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. What Can We Make? (wcwm?) 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 the Family Make, in which participants are assigned a theme each month and a secret ingredient or tool to use 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:
February- Make something light up, blink and dazzle us with your inventive use of up-cycled materials and LED’s. We have the LED’s, batteries, and a closet full of creative opportunities. We have made some glowing eyed bugs, robots, and light tube examples. But what we’re really interested in is what you can invent with these materials. Your project can be very small– or truly epic. We will photograph your creation and post to our education blog and Facebook during PULSE to showcase the creativity at the museum.
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| Telfair Museums 2012 Winter ClassesYOUTH CLASSES | |
| Geek Bling / Techno-jewelry – creating jewelry with digital components
Instructor- Jessica Anderson |
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Students will create unique necklaces, bracelets, earrings and even a handbag using recycled computer parts. Students will learn basic jewelry-making skills giving them an introduction to creating their own fashion accessories with a focus on transforming outdated technology into art. This class is ideal for middle school to teenage students with an interest in jewelry and fashion.
Monday & Wednesday, January 23- February 22, 2012 / 4-5:30 pm Ages: 13 -18 yrs Cost: $130 member fee/$155 non-member fee / Materials included 5 student minimum/12 maximum |
| Portfolio Builder: Youth Drawing II: Winter Session
Instructor- Marisa Lilje |
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This class is designed to help upper-elementary and middle school students improve their drawing skills. In Drawing II, students will better understand the more complex ideas of foundational drawing. This is a great class for students to develop their art portfolios. New students welcome!
February 2 – March 1, 2012 / 5-week class / Thursdays/ 4:30 -6pm Ages: 10 -14 yrs Cost: $100 member fee/$125 non-member fee /Materials included 5 student minimum/12 maximum |
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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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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 |
| Dancing with Light
Instructor- Elizabeth Newkirk |
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Telfair Museums presents a unique opportunity exploring improvisational techniques for contemporary dance in the galleries of the museum. Students will work with Elizabeth Newkirk produce and perform in conjunction with the Leo Villareal exhibition at the Jepson Center. Class begins the week prior to the exhibition and builds to a performance* the week of the exhibits opening. Students will work interactively with the Villareal exhibition and learn to develop an improvisational performance
January 26 – February 23, 2012 / 5 consecutive Thursdays with Final Performance / 4-6:30 pm *Performance TBD the week of Feb 27th or weekend of March 3 Ages: 14 -Adult Cost: $80 member fee/$100 non-member fee/Materials includes 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 |
| Photography Exploration
Instructor- Charlie Ribbens |
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This five week-long 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. Class features include student use of both manual and digital cameras, field-trip to a downtown gallery, an introduction to Photoshop, visits from established photographers, on-location shoots in the Historic District, access to Telfair Museums’ photography collection and more.
January 19 – February 16, 2012 / 5 week class / Thursdays / 4 – 6 pm. Ages: 16yrs- Adult Cost: $160 Member fee/ $200 Non-Member fee / Materials included 5 student minimum/12 maximum
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