How to sign up? Review class descriptions below, select a day and time for the weekly lessons. Choose three or more courses for you students. You must be a public school teacher to sign up for these free classes.
2023 and 2024 Visual Art Courses
Please check back often as we will be adding more art courses this year.
Painting in Watercolor, Arylic and Oil
PAINTING COURSE Oct 30-Nov 17
Painting is two weeks, 1 hour per week for 1st-5th and 3 weeks for 6th-8th. There will be a make-up week available Nov 13th-17th for the art teacher to come back into classrooms that need more time or had to reschedule a lesson.
Print-making
PRINT-MAKING COURSE Jan 8-Jan 26
Print-making course is two weeks, 1 hour per week. There will be a make-up week available Jan 22nd-26th for the art teacher to come back into classrooms that need more time or had to reschedule a lesson.
Print Making: Relief Block Printing with Repurposed Foam 1st-3rd
Printmaking is an art process where ink is transferred from a printing plate onto paper. In relief printmaking, artists carve designs into wood or linoleum. Ink does not go into the places that the artist carved away, similar to a stamp. In this modified block printing lesson students will use repurposed foam and ink to create their
own block print design. Students will practice printing their designs in multiple colors to create a mini booklet
to showcase their work.
Linocut Block Printing for Grades 4-8
Students will explore the step by step process of linocut block printing through carving, transferring and printing an image they design. Rubber stamping material and specialized cutting tools will be used in this printmaking lessons. Students will use their print to practice printing in multiple colors and will have the opportunity to create a mini book to showcase their work.
Curriculum Connection: Fulfills Visual Arts standards
Ceramics
CERAMICS COURSE Feb 5th-16th and Feb 26-March 1
Ceramics course is three weeks, 1 hour per week. There will be a make-up week available for the art teacher to come back into classrooms that need more time or had to reschedule a lesson.
Ceramics 1st-3rd Grades
The heart is a universal symbol for love and this clay heart art lesson will allow students to work with clay and celebrate the love they have in their hearts. Lesson will incorporate social-emotional learning. Students will learn basic hand building techniques to create and decorate a clay heart shaped project.
Materials-Clay, clay tools, brayer/rolling pin, kiln, objects to make texture
Ceramics 4th-8th Grades
In this lesson, students will learn basic hand building techniques to create a clay bobblehead sculpture. Students will explore ideas for their piece with inspiration from family, hobbies, or daily life. Students will use creative problem solving to create a unique an original bobblehead, while applying craftsmanship to create and finish their piece with glaze.
Materials-Clay, clay tools, kiln, slip and score, glaze
Curriculum Connection: Fulfills Visual Arts standards and Social-Emotional Learning
Mixed-Media
MIXED MEDIA COURSE April 15th-26th
Mixed Media course is two weeks, 1 hour per week. There will be a make-up week available April 29- May 3rd for the art teacher to come back into classrooms that need more time or had to reschedule a lesson.
Mixed Media Upcyling Or Mask Making 1st-8th Grades
Upcycling
Students will be asked to bring recycled materials from home to create a mix-media art piece. Students will learn about the importance of re-use and recycling for our environment. Students will learn about art composition, mix media design and texture.
Masks
Students will discuss the use of costume and design throughout history to present day and its use in storytelling among cultures. Students will make a mask using inspiration from their own culture, family or environment.
Curriculum Connection: Fulfills Visual Arts standards & Science standards
Pastels
PASTELS COURSE May 6th-17th
Pastels course is two weeks, 1 hour per week. There will be a make-up week available May 20th-24th for the art teacher to come back into classrooms that need more time or had to reschedule a lesson.
Soft Pastels 1st-3rd Grades
Students will learn about local birds, what seasons bring changes to wildlife, sense of movement and texture, manipulation of material to create texture with soft pastel techniques.
Oil Pastels 4th-8th Grades
Students make a connection between the process of artmaking and chemical mixing processes. They learn how mixing colors is making a new substance with new properties. Students learn about color as an element of art and design and focus on the chemical substance of color. When two substances are mixed another color appears. Example: blue and red paint mixed makes green. The new substance absorbs red and reflects green. Students will learning the techniques of oil pastels.
Curriculum Connection: Fulfills Visual Arts standards & Science standards