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Saturdays, November 2-23, 2024
Starting with the fundamentals of photography, students learn about camera settings and composition from award-winning photographer Laura Ducceschi. Demonstrations and slideshows illustrate the concepts, then students put theory into practice creating photographs outside. They receive regular feedback during class critiques. Bring your own single lens reflex (DSLR) or mirrorless camera for this class. A compact camera is acceptable but will not have all the functionality. Phone cameras are not acceptable for this course. **Every student needs to bring a fully charged camera battery and memory card to each class to shoot freely. This is a 4-week, 1.5 hour class.
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Laura Ducceschi
Cost: $105
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553
November 2, 2024
Discover the popular Manga style of cartooning or improve your skills if you are already a Manga artist! You will learn the background of Manga, a popular style of drawing created in Japan, learn how to construct characters in the Manga style, and learn to draw your favorite Manga characters!
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Tony Squadroni
Cost: $50
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553
November 3, 2024
Leaves are falling, breezes are blowing, and pumpkins are ripening! Join us for an afternoon of clay together with your child to create an autumnal pumpkin shaped pot. Learn the basics of working with kiln-fired clay and colorful glazes while you make one pot together with your child. If you each want to create your own Pumpkin Pot, 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
November 9, 2024
Explore the art of shibori, the Japanese technique of manipulating fabric before dying. In this 2-hour, hands-on workshop, we will make a natural indigo vat and learn different techniques of folding and binding fabric to create beautiful surface patterns. Students may bring one item to dye, and they will leave with several swatches. Item must be t-shirt size or smaller, white, and made of a natural fiber (cotton, linen, silk). Please register you and your child(ren) separately, so that we have enough supplies for each participant.
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Lucy Butler
Cost: $65
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553
Saturdays, November 16 - December 14, 2024
This five-week course is for beginners who want to explore oil painting, and for more experienced artists who want to improve their artistic skills. Using still-life compositions, students will learn about form, space, design, value, and color through working observationally. In addition, the instructor will introduce a variety of artists who are representative of the lessons provided, and conduct in-process and final critiques for a helpful synopsis of the student’s progress and ideas.
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Annie Thompson
Cost: $235
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553
November 16-17, 2024
This 2-day workshop will cover the basics of working with encaustics. We will go over tools and materials, safety, history, and different techniques. You’ll learn what you need to set up an encaustic art studio at home. Two different approaches of this exciting form of art will be explored; photo encaustic and encaustic collage. All materials are included (except your images.)
Location: Bryan, Texas
Instructor: Jaimie Ladysh
Cost: $250
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
November 16, 2024
Whether it is fire-breathing dragons, magical unicorns, or grotesque griffins, we will learn how to draw mystical creatures of all kinds. Explore the world of supernatural beings while discovering different techniques and drawing mediums.
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Mark Gruener
Cost: $50
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553
December 7, 2024
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
December 14, 2024
Print multiple copies of your own holiday cards by drawing into sheets of styrofoam with a ballpoint pen to make a printing plate. Learn to print with multiple colors.
Location: Key West, Florida
Instructor: Bria Ansara
Cost: $15
Sponsor: The Studios of Key West
Website, email, (305) 296-0458
December 14, 2024
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
December 15, 2024
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
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Students will develop sculptural skills, learn how to work with different sculptural materials, learn about the history of sculptural arts, and learn to incorporate basic principles of aesthetics into sculpture. All levels welcome. All materials included. Classes are offered on Saturdays.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $35 per class or $140/month
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
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Express yourself in color with exciting, fun, and fulfilling acrylic painting classes! Degallery offers art classes for all levels—total beginners included! In our warm and inspiring art studio and gallery, you will learn a wide variety of artistic painting techniques. From color mixing, composition, and texture to still life, landscape, portraits, and more, unleash your creativity with the guidance of expert, professional art instructors. Our unique learning approach offers one-on-one, nurturing painting instruction to every student, according to personal needs and interests. Our classes are non-judgmental and encouraging, and we see a very fast learning curve in every one of our art classes. Classes are offered on Mondays, 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $35 per class
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
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It's never too late to create! Oil paints are sumptuous, exciting, and one of the most popular painting mediums used by artists throughout the world. In this intimidation-free total beginner's oil painting class, you will: • Learn and master the most important oil painting class techniques • Relax, de-stress, and get inspired with encouraging art instruction • Learn to express yourself through oil painting • Explore important painting techniques, such as: color mixing, color value, composition, glazing, brushwork, paint application, texture, and more • Paint from still life, landscape, abstraction, and what inspires you most • Receive nurturing one-on-one expert painting instruction customized to your needs and goals. Classes are offered on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $35 per class
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
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Are you a creator, artist and storyteller? Explore your interest in captivating illustrations and stories. through our cartoon and anime classes. Classes are offered on Fridays.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $30 per class or $85/month
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
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Warm up your winter with this easy and fun class for beginners as you learn how to knit or crochet. Even if you have never picked up a piece of yarn, you can learn to create a simple blanket or scarf to either give or enjoy yourself. Pick up this creative hobby to fill your winter with warmth. Classes are offered on Saturdays.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $30 per class or $120/month
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
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Open studio Painting/Drawing for all levels of artists from 14 years old to 104 years old. Pick your project and enjoy painting/drawing with the help of a professional artist. Classes are offered on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $35 per class
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
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A great class for toddlers and their parents, providing the opportunity to spend quality time together in a fun and educational way! Your tot will use finger-painting and palm-drawing techniques, play with construction paper and bright beads, learn about the nature of different objects and create his or her own masterpieces. These techniques benefit toddlers’ color perception, stimulate development of memory, improve fine motor skills, coordination and the ability to concentrate. Classes are offered on Saturdays.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $20 per class or $60/month
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
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At this age kids are already familiar with the basics of art, painting and crafting. Therefore, our goal is to show them a new type of versatile creativity. Our techniques help to train their taste and ability to focus, to dream and to create a real masterpiece on canvas, as well as using glass, ceramics, sand and water. Kids will learn the fundamentals of design and composition. They will play with line, value, color, shape, size, and direction. The principles we use in class are unity, conflict, dominance, repetition, alternation, balance, harmony, and gradation. Classes are offered on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $25 per class or $75/month
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
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These classes are for older kids who enjoy art and wish to improve their skills. Painting (oil, acrylic, watercolors), drawing, sculpture, and many other creative techniques will be taught in these advanced classes. The classes are led by a well-known local artist whose work is represented in major galleries in the US and Europe. His sculpture is featured at the entrance of the College Station airport. Classes are offered on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $30 per class or $85/month
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090
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In this exciting and inspiring art adventure for budding artists, teens will tap into their creativity as they learn to express themselves through art. Receive one-on-one customized art instruction with professional artists. Explore a variety of painting, drawing and mixed-media art projects, materials and technique. Explore acrylic paint on canvas, oil pastels, charcoal, mixed-media expression, ink, portraiture and more! Learn artistic techniques such as line quality, composition, shading, texture, personal expression, color, art history, realism, abstraction and more! Celebrate with a group art exhibition of artwork created. Classes are offered on Mondays and Saturdays.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Cost: $35 per class or $95/month
Sponsor: Degallery
Website, email, +1(979)704-3090