art adventures
AGES 3-5 ( with
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September 6–December 20; 10:30 am
Drop by with your preschooler to see artworks in the galleries and
to do a simple art-making activity. Art Adventures is a great way for
young artists to have their first Museum experiences – with a grownup by their side – before coming to art classes on their own.
Joslyn Members: $8 adult/child pair per session,
$1 each additional child
General Public: $10 adult/child pair per session,
$2 each additional child
Instructor: Therese Straseski
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER
Amenirdas I before using self-hardening modeling material to sculpt a
portrait of someone important to you.
found on the outside of the Museum, and use self-hardening clay to
create small relief tiles. This session will meet in the Storz Fountain Court.
13 FRESCO PAINTINGS: Fresco painting involves painting onto
8 PRINTMAKING: Thomas Moran’s beautiful sunset in The Pearl
6 SCULPTURE PORTRAITS: Visit an ancient Egyptian sculpture of
wet or dry plaster. Medieval frescos in the gallery will inspire us to
make our own plaster paintings in the studio.
1 RELIEF SCULPTURE: Learn about relief sculptures, like those
of Venice will inspire us to make monoprints of cityscapes, with
sunsets created by blending colors of ink.
20 TRIPTYCH PAINTINGS: Three panel paintings, called
15 PORTRAIT COLLAGE: Visit the galleries to look at artworks
triptychs, were popular decorations for religious alters in the
Renaissance. Learn about symbolism and storytelling by looking at a
triptych, then use primary colors to create a three-paneled painting.
of people before returning to the studio to cut, rip, and tear paper to
create portraits full of texture and color.
27 PATTERNED PLATES: Learn about color, pattern, and the
then use self-hardening clay to create real or imaginary threedimensional animals.
ceramic tradition of majolica by looking at brightly decorated plates in
the gallery. Design your own paper plate using oil pastels and paint.
22 SCULPTURE: Find sculptures of animals in the galleries
29 DECORATIVE ART: We will marble paper with shaving cream
OCTOBER
to mimic the beautiful glass used to make art deco vases. Then
we’ll fold and cut our paper to make symmetrical vase shapes.
like Agnes Martin. We will make designs with thick and thin lines and
see how things change when lines are close together or far apart.
DECEMBER
11 PEN & INK: A trip to see drawings by Dr. Seuss will inspire you
paint to produce impressionistic pictures like Claude Monet.
to make colorful and crazy characters while learning to create with
ink, using a brush and pen.
13 MOVEMENT: Look at sculptures throughout the Museum to
4 LINE DRAWING: Learn to use a ruler to create lines and shapes
18 PATTERN: Look at Sherrie Levine’s wooden paintings of stripes
and make your own colorful pattern paintings on wood in the studio.
25 STILL LIFES: Learn about space by creating a collaged still
6 IMPRESSIONISM: Use pastels to make dabs of color onto wet
see which ones dance and which ones stand still. In the studio, use
wire to create ballerinas, ninjas, and other things that move.
20 GLASS: Decorate clear glass balls to create colorful orbs like
the hanging sculptures of Dale Chihuly.
life. We will draw fruits and vegetables, then cut them out and layer
them to show which ones are closest to us in space.
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