Kid's Pottery Classes and Workshops
Winter & Spring 2010
New! Summer Art Camps!
Inclement Weather Policy!
Art Alliance Adult classes are held on schedule when the Greensboro Cultural Center is open. If conditions are not deemed safe the building will close and classes will not be held. Art Alliance youth classes will follow the Guilford County School cancellation schedule.
As always, use your best judgement.
As soon as we know the class schedule will change, an update will be on our phone at 336/373-2725.
Thank you for your understanding.
Art Allaince pottery classes are held in room #129, located on the first floor of the Greensboro Cultural Center.
Parking is available behind the Cultural Center in the Church Street Parking Deck.
Youth classes include hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques using earthen clay, glazing and and learning to work in a clay studio. All supplies and firing fees are included. Class size is limited to eight students, pre-registration required, with payment due before the first class. Students should be prepared to have a great clay experience--dress for fun!
$75/6 weeks. Supplies included.Pre-registration and pre-payment required 1-week before class begins.
If class minimum is not met one week before class begins, we cannot hold class and will cancel. Register early to avoid disappointment!
Please call 336/373-2725 or email artalliance@juno.com to register.
Some scholarships are available. Please call for more information.
Mondays, 4-5:30, 6-8 year olds
Winter Session I: January 11-March 1 (includes make-up days)
Winter Session 2: March 8-April 12
Session 2 has filled. please call for more information.
Instructor: Lorrie Price
$75/6 weeks- Pre-Registration required, class size limited
Holiday Teapot from Monday afternoon Youth Pottery class
Tuesdays, 4-5:30, (8-10 year olds)
Winter Session I: January 12-February 23 (includes make-up day)
Winter Session 2: March 9-April 13
Instructor: Brett McDonough
$75/6 weeks
Wednesdays, 4:30-6pm. (10-13 year olds)
session 2 has filled and has a waiting list. Please call 336.373.2725 with questions
Winter Session 2: March 9-April 14
Instructor: Susan O'Leary
$75/6 weeks
Thursdays, (6-weeks)
(includes make-up day)
Winter Session 2: March 10-April 15
Instructor: Brett McDonough
Homeschool Pottery 1:30-3:00pm
students must pre-register!
(Class minimum is 5 students)
New!Teen Clay Sculpture Class for Thursdays!
4:30-6pm. (10-13 year olds)
Cost: $75/6/weeks
Saturdays
Teens- SeniorProject special!
Instructor Brett McDonough
1:00-3:30 Senior Project Pottery,
Teens that are working on their Senior class projects—this class is for you!
Class fulfills 20 hours of studio time with artist/instructors in a professional artist studio.
This class includes most supplies.
Cost:: $100/8/weeks
Please call 336/373-2725 or email artalliancegso@gmail.com for more information
Teen Senior Project class meets from February 27-April 24. For more information please call or email.
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Special group classes are available to schedule. Call for more information.
For more information call 336-373-2725, or e-mail artalliancegso@gmail.com
Class size is limited for all camps. Pre registration is required. Scholarships may be available,.
For further information please call 336-373-2725 or email artalliancegso@gmail.com
Art Alliance classes are held on schedule when the Greensboro Cultural Center is open.
The Greensboro Cultural Center is closed on Federal Holidays. To view a list of these dates please click here.
Art Alliance Summer 2010 Art Camp Schedule!
Art Camps 2010
Week 1: ALL TEEN WEEK! June 28-July 2
Week 2: July 5-July 9
Week 3: July 12-July16
Week 4: July 19-July 23
Week 5: July 26-July 30
Week 6: August 2-August 6
Art Alliance 2010 Art Camps
Art Alliance Art Camps are held in the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center, 200 N. Davie Street, in downtown Greensboro, in Studios 127 & 129, located on the first floor of the Greensboro Cultural Center. Camp instructors are all educated artists/instructors. Art Alliance camps are offered to specific age groups each week, with age appropriate projects.
All campers should bring a snack, full day campers should also bring a bag lunch for supervised lunchtime. Please inquire about discounts for multiple all day weeks, or siblings attending all day weeks together. Class size is limited for all camps. Pre registration is required. Scholarships may be available,.
For further information please call 336-373-2725, visit www.artalliancegso.com or email artalliancegso@gmail.com
Teens
Week1- June 28-July 2
Drawing & Painting,
8:30-12:30 ages 15-19 years
1:00-5:00 ages 11-14 years
Students explore drawing and painting techniques. Media will include charcoal, pencil, watercolor, paint on canvas and more.
Cost: $120
Pottery
8:30-12:30 ages 11-14 years
1:00-5:00 ages 15-19 years
Students will be introduced to the Art Alliance pottery studio, working with hand-building techniques, wheel-throwing techniques, textures and more. Fee includes all supplies, clay, and firing fees. One additional day is included for a final glazing.
Cost: $120
Week 2, July 6-July 9, (four days) ages 6-8
8:30-12:30
Travelling Art – make what moves you 6-8
Art doesn’t have to stay in one place. Make art that moves! Students will create all the necessities for their journeys (both real and imagined): walking sticks, compasses, maps, even knapsacks! We will also create paintings and sculptures telling the story of personal travelling adventures. Bring your hiking shoes, as we will go on adventure hikes, putting our artistic creations to use.
Cost:$100
Drawing & Painting Pottery 1:00-5:00
Students will do it all- half the class will be drawing and painting projects, half the class will work in clay. Be sure to bring a snack- having fun is hard work.
Cost: $100
Week 3, July 12-July 16, ages 9-11
Textile Art 8:30-12:30
This camp will work with color, texture, and a variety of materials. Campers will weave, dye, create felt, print and paint fabric, and make baskets. A class for anyone who likes to know how you make that! You’ll work with a professional textile artist creating art and crafts with new and familiar materials.
Cost $120
Drawing, Painting & Pottery, 1:00-5:00
Learn about portraits, anime, artist trading cards, landscapes for half the class, and create clay sculptures and pots for half the class time. All supplies are included.
Cost: $120
Week 4, July 19-July 23, ages 6-8 years
8:30-12:30
Story Art (ages 6-8)
Do you have a story to tell? Tell it with art! Students will explore different mediums of artistic storytelling such as picture books, puppets, storyboards, and dioramas. Students cooperate with others to create a story, taking turns directing the plot in a fun collaborative project. They will also work on their reading and speaking skills, as they share their stories with the class.
Cost: $120
Drawing, Painting & Pottery, 1:00-5:00
Students will do it all- half the class will be drawing and painting projects, half the class will work in clay. Be sure to bring a snack- having fun is hard work.
Cost: $120
Week 5, July 26-July 30, ages 9-11 years
8:30-12:30
Recycled Art
Don’t throw that away – it could be your next masterpiece! Students learn how to make beautiful art from everyday objects. Coffee holders can be gargoyles, old magazines turn into mosaics, even milk cartons make great birdhouses! Students are encouraged to use their own imagination to see beauty in the ordinary.
Cost: $120
Drawing, Painting & Pottery, 1:00-5:00
Learn about portraits, anime, artist trading cards, landscapes for half the class, and create clay sculptures and pots for half the class time. All supplies are included.
Cost: $120
Week 6, August 2-August 6, Ages 8-10 years
8:30-12:30
Garden Art
Take your art into the great outdoors! We’ll make flower pots, bird houses, garden flags, wind chimes, stepping stones and more. Make your garden a work of art and let your creativity grow wild!
Drawing, Painting & Pottery, 1:00-5:00
Students will do it all- half the class will be drawing and painting projects, half the class will work in clay. Be sure to bring a snack- having fun is hard work. All pottery will be glazed and fired.
Cost: $120
How the Arts help your child:
Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are:
- 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
- 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools
- 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
- 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance
- 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem
Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
- Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently
- Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently
- Read for pleasure nearly twice as often
- Perform community service more than four times as often
Help the Arts become part of your life!
(Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based Youth Organizations, Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts Monograph, November 1998)
