Friday: October 11; 10–11:30 am
Accompany your preschooler to explore art in the galleries and do a simple art-making activity. Mini Makers is a great way for young artists to have their first Museum experiences—with a grown up by their side—before coming to art classes on their own. Try one session or many!
Teaching Artist: Therese Straseski
Registration is closed.
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Mini Makers: Oct 11

Friday: November 8; 10–11:30 am
Accompany your preschooler to explore art in the galleries and do a simple art-making activity. Mini Makers is a great way for young artists to have their first Museum experiences—with a grown up by their side—before coming to art classes on their own. Try one session or many!
Teaching Artist: Therese Straseski
Registration is closed.

Mini Makers: Nov 8

Friday: December 13; 10–11:30 am
Accompany your preschooler to explore art in the galleries and do a simple art-making activity. Mini Makers is a great way for young artists to have their first Museum experiences—with a grown up by their side—before coming to art classes on their own. Try one session or many!
Teaching Artist: Therese Straseski
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Mini-Makers-Ages-3-5-wan-adult-13Dec2024">here. </a>

Mini Makers: Dec 13 

Joslyn Members:$8.50 per session, General Public: $10 per session (includes 1 adult and up to 3 children)

Ages 3–5 (with an adult)

Saturdays: October 5, 12, 19; 10–11:30 am
Each artist leaves their unique mark on the world. We’ll learn about abstract art with visits to the galleries, then make marks using non-traditional methods, engaging our whole body. Students will draw, print, and collage using their own unique marks and symbols.
Teaching Artist: CaSandra Johnson
Registration is closed. 
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Make Your Mark 

Saturdays: November 2, 9, 16; 10–11:30 am
Pint-sized painters will explore the basics of color mixing and concepts of abstract painting and process art. We’ll look at contemporary art in the galleries for inspiration, then create canvas paintings full of color and emotion in the studio.
Teaching Artist: CaSandra Johnson
Registration is closed.

Exploring Color 

Saturdays: December 7, 14, 21; 10–11:30 am
Young artists will look for artworks in the galleries that use patterns and shapes in bold and interesting ways. In the studio they’ll create paintings, prints, and sculptures inspired by the artists they get to know in the galleries.
Teaching Artist: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-4-5-07Dec2024">here.</a>

Pattern and Shape 

Joslyn Members: $51 per series; General Public: $60 per series

Ages 4–5

Saturdays: October 5, 12, 19, 26; 1–3 pm
Students will visit the Art of the Ancient Mediterranean galleries to see how artists told stories in their artwork thousands of years ago. In the studio, they’ll use clay to create vessels, tablets, and masks to tell their own stories.
Teaching Artist: CaSandra Johnson
Registration is closed. 
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Ancient Pottery

Saturdays: November 2, 9, 16, 23; 1–3 pm
Take your pencil beyond the doodle and start to draw like an artist! Experience a series of artists’ exercises to train your hand to draw what you see and create finished drawings using a variety of materials such as pencil, charcoal, pastels, and more.
Teaching Artist: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch
Registration is closed.

Drawing: Beyond the Doodle

Saturdays: November 30, December 7, 14, 21; 1–3 pm
Nearly anything can be used to make art – and sometimes artists mix it all together! We’ll use printmaking, painting, and sculpture methods to create mixed-media artworks like those found in the Museum’s galleries
Teaching Artist: CaSandra Johnson
Registration is closed.

All in the MIx

Joslyn Members: $68 per series; General Public: $80 per series

Ages 6–8

Saturdays: October 5, 12, 19, 26; 10 am–noon
Well-developed characters make for compelling stories – both in literature and in art! We’ll learn to draw facial expressions, figures in motion, and costumes for our characters to tell their stories and express their personalities. Visits to portraits in the galleries will inspire our own characters in the studio.
Teaching Artist: Ben Fleischman
Registration is closed. 
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Cartooning: Character Design 

Saturdays: November 2, 9, 16, 23; 10 am–noon
Learn how artists draw and paint realistically by using values to render forms. Visit the galleries in search of realistic paintings, then practice drawing and painting shadows and highlights to make objects in your art look real.
Teaching Artist: Julie Schram
Registration is closed.

Drawing and Painting Values 

Saturdays: November 30, December 7, 14, 21; 10 am–noon
Students will survey the galleries to find different styles artists use to depict nature, from realistic to abstract. Back in the studio, we’ll draw and use mixed media techniques to create our own stylized landscapes and nature illustrations.
Teaching Artist: Shane Sedlak
Registration is closed.

Nature Illustrations 

Ages 9–12

Spring Semester: Weeks of Jan 6–Apr 7 
Wednesdays, 4:30–6pm
This visual arts program introduces students to The Joslyn’s collections and exhibitions with instruction in six media – drawing, painting, pottery, printmaking, sculpture, and fiber arts. Students explore each medium, while building art skills and concepts at age-appropriate levels. Joslyn Art School’s museum setting provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to encounter original works of art, experiment in related art media, and learn from a professional staff committed to providing individual challenges and guidance.
Teaching Artist: Therese Straseski
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Art-School-Grades-1-4">here. </a>

Art School, Grades 1–4

Spring Semester: Weeks of Jan 6–Apr 7 
Wednesdays, 2–3:30pm
This visual arts program introduces students to The Joslyn’s collection and exhibitions with instruction in six media—drawing, painting, pottery, printmaking, sculpture, and fiber arts. Students explore each medium, while building art skills and concepts at age-appropriate levels. Joslyn Art School’s museum setting provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to encounter original works of art, experiment in related art media, and learn from a professional staff committed to providing individual challenges and guidance.
Teaching Artist: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Home-School-Grades-1-3-Wednesday-08Jan2025">here. </a>

Homeschool, Grades 1–3

Spring Semester: Weeks of Jan 6–Apr 7 
Thursdays, 4:30–6 pm
This visual arts program introduces students to The Joslyn’s collection and exhibitions with instruction in six media—drawing, painting, pottery, printmaking, sculpture, and fiber arts. Students explore each medium, while building art skills and concepts at age-appropriate levels. Joslyn Art School’s museum setting provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to encounter original works of art, experiment in related art media, and learn from a professional staff committed to providing individual challenges and guidance.
Teaching Artist: Therese Straseski
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Art-School--Homeschool-Grades-46">here. </a>

Art School / Homeschool, Grades 4–6

Spring Semester: Weeks of Jan 6–Apr 7 
Thursdays, 4:30–6 pm
This class combines both Art School and Homeschool Art School for grades 7–9.
This visual arts program introduces students to The Joslyn’s collection and exhibitions with instruction in six media—drawing, painting, pottery, printmaking, sculpture, and fiber arts. Students explore each medium, while building art skills and concepts at age-appropriate levels. Joslyn Art School’s museum setting provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to encounter original works of art, experiment in related art media, and learn from a professional staff committed to providing individual challenges and guidance.
Teaching Artist: Matthew Jones
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Art-SchoolHomeschool-Grades-7-9">here. </a>
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Art School / Homeschool, Grades 7–9 

Joslyn Members: $204 per semester; General Public: $240 per semester
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Joslyn Art School/ Homeschool 

Studio Programs

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