Friday: January 10; 10–11:30am
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">here</a>. (Must register by January 9.)

Mini Makers: Jan 10 

Friday: February 7; 10–11:30am 
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-07Feb2025">here</a>. (Must register by February 6.)

Mini Makers: Feb 7 

Friday: March 14; 10–11:30am 
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-14Mar2025">here</a>. (Must register by March 13.)

Mini Makers: Mar 14

Friday: April 4; 10–11:30am 
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-04Apr2025">here</a>. (Must register by April 3.)

Mini Makers: Apr 4

Friday: May 9; 10–11:30am 
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-09May2025">here</a>. (Must register by May 8.)

Mini Makers: May 9 

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

Ages 3–5 (with an adult)

Saturdays: January 11, 18, 25; 10–11:30 am 
Roam the galleries to find paintings that purr and sculptures that bite. We’ll learn how artists use texture, pattern, and shape to make lifelike animal artworks. After our adventures through the Museum, we will make drawings, paintings, and prints of animals in the studio.
Teaching Artist: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-4-5">here. </a>

Animal Hide & Seek 

Saturdays: Feb 8, 15, 22; 10–11:30 am 
Hop aboard the creativity train! We’ll combine drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques to create mixed media landscapes and cityscapes like those we see in the exhibition All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art 1840–1955. 
Teaching Artist: CaSandra Johnson
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-4-5-08Feb2025">here. </a>

All Aboard! 

Saturdays: Mar 8, 15, 22; 10–11:30 am 
It’s clay time! Students will learn to shape and model clay to make three-dimensional sculptures. Shapes, textures, and patterns found in ceramic artworks from around the world will inspire us as we create with this ancient art material.
Teaching Artist: Trudy Swanson
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-4-5-08Mar2025">here.</a>

Play with Clay 

Saturdays: Apr 5, 12, 19; 10–11:30 am
The painterly possibilities are endless in this class where we will express ourselves with brushstrokes, learn to mix colors, and experiment with tools and techniques in playful ways. We’ll visit artwork in the Schrager Collection, and twentieth-century and contemporary galleries to see how art can express feelings, then paint our own masterpieces back in the studio.
Teaching Artist: CaSandra Johnson
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-4-5-05Apr2025">here. </a>

Pint-sized Painters 

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

Ages 4–5

Saturdays: January 11, 18, 25, February 1; 1–3 pm
Create with clay as we learn ceramic basics and see where our imagination can take us! In the galleries, we’ll look for shapes, textures, and patterns that inspire us when we learn to pinch, coil, and construct with clay slabs in the studio.
Teaching Artist: Trudy Swanson
Registration is closed.

Imagining in Clay 

Saturdays: Feb 8, 15, 22, Mar 1; 1–3 pm
Hop aboard the creativity train! We’ll combine drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques to create mixed media landscapes and cityscapes we see in the exhibition All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art, 1840–1955. 
Teaching Artist: Julie Schram
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-6-8">here. </a>

Mixed Media Express

Saturdays: Mar 8, 15, 22, 29; 1–3 pm 
Students will explore color theory as they pour paint onto muslin fabric like Helen Frankenthaler. Then they’ll weave and sculpt fabric in interesting ways, taking inspiration from Diedrick Brackens, Sheila Hicks, and other fiber artists in the contemporary galleries who push the boundaries.
Teaching Artist: Therese Straseski
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-6-8-08Mar2025">here. </a>

Funky Fiber 

Saturdays: Apr 5, 12, 19, 26; 1–3 pm 
Learn to draw a portrait while exploring a variety of media. We’ll spend time drawing from portraits in the galleries to see how artists use color, pose, and props to tell us about the sitter. Back in the studio, we’ll learn about proportion by drawing from mirrors and use pastel and tempera to finish our portraits in lively color.
Teaching Artist: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-6-8-05Apr2025">here. </a>

Portrait Drawing 

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

Ages 6–8

Saturdays: January 11, 18, 25, February 1; 10 am–noon
Learn to sew a soft sculpture, or plushie, and create your own character in 3D. We’ll search the galleries for sculptures and fiber artworks that inspire us, then sketch a character. Students will learn to make a pattern, hand sew basic stitches, and add details using embroidery and applique techniques.
Teaching Artist: Ben Fleischman
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-9-12">here. </a>

Plushies: Sew by Hand

Saturdays: Feb 8, 15, 22, Mar 1; 10 am–noon 
Animal-themed artwork throughout the collection will inspire us as we learn hand-building techniques, like pinching and coiling, to create our own stylistic animal sculptures. We&#8217;ll finish our ceramic critters using under glazing, slip, and sgraffito techniques to add implied texture.
Teaching Artist: Harrison Cook
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-9-12-08Feb2025">here. </a>

Clay Critters 

Saturdays: Mar 8, 15, 22, 29; 10 am–noon 
Hop aboard the creativity train! We’ll combine drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques to create mixed media landscapes and locomotives like we see in the exhibition All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art, 1840–1955. 
Teaching Artist: Julie Schram
Register <a href="http://4716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-9-12-08Mar2025">here. </a>
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Scenes & Machines

Saturdays: Apr 5, 12, 19, 26; 10 am–noon 
Learn how artists draw in perspective to give their artwork a sense of realistic space. Students will travel around The Joslyn to render the architectural elements of the Museum using observational drawing. Back in the studio, we’ll add creative elements to our drawings using mixed media, incorporating our imagination ,and stretching beyond the rules.
Teaching Artist: Shane Sedlak
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Studio-Classes---Ages-9-12-05Apr2025">here.</a>

All about Perspective 

Ages 9–12

Spring Semester: Weeks of January 6–April 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
Registration is closed.

Art School, Grades 1–4

Spring Semester: Weeks of January 6–April 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 January 6–April 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. Older students in this class will have opportunities to take lessons to the next level, giving them creative choice and freedom. 
Teaching Artist: Therese Straseski
Register <a href="http://24716a.blackbaudhosting.com/24716a/Art-School--Homeschool-Grades-46">here. </a>

Art School / Homeschool, Grades 4–9

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

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