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YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
ART CLASSES – After School and week-long summer classes for youths which include Drawing, Painting, Pottery, Sculpture, Cartooning, Storywriting/ Bookmaking, Maskmaking, Jewelrymaking, Quiltmaking, Mixed Media, and Origami. All materials are provided, and we also offer a scholarship program for artistically promising but economically disadvantaged children. After the classes, we host an exhibit featuring all of the artwork that the children have created.
ARTS AND CRAFTS WORKSHOPS – Held four times during the year. Each class ties in with a holiday or season (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Spring) and features projects based on the holiday or seasonal theme. Up to 60 children attend each 90 minute long workshop. Each workshop features 6-8 different projects of varying complexity, and children are able to pick and choose which projects they want to try.
Outreach Adolescent Program – A free program that includes classes in a variety of media (from drawing, painting, clay sculpture, mosaics, mixed media, and printmaking) as an outreach program for disadvantaged youths.
EVENT TIE-INS – Museum events often include hands-on youth art activities and exhibits.
EXHIBITS – Youth art displays (and receptions) featuring work created in Museum classes, local schools, the ArtQuest program, the PTA’s Cultural Arts program, the 4-H Club, and our annual Youth Members Show. These exhibits not only show off the work of these talented young artists; they also give them a well-earned feeling of pride and importance towards their artwork and themselves
SCHOOL SUPPORT PROGRAMS – In addition to Museum tours and exhibits of school-produced artwork, the Museum provides technical and material assistance, volunteers, and evaluators for local school programs.
TOURS – School groups, youth groups, and individuals from near and far. Sometimes combined with a hands-on workshop where and youth groups
Meridian Museum
School of Art
2010
To register for classes call 601 693 1501, mail PO Box 5773 Meridian, MS 39302, email meridianmuseum@bellsouth.net or come by the museum.
628 25th Avenue • Open: Wed. - Sat., 11 am - 5 pm
We are offering several week long classes from May 31 through July 23 for children ages 4-12.
The classes will be held at the Museum and all materials will be provided.
Cost is $30 for each.
Space in each class will be limited
A special exhibit of work created by students in the MMA School of Art summer program will be held Sunday, July 25 with a reception from 2-3 p.m. All students who attend any part of the Museum School of Art will be invited to attend, along with their parents, family and friends.
This project is supported by
Mississippi Arts Commission
City of Meridian
Riley Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Brown's Printing
Kiwanis Club
Community Foundation of East Mississippi
Classes for Ages 4-5
Drawing, Age 4-5 (May 31 - June 4)
Class #1: 10-11 a.m.; Class #2: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Bonnie Busbee • An introductory class that will teach children basic drawing skills and introduce them to line, shape, value, mass, and relationships.
Painting, Ages 4-5
Class #1: 10-11 a.m.; Class #2: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
(June 14-18)
Instructor: Bonnie Busbee • An introduction to color in
terms of composition, mass, value, and color theory. Still lifes, landscapes, and "mindscapes" will be pursued.
Classes for Ages 6-12
Drawing •
(May 31 - June 4)
Ages 6-9: 11:30-12:30 a.m. (Class #1)
Ages 10-12: 1:30-2:30 a.m. (Class #2)
(July 19-23)
Ages 4-8: 10-11 a.m. (Class #3)
Ages 9-12: 1:30-2:30 p.m. (Class #4)
Students will learn to see in terms of line, shape, value, mass, and relationships. Basic shapes are introduced; realizing everything is made up of these simple properties removes the intimidation that complex structures can create. Still lifes, landscapes, and "mindscapes" will be drawn.
Instructor: Bonnie Busbee
Pottery
(June 7-11) • Instructor: Sylvia Follis
Ages 6-9: 9-10 a.m. (Class #1)
Ages 10-12: 10:30 -11:30 a.m. (Class #2)
Students will make pots, bowls, boxes and other objects using hand building skills with natural clay. Students will also be instructed in using the wheel and throwing a pot.
Cartooning
(June 7-11) • Instructor: Sylvia Follis
Ages 6-12: 1-2 p.m.
Students will design an original character, write a story, and use those creations to draw a storyboard, and learn basic animation through the construction of a flip book and a zoetrope.
Art Book Class
(June 7-11) • Instructor: Sylvia Follis
Ages 6-12: 2-3 p.m.
Students will experiment with materials to make books in unusual ways, with a variety of materials – books that are about you, your imagination, and your world.
Clay Sculpture
(June 7-11) • Instructor: Sylvia Follis
Ages 10-12: 3-4 p.m.
Students will learn three-dimensional construction and
sculptural detailing, create small sculptural figures, and will
learn to use the pottery wheel.
Painting •
(June 14-18)
Ages 6-9: 11:30-12:30 a.m. (Class #1)
Ages 10-12: 1:30-2:30 p.m. (Class #2)
(July 19-23)
Ages 4-8: 11-12 noon (Class #3)
Ages 9-12: 2:30-3:30 p.m. (Class #4)
An introduction to color in terms of composition, mass, value, and color theory. Still lifes, landscapes, and "mindscapes" will be pursued.
Instructor: Bonnie Busbee
Jewelry making
(July 5-9) • Instructor: Suzanne Boyd
Ages 6-9: 11-12 noon (Class #1)
Ages 10-12: 1-2 p.m. (Class #2)
An introduction to jewelry making.
Origami
(July 5-9) • Instructor: Suzanne Boyd
Ages 6-12: 2-3 p.m.
The Japanese art of paper folding to create objects such as
animals, symbols, baskets, and boxes.
Papier Mache Sculpture
(July 5-9) • Instructor: Suzanne Boyd
Ages 6-12: 3-4 p.m.
Students will create life size papier mache sculpture "portraits" of characters of their choice.
Mask making
(July 12-16) • Instructor: Marsha Iverson
Ages 6-12: 11 a.m.–12 noon
Students design and decorate their own masks, using and traditional and contemporary techniques and designs.
Mixed Media
(July 12-16) • Instructor: Marsha Iverson
Ages 6-12: 1-2 p.m.
Painting t-shirts, drawing and painting with mixed media, making collages, and printmaking with natural objects.
Printmaking
(July 12-16) • Instructor: Marsha Iverson
Ages 6-12: 2-3 p.m.
An introduction to printmaking. Using a variety of materials and techniques, students will explore the basics of designs, plan out their images, build their printmaking plates, and print their images.
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