Children & Youth Classes

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. Teacher: David Robinson

This class is finished for the year. Check back in fall 2013!

First child of parent: $54.50
Additional child of same parent: $38.50

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

10033 • TH • Apr 11 - Jun 13 • 3:45 - 4:30 PM • $89.50
10034 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 9:15 - 10:00 AM • $89.50 FULL

Jump into your imagination with this fun, creative journey into the visual arts. Each week a new art medium will be explored including: paints, pastels, printmaking, papier-mâché and more. The creative process is accentuated, as are the tools to help creativity such as colour mixing, mark making and collage. Teacher: Joy Kirkwood

10059 • TU • Apr 9 - Jun 11 • 4:00 - 4:45 PM • $92

Learn to make 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

9932 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 1:45 - 3:15 PM • $124

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 then be uploaded to YouTube. A digital camera with removable card is recommended for this class. Teacher: Kenten Bowick

8-12 years
9945 • TH • Apr 11 - Jun 13 • 5:05 - 6:35 PM • $127

11-17 years
9946 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 3:30 - 5:00 PM • $127 

Learn to draw in 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

9937 • TH • Apr 11 - Jun 13 • 6:45 - 8:45 PM • $159

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
9963 • M • Apr 8 - Jun 17 • 3:45 - 4:45 PM • $89.50

8-12 years
9964 • M • Apr 8 - Jun 17 • 5:00 - 6:00 PM • $89.50 

This workshop combines studio sessions with field trips and focuses on media, style and ideas to provide an enriched program for students serious about improving their artistic ability. Consideration will be given to students’ needs in planning the activities. An interview and/or portfolio are required. Classes take place in Don Portelance’s home studio. The program may be extended beyond the date of the last scheduled class at instructor’s request at no additional cost.  Teacher: Don Portelance

10043 • TH • Feb 7 - Apr 18 • 7:15 - 9:45 PM • $197 + tax

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 the comic stories you write! Teacher: Kenten Bowick

5-7 years
9890 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 9:15 - 10:15 AM • $87 FULL

8-12 years
9888 • TH • Apr 11 - Jun 13 • 3:30 - 5:00 PM • $122
9889 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 10:30 - 12:00 PM • $122 FULL

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 lay out, copy, fold and staple copies of your own comics. Teacher: Kenten Bowick

9954 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 12:05 - 1:35 PM • $124 FULL

Learn the basic techniques of handbuilding 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
9905 • M • Apr 8 - Jun 3 • 3:45 - 4:30 PM • $83
9907 • TU • Apr 9 - May 28 • 4:15 - 5:00 PM • $83

6-11 years
9914 • M • Apr 8 - Jun 3 • 4:45 - 5:45 PM • $83 FULL
9915 • M • Apr 8 - Jun 3 • 6:00 - 7:00 PM • $83
9916 • TU • Apr 9 - May 28 • 5:15 - 6:15 PM • $83 FULL

Express your creative ideas! Through a balance of formal training and creative exploration you will explore shapes, shading, light, colour and perspective.
Teachers: Stan Hunc and Olga Pirogova

Drawing & Painting with Olga Pirogova
5-7 years
10011 • W • Apr 17 - Jun 12 • 3:45 - 4:45 PM • $89.50 ***start and end date pushed back by one week
10013 • TH • Apr 18 - Jun 13 • 4:45 - 5:45 PM • $89.50 ***start and end date pushed back by one week
10009 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 10:15 - 11:15 AM • $89.50
10010 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 11:30 - 12:30 PM • $89.50
10015 • SA • Apr 20 - Jun 15 • 1:00 - 2:00 PM • $82.50 ***start date pushed back by one week

Drawing & Painting with Stan Hunc
5-7 years
10003 • F • Apr 12 - Jun 14 • 4:00 - 5:00 PM • $89.50
10006 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 9:15 - 10:15 AM • $89.50

8-12 years
10004 • F • Apr 12 - Jun 14 • 5:15 - 6:15 PM • $89.50
10007 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 10:30 - 11:30 AM • $89.50 FULL
10008 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 11:45 - 12:45 PM • $89.50

13-17 years
10005 • F • Apr 12 - Jun 14 • 6:30 - 7:30 PM • $89.50

Learn 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

9949 • M • Apr 8 - Jun 3 • 3:45 - 4:45 PM • $78

Jump into your imagination with this fun, creative journey into the visual arts. Each week a new art medium will be explored including: paints, pastels, printmaking, papier-mâché and more. The creative process is accentuated, as are the tools to help creativity such as colour mixing, mark making and collage. Teacher: Joy Kirkwood

10060 • TU • Apr 9 - Jun 11 • 5:00 - 6:00 PM • $92

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

10041 • W • Apr 10 - Jun 12 • 5:00 - 6:30 PM • $129.50 FULL
10040 • SA • Apr 20 - Jun 15 • 2:15 - 3:45 PM • $119.00 ***start date pushed back by one week

Learn the basics of pottery making using a combination of wheel throwing and handbuilding techniques. You will produce a series of usable, food-safe dishes ready for your kitchen table. For safety reasons, please do not wear open-toed footwear to class. Teacher: Vin Arora

9849 • W • Apr 10 - May 29 • 4:15 - 6:15 PM • $149
9853 • TH • Apr 11 - May 30 • 4:15 - 6:15 PM • $149

Learn the basics of acrylic painting and the fundamentals of art (line, shape, pattern, composition and colour) while studying nature. Emily Carr, Georgia O’Keefe and other artists, whose love of nature comes through in their art, will be our inspiration. Supplies Included. Teacher: Joy Kirkwood

This class is finished for the year. Check back in fall 2013!

Learn to make 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

9932 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 1:45 - 3:15 PM • $124

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 then be uploaded to YouTube. A digital camera with removable card is recommended for this class. Teacher: Kenten Bowick

9946 • SA • Apr 13 - Jun 15 • 3:30 - 5:00 PM • $127

Learn to draw in 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

9937 • TH • Apr 11 - Jun 13 • 6:45 - 8:45 PM • $159

This workshop combines studio sessions with field trips and focuses on media, style and ideas to provide an enriched program for students serious about improving their artistic ability. Consideration will be given to students’ needs in planning the activities. An interview and/or portfolio are required. Classes take place in Don Portelance’s home studio. The program may be extended beyond the date of the last scheduled class at instructor’s request at no additional cost.  Teacher: Don Portelance

10043 • TH • Feb 7 - Apr 18 • 7:15 - 9:45 PM • $197 + tax

Develop the skills needed to create an illustrated art journal. In this mixed-media class, you will learn sketching and watercolour basics, drawing realistically, collage techniques as well as how to incorporate doodles and decorative borders into your journals. Supplies Included. Teacher: Joy Kirkwood

This class is finished for the year. Check back in fall 2013!

Express your creative ideas! Through a balance of formal training and creative exploration you will explore shapes, shading, light, colour and perspective. Teacher: Stan Hunc

10005 • F • Apr 12 - Jun 14 • 6:30 - 7:30 PM • $89.50

Learn how to use a variety of drawing and watercolour media, both separately and together. Key elements to be explored in this class include: line, value, colour theory, positive and negative shapes, balance in composition, structured or spontaneous styles and abstract vs. realism. Supplies Included.Teacher: Joy Kirkwood

10054 • TU • Apr 9 - Jun 11 • 6:45 - 8:45 PM • $162 + tax

Explore new techniques of modeling clay in the form of figurative and abstract art. Whether you’re totally new to working with clay or you’ve already mastered some of the principles of sculpture, Parvaneh will support you to develop structure, style and creativity in your work. A supply list is available at the reception desk. Teacher: Parvaneh Roudgar

9935 • TU • Apr 9 - Jun 11 • 6:30 - 9:00 PM • $272 + tax
9942 • W • Apr 10 - Jun 12 • 6:00 - 9:00 PM • $317 + tax

Learn the basics of pottery making using a combination of wheel throwing and handbuilding techniques. You will produce a series of usable, food-safe dishes ready for your kitchen table. For safety reasons, please do not wear open-toed footwear to class. Teacher: Vin Arora

9849 • W • Apr 10 - May 29 • 4:15 - 6:15 PM • $149
9853 • TH • Apr 11 - May 30 • 4:15 - 6:15 PM • $149