Do you jot down writings as you paint? Or maybe you have an ongoing writing practice. Join poet and artist Cathleen Cohen and explore the link between painting and poetry. Deepen and expand your creative process even if you've never written a poem before! Draw and paint with watercolor and write in response to helpful prompts in a supportive environment. Examine how artists like Jean Arp, Kenneth Patchen and Wassily Kandinsky linked the written word and visual art. No experience necessary; all levels welcome.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Cathleen Cohen
Cost: $75
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

It's beginning to look a lot like the Holidays! Join us for an afternoon of clay together with your child to create a Holiday Coil Tree with a star (or anything you want) on top. Learn the basics of working with kiln-fired clay and colorful glazes while you make one tree together with your child. If you each want to create your own Holiday Coil Tree, please register yourself and each child separately. All works created will be fired and ready for pick up approximately two weeks from the date of the workshop.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Michelle Schamis
Cost: $50
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Successfully producing expressive, painterly paintings from photographs requires a knowledge of both the advantages and potential pitfalls of photographic sources. While providing useful visual information, photos often mislead - distorting subjects and flattening the picture plane. In this workshop students will use photographs as a point of departure, a reference point from which information will selectively and intelligently be drawn. Students will be encouraged to develop a more defined understanding of their connection to their selected subjects. Developing an enhanced visual awareness of compositional design, the importance of shapes, color harmony and paint application is critically important. This workshop will help students learn to “see” as painters. They will be challenged to take chances, be bold, expressive and spontaneous.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Georganna Lenssen
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Join us for a fun-filled day of seasonal crafting! Register your child for each craft you choose or save by registering for all 6 workshops together! All projects are on-going throughout the 2-hour workshop event. Each craft station takes approximately 20-25 minutes and costs $9-$12 each or $55 for all 6 projects! Children create at their own pace and can start at any craft table they choose. Projects include: Mini Tree Decorating, Painted Ceramic Ornaments, Merry Little Elf, Graham Cracker Mini House, Winter Gnome, and Delicious Chocolate on-a-Spoon. Join Wayne Art Center in celebrating the Holiday season. Candy, coloring stations, a themed photo backdrop, music and fun are all part of this special annual Holiday Family Fun Day of festivities!
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $55 for all 6 projects, or $9-12 each
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Learn to use India ink and watercolor to create drama and mystery from nocturnal and low-light subjects in this one-day, intensive workshop. Develop a drawing on rag paper from your photo references then layer ink and watercolor to develop a deep, rich surface. Add gouache and drawing media for contrast and definition.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Michael Kowbuz
Cost: $95
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Enhance your creativity with the highly individual medium of collage! Learn how to bring together random materials to create your own unique images, patterns and textures. Alicia will guide you through the process as you compose a layout, create surfaces, gather materials according to color, texture and pattern, and paste up your composition. Enjoy a day of artistic exploration and have fun discovering the numerous ways to manipulate paper, cardboard, fabric and more!
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Alicia Mino Gonzalez
Cost: $85
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Get to the heart of your authentic work and your personal style by: 1) Making a lot of work (Quantity over Quality) - This quiets the internal critic and gives our unique ideas a chance to breathe. 2) Having a deadline: The best antidote to procrastination and “waiting for inspiration”. 3) Focusing on process over product. I'll do a demo of a painting for the first half of each day, with the students painting the second half of the day. Attendees may use oils or acrylics. Students should bring their own photos or still life objects to work from.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Patrick Lee
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Come learn the ancient art of Quilling and discover why this fun art is becoming so popular! Quilling is the art of rolling or coiling thin paper strips using a special tool to create shapes that you combine together to make your creation. Quilling is an art in itself, or it can be used to decorate greeting cards, picture frames, boxes, and more. Join us for a fun afternoon with your child and learn a new creative outlet. One registration is for two people.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Shuping Dong
Cost: $50
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Gum drops, sprinkles and frosting--oh my! Join us for a classic holiday workshop: Decorating Gingerbread Houses. Each parent-child team will receive their own cookie cottage, pre-assembled and ready to decorate! Royal icing and lots of extra candies will be provided to create a one-of-a-kind edible, holiday treasure. At the end of each 2-hour workshop, Chef Birgit Raders-Eichinger will judge and award certificates for "most creative," "most patient," "most innovative" and more. Space is limited and all materials are provided. But feel free to bring additional decorations from home to make your Gingerbread House uniquely yours.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Chef Birgit Raders-Eichinger
Cost: $65
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Enjoy an energetic day of alla prima painting with Liz Price! Paint directly from an engaging still life with guidance and support from Liz. Learn to build an oil painting directly with emphasis on color, color mixing, light, paint fluidity, and building form into wet-into-wet painting.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Liz Price
Cost: $95
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Join your child on a nurturing creative quest. Whether your child has already begun to show an interest in art or you are looking to introduce them to new media in a structured yet nurturing environment, this class allows even the youngest students to discover their creative side. Students work with air-dry clay, collage, paint, chalk and more. Our early childhood teachers encourage students to talk about their art, providing a great opportunity to learn new vocabulary, particularly words related to colors, shapes, textures, and emotions. Children learn to follow directions in a social setting with support and encouragement of their caregiver, serving as the perfect precursor to preschool. This is a 10-week, 1 hour class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Sharon Henderson
Cost: $175
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This class will nurture the innate curiosity of your young artist that helps them to develop an understanding of their world. While exploring their creativity through a variety of art mediums, your child will benefit from all that early childhood art education offers, including fine motor skill refinement, cognitive development, math and language skills, and of course, the joy of making art. In this class, children learn "to see" differences in art. Exploration of bright vs. light, colors, line differences: straight/curved, short/long and thick/thin and include them in their artwork. Employing a wide range of mediums, including drawing and painting, printmaking and mixed media, kids and parents can have a lot of fun! This is a 10-week, 1.5 hour class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Sharon Henderson
Cost: $260
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553