After School Art Skills Workshops

Discover new techniques and unleash your creativity in our After School Art Skills series for artists ages 9-14! Each month features a new artistic focus where participants will build technical skills, experiment with unique mediums and take home some super unique art pieces! Ages: 9-14 Runs: Thursdays *see dates below!* Time: 5:45pm-7:15pm OR 5:45-6:45 *see each individual workshop* Pricing: Members: $60 Non-Members: $75 Not a member? Click HERE to become one! 🙂 WORKSHOP DATES! September 2026 – CRAZY ABOUT CLAY Days: Sept 17th & 24th Time: 5:45-7:15pm Artists will explore three different types of clay with tools, stamps, & patterns to create a variety of fun sculpted pieces! October 2026 – PAPER MACHE CREATURES Days: Oct 1st, 8th & 15th Time: 5:45-6:45pm Artists will use a combination of paper mache and foam clay techniques to create detailed creatures (real or fantastical!) and then bring them to life with paint! November 2026 – PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING & TEXTURE ART Days:Nov 5th, 12th & 19th Time: 5:45-6:45pm Artists will use heavy bodied paint, palette knives, sponges, netting, rollers, bubble wrap & more to create a work of art layered with texture and colour! January 2027 – NEW YEAR VISION BOARDS Days: Jan 7th & 14th Time: 5:45-7:15pm Let’s kick off the new year by combining typography, collage and goal-setting imagery to design inspiring, personal vision boards for 2027! February 2027 – WATERCOLOUR SURREALIST DREAMSCAPES Days: Feb 11th & 18th Time: 5:45-7:15pm Using a combination of watercolour washes and fine-line ink, artists will create impossible, dream-like landscapes! March 2027 – SCRATCHBOARD ART Days: Mar 4th & 11th Time: 5:45-7:15pm Artists will learn negative-space illustration by etching into dark scratchboards to create high-contrast works of art! April 2027 – FACE PAINTING 101 Days: April 8th & 15th Time: 5:45-7:15pm Artists will learn the fundamentals of face art in this unique class! Using professional water-activated paints, participants will learn brush strokes & sponge techniques to paint quick cheek designs and full-face character masks! May 2027 – STOP MOTION ANIMATION Days: May 6th, 13th & 20th Time: 5:45-6:45pm Artists will build custom characters & backgrounds, then bring them to life frame-by-frame by using essential stop-motion animation techniques to create short clips! June 2027 – ZINES, ZINES, ZINES! Days: Jun 3rd & 10th Time: 5:45-7:15pm Artists will dive into self-publishing and graphic art as they fold, illustrate, ink, and copy their own mini-magazines to swap with friends!