HCA Programs for Youth
Storybook Theater
Inspired by favorite children’s books, Storybook Theater will embark on a new interactive performance-based adventure each session!
Grades 1-3 Mondays, 1/13-4/7
Fine Arts Academy: Mixed Media Masterpieces
Join this fun program that will cover a little bit of everything relating to art making. Come explore texture through collage, painting with your fingers, scraping tools, and brushes of a variety of thicknesses.
Grades 3-5 Fridays, 1/17-4/11
Intro to Realistic Figure Drawing
Focus on drawing realistically through exercises, observation and learning techniques from other artists. Each week we will start with warmup exercises to get our hands loose and our eyes keen. Although we will learn how to render individual elements like eyes, noses, hair and hands, focus will be to train the artist's brain to “to draw what you see, not what you think it should be.”
Grades 7-12 Mondays, 1/27-3/10
Gyotaku: Adult & Child Workshop!
Experience the intersection of art, nature, culture, and science in this 2-hour printing workshop. Gyotaku, or "fish impression" is a traditional Japanese form of nature printing, a practice used by fishermen dating back to the mid-1800s. Today, we can use rubber fish to practice these direct printing techniques with ink, paint, and rice paper. Japanese fishermen used this printmaking method to record and track the types of fish found in local bodies of water before cameras and technology were available. The teacher, Ms. Judy, will demonstrate the method using a real fish before participants get the chance to practice using rubber whole fish. This hands-on workshop allows everyone to make several prints, discovering the wonderful textures and patterns that will be unveiled through the printmaking process.
Adults and Children 8+
Saturday, March 1
Storybook Theater
Inspired by favorite children’s books, Storybook Theater will embark on a new interactive performance-based adventure each session!
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Fine Arts Academy: Mixed Media Masterpiece
We'll also use watercolor, both chalk and oil pastels, tempera and acrylic paint. Each project will be inspired by a different masterpiece.
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Intro to Realistic Figure Drawing
tudents will be encouraged to do one observational drawing outside of class each week to bring in to discuss their individual progress, obstacles, and questions.
Materials: Charcoal, pencils, pens, ink, pastels and paper will be provided but students are welcome to bring their own sketch books and materials as well.
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Gyotaku: Adult & Child Workshop
Japanese fishermen used this printmaking method to record and track the types of fish found in local bodies of water before cameras and technology were available. The teacher, Ms. Judy, will demonstrate the method using a real fish before participants get the chance to practice using rubber whole fish. This hands-on workshop allows everyone to make several prints, discovering the wonderful textures and patterns that will be unveiled through the printmaking process.
While our prints dry, we will enjoy a snack break (goldfish!) and time for socializing before we get the chance to bring them to life with color.
Dress to mess!
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