12 years)

Dive into the world of comic book making! You’ll create your own cast of characters and bring them to life by throwing them into poses with other characters, objects and environments. You’ll then produce your own multi-page story and learn how to layout, copy, fold and staple copies of your own comics. Teacher: Kenten Bowick
8859 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 12:00 - 1:30 PM • $124
Creative Clay (4-6 • 6-11 years)

Learn the basic techniques of hand-building pottery while having fun! You’ll engage in independent exploration to create imaginative decorative pieces, which may include animal sculpture or fashioning and decorating functional items. Projects will be fired then painted or glazed. Classes will be carried over to accommodate statutory holidays. Teacher: David Robinson

4-6 years

8930 • M • Apr 16 - Jun 11 • 3:45 - 4:30 PM • $83
8932 • TU • Apr 17 - Jun 12 • 3:15 - 4:00 PM • $83
8931 • TU • Apr 17 - Jun 12 • 4:15 - 5:00 PM • $83

6-11 years

8939 • M • Apr 16 - Jun 11 • 4:45 - 5:45 PM • $83
8940 • M • Apr 16 - Jun 11 • 6:00 - 7:00 PM • $83
8941 • TU • Apr 17 - Jun 12 • 5:15 - 6:15 PM • $83
Drawing & Painting (5-7 • 8-12 • 13-17 years)

Develop your personal goals in art through a balance of formal training and imagination. You will explore shapes, shading, light, colour and perspective to express your creative ideas. Teachers: Stan Hunc and Olga Pirogova

Drawing & Painting with Olga Pirogova

5-7 years

8977 • W • Apr 18 - Jun 20 • 3:45 - 4:45 PM • $89.50
8987 • TH • Apr 19 - Jun 21 • 4:45 - 5:45 PM • $89.50
8986 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 10:15 - 11:15 AM • $89.50
8989 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 11:30 - 12:30 PM • $89.50

8-12 years

8978 • W • Apr 18 - Jun 20 • 5:00 - 6:00 PM • $89.50

Drawing & Painting with Stan Hunc

5-7 years

8979 • F • Apr 20 - Jun 22 • 4:00 - 5:00 PM • $89.50
8983 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 9:15 - 10:15 AM • $89.50

8-12 years

8980 • F • Apr 20 - Jun 22 • 5:15 - 6:15 PM • $89.50
8984 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 10:30 - 11:30 AM • $89.50

13-17 years

8981 • F • Apr 20 - Jun 22 • 6:30 - 7:30 PM • $89.50
Fibre Fun (6-12 years)

Discover a new world of crafts by exploring the ancient art of weaving. Learn spinning, weaving on table and inkle looms, tapestry weaving, felting and more. Create your own one-of-a-kind treasures and gain hands-on experience while developing small motor skills, colour sense and an understanding of how textiles are created. All supplies provided. Teacher: Catherine Dumaine

8903 • M • Apr16 - Jun 18 • 3:45 - 4:45 PM • $85
I Am An Artist (5-7 years)

Here’s your chance to play and create with plasticine, play dough, collage and the world of mixed media including felt, feathers, beads, glues, various papers and recyclables. Creative expression and experimentation are the order of the day in this friendly, free- form class. Teacher: Olga Pirogova
9002 • SA • Apr 28 - Jun 23 • 1:00 - 2:00 PM • $83.50
Imagination Station (3-5 • 5-7 years)

Jump into your imagination with this fun, creative exploration of the visual arts. Use paint, pastels, printmaking, plasticine and a host of other materials to express yourself in artistic ways. Creative process is stressed, as are the tools to help creativity such as colour mixing, mark making and collaging. Teacher: Joy Kirkwood

3-5 years

9037 • TU • Apr 17 - Jun 19 • 4:00 - 4:45 PM • $92

5-7 years
9038 • TU • Apr 17 - Jun 19 • 5:00 - 6:00 PM • $92
Papier Mâché Creature Shop (8-12 years)

Create a rod puppet with workable, moving parts, an expressive face and its own unique personality. With a mish mash of materials, a few structural principals and a lot of paper and glue, you will build a creature of your own design (realistic or imaginary) from the inside out. Teacher: Joy Kirkwood

9032 • W • Apr 25 - Jun 20 • 4:30 - 5:30 PM • $82
Watercolour & Acrylics (8-12 years)

Build creativity and self-confidence by combining drawing from observation and imagination. Learn about landscapes, portraits, still life and abstract painting though the history of the arts. Explore different ways of using paint on canvas and watercolour paper, and learn about composition, mixing paints and contrast while making fun and exciting projects. Teacher: Olga Pirogova
8999 • SA • Apr 21 - Jun 23 • 2:15 - 3:45 PM • $129.50
Young Potters Wheel Throwing (11-17 years)

Learn how to use the potter’s wheel and explore techniques for trimming and glazing your pots. For safety reasons, please do not wear open-toed footwear to class. Teacher: Vin Arora

8758 • W • Apr 18 - Jun 6 • 4:15 - 5:45 PM • $121
8759 • TH • Apr 19 - Jun 7 • 4:15 - 5:45 PM • $121

Visual Arts

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Children & Youth Classes

Visual Arts for Preschoolers

Visual Arts for Children & Youth

8-12 years

11-17 years

5-7 years

5-7 years

8-12 years

4-6 years

6-11 years

Drawing & Painting with Olga Pirogova

5-7 years

8-12 years

Drawing & Painting with Stan Hunc

5-7 years

8-12 years

13-17 years

3-5 years

5-7 years

A parent says . . .