Howard County Center for the Arts: Arts Council

Children's Classes

Life long learning through the arts

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Visual Arts
- Exploring the Art of Children's Books
  - Ages: 4-6
    
    Explore art through your favorite stories! Each week we will look at the work of a different illustrator such as Eric Carle, Leo Lionni, Petra Mathers, Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart, and make our own artwork based on their methods. Bring some of your favorite books to share as well! Dress for mess!
    
    Meghan Fugate
    Saturdays, 12:30AM - 2:00 PM, .
    September 27 - November 1.
    Fee: $75 (members: $68).
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- Exploring Drawing and Painting
  - Ages 7-12
    
    Each week work with a different media and projects including still life drawings with charcoal, portraits with pastels, and landscape paintings with tempera paint! Using art history as inspiration, we will explore a variety of techniques in each medium. Dress for mess!
    
    Meghan Fugate
    Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 12:00, .
    September 27 - November 1.
    Fee: $100 (members: $90).
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- Sumi Painting
  - Ages 13-Adult
    
    Learn the traditions and techniques of Sumi ink brush painting through various demonstrations and practice. You will explore East Asian concepts of line, brush stroke and composition with a focus on the plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo. Learn to express yourself through this unique cultural style.
    
    Myung Sook Kim is a Maryland artist who received her MA in studio art from the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio. She recently had a solo exhibit of her paintings at the Columbia Art Center in Columbia, MD, and has exhibited internationally at LaMer Gallery in Seoul, Korea; Degar Gallery in Virginia; Muse Gallery in Philadelphia; the Towson Commons Gallery in Baltimore and Maryland Hall in Annapolis.
    Class also available Wednesday evenings from 6:30 pm - 9:30 p.m.
    Myung Sook Kim
    Wednesdays, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, .
    September 24 - November 12.
    Fee: $180 (members: $162).
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- Art School Bound
  - ages 15-18
    Designed for high school students seeking intensive and highly individualized instruction to build a portfolio ready for college or A.P. Explore cutting edge contemporary artists and the latest techniques in artistic media.
    Karen Graff
    Thursdays, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, .
    September 24 - November 12.
    Fee: $130 (members: $117).
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Performing Arts
- Private Cello Instruction
  - Tim Anderson received a B.A. in Music Performance from the University of South Florida and continued post-graduate studies at the Peabody Conservatory and Syracuse University. He is currently on the faculty at U.M.B.C. and the School for the Arts. Tim teaches at the Center on Tuesdays in Room 14. Please contact him at 410-832-5289 for more details.
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- Prepare to Preform!
  - ages 7-11
    Through acting and singing games, story theatre, and improvisation, discover how actors prepare for performances. On the last day, put your new skills to work with a performance of a medley of Broadway hits for a friends and family!
    Phyllis Stanley
    Saturdays, 10:30AM - 12:30 PM, black box theatre.
    September 20 - October 25.
    Fee: $100 (members: $90).
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- Dance Floor Survival Skills
  - ages 15+
    This class introduces the basic dance steps for many ballroom and swing dances. Additional dance techniques which are fundamental to all dances will also be covered. In this fun, relaxed setting each student will soon be dancing the night away! No partner required.
    Sheila Haris
    Fridays, 6:45PM - 7:45 PM, Dance Studio.
    September 26 - November 14.
    Fee: $60 (members: $54).
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- Howard County Ballet
  - Howard County Ballet offers a variety of dance classes for children and adults in studio 17 and the HCCA dance studio. Call 410-465-9414 or visit www.howardcountyballet.org for more information.
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Supplies are included for all children's classes unless otherwise noted.

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