middle & high school

Middle & High School Art Institutes

WEEK 1 // JUNE 1 – 5 Secret Rain Stencils GRADES 6-12 Alicia Kelly Learn a method to make your own stencils and graffiti them around town without the toxic and illegal mess of spray paint. This is a sophisticated invisible ink that only shows up when it rains, and your designs will be a bright spot on an otherwise dreary day. Kinetic Sculptures GRADES 6-12 Traci Bunkers What’s cooler than your own sculptures? Ones that move! Explore the physics of kinetic form building as you make mobiles, wire sculptures, and more. CYP169: 1-4PM, $140 ($126) Mini Backpacks GRADES 6-12 Rachel Van Wang Use a variety of fabric and material to sew your own mini backpack with visiting artist Rachel Van Wang. CYJ164: 1-4PM, $140 ($126) Mini Masterpieces GRADES 6-12 Whitney Jacobs Focus on creating mini paintings while gaining skills and confidence with acrylic and oil technique. CYG169: 9AM-12PM, $140 ($126) WEEK 1 & 2 // JUNE 1 – 12

Digital Illustration Arnold Ayala GRADES 6-12 Work with a gaming industry pro, tablets, and your imagination to illustrate a character and bring it to the digital world. Learn to utilize the vast amount of software tools within Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Blender. Take Digital Animation to learn how to render and animate your character. CYD169: 1-4PM, $250 ($225)

WEEK 2 // JUNE 8 – 12 CYM164: 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

Bird Builders GRADES 6-12 Michelle Rogne Part bird watching, part art making, all fun! Create ceramic bird sculptures based on your own observations from guided field studies. CYC269: 9AM-12PM, $140 ($126)

Graphic Novels GRADES 6-9 Brandon Keenan Work on small scale books of wonder that merge your personal style with images and text. Create your own graphic novel in a week and trade with others in the class. SYX68A: 1-4PM, $130 ($117)

Enroll in any class with a red code by May 17 and save $10!

Accessorize GRADES 6-12 Rachel Van Wang Glam up your life with mini accessories including marbled ceramic bolo ties, radical pins, designed mini buttons, and more. CYJ269: 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

Darkroom Photo GRADES 9-12 Ann Dean Explore film photography in this hands-on class that combines art, technology, history, and science. Students learn the basics of 35mm photography including composition, camera mechanics, film development, and darkroom printing. CYG464: 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

Pop Up Books GRADES 6-12 Alicia Kelly Paper engineers of the world unite as you cut, bend, fold, and weave paper to your command, creating pop up, architectural books and art pieces. CYP264: 9AM-12PM, $130 ($117) WEEK 2 // JUNE 8 – 12

Organic Artistry GRADES 6-12 Catherine Meihaus Make your own paint, paper, brushes, and drawing tools from both natural and recycled materials and then use them to create works of art. CYJ369: 9AM-12PM, $140 ($126)

Screenwriting Short Films GRADES 6-9 Jane’ Franklin In this process/project oriented class, you will become part of a production team who will create the plot, storyboard, and script for a movie you will shoot and edit. Can you reach the final cut in a week? GRADES 9-12 Brandon Keenan Work on small scale books of wonder that merge your personal style with images and text. Create your own graphic novel in a week and trade with others in the class. CYD364: 9AM-12PM, $130 ($117) Handbuilt Ceramics GRADES 6-12 Traci Bunkers Construct and create functional and sculptural objects out of clay slabs, coils, and other handbuilding methods and then take them through the glazing and firing process. CYC364: 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

Posters for the People GRADES 6-12 Alicia Kelly Use illustration and screenprinting to create radical and powerful posters to inspire people to take action. CYG364: 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

Graphic Novels WEEK 3 & 4 // JUNE 15 – 26

SYX68B: 1-4PM, $130 ($117) Digital Character Animation GRADES 6-12 Arnold Ayala Bring your characters to life in this two week digital animation crash course. Learn how to texturize, render, wireframe and animate digital characters. Use your digital character illustration if you took the earlier class with video game designer Arnold Ayala. CYJ764: 1-4PM, $250 ($225)

WEEK 4 // JUNE 22 – 26 Alternative Canvas GRADES 6-12 Catherine Meihaus Go beyond paper and canvas. Learn about basic acrylic painting techniques as you adorn alternative surfaces with layers of color and imagery. CYP464: 9AM-12PM, $140 ($126)

Darkroom Photo GRADES 6-9 Ann Dean Explore film photography in this hands-on class that combines art, technology, history, and science. Students learn the basics of 35mm photography including composition and camera mechanics, film development, and darkroom printing. CYG264: 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

Nature Sketchbook Studio GRADES 6-12 Traci Bunkers Learn how to make a simple nature sketchbook, then experiment with different tools & styles as you walk around Lawrence to fill your pages with renderings of nature. CYJ464: 1-4PM, $130 ($117)

Sculpture GRADES 6-12 Katie Swan Work with a variety of materials including metal, clay, and mixed media to explore artful explorations of 3D space. CYX477 1-4pm, $140 ($126) WEEK 5 // JUNE 29 – JULY 2 Digital Painting GRADES 9-12 Cathy Joritz Learn the amazing textures, tools, and filters of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop as you digitally paint both abstractly and realistically. CYD564: 9AM-12PM, $120 ($108)

Ceramic Ecosystems GRADES 6-12 Michelle Rogne Create a miniature ecosystem sculpture with flora, fauna, and any of your ceramic birds from the previous week. CYC594: 1-4PM, $120 ($108)

Soft Sculpture Creatures GRADES 6-12 Raven Harper Upcycle old sweaters and clothes into simple stuffed animals and imagined creatures using basic sewing techniques. CYD04: 1-4PM, $120 ($108)

WEEKS 5 & 6 // JUNE 29 – JULY 10 Digital Character Illustration GRADES 6-12 Arnold Ayala Work with a gaming industry pro, tablets, and your imagination to illustrate a character and bring it to the digital world. Learn to utilize the vast amount of software tools in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Blender. Take the next course, Digital Animation, to learn how to render and animate your character. CYD569: 1-4PM, $230 ($207)

WEEK 6 // JULY 6 – 10 Claymation GRADES 6-12 Cathy Joritz Use stop action animation to bring your own characters and stories to life in claymation shorts. CYJ568: 9AM-12PM, $130 ($117)

Watercolor Painting GRADES 6-12 Katie Alldritt Learn amazing techniques and secrets of color, wash, and application in this fun and accessible watercolor class. CYG564: 9AM-12PM, $130 ($117)

Throw on the Wheel GRADES 6-9 Michelle Rogne Learn fundamental techniques for making pottery on the wheel. Instructor will provide demonstration as well as hands on instruction as you develop your throwing skills. CYC564: 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

Felting Fun GRADES 6-12 Raven Harper Work with the fun form of felt to create sculptural and functional forms. Explore the vivid world of fiber arts through felt. CYJ563: 1-4PM, $140 ($126) Collage Animation GRADES 6-9 Cathy Joritz Use a variety of digital arts software including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Comic Book Life to combine images into animated art pieces. CYD669: 9AM-12PM, $130 ($117)

Throw on the Wheel GRADES 9-12 Cindy Bicker Learn fundamental techniques for making pottery on the wheel. Instructor will provide demonstration as well as hands on instruction as you develop your throwing skills. CYC769:9AM-12PM, $140 ($126)

Guerilla Art GRADES 6-9 Brandon Keenan This class will introduce students to the methods and ideas behind guerrilla art, and exercise getting ideas out into the world, starting at the Arts Center itself, and expanding to the surrounding area when possible. Chalking, planting, stickering, leaving behind books, postering, miniature environments included. CYP664: 1-4PM, $130 ($117) Alternative Print GRADES 6-12 Traci Bunkers Discover experimental printmaking using ordinary & non-traditional materials! Explore techniques such as monoprints, collagraphs, screen printing, and ways to make our own printing plates, rollers, and blocks. CYG664: 1-4PM, $130 ($117)

Pop Up Books GRADES 6-12 Alicia Kelly Paper engineers of the world unite as you cut, bend, fold, and weave paper to your command, creating pop up, architectural books and art pieces. CYP064: 1-4PM, $130 ($117)

Downtown Digital Photo GRADES 9-12 Ann Dean Photograph cultural treasures and quirky areas of Lawrence around the Arts Center, then edit images in the digital lab and create a photo essay. CYJ664: 1-4PM, $130 ($117)

Middle & High School Art Institutes

WEEK 8 // JULY 20 – 24 Wild Things Ceramics GRADES 6-12 Marie Bower Use ceramic handbuilding to make planters and containers for plants as well as a variety of plant sculptures. CYG864: 7/20-7/24, 9AM12PM, $130 ($117)

Sew Fun GRADES 6-9 Traci Bunkers Starting with thrift store finds, learn how to take old clothes and turn them into fashionable unique garments! Students will use their creativity and basic sewing skills to design, modify, and reconstruct articles of clothing. Beginners welcome. CYJ864: 7/20-7/24, 1-4PM, $140 ($126) YouTube Shorts GRADES 6-12 Jennifer Nelson Work as a production team with filmmaker Jennifer Nelson to create super short films for all the world to see. Write, rehearse, shoot, and edit exciting narratives to share on the Arts Center’s YouTube channel, as well as your own. CYD864: 7/20-7/24, 9AM12PM, $130 ($117)

Screenprint T-Shirts GRADES 6-12 Brandon Keenan Walk away wearing your art! Take your drawings through the silkscreen process to create multi-color prints on fabric and paper. CYG869: 7/20-7/24, 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

Enroll in any class with a red code by May 17 and save $10!

NO CLASSES JULY 3RD & 4TH

DJing From Scratch GRADES 9-12 Ian Sotomayor Become a master of sound with DJ Proof. Move from how turntables and mixers work to selecting to beat matching to scratching, as you mix and remix vinyl. Students will be encouraged to find their own sound and DJ identity using music of their choice. CYD861: 7/20-7/24, 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

WEEK 8 & 9 // JULY 20 – 31 Digital Animation GRADES 6-12 Arnold Ayala Bring your characters to life in this two-week digital animation crash course. Learn how to texturize, render, wireframe, and animate digital characters. Use your digital character illustration if you took the prior class with video game designer Arnold Ayala. CYD869: 7/20-7/31, 1-4PM, $250 ($225) WEEK 9 // JULY 27 – 31 Alternative Photo Process GRADES 6-12 Erika Kjorlie Make black and white film negatives and explore alternative photographic printing techniques like Cyanotype, Kallitypes, and PolaroidTransfer. We will learn the history of the art form and the rebels who established the medium. CYG964: 9AM-12PM, $140 ($126)

Box City Cardboard Engineers GRADES 6-9 Design and engineer, large scale cardboard sculptures to fit into our lobby-wide installation of Box City Tokyo. CYL864: 1-4PM, $130 ($117) DJing From Scratch GRADES 6-9 Ian Sotomayor Become a master of sound with DJ Proof. Move from how turntables and mixers work to selecting to beat matching to scratching, as you mix and remix vinyl. Students will be encouraged to find their own sound and DJ identity using music of their choice. CYP864: 1-4PM, $150 ($135)

Observational Drawing GRADES 6-12 Whitney Jacobs Work on realistic drawings of people (models), places (architecture), and things (still life). CYP164: 1-4PM, $130 ($117)

Throw on the Wheel GRADES 6-12 Cindy Bicker Learn fundamental techniques for making pottery on the wheel. Instructor will provide demonstration as well as hands on instruction as you develop your throwing skills. CYB364: 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

WEEK 10 // AUGUST 3 – 7 Pop Art GRADES 6-12 Erika Kjorlie Be bold and daring with color, pattern, and composition as you paint abstract work focusing on marvelous motifs and tantalizing textures. CYP069: 9AM-12PM, $130 ($117)

Downtown Digital Photo GRADES 9-12 Ann Dean Photograph cultural treasures and quirky areas of Lawrence around the Arts Center, then edit images in the digital lab and create a photo essay.. CYP964: 1-4PM, $130 ($117)

Short Films GRADES 6-12 Jane’ Franklin In this process/project oriented class, you will become part of a production team who will create the plot, storyboard, and script for a movie you will shoot and edit. CYD064: 9AM-12PM, $130 ($117) Fun Forms GRADES 6-12 Katie Swan Work to build wonderful and weird sculptural forms out of clay with visiting artist Katie Swan. CYJ064: 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

You Can Draw GRADES 6-12 ` Brandon Keenan Use a variety of drawing mediums to invent and illustrate. Create abstract, experimental, and realistic drawings with pen, ink, marker, graphite, and more! CYG064: 1-4PM, $130 ($117) Introducing focused tracks in art making. Take your work to the next level by focusing on a depth of practice. Enroll at the front desk for all the classes in one track and receive a 20% off discount.

Digital Game Design (choose June or July) Digital Character Illustration Arnold Ayala CYD169: 6/1-6/12, 1-4PM, $250 ($225) Digital Character Illustration CYD569: 6/29-7/10, 1-4PM, $230 ($207)

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Digital Character Animation Arnold Ayala Michelle Rogne Catherine Meihaus Catherine Meihaus Traci Bunkers Arnold Ayala

CYJ764: 6/15-6/26, 1-4PM, $250 ($225)

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Digital Character Animation CYD869: 7/20-7/31, 1-4PM, $250 ($225)

Two track classes for $400 Two track classes for $400

Environmental Arts

B i r d B u i l d e r s CYC269: 6/8-6/12, 9AM-12PM, $140 ($126)

Organic Artistry Arnold Ayala

CYJ369: 6/15-6/19, 9AM-12PM, $140 ($126) Nature Sketchbook S t u d i o Traci Bunkers CYJ464: 6/22-6/26, 1-4PM, $130 ($117)

C e r a m i c E c o s y s t e m s CYC594: 6/29-7/2, 1-4PM, $120 ($108)

Four classes in track for $424

Alternative Arts

A l t e r n a t i v e C a n v a s CYP464: 6/22-6/26, 9AM-12PM, $140 ($126)

A l t e r n a t i v e P r i n t Michelle Rogne

CYG664: 7/13-7/17, 1-4PM, $130 ($117) Alternative Photo Process Erika Kjorlie CYG964: 7/27-7/31, 9AM-12PM, $140 ($126)

F u n F o r m s Katie Swan CYJ064: 8/3-8/7, 1-4PM, $140 ($126)

Four classes in track for $440

Individual classes are eligible for the early enrollment discount.