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Classes for Children

Children love art!
Whether it is working with clay, painting, drawing, or just making things, children are natural artists.
The following classes and workshops from CFSOTA are designed to challenge, entertain, and inspire young people.

CL100  Say "Hello" Around the World! with Joanna Gorzen
$
12.00    
 
 
Numbers and games; words and songs . . in 6 languages!  Ages 5 - 12 years
Every Wednesday in April and May
4 pm - 5:15 pm
Instructor:  Joanna Gorzen
Fee: $12 each time
CC104 - Animation Camp: Clay/Camera/Computer
$
60.00    
 
 
JULY 22 - 24
A 4-day camp using clay, camera, computer (and music) to create animated stories.
LEVELS: 4th and 5th Grades 1 - 3 pm
Fee: $60

Instructor: Cristi Miller
CC105 - Fairy Camp for Little People
$
100.00    
 
 
A 4-day camp centered around the poetry of Mary Cecily Barker, using story,
song, craft and movement. (Snack is provided.)

Ages: 3, 4, 5 years - 10:00 am to 11:30 pm
Ages: 6, 7, 8 years - 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Fee: $40

Instructor: Vaden Vosteen
CC106  SUMMER DANCE CAMP with DENISE PURVIS
$
75.00    
 
 
Monday - Friday, July 8 - 12**
Two age groups:

8 years - 10 years: 10 am - 12 pm
11 years - 15 years: 2 pm - 4 pm
Fee:  $75
CRT101 - Go Green Camp: Recycling Transformations
$
35.00    
 
 
AUGUST 19 - 22 (4 days)
A 4-day camp transforming everyday “found” objects into new things that are useful or beautiful (or both).
Ages: 7 years and up
Time: 10 am - 12 pm
Fee: $35

Instructor Crystal Wiseman
C107a - Art After School: Modeling Clay by Hand with Barbara Park
$
50.00    
 
 
AGES 7, 8, 9 YEARS
(4 weeks) Mondays, May 6, 13, (skip a week) May 27 at

3:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Fee:  $50 (includes all materials, 2 kiln firings)
C107c - Art After School: Modeling Clay by Hand with Barbara Park
$
50.00    
 
 
AGES 10, 11 & 12 YEARS
(4 weeks) Wednesdays, May 8, 15, (skip a week) May 29

3:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Fee: $50 (includes all materials, 2 kiln firings)
C108 - Kids Art Studio - Painting on canvas & paper with Judith Sivonda
$
45.00    
 
 
For Ages 7 and up. Children love to paint! This 3-session class provides them with a real art studio experience under the instruction of Judith Sivonda. We provide watercolors, tempera, oil pastels and paper with no additional charge.  Older kids may opt to work in acrylics or oil paints on canvas panel. These supplies are available for purchase at the school.

Saturdays, May 18, 25 and June 1, 1 pm - 3 pm


Fee $45

C111 Kids Drawing Studio:  Proportion, Shading & Perspective
$
45.00    
 
 
Ages 9 years & older  
(3 weeks) Saturdays, May 18, 25 and June 1

1 pm - 3 pm
Instructor:  Judith Sivonda

Fee:  $45
CR200 Art After School:  Metal Tooling Masks with Cristi Miller
$
30.00    
 
 
4th & 5th Graders.
Design a mask with details that are dashing and colors that are daring, using tin foil, acrylic paints, string,  feathers, sequins, etc.               
(2 weeks) Thursdays, May 16 and May 23, from 3:45 pm -  5:15 pm
Fee:  $30

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Clifton Forge School of the Arts

518 Church Street
Clifton Forge, VA
24422

(540) 862-7275
Hours: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm, Tuesday - Saturday