Art Alliance
     of Central Pennsylvania

   
   FALL 2011 - WINTER 2012
   CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
   FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
  


                       
                                      InService Days:                          

Friday, January 27
Let It Snow
    Program runs 9 am - 3 pm
    Bring a bag lunch
    Cost:  $30/day      Maximum 12 kids
    Ages 5 - 10

Earlier Programs:
Monday, October 10   
Create-Your-Own Costume
    Try designing! Imagine and create an entire outfit  including masks, hats, and props.

Tuesday, October 11
Fabulous Fall
    3-D projects include outdoor sculptures, leaf mobiles, printmaking with food!

Friday, November 4
Art with Adam / Cartooning

                                               Workshops for Ages 5 - 10

Original Ornaments
Saturday, December 10,  9 am - noon    FULL, accepting waiting list
    As the holiday season gears up, come and learn how to make clever, unusual ornaments
 using a variety of materials. You might craft the perfect keepsake for a special person or
 even create a new family favorite.
 Cost: $25

Holiday Gift Workshop   FULL -- we are accepting a waiting list
Saturday, December 17,  2 - 5 pm
    Last minute gift-giving will not be a problem. This workshop will yield unique frames,
 jewelry, and other small crafts all ready for surprising friends and family alike. Homemade
 gift wrap will be the perfect finishing touch! While parents are busy with their last minute
 errands the kids will be busy too.
 Cost: $25

Earlier:
Through the Looking Glass
Saturday,  November 5,  1 - 4 pm
    This lesson in self-portraiture will teach tools for producing a realistic image and get
 kids thinking in creative, new ways about representation. Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali,
 Rene Magritte, Andy Warhol, and David Hockney will serve as inspiration as the kids
 develop work that reflects not only what they see in the looking glass, but all the things
 that they don't.

                                     Workshops for Teens:

Fused Glass Ornaments   
Monday, November 28,  1 - 4 pm 
Saturday, December 3,  2 - 5 pm   FULL
    Join Pernille Sporon Boving for an afternoon and create beautiful fused glass
 keepsake ornaments. Not only to be hung on holiday trees - they look stunning in
 windows all year long! All tools and materials provided.
 Minimum age is 13 years old.
 Cost: $30

Earlier:
Realist Drawing - 4 weeks
    Artist Veronica Winters will teach a drawing class for teens on Mondays,
 4:30 - 6:30 pm for 4 weeks, October 10 - November 7 (no class Oct. 31).
 All experience levels welcome.
 Cost: $65

                                   Adult/Child Joint Workshop

Let's Work Together Art Workshop
Saturday, November 19, 1 - 3 pm
    Adult and child art workshop taught by Michele Rivera which will foster creativity and
 cooperation. You will work on both an individual and a partnership project of mixed medium.
 Supplies and peanut-free snack provided. Just bring the two of you and dive in!
 Cost:$45 per pair - Limit 6 pairs

Registration: 
    Enrollment in each class/workshop is limited to 12 students so early registration is
recommended. To register, either call the Art Alliance office at (814) 234-2740, or
fill in, print, and mail the Registration Form with your check or credit card information.

                                             Teacher Bios

Paloma Frumento:  A recent graduate of Columbia University, Paloma has spent time
 teaching art both in Harlem and Ecuador! She brings her love for art education to our
 program, along with her enthusiasm and projects.

Michele Rivera: Michele is the founder of Artistic Horizon Art Center and the Bears
That Care program. She is originally from Brooklyn, N.Y. but left the city to raise her
 children in Happy Valley. She graduated from The School of Visual Arts at Penn State
 and Kingsborough Community College in New York. Michele works in ceramics, metals
 and watercolors

Veronica Winters: Veronica is a Russian fine artist who graduated with her MFA
 degree in painting from Penn State in 2005. She is devoted to full-time work in studio
 painting and drawing, concentrating on high quality production of artwork. She gives
 private art lessons to both children and adults. Her native country is always a source of
 cultural inspiration and contrasting values. Veronica lives in State College with her
 husband and son enjoying the views and lifestyle of the country.Her gallery is
 posted at www.VeronicasArt.com 

Pernille Sporon Boving: Pernille  has worked in the fused glass technique for many
 years, continuously exploring the medium, its limits and more interesting its endless
 possibilities.  Her ties to her home country of Denmark are a strong sense of inspiration.

Adam Swartz: Adam has a BA in Integrative Arts from PSU. He has taught acting and
 visual arts for Centre Learning Community Charter School. Adam has traveled the country
 with the Itinerant Theatre Company and Middle Earth Studios.