Session 1
June 7 - 11
All grades refer to grade completed

1. Get Going with Sand-Blasters!
Rachel Lindle
Have a blast using sand as an art material! Use colored sand to create pictures and small jar art. 
8 - 9 am | Grades K - 8th | $30/40 (nm)

FULL 2. Bugs, Bugs BUGS!
Rachel Miller
Do you like creepy crawlers? We will be exploring the world of insects while developing our artistic skills. We’ll study photos of bugs and look for some real bugs! We’ll draw bugs, collage bugs, paint bugs, and build bugs! Come and share some creepy crawly stories! 
9 am - non | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 3. Mayan Clayworks
Melinda Boyer
Take a cultural journey to the ancient Mayan empire and learn how they created symbolic designs in clay. We’ll study their designs and hieroglyphs and incorporate them into our clayworks. Each student will make a sun mask, a decorated flute, and a pot resembling an animal. All pieces will be fired, painted and enhanced with gold. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

4. Mini-You Fabric People
Sonja Brooks
You’ll design a figure in fabric that represents you
your appearance and things you like. We’ll draw a design and then construct and assemble it by cutting and sewing fabric and embellishing it with hair and clothing decorations. Once completed, your mini-you will have shown you a lot about you and sewing too! 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm) | Limit : 10

5. Masks as Relief Sculpture
Crimson Duvall
In this class we will be casting our faces in plaster. These “masks” will be mounted to become a relief wall hanging. With inspiration from the natural world, students will paint their relief sculptures and add interesting recycled materials to further enhance their unique personality. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

6. Artgineers!
Stevie Moore
Combine the artistry of form with function for engineering and design challenges! Using creative and scientific talents, we will work in teams to design and build bridges and test them for strength. We will also create a “reentry” vehicle to allow an egg to safely fall from a great height! These projects will showoff each team’s unique art-gineering concepts. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 12th | $75/85 (nm)

FULL 7. Robots!
Frank Boyer
A fun introduction to electrical and engineering concepts and applications. Each student will design and build a wired remote-controlled robot using recycled materials and electrical components. Forward motion and left-right steering are the basic functions
other movement may also be possible. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 8th | $80/90 (nm) | Limit :10

8. Lunch
Elissa Morley
Eat, Relax, Create, and Play. Remember to bring your Lunch from home!  
12 - 1 pm | Grades K - 12th | $25/35 (nm)

FULL 9. Blooming Botany
Julie Blackburn
Dig into the dirt and watch seeds spring to life in this hands-on class. We’ll work with live plants, create some fake ones, and take a stroll through gardens. We’ll learn all about botany by making artwork and crafts that will be sure to grow on you! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

10. Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkeys and Apes
K. Crane
You will pick which ape or monkey you like the best. Then, we’ll make our favorites out of socks, buttons, felt, and sequins. Who can make the coolest monkey or ape and come up with the best name? 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

11. Art Installation
Farhad Rezaei
Maximize your creativity, follow and/or break the rules, and introduce your imaginative space to others! Let’s explore the possibilities of space, materials, and composition to develop and construct your artistic concepts. You can work in a group or individually to visualize, and execute your unique ideas. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 12. 3D Art
Rachel Miller
Use your creative talents to develop sculptures from various traditional and recycled materials! We will be working in the round while pulling inspiration from different artists and learning new techniques. It will be lots of fun so don’t be afraid to get your hands messy. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

13. Design a Creature
Adam Craft
Join me for a mad science ride into the unknown as we ‘peel’ away the layers of a mythic creature or supernatural monster you design! We’ll create our creature from the inside out; bones, organs, muscles and skin! In this class we’ll be using paint, ink, and drawing to bring life to your bizarre creation. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 6th - 12th | $70/80 (nm)

14. Crazy Self Portraits
Adam Craft
Ever wake up in the morning and feel fuzzy around the edges like you’re made of electricity, or macaroni, and your hair is really grass, and your eyes are jelly beans? In this class you’ll have a chance to do a crazy self-portrait using a whole assortment of materials. Not only that, but these self-portraits will be life-sized, on big paper, so you can capture every detail about your crazy self. 
4 - 5:30 pm | Grades K - 8th | $40/50 (nm)

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Session 2
June 14 - 18
All grades refer to grade completed

15. Get Going with Knots and Beads
Rachel Lindle
Become a jeweler this summer and make jewelry for yourself or to share! Create marbled clay beads, key rings, and learn to knot yarn into necklaces and friendship bracelets. 
8 - 9 am | Grades K - 8th | $30/40 (nm)

16. Sundry Arts and Crafts
Melinda Boyer
Together, parent and child can have fun making useful, everyday art for the home. Print a fruit design on a dish towel, craft an aromatic spice wreath, and make your own safe natural cleaners and sprays. Each pair will create a clay bowl and pitcher that is fired and glazed. 
9 - 10 am | Ages 18 - 24 mo + Parent $55/65 (nm) | Limit : 6 pairs

17. Artful ABC’c
Melinda Boyer
Let’s use art to have fun with the alphabet. We’ll use clay, polymer clay, paint, and colorful paper to make our names, special letters, and new words. We’ll have so much fun exploring textures, mixing new colors, and reciting our ABC’s we won’t even know we are “learning”. 
10:30 am - noon | Ages 4 - 6 yrs | $60/70 (nm)

18. Making Mosaic Masterpieces!
Rachel Lindle
Do you like puzzles and art? Combine the two and have tons of fun creating mosaics! Use the “puzzle” pieces to create interesting, textured creations. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

FULL 19. Magical Moments In Mixed Media
Marty Henton
Let’s get creative with all kinds of art materials and found objects to create personal artistic expressions in two and three-dimensional art forms. Paint, print, draw, mark, shape, and construct as you look at artists and their works for inspiration. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

20. Scavanger Paper Makers
Paul Lovelace
In this class we will learn the art and science of papermaking. You will scavenge the beautiful grounds of the Old Episcopal Burying Ground, down the street from the LASC, in search of our secret ingredient: cellulose. You will create individual pieces and collectively construct Lexington’s largest, and potentially most beautiful, piece of paper. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

21. Textures in Clay
Crimson Duvall
In this class we will learn how rhythm, texture, movement, and line apply to clay. Each day we will be looking for things in nature that can be utilized as tools to create these varying elements within our clay. We will create textured slabs and turn our slabs into colorfully glazed vessels.
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

22. Black and White Photography
Hilary Brown
You will learn how to use your 35mm camera, make interesting photos, develop film, and make prints in the darkroom. Just bring your camera. All other materials will be provided. Jump into the world of film photography! 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 12th | $95/105 (nm) | Limit : 6

FULL 23. Anime and Manga Illustration
Stevie Moore
Do you like Anime, Manga, or Japanese cartooning? We will learn to draw in the style of your favorite Japanese comics. Learn to show expression and emotion in your characters, then create a story, storyboard, and your own comic novel. This class will take place in the Caretaker’s Cottage at the Old Episcopal Burying Ground. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 8th | $65/75 (nm)

24. Lunch
Elissa Morley
Eat, Relax, Create, and Play. Remember to bring your Lunch from home!  
12 - 1 pm | Grades K - 12th | $25/35 (nm)

25. Cartooning in Outerspace
Laura Ray
We will draw out-of-this-world original creatures, characters, monsters, and Martians. We will examine the galaxies and create our own planets and worlds. By the end of the week we will have a portfolio of drawings, paintings, flip books and more. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

26. Puppeteers Unite!
Garrett Graddy
It’s official: everyone loves a puppet show. So, let’s put one on. First, we’ll make up a good story. Then we’ll develop our characters and make all kinds of puppets. We’ll build big sets, rehearse a bit, and finally…we invite an audience and start the show! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 27. Early Egyptian Escapades
Julie Blackburn
Ancient Egypt will come alive as we discover the wonders of a culture that influenced the world. We’ll learn about mummification, hieroglyphics, pyramids, archeology and much more. We’ll make a mummy and a clay sarcophagus; a personalized shrinky-dink cartouche; a musical instrument and other ancient Egyptian art and crafts. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

28. Sheep To Shawl
Beth Rosdatter
We are actually going to take a raw sheep fleece and scour, comb, card, spin, dye and weave it. You will really develop an appreciation for what goes into making a piece of cloth! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $80/90 (nm) | Limit : 9

29. Fun With Fiber Arts
Rachel Miller
From pine needle baskets to crocheting, we will explore several different fiber art processes and artists. Develop new skills and techniques and expand your abilities as an artist. This class will take place in the beautiful caretaker’s cottage at the Old Episcopal Burying Ground. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 6th - 8th | $70/80 (nm)

30. Oil Painting
Frank Boyer
Oil paint has unique qualities that can produce beautiful effects. Learn the elements of good composition, color theory, and oil painting techniques. Also, learn how to incorporate acrylic under painting (to save time and money) or water based painting effects that can be used for striking results. Materials will be provided, but you may bring your favorite brushes. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 9th - 12th | $75/85 (nm)

31. da Vinci Design
Steven Littrell
Get inspired by da Vinci right here on the LASC grounds! We’ll look at da Vinci’s designs and the new da Vinci Pavilion designed and built by UK architecture students! Then we’ll create our very own moving machines. Gears, pulleys, levers, and other simple machines will be our medium in making movable art. 
4 - 5:30 pm | Grades K - 8th | $40/50 (nm)

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Session 3
June 21 - 25
All grades refer to grade completed

32. Get Going and Draw in Color
Melinda Boyer
Draw your world in color. Learn new techniques and styles when using colored pencils, and pastels. We’ll also mat a few pieces for a nice presentation! 
8 - 9 am | Grades K - 8th | $30/40 (nm)

33. Finger Painting FUN damentals
Rachel Lindle
If it’s on the fingers it’s likely to end up in the mouth so, we will use “edible” finger paint to explore line and shape. We’ll also do some beginning printmaking using our hands as stampers and then try some potato and utensil stamping. Family finger fun for sure! 
9 - 10 am | Ages 2 - 3 yrs + Parent $55/65 (nm) | Limit : 6 pairs

34. Color: Mixing and Exploring
Rachel Lindle
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple! Do you like colors? Learn colors this summer when we explore mixing, painting and creating with primary, secondary, and new colors you will invent and name. 
10:30 am - noon | Ages 3 - 5 yrs | $60/70 (nm)

FULL 35. Little Leonardo
Melinda Boyer
This class will help young minds visualize and create their ideas from the world around them. Using the methods of Leonardo da Vinci we will first sketch our ideas for our inventions on paper. Then we will use recycled and found objects to construct the inventive art we have imagined. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

36. Soccer Art
Paul Lovelace
Develop your artistic and athletic skills though this soccer theater course. We will learn the beautiful game of soccer, write a play, design sets and costumes, and take the field/stage. We will prove that the body fuels the creative mind. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

FULL 37. Robots!
Frank Boyer
A fun introduction to electrical and engineering concepts and applications. Each student will design and build a wired-remote controlled robot using recycled materials and electrical components. Forward motion and left-right steering are the basic functions other movement may also be possible. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $80/90 (nm) | Limit : 10

FULL 38. Sci-Fi and Fantasy Creature Creation
Stevie Moore
If you love Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, or Avatar then join us in this class to draw, paint, and sculpt your own inspired characters and creatures. We will draw Dragons and Griffons from Mythology as well as sculpting our own planet and space vehicle. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

39. Basics in Acrylic Painting
Duane Keaton
A beginner’s course in painting with acrylics. We’ll start with color theory to learn why some colors look better together than others. We will then work on landscape painting and, if time allows, portrait painting. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 8th | $70/80 (nm)

40. Time Machine: Racing Through Art Historically
Cynthia Ryan Kelly
We will start in the 17th century and cruise ahead to the 21st century
which is now!! We will explore the processes of sculpting, Renaissance style, Impressionist painting, and a “Joseph Cornell” inspired box. The 21st Century is yours so let’s make “your” art. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 12th | $70/80 (nm)

41. Lunch
Elissa Morley
Eat, Relax, Create, and Play. Remember to bring your Lunch from home!  
12 - 1 pm | Grades K - 12th | $25/35 (nm)

42. Collage Composers!
Rachel Miller
Explore the world of art through paper! We will learn about colors, textures, and shapes and how they affect your compositions. Come express yourself making a variety of collages. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 43. Ocean Commotion
Kriis Zeps
Let’s cool off with some ocean exploration and adventure! We’ll view coral reefs, fabulous fish, mollusks and more. Using our imaginations, we’ll create shell menageries, coral reefs, papier-mâché creations, and underwater paintings. We’ll make “Ocean T-Shirts” and break open our Puffer Fish Piñatas! Please bring a white T-shirt! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 44. Mad Scientist Lab
Julie Blackburn
Experiments galore will be the only chore in this lab. We’ll make rockets fly and watch sparks go by. We’ll use household products to create physical and chemical reactions that will make you say, “cool”, and Dr. Frankenstein drool. You’re guaranteed to learn a thing or two about the world around you. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

FULL 45. Drawing Animals
Laura Ray
Step by step we will draw animals and the habitats they live in. We will explore animals from the jungle to the sea and draw biomes such as the rainforest, tundra, and dessert. At the end of the week students will have a portfolio of artwork done in pencil, paint, and pastels. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

46. Performance Art
Farhad Rezaei
Be in your art and become your art!!! We’ll explore theatrical, visual ideas, use time and space, and perform our art! You can be poetic, political, social, liberal, expressive, emotional, or sensitive, then experience and share the excitement and your art with others! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 6th - 12th | $65/75(nm)

47. Environmental Sculpture
Adam Craft
If you enjoy both art and being outside, Environmental Sculpture is for you! Taking the example of Andy Goldsworthy (an awesome artist we’ll learn more about), you’ll take beautiful natural elements like rocks, sticks, grasses, dirt, water, and leaves
and turn them into sculpture. You’ll display your art in the LASC’s “Outdoor Gallery”. This class will be fun, hands-on, and a bit dirty. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 6th - 12th | $65/75 (nm)

48. KnitWits
Beth Rosdatter
Become a fiber artist! Learn the art of knitting! We’ll start by making our own knitting needles and learning how to cast on and off. Then we’ll dive in and make unique, colorful gifts for our family, friends, or for ourselves. We’ll try friendship bracelets, hats, scarves, arm warmers, purses and oven mitts! Add some homemade pom poms or other embellishments. 
4 - 5:30 PM | Grades K - 8th | $45/55 (nm)

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Session 4
June 28 - July 2
All grades refer to grade completed

49. Get Going with Solar Printing
Hilary Brown
Solar Printing is a process that uses the sun to make photographic images. Inspired by interesting found objects, we’ll make up stories and then use the objects to create Solar Print illustrations. On the last day, we’ll bind our stories and pictures into books and journals. 
8 - 9 am | Grades K - 8th | $30/40 (nm)

50. Bilingual Boogie Beats
Amy Olson
Children and their parents/ caregivers will use their imagination, dance and play rhythmic instruments while singing songs and musical books in both English and Spanish. Please feel free to bring a yoga mat or small rug to sit on. 
9 - 10 am | Ages 18 - 24 mo + Parent $45/55 (nm) | Limit : 6 pairs

51. Story… Time for Art
Debbie Harner
Does your child love to hear the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar or The Rainbow Fish and look at the beautiful illustrations? Come join us as we combine painting, mosaics, collage, and lots of other fun arts and crafts with great children’s books! Reading and art together… what could be more fun! 
10:30 am - noon | Ages 4 - 6 yrs | $60/70 (nm)

52. At The Meadows Edge
Melinda Boyer
Take an imaginary walk to the edge of the meadow and beyond. Learn about the intricate web of life that exists, seen and unseen, in grasslands, savannas, and prairies. Use charcoal, pen and ink, watercolors, and acrylic paints to express how we feel about sunny places we call meadows. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

53. Book-Making: From Flip to Altered
Hilary Brown
Explore the exciting and imaginative world of book-making! Using recycled and hand-made paper, we’ll make four different types of books; scroll, simple flip-book, cloth-bound journal, and an altered book! Each book will be as special and unique as the person who makes it! 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

54. Soccer Art
Paul Lovelace
Develop your artistic and athletic skills though this soccer theater course. We will learn the beautiful game of soccer, write a play, design sets and costumes and take the field/stage. We will prove that the body fuels the creative mind. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

55. Incredible Inventions And Magical Machines
Marty Henton
Let’s be inventors for a week. We’ll look at incredible inventions and challenge our minds with creativity. You’ll sketch and draw your ideas and use paint and found objects to build your inventions. A journal will be kept to record your ideas and drawings to share it with others! 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

56. Drawing In Perspective
Duane Keaton
This class will focus on a wide range of uses for perspective drawing. We will begin with one-point perspective and work from simpler drawings to more complicated ones. By the end of the week, students will have a good understanding of drawing in perspective essentials. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 8th | $65/75 (nm)

57. Lunch
Elissa Morley
Eat, Relax, Create, and Play. Remember to bring your Lunch from home!  
12 - 1 pm | Grades K - 12th | $25/35 (nm)

FULL 58. Fabulous Fairy Fun
Amy Wells-Barnhill
In this class we will be painting, playing and creating fairy art! Come make magic fairy wands, glittery fairy princess crowns, tiny fairy homes and more! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 59. Digital Photo Fun for Kids
Laura Ray
Digital cameras provided! Students will learn how to operate the camera to make unique and vivid photographs through perspective and camera tricks. Students will print their favorite photos and have a portfolio at the end of the week. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

60. Artist/Author: Storytelling and Bookmaking
Adam Craft
Remember a time in your life that was the best?! A family picnic at the park? The time the cat pulled down the Christmas tree, and the dog ran off with the turkey? In this class you’ll turn your favorite memory into a book! You’ll write a story, add colorful art, and put it together in a book format to share with others. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

61. Garden Art
Garrett Graddy
Hurray for summer … and sunshine, and flowers in the garden! And berries and tomatoes and butterflies and bugs and sunflowers and dirt and seeds and big heads of cabbage! In this class
through big, wild, colorful, outdoor art-making
we will learn all about the exciting world of the garden. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

62. Drawing: Line, Light and Shadow
Frank Boyer
While learning to use graphite, charcoal, ink, and pastels, we’ll explore the different techniques necessary for creating with each medium. Step by step instruction in object modeling, figure drawing, and landscape rendering will give a firm foundation for the beginner and supply additional tools for the more advanced student. 
 1 - 4 pm | Grades 6th - 8th | $65/75 (nm)

63. Powerful Portraiture
Christine Kuhn
Learn fundamentals of drawing realistic portraits, focusing on how to make your portrait really look like the actual person you are drawing! No generic faces in this class! If you’re willing to observe fully and patiently, then you too can capture a powerful likeness of your subject! We will begin with charcoal and pencil and move to color and pastel. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 9th - 12th | $70/80 (nm)

64. Flying Flags
K. Crane
We will study cool flags for inspiration and then design and create our own! We’ll install some of our colorful flags around the new da Vinci Pavilion for everyone to see! 
4 - 5:30 pm | Grades K - 8th | $40/50(NM)

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Session 5
July 12 - 16
All grades refer to grade completed

65. Get Going with Morning Improv
Paul Lovelace
This is a beginning improvisational acting class, where we will warm up our bodies, voices and imagination. 
8 - 9 am | Grades K - 8th | $30/40 (nm)

66. Magic Paintbrush
Melinda Boyer
The dibble-dabble of little hands will create magical wonders of art as we explore finger painting, color mixing, and textures using a variety of brushes and tools to paint the rainbow. 
9 - 10 am | Ages 2 - 3 yrs + Parent $55/65 (nm) | Limit : 6 pairs

FULL 67. Big Blue Planet
Melinda Boyer
Explore our big Earth, from the sky to the mountains to the seas. Let’s do lots of BIG art like painting the people and animals of the world, a papier mache model of the Earth, and modeling clay mountains and valleys with a volcano that erupts. Then we will learn how beautiful our planet is. 
10:30 am - noon | Ages 3 - 5 yrs | $65/75 (nm)

68. Soccer Art
Paul Lovelace
Develop your artistic and athletic skills though this soccer theater course. We will learn the beautiful game of soccer, write a play, design sets and costumes and take the field/stage. We will prove that the body fuels the creative mind. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

FULL 69. Artist Toolbox
Frank Boyer
Introducing the young artists to a wide variety of media is the key to discovering their specific abilities. We’ll learn the elements of drawing, painting, and sculpture with many materials, from pencil and clay to computers. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

70. Magnificent Mural Maker
Natalie Baxter
We will paint, collage and create magnificent works of art on a large scale. We will study different techniques and artists such as Diego Rivera, Jackson Pollock, and Sol Lewitt. Each student will create their own large-scale mural as well as a collaborative piece with the entire class. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

FULL 71. Dream Home Construction
Steven Littrell
Create your own dream house. We’ll look at some unique houses all over the world and use those to help design our own. We’ll create floor plans and models of your dream houses. Will it be space stations, tree houses, or underwater biospheres? Use your imaginations and create. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

72. Digital Photography
Hilary Brown
Get the most out of your camera in this course! No more headscratching, wondering “what does this button do?” Learn rules of composition and the key to making great photographs! Please bring your camera. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 8th | $70/80 (nm)

73. Equine Art
Stevie Moore
This class is all about creating art about horses and their environm)ent. Using acrylic paints and chalk pastels we’ll learn basic animal drawing skills as well as the anatomy of horses and variances in different breeds. We’ll have live horse “models” to paint when we take a field trip to Masterson Station Park! 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 12th | $70/80 (nm)

74. Lunch
Elissa Morley
Eat, Relax, Create, and Play. Remember to bring your Lunch from home!  
12 - 1 pm | Grades K - 12th | $25/35 (nm)

FULL 75. Painting, Patterns, and Printmaking
Kriis Zeps
We will create printed patterns using a variety of self-selected materials. Stamped, relief, and block prints will be portrayed on pictures, notecards, T shirts, and banners. Students will bring home printmakers to be enjoyed again and again! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 76. Colors, Colors, COLORS!
Mary Nehring
Have fun with color. We will be making all sorts of colorful projects like, wax printed fabric, dyed fabric for a quilt, paper beads, mock stained glass windows, and we’ll all go home with a tie-dyed T-shirt at the end! Please bring a white, 100% cotton T-shirt. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

FULL 77. Sweet and Yummy Art
Amy Wells-Barnhill
Let’s play with our food! We will be making chocolate drawings, sugar paintings, orange baskets, fruit prints, egg paintings, edible sand art, chocolate clay and edible houses! You don’t want to miss the yummy, fun, and delicious creations! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

78. Design Through Embossing!
Erica Meuser
Let the warm spirit of the summer inspire and “raise” our creative designs! We’ll explore and develop motifs, cut them out of recyclable paper, and collage them into designs or compositions, on cardboard “plates”. We’ll press our designs into a variety of selected papers creating amazing, embossed images! Ultimate WOW experiences! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $75/85 (nm)

79. Fabric Fashions of the World
Garrett Graddy
Calling all local fashion designers. In this class we will explore ways to make and re-make what we wear. Who needs the mall when we can creatively craft our own fashion? Using traditional clothes and jewelry designs from around the world as our inspiration, we will spend the week putting together a smart, resourceful, and fun fashion show. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 6th - 8th | $70/80 (nm)

80. Sheep To Shawl
Beth Rosdatter
We are actually going to take a raw sheep fleece and scour, comb, card, spin, dye and weave it. You will really develop an appreciation for what goes into making a piece of cloth! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 9th - 12th | $80/90 (nm) | Limit : 9

81. Dream Weavers
K. Crane
In this class we will explore the ways different cultures interpret dreams. We will also work with our own dreams to create an individual piece of art, a group project, and a dream catcher. 
4 - 5:30 pm | Grades K - 8th | $40/50 (nm)

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Session 6
July 19 - 23
All grades refer to grade completed

82. Get Going Making Memories
Kriis Zeps
We’ll make creations together using clay, felt, shells, paints and paper. Take home memorable works of art to be enjoyed for years to come. 
8 - 9 am | Grades K - 8th | $30/40 (nm)

FULL 83. Big Bugs And Happy Hands
Marty Henton
Come and explore the world of art with big bugs as our motivation. We’ll use paint, clay, paper, markers, and more to let our hands and hearts be happy as we experience art. 
9 - 10 am | Ages 2 - 3 yrs + Parent $55/65 (nm) | Limit : 6 pairs

FULL 84. Fun, Fabulous Faces
Marty Henton
Let’s look at you. We’ll make our portraits in clay, paper, paint, and mixed media. You’ll look at other artists and how they looked at themselves in art. Your fun and fabulous face will be your subject matter all week long, so come get to know yourself better. 
10:30 am - noon | Ages 4 - 6 yrs | $60/70 (nm)

FULL 85. Artist’s Nature Explorations
Kriis Zeps
We’ll use our creative powers of imagination, along with beautifully illustrated books, as inspiration, as we journey from seashore to rainforest! Clay creations, mobiles, paintings, papier-mâché and felt animals will be some of the many projects we’ll create! 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

86. Young Herbalists
Melinda Boyer
An art and science class to awaken the senses of the artist/gardener through the study of herbs. We’ll plant, craft, cook, and discover the world of herbs. Projects will include wreath making, planting herbs to take home, making herbal salves, and cooking our own little pizzas. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

87. Cool Caribbean Cruise
Julie Blackburn
We’ll cruise around the tropics and learn about the beautiful Caribbean. With so many islands with different cultures and landscapes, there will be plenty of crafts to create and exotic foods to try. We’ll work with seashells; create our own little island, draw some pre-Columbian Taíno art and make other Caribbean art, mon! 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

88. Art Installation
Farhad Rezaei
Maximize your creativity, follow and/or break the rules, and introduce your imaginative space to others! Let’s explore the possibilities of space, materials, and composition to develop and construct your artistic concepts. You can work in a group or individually to visualize, and execute your unique ideas. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

89. Basics in Acrylic Painting
Duane Keaton
A beginner’s course in painting with acrylics. We’ll study color theory to learn why some colors look better together than others. We will then work on landscape painting and, if time allows, portrait painting. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 8th | $70/80 (nm)

90. Art to wear: Becoming a Living Sculpture
Crimson Duvall
Sculpt yourself by using papier-mache, fabric, plaster, and an assortment of mixed media. This transformative project will focus on who you want ot be, how you see yourself, how you would like others to view you, and/or how you view the world. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 12th | $70/80 (nm)

91. Lunch
Elissa Morley
Eat, Relax, Create, and Play. Remember to bring your Lunch from home!  
12 - 1 pm | Grades K - 12th | $25/35 (nm)

FULL 92. Garden Art
Garrett Graddy
Gardens have been a visual inspiration for artists throughout history and often thought of as Paradise on Earth. We’ll take field trips to local gardens and make drawings, paintings, and collages based on our garden observations. We will also look at beautiful garden-based art from around the world such as Persian miniatures, Chinese landscape scrolls, Dutch paintings, and Latin American murals. Join us! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 93. ART Exploration
Adam Craft
Come one come all, for an ART EXPLORATION! In this class we’ll use a variety of art media and processes, ranging from drawing, paint, and clay! Every day will be different and filled with new ideas, fun art, and friends. No experience needed, only a desire to create and play. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

FULL 94. Digital Photos and Prints for Kids
Laura Ray
Digital cameras provided! Students will learn how to operate the camera to make unique and vivid photographs through perspective and camera tricks. Students will print their favorite photos and learn printing techniques. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 95. Animation: Art in Motion
Frank Boyer
Students will work in small groups to create stop-motion animations with clay and cut-paper. We will learn about story boarding for comics and film, timing, clay modeling, set design and construction, lighting and the actual mechanics of animation and special effects. Each student will receive a copy of the class projects. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $75/85 (nm)

96. Wonders of the World: Art, Music and Myths of India
Christine Kuhn
Have you ever seen a goddess with eight arms? A human body with an elephant head? A woman riding a tiger? We’ll learn about life in modern India and the gods of India through storytelling, video, music, and even food! Then, we’ll make Indian influenced art such as a clay statue of the elephant-headed God, Ganesha. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 6th - 8th | $75/85 (nm)

97. A Book of Life As You See It
K. Crane
Choose the topics to create the pages for your book. We can utilize inks, collage techniques, smearing oil pastel, wax, glitter, writing, and even poetry or your favorite style of drawing. We will fabricate our own book covers and learn how to quickly bind a book by hand. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 9th - 12th | $70/80 (nm)

98. Imagination Castle Creation
Jenny Conatser
Let’s travel back in time and create medieval castles, moats and fairy tale lands. Using paint and sculpture, we will construct a castle and design an imaginative land around our castle creation. Learn about castles while exploring different materials for constructing a 3D work of art! 
4 - 5:30 pm | Grades K - 8th | $40/50 (nm)

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Session 7
July 26 - 30
All grades refer to grade completed

99. Get Going with Art Studio Activities
K. Crane
Each morning we will engage in an open, but directed art studio activity and tryout some new and challenging techniques! 
8 - 9 am | Grades K - 8th | $30/40 (nm)

100. Painting Exploration
Melinda Boyer
Little hands, toes, and fingers will explore the fun world of painting, learning colors, and mixing up ways to express themselves. 
9 - 10 am | Ages 18 - 24 mo + Parent $55/65 (nm) | Limit : 6 pairs

101. Magic Paintbrush
Melinda Boyer
The dibble-dabble of little hands will create magical wonders of art as we explore finger painting, color mixing, and textures using a variety of brushes and tools to paint the rainbow. 
10:30 am - noon | Ages 3 - 5 yrs | $60/70 (nm)

FULL 102. Animation: Art With Action
Frank Boyer
Students will work in small groups to create stop-motion animations with clay and cut-paper. We will learn about story boarding for comics and film, timing, clay modeling, set design and construction, lighting and the actual mechanics of animation and special effects. Each student will receive a copy of the class projects. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $75/85 (nm)

103. Listen, Look, Smell, Touch, and Taste!
Cynthia Ryan Kelly
Create a very sturdy “Book of Senses”! We will make a fine particle board backed book, bound by metal rings and filled with our collections of images about the five senses...one sense per day, with some art history too. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

104. Playwrights Play, Right?
Paul Lovelace
In this class we will collectively write a play. You will design sets and costumes, develop characters, choreograph movement and present for an audience of friends and family. The show must go on! 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

105. Aviation Artistry
Stevie Moore
We will imagine, design, sketch, and create vehicles and subjects of aviation. We’ll study what makes flight possible, then we’ll design and build flying machines made from paper, wood, and plastic. After we build our aerial crafts we’ll test them to discover the best designs. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $75/85 (nm)

106. Drawing In Perspective
Duane Keaton
This class will focus on a wide range of uses for perspective drawing. We will begin with one-point perspective and work through the simpler drawings to the more complicated ones. By the end of the week, the students should have a solid understanding of the essentials to drawing in perspective. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 8th | $65/75 (nm)

107. Lunch
Elissa Morley
Eat, Relax, Create, and Play. Remember to bring your Lunch from home!  
12 - 1 pm | Grades K - 12th | $25/35 (nm)

FULL 108. Sheep to Shawl
Beth Rosdatter
We are actually going to take a raw sheep fleece and scour, comb, card, spin, dye, felt and weave it. You will really develop an appreciation for what goes into making a piece of cloth! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $80/90 (nm) | Limit : 9

FULL 109. Ocean Commotion
Kriis Zeps
Let’s cool off with some ocean exploration and adventure! We’ll view coral reefs, fabulous fish, mollusks and more. Using our imaginations, we’ll create shell menageries, coral reefs, papier-mâché creations, and underwater paintings. We’ll make “Ocean T-Shirts” and break open our Puffer Fish Piñatas! Please bring a white T-shirt! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

FULL 110. Super Secret Spy Club
Julie Blackburn
Harriet the spy won’t lie about the great detective work that will be going on in this class. You’ll create your very own character along with secret codes, cool spy gear, and other covert crafts we’ll use in a super secret spy game at the end of the week. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

111. The Bookmakers
Garrett Graddy
In this class, we make books. As authors, we write them, illustrate them, and bind them. As artists, we make our own sketchbooks, photo albums, and children’s books. In short, begin your personal library here! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

112. Adventures in Video
Natalie Baxter
Students will be developing storyboards, scripts and costumes to create their own fun video features! As a group, the class will be creating a collaborative video, and learning some basic shooting and editing techniques to create their own DVD to take home 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 6th - 8th | $75/85 (nm)

113. Drawing Marathon: Realistic Drawing People
Christine Kuhn
Do your drawings of people look like cartoons or stick figures instead of real people? If you’re tired of that, this is the class for you. Learn the basics of drawing people realistically. We’ll study proportions of the face, hands and body and practice fast drawing exercises using live models. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 9th - 12th | $70/80 (nm)

114. Haiku and You: Poets Paint
Adam Craft
Two of the most wonderful forms of art, poetry and painting, will be combined in this class. We’ll take a closer look at Japanese haiku, write our own, and then apply those poems to a painting. If you love words and love to paint, please join me in this self-exploration of art. 
4 - 5:30 pm | Grades K - 8th | $40/50 (nm)

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Session 8
August 2 - 6
All grades refer to grade completed

115. Get Going with The Magical Milky Way
Melinda Boyer
An adventurous introduction to space. Create some cosmic glow-inthe- dark star charts, glittery constellations, a 3-D solar system, and a model of the space shuttle. Blast off to fun! 
8 - 9 am | Grades K - 8th | $30/40 (nm)

116. Curious Creatures
Sonja Brooks
From sea to sky, our planet is swimming, crawling, and flying with curious creatures. Learn where some of them live and why they look like they do, then create your own drawings, paintings and sculptures of real and invented curiosities. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

117. Me, Myself and Art
Melinda Boyer
Enjoy an art scrapbooking class about you and your life. You will make and fill a scrapbook with drawings and collages about your hobbies, family, friends, pets, dreams, and of course you! We’ll write stories, share memories, and fill our books with what is important. Don’t forget to bring photos. 
9 am - noon | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

118. Painting
Frank Boyer
Explore the many styles and techniques of water based paints while using surfaces from canvas to colored paper. We’ll focus on individual expression and creativity as well as proper technique, as watercolors and acrylics offer many ways to create striking effects thru serendipitous “play”, and “happy accidents”. 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

119. Cabinet of Creative Curiosities
Marty Henton
Let’s make art with those odd found objects and things that we have collected in our lives. We’ll draw, paint, collage, and construct from those items as we look into our ‘cabinet of curiosity’ and explore the world of two and three-dimensions 
9 am - noon | Grades 3rd - 5th | $65/75 (nm)

120. Egyptology
K. Crane
We will learn about the kings and queens of ancient Egypt, their pyramids, and the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs. We will also make and embellish our own mummy masks! On the last day, we will have an opportunity to display our masks and have a visit from an archaeologist. 
9 am - noon | Grades 6th - 12th | $65/75 (nm)

121. Lunch
Elissa Morley
 Eat, Relax, Create, and Play. Remember to bring your Lunch from home!  
12 - 1 pm | Grades K - 12th | $25/35 (nm)

122. One World: Many Crafts!
Mary Nehring
We’re going to take a trip around the world and learn a craft from a new country each day. Some possibilities are: felting from Norway, tie-dyeing from Africa, stamping with wood stamps from India, origami from Japan, and yarn crafts from Mexico. Each student will need a 100% cotton T-shirt 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $70/80 (nm)

123. Painting, Patterns and Printmaking
Kriis Zeps
We will create printed patterns using a variety of self-selected materials. Stamped, relief and block prints will be portrayed on pictures, notecards, T shirts and banners. Students will bring home print-makers to be enjoyed again and again! 
1 - 4 pm | Grades K - 2nd | $65/75 (nm)

124. Pioneer Homesteaders
Beth Rosdatter
We’ll learn survival skills that early pioneers needed in Kentucky back before there were stores or doctors that they could easily get to. We will make candles, jam, and an herbal salve for cuts and bruises. We will watch a spinning demonstration, do some weaving, and work in a garden. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

125. Tactile Textiles and Textures
Julie Blackburn
You’ll love getting your hands into this mess! Our class will mold, shape, and create sculptures using papier-mâché, clay, food, and other multidimensional media. We’ll make super fun items such as a piñata person, a tie-dye shirt, clay figures, and more. Take it home or give it away as presents. Bring a white T-shirt. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 3rd - 5th | $70/80 (nm)

126. Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture
Laura Ray
Let’s experiment with different media and develop unique ways to make sensational sculptures. Clay, wire, wood, found material, and papier mâché all will be used to build our 3D masterpieces. We will mold, glue, carve, and construct sculptures that can be placed in the yard or on your shelf. 
1 - 4 pm | Grades 6th - 12th | $70/80 (nm)

127. Samba School and Brazilian Rhythms!
Farhad Rezaei
Samba is a Brazilian form of music and dance. In this class you will enjoy and explore your musicality and discover the “Samba” side of your brain; at the same time improve your Brazilian rhythms! Some percussion instruments will be provided but students are also encouraged to bring any kind of drum, tambourine, cowbell, or other noise maker. We’ll also make some shakers to take home! 
4 - 5:30 pm | Grades K - 8th | $40/50 (nm)

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Evening Classes for Teens and Adults

Tuesdays:
June 15, 22, 29, and July 6
All grades refer to grade completed

128. The ART of Crochet
Crimson Duvall
Learn basic stitches in this beginning crochet class. Learn a chain, slip stitch, single crochet, and half-double crochet. Create hats, begin scarves, flower appliques, iPod holders, lap top sleeves. . .the sky is the limit! Great gifts for others and treats for yourself as well!
6 - 9 pm | Teens and Adults | $90/100 (nm)

129. Hands-on Art History Introduction
Cynthia Ryan Kelly
Explore the fundamentals of the visual world through drawing and painting. Draw in and outdoors, stretch a small canvas for painting, and to aid in understanding, we will look at compositions of artists, past and present. No experience needed. Wear clothing that can take a stain.
6 - 9 pm | 15 yrs - Adults | $80/90 (nm)

130. Self Box
K. Crane
We will create a 3-dimensional visual representation of who we are. Each day we will explore a new medium, including stamps, photos, and oil pastels and much more. We will work on integrating all of the amazing things that make us fun, complicated, and interesting to know.
6 - 9 pm | Teens and Adults | $85/95 (nm)

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Tuesdays:
 July 13, 20, 27, and August 3

131. Basic Drawing and Painting
Cynthia Ryan Kelly
Working with natural and dramatic artificial light, we will explore the fundamentals of the visual world through drawing and painting. To aid in understanding, we will also look at compositions of artists, past and present. No experience needed. Wear clothing that can take a stain.
6 - 9 pm | 15 yrs - Adults | $90/100 (NM)

132. Black & White Photography
Hilary Brown
You will learn how to use your 35 mm camera, make interesting photographs, develop film, and make prints in the darkroom. Just bring your camera. All other materials will be provided. Jump into the world of film photography!
6 - 9 pm | Adults | $125/135 (nm) | Limit : 6

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Tuesdays:
 July 13, 20, and 27

133. A Fine and Colorful Yarn
Mary Nehring
Learn all about yarns, how they are made and what they are made of. We will take a skein of wool yarn and learn how to paint it with dyes, set the color , and then learn how to knit a simple scarf.
6 - 9 pm | Teens and Adults | $85/95 (nm)

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Thursday:
 June 17, 24, July 1, and 8

134. Photoshop 101
Steven Littrell
Have you had trouble getting those photos off your camera? Don’t know which format you should save your files? This class is just for you. We’ll go over the basics of Photoshop, how to manipulate photos and get them ready to print or upload them to the web. This class is great for artists who want to get their work into a digital format. If you have a laptop feel free to bring it with you.
6 - 9 pm | Teens and Adults | $65/75 (nm)

135. Pastel Creations
Jenny Conatser
Use pastels to illustrate nature around us. Drawing from real life we will sketch flowers, trees, and skies. Learn how to blend pastels and create scenes from nature.
6 - 8 pm | 15 yrs - Adults | $65/75 (nm)

Cancelled 136. Sculpted Freeform Crochet
Crimson Duvall
Learn ways to make sculpture from crochet! This class will teach a variety of ways to make beautiful soft sculpture. In addition to this cool way of manipulating crochet, play with interesting colors and add beads to further enhance your creation!
6 - 9 pm | Teens and Adults | $90/100 (nm)

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Thursdays:
 July 15, 22, 29, and August 5

137. Intermediate Photoshop
Steven Littrell
Have you ever been amazed by graphic artist? Well, now you can become one! Learn the tricks of the trade in this Intermediate Photoshop class. We will go over some more advanced features like filters, channels, layer masks and styles, and other tools. Make sure to bring some images to be manipulated! A basic knowledge of Photoshop is suggested. If you have a laptop feel free to bring it to class.
6 - 9 pm | Adults | $65/75 (nm)

138. Sketching Cityscapes
Jenny Conatser
Using the elements of our city surroundings we will create a cityscape. Look at buildings, houses, and streets to create an image of the city. Learn more about sketching using pencil and charcoal.
6 - 9 pm | Adults | $70/80 (nm)

139. Musical Footprints
Marcus Wilkerson
We will trace the development of music through a series of songs of the African Diaspora. We will participate by playing traditional hand drums from Mali West Africa, Cuba, and singing African American work songs while moving and using our bodies as instruments. Discover ways to make music using simple accessible household materials!
6 - 9 PM | Teens and Adults | $65/$75 (nm)

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Tuesday and Thursday:
 July 6 and 8

140. Creative Digital Art
Bruce Frank
An overview of the process of creating art using a computer. Included is an introduction to Adobe Photoshop (retouching, color correction, special effects) and using a graphics tablet with Corel Painter (drawing and painting with a computer). Students will have hands-on experience scanning images, creating an art piece, and printing it. Bring your own laptop if you like.
6 - 8 PM | 15 yrs - ADULT | $45/55 (nm) | Limit : 6

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Tuesday and Thursday:
 July 27, and 29

141. Natural Dyes
Beth Rosdatter
We will learn about natural dyes and the plants that produce them. Learn about preparing wool with mordants, and dye some reds, yellows and greens. Lastly we will talk about reduction dying and do an indigo dye-bath.
6 - 8 pm | 15 yrs - Adults | $70/80 (nm)

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Tuesdays and Thursdays:
 July 13, 15, 20, and 22

142. Nude Figure Drawing
Erica Meuser
Learn to draw the nude figure expressively. Using graphite on paper we will study and draw the beautiful human figure, looking for proportion, shape, and line.
6 - 9 pm | Adults | $90/100 (nm)

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