Summer Youth
Art Classes

June 2 - July 11
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The Meridian Museum of Art’s summer art classes for children will return on Monday, June 2, featuring an outstanding collection of classes for children ages 4-12.  The classes will begin the week of June 2-6, and will include Drawing, Painting, Pottery, Pottery II, Cartooning, “A Book About Me”, Metal Jewelrymaking, Origami, Papier Mache Portrait Sculpture, Mask-Making, Mixed Media, Printmaking, and Origami.  The classes are one week long, Monday-Friday, and last an hour each day.  The cost is $30 per class, or $25 for members or children of members.  All materials are provided as part of the tuition.

The classes are open to everyone, including young people visiting relatives in Meridian for the summer.  Space in the classes is limited, and some classes fill up quickly.  Dates and details of this summer’s Museum classes include:

Classes for Ages 4-5

Drawing (June 2-6), Ages 4-5
Class #1: 10-11 a.m.  Class #2: 1-2 p.m.
Instructor:  Bonnie Busbee
An introduction to color in terms of composition, mass, value, and color theory.  Still lifes, landscapes, and “mindscapes” will be pursued. 

Painting (June 9-13), Ages 4-5
Class #1: 10-11 a.m.  Class #2: 1-2 p.m.
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 (June 2-6), Ages 6-12
Ages 6-9 (Class #1): 11 a.m.-12 noon
Ages 6-9 (Class #2): 2-3 p.m.
Ages 10-12: 3-4 p.m.
Instructor:  Bonnie Busbee
An introduction to color in terms of composition, mass, value, and color theory.  Still lifes, landscapes, and “mindscapes” will be pursued.

Painting (June 9-13), Ages 6-12
Ages 6-9 (Class #1): 11 a.m.-12 noon
Ages 6-9 (Class #2): 2-3 p.m.
Ages 10-12: 3-4 p.m.
Instructor:  Bonnie Busbee
An introduction to color in terms of composition, mass, value, and color theory.  Still lifes, landscapes, and “mindscapes” will be pursued.

Pottery (June 16-20), Ages 6-9
9-10 a.m.
Instructor: Sylvia Follis 
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. 

Pottery II/Sculpture (June 16-20), Ages 10-12
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Sylvia Follis
Students will learn three-dimensional construction and sculptural detailing, create small sculptural figures, and will learn to use the pottery wheel.

Cartooning (June 16-20), Ages 6-12
1-2 p.m.
Instructor: Sylvia Follis
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.

“A Book About Me” (June 16-20), Ages 6-12
2-3 p.m.
Instructor: Sylvia Follis
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.  

Metal Jewelrymaking (June 23-27), Ages 6-12
Ages 6-9: 11 a.m.-12 noon
Ages 10-12: 1-2 p.m.
Instructor: Charles Muñoz
An introduction to metals and their qualities, forming metals, tools, use of safety equipment, shaping and cutting, and how metals may be joined together.

Origami (June 23-27), Ages 6-12
2-3 p.m.
Instructor: Raymond Woods. 
The Japanese art of paperfolding to create objects such as animals, symbols, baskets, and boxes. 

Papier Mache Portrait Sculpture (June 23-27), Ages 6-12
3-4 p.m.
Instructor: Doris McKinney
Students will create life-size papier mache sculpture “portraits” of characters of their choice.  

Mask Making (July 7-11), Ages 6-12
11 a.m. – 12 noon
Instructor: Kate Cherry
Students design and decorate their own masks, using and traditional and contemporary techniques and designs.

Mixed Media (July 7-11), Ages 6-12
1-2 p.m.
Instructor: Kate Cherry
Painting t-shirts, drawing and painting with mixed media, making collages, and printmaking with natural objects.

Printmaking (July 7-11), Ages 6-12
2-3 p.m.
Instructor: Kate Cherry
A fun introduction to relief printmaking in five easy lessons.  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.

Exhibit:

The final event of the summer programs is a special exhibit and reception on Sunday, July 20, featuring all of the artwork created by these young artists.

The Museum’s Summer Art Classes for children are sponsored by The Riley Foundation, the Community Foundation of East Mississippi, the Norfolk Southern Foundation, Citizen’s National Bank, the Kiwanis Club of Meridian, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Meridian.

Space in the classes will be limited, and pre-registration is required.  Registration forms are available at the Museum. If you’d like to obtain a form, register a child, or ask for more information, please e-mail MeridianMuseum@aol.com, call 601-693-1501, or come by the Museum at 628 25th Avenue in downtown Meridian (Hours: Tues-Sun, 1-5 p.m.)