Child Classes in Moorestown

Art Exploration- Moorestown
For Ages 4 - 6

Explore the world of color through a variety of media. Bring your imagination while we explore through the use of tempera and watercolor paint, drawing materials, papier-mâché, and collage. Emphasis will be on process, imagination and individual expression.

» Dates: Sat Apr 10th - Jun 12th
» Time:9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
» Class Code: MAE-14
» Seats Available: 10
» Teacher: Jenni Leigh Deets
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $115.00
» Non-member's Price: $135.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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Beginner Group Guitar
For Ages 8 - 11

Bring your guitar and have fun learning some easy rock riffs and eventually learn to write your own. For students who have little or no previous training on the guitar this course includes: tuning, elementary theory, first position chords, reading chord diagrams, and tablature. If you need information about purchasing a guitar please contact the center.

» Dates: Mon Apr 5th - Jun 14th
» Time:3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
» Class Code: MM-35
» Seats Available: 7
» Teacher: Joey Mariano
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $160.00
» Non-member's Price: $175.00
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Notes:

no class on Memorial Day

Comic Book Illustration- Mondays
For Ages 10 - 16

The art of comics is a highly stylized approach to illustration! Develop drawing skills while learning the techniques of the pros. Illustrate your comics or cartoons featuring superheroes, manga style, fantasy or whatever you like. Starting with pencil, students will design their pages and transfer them to special blue-line board. Then, discover the secrets of comic book inking that give drawings added dimension. Finally, students will photocopy their pages and add color with special watercolor dyes, creating their very own comic books. Please specify day when registering.

» Dates: Mon Apr 5th - Jun 14th
» Time:6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
» Class Code: MDR-40
» Seats Available: 9
» Teacher: Brian Butler
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $125.00
» Non-member's Price: $145.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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Notes:

no class on Memorial Day

Comic Book Illustration- Wednesdays
For Ages 10 - 16

The art of comics is a highly stylized approach to illustration!  Develop drawing skills while learning the techniques of the pros. Illustrate your comics or cartoons featuring superheroes, manga style, fantasy or whatever you like. Starting with pencil, students will design their pages and transfer them to special blue-line board. Then, discover the secrets of comic book inking that give drawings added dimension. Finally, students will photocopy their pages and add color with special watercolor dyes, creating their very own comic books.
Please specify day when registering.

» Dates: Wed Apr 7th - Jun 9th
» Time:6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
» Class Code: MDR-40
» Seats Available: 10
» Teacher: Brian Butler
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $125.00
» Non-member's Price: $145.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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Drawing Realistic Animals
For Ages 8 - 12
Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw realistic animals? If so, this is the class for you! Receive step-by-step instructions for drawing creatures ranging from domestic animals to their wild cousins. Begin by identifying the basic shapes that make up animals' bodies and learn how to draw simple form sketches. Explore different techniques for shading, such as hatching, cross-hatching, and stippling; as we learn how to create the illusion of depth on a flat surface. Discuss tricks for drawing facial features, feathers, and fur, as well as a variety of unique patterns and textures. Examine the underlying skeleton and muscle systems in order to see how they effect the surface anatomy of a variety of species. Students will create their own compositions including a complementary habitat or natural environment.
» Dates: Sat Apr 10th - Jun 12th
» Time:11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
» Class Code: MDR-31
» Seats Available: 10
» Teacher: Chloe Blake Stevenson
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $125.00
» Non-member's Price: $145.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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Little Picasso
For Ages 3 - 5
Dose your child draw all the time? This class is geared toward young artists who have shown amazing potential in drawing and painting. Come draw using charcoal, pastel and graphite. Paint big expressive paintings. Learn about the secrets of master painters from the Renaissance-Contemporary times. AND learn all about what these amazing artists did when they were young artists just like you. This class will focus a bit more on drawing and painting in all mediums. Young artists will be given a sophisticated introduction to drawing and painting. Come make, do, learn AND MOST OF ALL have fun with ART!
» Dates: Tue Apr 6th - Jun 8th
» Time:9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
» Class Code: MAE-12
» Seats Available: 5
» Teacher: Pauline Houston McCall
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $110.00
» Non-member's Price: $135.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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Magical Movers
For Ages 3 - 5

A creative movement class incorporating imagination, motor skills, games and stories. Fun for boys and girls! Come express your energies through movement and dance. Jump, spin, wiggle, and explore. This class is based on the works of Rudolph Laban, expanding movement potentials and developing the creative spirit of each student. Dress in comfortable clothing for ease of movement. No shoes required. All students must be potty trained.


» Dates: Mon Apr 5th - Jun 14th
» Time:1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
» Class Code: MPA-16
» Seats Available: 10
» Teacher: Candace Carriger
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $110.00
» Non-member's Price: $130.00
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Notes:

no class on Memorial Day

Painting and Drawing
For Ages 8 - 11
A great class for the emerging artist. Learn to draw things the way you see them, while maintaining your own creativity. Students will work in nature while drawing and painting landscape, learn proportions while working with portraiture and still life and design elements with creative 2D projects.
» Dates: Mon Apr 5th - Jun 14th
» Time:6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
» Class Code: MAE-30
» Seats Available: 12
» Teacher: Jane Chesson
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $120.00
» Non-member's Price: $145.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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Notes:

no class on Memorial Day

Parent & Child Art Exploration
For Ages 3 - 5

Children will explore art through a variety of craft projects which enhance creativity and utilize fine motor skills. Parents will assist their children in their projects while allowing their child to be the primary artist. Sample projects include sponge painting, fabric cut and paste teddy bears, tissue paper collage and tempera painting. Be sure to bring a smock for your young one! All students must be potty trained.

» Dates: Fri Apr 9th - Jun 11th
» Time:9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
» Class Code: MAE-11
» Seats Available: 5
» Teacher: Leslie Blau-Berlin
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $120.00
» Non-member's Price: $140.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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Puddle Jumpers
For Ages 2½ - 4

An exhilarating and all-sensory class filled with activities in music, movement and art for toddlers and rompers.  Play, paint, dance, sing and have fun. Learn folk songs from many cultures through hand claps and rhythm sticks accompanied by Pauline and her guitar. Parents are welcome to join their children in this class. All students must be potty trained.

» Dates: Wed Apr 7th - Jun 9th
» Time:9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
» Class Code: MAE-10
» Seats Available: 4
» Teacher: Pauline Houston McCall
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $115.00
» Non-member's Price: $135.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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SPLASH! (a little bit of everything)
For Ages 4 - 6
This class is great for young creative minds and active hands. Young artists will get a chance to experience many different techniques and artistic explorations. Young artists will sculpt from wood, clay and other found objects AND they will also get to draw using many mediums from pen and ink to charcoal and pastels. Opportunities to draw outside on the beautiful grounds of Perkins Center for the Arts and explore nature around us will also be available.
» Dates: Fri Apr 9th - Jun 11th
» Time:3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
» Class Code: MAE-13
» Seats Available: 8
» Teacher: Pauline Houston McCall
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $110.00
» Non-member's Price: $120.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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The da Vinci Art club
For Ages 7 - 10
Calling all serious kids who love to draw, paint and sculpt; this is the art club for you. Grab your charcoal, colored pencils, pastels and drawing pads for an exciting adventure in art. We will learn many secret tricks and techniques of art to create illusions of grandeur. Learn how to draw animals, still life and portraits really well. Draw in color or black and white. Draw with clay and draw on stone! Learn to sculpt from wood and clay and found objects. Learn all about mixing colors to paint amazing paintings. All while learning about great masters in art (Leonardo da Vinci of course).
» Dates: Fri Apr 9th - Jun 11th
» Time:5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
» Class Code: MAE-21
» Seats Available: 0
» Teacher: Pauline Houston McCall
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $120.00
» Non-member's Price: $140.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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The da Vinci Art Club part 2
For Ages 10 - 13
For SERIOUS KIDS WHO LOVE ART! If you have tried two or more sessions of The da Vinci Art Club, this is your chance to take what you learned to the next level. Focus on advanced techniques of drawing, shading and modeling; including Shading, modeling and the illusion of texture using pen and ink, charcoal, and graphite. Enter the amazing world of sculpture using ancient techniques of stone sculpture and sculpt from soap stone, wood, clay and recycled objects. Painting will concentrate a bit more on creating the illusion of light and shadow with color. As always we will attempt to climb inside the brilliant mind of artist/ inventor and scientist Leonardo da Vinci.
» Dates: Wed Apr 7th - Jun 9th
» Time:4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
» Class Code: MAE-31
» Seats Available: 10
» Teacher: Pauline Houston McCall
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $120.00
» Non-member's Price: $140.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $25.00
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Trash Meets Art
For Ages 6 - 8
Let your children be inspired by discarded objects as they turn trash into works of art. We will make use of everything from milk lids to broken electronics to create one of a kind sculptures and collages. This is a great opportunity for your child to make choices and do some problem solving in a creative environment. For ages 6-8.
» Dates: Tue Apr 6th - Jun 8th
» Time:4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
» Class Code: MMM-20
» Seats Available: 12
» Teacher: Kate Johnson
» Location: Moorestown
» Member's Price: $125.00
» Non-member's Price: $145.00
» Supply / Lab Fee: $20.00
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