After School Mixed Media: Full Spring Semester 2025
Session 1: Wednesdays, January 15 - February 19, 2025
Session 2: Wednesdays, March 5 - April 9, 2025 (No class Mar 18-20 Spring Break)
Session 3: Wednesdays, April 23 - May 21, 2025
Total 16 weeks, Registration Fee: $625 (all sales final, no refunds) Snacks will be provided
Drop Off: 3:00-3:15pm / Class Time: 3:15-5:15pm / Pickup 5:15-5:30pm
Children will explore their natural desire for individuality through self-expression in various artistic media, including acrylic painting and sculpture.
In this class, they will engage in fun and empowering art forms that encourage them to connect with their inner selves.
Activities will include creating hot glue gun sculptures from recycled materials, exploring identity through collage, and crafting painted papier-mâché masks.
Participants will study self-portraits by artists like Picasso and Frida Kahlo, using their own photographs as references to create unique portraits.
They'll also have the opportunity to design their own beaded jewelry, adding another layer to their self-expression.
About the Instructor: Amanda Rose Hopkins received her B.F.A from UC Santa Cruz with a concentration in painting and environmental art. Locally she has creatively taught children at Sunridge and REACH Charter schools. She spent 5 months studying under artist Kaveri Singh and Thangka painters from Nepal and Sikkim at the Sarnath International Nyingma Institute in India. Her work is currently focused on highlighting the sensuous texture and environmental importance of the kelp forests. You can view her work at https://artofnature.me/
Session 1: Wednesdays, January 15 - February 19, 2025
Session 2: Wednesdays, March 5 - April 9, 2025 (No class Mar 18-20 Spring Break)
Session 3: Wednesdays, April 23 - May 21, 2025
Total 16 weeks, Registration Fee: $625 (all sales final, no refunds) Snacks will be provided
Drop Off: 3:00-3:15pm / Class Time: 3:15-5:15pm / Pickup 5:15-5:30pm
Children will explore their natural desire for individuality through self-expression in various artistic media, including acrylic painting and sculpture.
In this class, they will engage in fun and empowering art forms that encourage them to connect with their inner selves.
Activities will include creating hot glue gun sculptures from recycled materials, exploring identity through collage, and crafting painted papier-mâché masks.
Participants will study self-portraits by artists like Picasso and Frida Kahlo, using their own photographs as references to create unique portraits.
They'll also have the opportunity to design their own beaded jewelry, adding another layer to their self-expression.
About the Instructor: Amanda Rose Hopkins received her B.F.A from UC Santa Cruz with a concentration in painting and environmental art. Locally she has creatively taught children at Sunridge and REACH Charter schools. She spent 5 months studying under artist Kaveri Singh and Thangka painters from Nepal and Sikkim at the Sarnath International Nyingma Institute in India. Her work is currently focused on highlighting the sensuous texture and environmental importance of the kelp forests. You can view her work at https://artofnature.me/
Session 1: Wednesdays, January 15 - February 19, 2025
Session 2: Wednesdays, March 5 - April 9, 2025 (No class Mar 18-20 Spring Break)
Session 3: Wednesdays, April 23 - May 21, 2025
Total 16 weeks, Registration Fee: $625 (all sales final, no refunds) Snacks will be provided
Drop Off: 3:00-3:15pm / Class Time: 3:15-5:15pm / Pickup 5:15-5:30pm
Children will explore their natural desire for individuality through self-expression in various artistic media, including acrylic painting and sculpture.
In this class, they will engage in fun and empowering art forms that encourage them to connect with their inner selves.
Activities will include creating hot glue gun sculptures from recycled materials, exploring identity through collage, and crafting painted papier-mâché masks.
Participants will study self-portraits by artists like Picasso and Frida Kahlo, using their own photographs as references to create unique portraits.
They'll also have the opportunity to design their own beaded jewelry, adding another layer to their self-expression.
About the Instructor: Amanda Rose Hopkins received her B.F.A from UC Santa Cruz with a concentration in painting and environmental art. Locally she has creatively taught children at Sunridge and REACH Charter schools. She spent 5 months studying under artist Kaveri Singh and Thangka painters from Nepal and Sikkim at the Sarnath International Nyingma Institute in India. Her work is currently focused on highlighting the sensuous texture and environmental importance of the kelp forests. You can view her work at https://artofnature.me/