A perfect way to introduce your children to the museum setting while providing a fun and educational outlet for exploring and creating new types of art. Every youth class demonstrates skills that exhibiting Telfair artists used in their artwork- a visual and hands-on approach to learning new media. Both progressive and interesting, the classes ignite your child’s imagination and creativity, while reinforcing the necessary foundational skills for artistic development.
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YOUTH ART CLASSES
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Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 am -2pm
Jepson Center’s Melaver Studio
Always free to members and to visitors with paid admission. Open to adults and children accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Join us as we open the studios for drop in visits for all ages. wcwm? (What Can We Make?) focuses on developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills through imagination. Explore your creative side with inspiring activities utilizing recycled materials, found objects, and traditional art supplies. In addition to the wcwm? project kits, the studios provide watercolor and collage opportunities as well.
New to the wcwm? program is Family Make, in which participants are assigned a theme each month and a secret ingredient or tool to make art from the most unexpected materials. Before joining in one of our wcwm? theme challenges, check out these talking points and activities you can complete as a family:
May: On the 100th Anniversary of the creation of Girl Scouts, Telfair Museums takes a look at Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low’s interest in art, both as an artist and as an art organizer.
In addition to creating her own art, Low took a leading role in the Savannah art scene in the early 20th century as a founding member of the Savannah Art Club, which was established in 1920. Through this new organization, Low and other Savannah artists sought to promote and improve the quality of fine arts created, offered, and displayed in the city.
In the studio:
Some crafts transcend time. The paper dolls Juliette Gordon Low made and that are now on view in the Drawing Room of the Telfair Academy are as exciting to kids and adults today as they were when made. Despite all technological advances in entertainment and greater availability of toys, making paper dolls maintains itself as an exciting opportunity full of rich possibilities.
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May 17: Paper People
June 21: Collaged concrete/ and digital poetic portraits
July 19: Found Object Creations
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| Telfair Museums 2012 Winter ClassesYOUTH CLASSES | |
| Learn to Draw with Robots and Light | |
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Go beyond pencils and crayons and learn to draw with robots and light. Explore the fundamentals of line, shape and color like never before to create exciting contemporary works of art. Learn to make your own doodlebot drawing machines and draw with lasers using extended photo exposures. Students in this class will create simple technological tools such as vibrating drawing machines and LED Light pens and use them to explore new possibilities in drawing.
March 7 -April 4, 2012 / 5-week class / Wednesdays / 4:30-6pm Ages: 6-10 yrs Cost: $125 member fee/$150 non-member fee / Materials included 5 student minimum/12 maximum |
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| March 22-April 19, 2012/Five consecutive Thursdays. 4:30-6 pm / Ages 10-14 Members $100, Non-members $125 / Materials included This class is designed to help upper-elementary and middle school students improve their painting skills. In Painting 1 students develop and understanding for the advanced concepts concerning color and acrylic paint. This is a great class for students to develop their art portfolios. New students are welcome! |
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| Telfair Museum’s 2012 Teen Introductory Photography weekend
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May 25- 27/ Friday – Sunday Friday: 4:30pm-6pm / Saturday and Sunday: 9 am-1pm/ Ages 13-16 Members $100, Non-members $125 / Materials included This teen weekend program focuses on black-and-white, digital photography and the basic functions of 35mm SLR manual cameras. While instruction emphasizes the advancements of digital media, we will also instruct conventional methods of film photography to supplement the experience. Camp features include student use of pin-hole cameras, film and digital cameras, field-trip to a downtown gallery, visits from established photographers, on-location shoots in the historic district, access to Telfair Museums’ photography collection and more! |
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TEEN AND ADULT CLASSES The Way Cool LED Cube Instructor-Chris Lee |
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Leo Villareal’s work utilizes sometimes thousands of LEDs which are animated by a computer program to generate light and color patterns. Some of Villareal’s works are based on mathematician John Conway’s “Game of Life” in which a system evolves based on a set of rules. In this one-day workshop students will have the opportunity to build a 3-D LED cube that operates similarly to Villareal’s, using the “Game of Life” principle to create a flickering, animated cube. Students will be guided through the process of building the cube from soldering the LEDs to wiring and programming.
Saturday, March 10, 2012 / 10 am-5 pm with lunch break Ages: 16yrs -Adult Cost: $160 member fee/$200 non-member fee / Materials included 5 student minimum/12 maximum |
| Video Game Development with Red Panda Studios
Instructor- Sean Higginbottom and Miranda Marquez |
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Students will learn how to develop their own games from scratch using Game Maker. Instructors from Red Panda Studios will cover basic sprite animation, game and character design and basic programming. After exploring all aspects of game design and development, students will leave with a better understanding of their personal skill sets and how they can make their mark in the industry.
Saturday March 24, 2012 / 10 am-5 pm Ages: 14yrs- Adult Cost: $80 Member – $100 Non-Member / Materials included 5 student minimum/12 maximum |