Ages 8-12. Instructor Jyneal will guide kids through creating a unique acrylic painting on a 12 x 12” canvas from start to finish! We’ll work on color mixing, paint texture techniques, and have a blast along the way! Stay tuned for each of the painting subjects to be announced soon! All classes are standalone – register for just one or all of them! Parents can drop kids off and come back or wait in the gallery. Kids only in the studio!
 
Location: Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
Instructor: Jyneal Radke
Cost: $15
Sponsor: River Arts Gallery
Website, email, 608-643-5215

This class provides an introduction to succulent varieties and how to reproduce and care for them. Everyone will take home their own mini garden that they planted in a pot made by artist Alyssa Martz! Kit fee covers the artist-made pot, succulent cuttings, potting soil.
 
Location: Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
Instructor: Mary Dickey
Cost: $50 + $25 kit fee
Sponsor: River Arts Gallery
Website, email, 608-643-5215

Learn the basics of beadwork to create a beaded keychain from start to finish. Instruction includes: preparing needle and thread, “wrap stitch” technique, replacing thread, and attaching a key ring. Kit fee includes: Paracord, beads, needle, thread, beesewax, leather and key ring. Instructor Bio: Shekoli, Katsitsya’?tahts niyukyats. On^yote?a.ka.ni?i okhale? wakenyaht^niwaki?talo.t^. Hello, my name is Paige Morningstar Skenandore, and my Indian name roughly translates to, “she extends out a flower.” I am an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, and I am turtle clan. She has been teaching beadwork for several years and runs a small business, Moody NDN.
 
Location: Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
Instructor: Paige Skenandore
Cost: $70 + $15 kit fee
Sponsor: River Arts Gallery
Website, email, 608-643-5215

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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