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B200AM23 Animal Comics, June 12-16, 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, June 12-16, 9 a.m. - Noon

Create original comics based on animals – birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, or amphibians. Create a cast of animal characters inspired by your own pets’ personalities, animal folk tales, or your favorite wild animals from around the world. Develop your animal comic characters, plan the storyline, and bring it to life with graphite pencils, colored pencils, markers, and paints. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 6/12/2023 and ending 6/16/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B200PM23 Mixed-Media Art, June 12-16, 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill Level: ALL
Monday-Friday, June 12-16, 1-4 p.m.

Let’s combine drawing, paper arts, and water-based paints in a fun way. See how these art forms can play together on the same canvas. You’ll freely draw with pencils, markers, oil pastels, and more. Experiment with collage as you layer decorative papers on your canvas. Make washes of color with watercolor and bold brushstrokes with acrylic paints. Switch up the order of painting, paper arts, and drawing each time! Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 6/12/2023 and ending 6/16/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B201AM23 Kinetic Sculpture, June 19-23, 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill Level: ALL
Monday-Friday, June 19-23, 9:00 a.m. - Noon

Bring a sculpture to life! Assemble 3-D sculptures from art materials and everyday objects upcycled into something new and surprising. Imagination and creative problem solving join forces when creating assemblage sculpture – sculpture made from paper, wood, fabric, metal, and more. Best of all, your 3-D art will be set in motion and move with the breeze or by hand. You will explore and play with art materials and natural and found objects while learning sculpture techniques. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 6/19/2023 and ending 6/23/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B201PM23 A Painter's Palette, June 19-23, 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill Level: ALL
Monday-Friday, June 19-23, 1-4 p.m.

Mix your painter's palette to create a rainbow of warm and cool colors of all hues. Learn basic brush handling skills and color mixing, and put these skills to use creating expressive paintings inspired by the Masters. Every day, you will gain new insights into painting in watercolor, acrylic, and/or tempera, and get a better sense of the special painting techniques and qualities of each media. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 6/19/2023 and ending 6/23/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B202AM23 Personal Pottery / June 26-30 - 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, June 26-30, 9 a.m. - Noon

Come make functional and decorative pottery to enjoy every day! Learn the same fundamental clay handbuilding techniques that ceramic artists use to make bowls, wall vases, figurines and more. Your pottery will reflect your distinctive personal style. Projects will be glazed and fired and ready for pickup in three weeks. Enrollment limited to 12.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 6/26/2023 and ending 6/30/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 264.00 ea.

B202PM23 Drawing Skills / June 26-30 - 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, June 26-30, 1 - 4 p.m.

Anything is possible with a pencil! You’ll create drawings with graphite and colored pencils, charcoal, oil pastels, and/or markers. Each media offers new creative avenues. Your drawing activities will cover visual arts elements in an engaging way-- color, form, line, shape, and more. Each day will have a different drawing media focus and subject matter - from still lifes to animal portraits. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 6/26/2023 and ending 6/30/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

FS01AM23 Color Lab / July 5 - 9 AM
Ages 7 to 12 (Groups B & C)
Skill level: ALL
Wednesday, July 5, 9 a.m. - Noon

See how colors can blend, swirl and pop in our paintings. Colorful marbling and kaleidoscopic effects will inspire this camp. Sample activities include a wet-into-wet watercolor abstract painting or a complementary color pet portrait. Enrollment limited to 12. Registration open to 7-12 year olds (Groups B & C)
Single class scheduled on 7/5/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 49.00 ea.

FS01PM23 Still Life Drawing / July 5 - 1 PM
Ages 7 to 12 (Groups B & C)
Skill level: ALL
Wednesday, July 5, 1-4 p.m.

Let’s make 2-D drawings come to life through texture. Learn how to easily create texture in drawings by varying pencil strokes, using hatch marks and building up tone. We will further develop our landscapes with collage layers of paper, paint, or mixed media. Enrollment limited to 12. Registration open to 7-12 year olds (Groups B & C)
Single class scheduled on 7/5/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 49.00 ea.

FS02AM23 Happy Watercolors / July 6 - 9 AM
Ages 7 to 12 (Groups B & C)
Skill level: ALL
Thursday, July 6, 9 a.m. - Noon

Let’s make our watercolor paintings even livelier by focusing on texture! Instead of just using our brushes, you will dab, sponge, and add simple ingredients while the paint is wet to make the surface texture exciting. Let’s embrace both the expected and unexpected results of watercolors. Enrollment limited to 12. Registration open to 7-12 year olds (Groups B & C) ‘We don’t make mistakes, just happy accidents.’ Bob Ross.
Single class scheduled on 7/6/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 49.00 ea.

FS02PM23 Mosaic Art / July 6 - 1 PM (Sold Out)
Ages 7 to 12 (Groups B & C)
Skill level: ALL
Thursday, July 6, 1-4 p.m.

Experience the art of mosaic, creating images by arranging small pieces, or tessarae, which can be made from ceramic, glass, trinkets and more. Make a mosaic board keepsake using decorative and shiny objects from glass gems to vintage buttons. Enrollment limited to 12. Registration open to 7-12 year olds (Groups B & C)
Single class scheduled on 7/6/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 49.00 ea.

FS03AM23 Acrylic Horizons / July 7 - 9 AM
Ages 7 to 12 (Groups B & C)
Skill level: ALL
Friday, July 7, 9 a.m. - Noon

Let’s expand our painting horizons with this acrylic painting class inspired by artists who paint en plein air (outdoors). You will paint with a primary color palette, creating tints and shades to best reflect the landscape and mood of your chosen scene. Create organic shapes and interesting line work with brushes and painting tools. Enrollment limited to 12. Registration open to 7-12 year olds (Groups B & C)
Single class scheduled on 7/7/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 49.00 ea.

FS03PM23 Print Patterns / July 7 - 1 PM
Ages 7 to 12 (Groups B & C)
Skill level: ALL
Friday, July 7, 1-4 p.m.

Let’s study the colorful patterns found around us. Inspiration can come from nature, fashion, or subjects displayed on the art center's walls. Ideas are everywhere! Next it's your turn to create a design using lines, shapes, and symbols that have a special personal meaning. Experience the art of relief printmaking, and leave camp with a bright, patterned design on paper and/or fabric. Enrollment limited to 12. Registration open to 7-12 year olds (Groups B & C)
Single class scheduled on 7/7/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 49.00 ea.

B203AM23 Just Fabulous /July 10-14- 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, July 10-14, 9 a.m. - Noon

Let's assert our unique fashion sense and style creating personal accessories and fabulous jewelry with fabric, beads, ribbon, and found objects. This class introduces basic sewing construction and jewelry-making techniques. Accessories may include pendants, rings, necklaces, and bracelets. Sample projects include polymer clay pendants, braided cord bracelets, and hand-sewn bows and headbands. Enrollment limited to 12.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 7/10/2023 and ending 7/14/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B203PM23 Pop Art Play /July 10-14 - 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, July 10-14, 1 - 4 p.m.

Comics, cartoons and films in popular culture are the inspiration for this printmaking and painting camp. Your original drawings of a favorite character become prints and/or vibrant paintings. Create multiple prints with water-based inks, and paint like artists in the Pop Art movement from America to Japan. Learn color theory, color mixing and artistic tricks with inks, paints, brayers, stamps, and more. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 7/10/2023 and ending 7/14/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B204AM23 Magical Clay Creatures /July 17-21 - 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, July 17-21, 9 a.m. - Noon

Celebrate mythical creatures in this clay camp! You’ll learn pinch, coil, and slab building techniques to create magical creatures in their natural environment. Whether you recreate Irish fairies who live under mounds, Chinese dragons that bring good fortune and rain, or a gnome or Pegasus, it’s up to you! Projects will be glazed and fired, ready for pickup in three weeks. Enrollment limited to 12.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 7/17/2023 and ending 7/21/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 264.00 ea.

B204PM23 Mixed-Media Art (Off the Wall) /July 17-21 - 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, July 17-21, 1 - 4 p.m.

This mixed-media art class will take your artwork off the wall and into 3 dimensions. Combine different art media from drawing to painting to paper arts. These 2-D artworks will be crafted and transformed into mixed-media sculptures that delight the eye from every angle. Sample projects are paper and/or fiber sculptures, altered art books, mosaics, and/or air-dry clay figurines. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 7/17/2023 and ending 7/21/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B205AM23 Clay at Play /July 24-28 - 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, July 24-28, 9 a.m. - Noon

Join us in the clay studio where you’ll learn handbuilding and surface design techniques while having a lot of fun. Perhaps you’ll make a mug that has a little emoji smiley face at the bottom or a tray with a unicorn drawing on it. How about a bobble head or a sweet-and-not-too-scary monster figurine? You’ll see examples of pottery that will make you smile, and then add your own sense of humor to your creation. Projects will be glazed and fired, ready for pickup in three weeks. Enrollment limited to 12.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 7/24/2023 and ending 7/28/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 264.00 ea.

B205PM23 Drawing Skills /July 24-28 - 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, July 24-28, 1 - 4 p.m.

Anything is possible with a pencil! You’ll create drawings with graphite and colored pencils, charcoal, oil pastels, and/or markers. Each media offers new creative avenues. Your drawing activities will cover visual arts elements in an engaging way-- color, form, line, shape, and more. Each day will have a different drawing media focus and subject matter - from still lifes to animal portraits. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 7/24/2023 and ending 7/28/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B206AM23 Watercolor Fun / July 31 - Aug 4 - 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, July 31 - Aug 4, 9 a.m. - Noon

Watercolor painting is a fluid, fascinating art form with so many exciting techniques and styles. With a focus on fun, play with watercolors as you dap, splot, and splash paint onto paper and create masterpieces painting with brushes and unexpected tools like string, tissue paper, soap, straws, sponges, or fingers. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 7/31/2023 and ending 8/4/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B206PM23 Building Worlds / July 31- Aug 4 - 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, July 31 - Aug 4, 1 - 4 p.m.

Attention Minecraft fans who enjoy building shelters and crafting tools for game environments! You’ll plan and build imaginary worlds with pencils, brushes, paints, and mixed media. First you will choose an environment like the swamp, desert, or jungle. Then you'll create shelters, natural landscapes, and animals with mixed-media art techniques. You will go from sketches on paper to 3-D environments. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 7/31/2023 and ending 8/4/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B207AM23 Magical Art Tales /Aug 7-11 - 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, Aug 7 - 11, 9 a.m. - Noon

Immerse yourself in fables and fairy tales, and free up your imagination to draw, paint, and sculpt your own fantasy world. You will create magical creatures and characters, first sketched and then transformed into 3-D figures made out of air-dry clay, paper, wood, and more. Dream up the world for your character with colored pencils, markers, and watercolor paints - whether it is a space station or an enchanted castle. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 8/7/2023 and ending 8/11/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B207PM23 Character Creation /Aug 7-11- 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, Aug 7-11, 1 - 4 p.m.

Depict a character’s appearance and personality with pencil and paper in a comic style. First we will focus on the lines and shapes of the head and body of human characters. Draw the features of their face, what they wear, and a fun pose. Then we’ll move on to animal characters, real or imagined, from the past, present, or future. Your comics will be made with graphite pencils, colored pencils, markers, and/or water-based paints. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 8/7/2023 and ending 8/11/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B208AM23 A Painter's Palette /Aug 14-18 - 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, Aug 14-18, 9 a.m. - Noon

Mix your painter's palette to create a rainbow of warm and cool colors of all hues. Learn basic brush handling skills and color mixing, and put these skills to use creating expressive paintings inspired by the Masters. Every day, you will gain new insights into painting in watercolor, acrylic, and/or tempera, and get a better sense of the special painting techniques and qualities of each media. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 8/14/2023 and ending 8/18/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B208PM23 Prints & Patterns /Aug 14-18- 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, Aug 14-18, 1 - 4 p.m.

Let’s explore all the ways we can make prints using art supplies, everyday objects, and natural materials. Learn how to make a collagraph print, creating a textured plate from paper, yarn, leaves, and more. Create a hand-drawn design that you turn into a print that you carve, ink, and print yourself. Learn how to use printmaking tools to making multicolored prints and patterns on paper and/or canvas. This class will combine drawing, printmaking, and painting. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 8/14/2023 and ending 8/18/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B209AM23 Art in Color /Aug 21-25 - 9 AM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Friday, Aug 21-25, 9 a.m. - Noon

Your artist palette will be awash in color, from warm and cool to bright neon and metallic colors. In this kaleidoscopic painting camp, you will paint a still life in complementary colors and experiment with painting techniques to create sunlit landscapes like Pointillism and Impressionism. You'll even add special color effects to a night sky, painting the Northern Lights or a neon-lit cityscape. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday starting 8/21/2023 and ending 8/25/2023 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 245.00 ea.

B209PM23 Art Treasures /Aug 21-24- 1 PM
Ages: 7-9
Skill level: ALL
Monday-Thursday, Aug 21 - 24, 1 - 4 p.m.

The more you look, the more you see. Sometimes artists hide messages in their art that you can uncover by looking carefully. This is a mixed-media art class where you create art treasures in unexpected places. Sample projects include a landscape painting with personal symbols hidden in the background, a mosaic treasure box, or a secret message hidden in an origami or book art project. Enrollment limited to 15.
Classes scheduled every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday starting 8/21/2023 and ending 8/24/2023 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 196.00 ea.

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2240 North Shore Drive
Wayzata, MN 55391

 

952-473-7361 x. 160

Hours
Monday          9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday         9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Wednesday    9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday        9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday             9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday         9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(mid-June through August, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
Sunday            closed


The building is closed for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve through New Year's Day*, Memorial Day and the last week in August through Labor Day.* There is no open studio when the building is closed. 

 

* Phone lines will be open Monday-Friday, excluding holidays, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. to take class registrations.  

 

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
   
The Minnetonka Center for the Arts is accessible to students with disabilities. If you require special assistance, please notify the Art  Center Registrar at 952.473.7361, ext. 160, and/or the Minnesota  Relay Service (for the hearing impaired) at 800.627.3529 at least two weeks in advance. We will be happy to accommodate your needs.


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