Children's Classes
Partial scholarships and customized courses are available… please let us know how we can help you.
Remember, the perfect gift is a Gift Certificate to the School of the Arts!
Remember, the perfect gift is a Gift Certificate to the School of the Arts!
Thursdays, 11am-Noon: Apr. 26; May 10, 14
TUITION: Free!!
INSTRUCTOR: MAR JIMENEZ
Fun and exploration for children aged 2-5 years "with a parent or caregiver". Early childhood principles of color, shape, movement, and rhythm are emphasized through drawing, painting, collage, blocks and music. Join us for one session or all! Registration is requested via phone call 540-862-7275, or online here, so instructor is prepared with materials.
TUITION: Free!!
INSTRUCTOR: MAR JIMENEZ
Fun and exploration for children aged 2-5 years "with a parent or caregiver". Early childhood principles of color, shape, movement, and rhythm are emphasized through drawing, painting, collage, blocks and music. Join us for one session or all! Registration is requested via phone call 540-862-7275, or online here, so instructor is prepared with materials.
BLACKSMITHING
BEGINNERS and NEXT LEVEL classes available.
Instructor: Glen Bryant
TUITION:
$100 for teens
$140 for parent + one child under age 12.
CLICK HERE for MORE DETAILS & CLASS DATES
BEGINNERS and NEXT LEVEL classes available.
Instructor: Glen Bryant
TUITION:
$100 for teens
$140 for parent + one child under age 12.
CLICK HERE for MORE DETAILS & CLASS DATES
DRAWING
B-100 DRAWING LESSONS
Saturdays, Noon – 1:00 pm, and, 1:00 - 2:00 pm, or by arrangement
TUITION: $15 per hour, includes materials
Learn about line and shape, light and mass, using pencil on paper, progressing gradually to other mediums (charcoal, ink, pastel).
INSTRUCTOR: JOSH THOMPSON
TUITION: $15 per hour, includes materials
Learn about line and shape, light and mass, using pencil on paper, progressing gradually to other mediums (charcoal, ink, pastel).
INSTRUCTOR: JOSH THOMPSON
NEW!! CARTOONING for (ages 12+) Middle & High School Students
B-109: CARTOONING FUN (age 12+)Friday, May 11, 6-8 & Saturday, May 12, 10:00 am -noon
TUITION: $40 INSTRUCTOR: MACK ROWE Enjoy drawing and coloring WordToons cartoons in this two-day class as taught by professional cartoonist, Mack Rowe. Bring humor and smiles into your life with words you use every day. If you like to doodle with pencil on paper, you’ll love to draw WordToons. Especially for middle and high school students! |
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FIBER ARTS
N-200: KNITTING LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS
N-300: CROCHET LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS
$20 per one-hour lesson
$50 for three one-hour lessons
Wednesday and Saturday, 10:00 am - noon, or by arrangement
INSTRUCTOR: JULIE BENNETT
One-hour knitting or crochet lessons. Learn to knit and/or crochet to easily make fun and useful things.
There is nothing like “making it yourself” to keep or to give. More details here.
Please call the School of the Arts to select your choice of date & lesson time 540-862-7275
N-300: CROCHET LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS
$20 per one-hour lesson
$50 for three one-hour lessons
Wednesday and Saturday, 10:00 am - noon, or by arrangement
INSTRUCTOR: JULIE BENNETT
One-hour knitting or crochet lessons. Learn to knit and/or crochet to easily make fun and useful things.
There is nothing like “making it yourself” to keep or to give. More details here.
Please call the School of the Arts to select your choice of date & lesson time 540-862-7275
CN-102a CALICO TEDDY BEAR WORKSHOP (age 12-99)
Saturday, May 19, from 10-4 (bring lunch)
TUITION: $30 (includes materials)
INSTRUCTORS: BRENDA MARTIN & LAURA RAINONE
Learn how to work with a simple beginner's pattern, calico or cottons, sew with an electric sewing machine, and go home with a delightful Teddy Bear. Students will make one bear in class and be supplied with materials to make a second bear at home. Students who have their own portable sewing machines are asked to bring them, but the School will also have some available.
TUITION: $30 (includes materials)
INSTRUCTORS: BRENDA MARTIN & LAURA RAINONE
Learn how to work with a simple beginner's pattern, calico or cottons, sew with an electric sewing machine, and go home with a delightful Teddy Bear. Students will make one bear in class and be supplied with materials to make a second bear at home. Students who have their own portable sewing machines are asked to bring them, but the School will also have some available.
MUSIC
CD-300 VIOLIN AND CELLO LESSONS
The Clifton Forge School of the Arts is the Alleghany County home teaching center for the Allegheny Mountain String Project (AMSP). An educational program of Garth Newel Music Center, the AMSP offers private lessons in violin, viola (JAIME MCARDLE, Instructor) and cello (JULIA GOUDIMOVA , Instructor) with scholarships available. AMSP students of appropriate playing level have free access to the youth orchestra program run by GRETTA SANDBERG.
Spaces are available for Fall 2017. For additional information or to register, please contact Garth Newel Music Center at 540-839-5018, visit the AMSP webpage, or email jaimemcardle@icloud.com
The Clifton Forge School of the Arts is the Alleghany County home teaching center for the Allegheny Mountain String Project (AMSP). An educational program of Garth Newel Music Center, the AMSP offers private lessons in violin, viola (JAIME MCARDLE, Instructor) and cello (JULIA GOUDIMOVA , Instructor) with scholarships available. AMSP students of appropriate playing level have free access to the youth orchestra program run by GRETTA SANDBERG.
Spaces are available for Fall 2017. For additional information or to register, please contact Garth Newel Music Center at 540-839-5018, visit the AMSP webpage, or email jaimemcardle@icloud.com
CD-500 TRUMPET LESSONS
Our instructor is ALVIS JACKSON, is a founding member of the Clifton Forge School of the Arts Brass Ensemble. He is offering daytime lessons on Fridays at $25 per week.
Please call the School to select your lesson time. 540-862-7275.
Our instructor is ALVIS JACKSON, is a founding member of the Clifton Forge School of the Arts Brass Ensemble. He is offering daytime lessons on Fridays at $25 per week.
Please call the School to select your lesson time. 540-862-7275.
CD-200 PIANO LESSONS
Our instructor, JOANNE HAYSLETT, offers daytime lessons at the School on Thursdays. Please call the School to select your lesson time. 540-862-7275. Tuition is $25 per week.
WOODWORKING
WOOD-TURNING: CHOOSE YOUR PROJECT with JOE WOOD
TUITION: $50 (plus a materials fee based on the project chosen paid to the instructor during class).
Tuition covers either one adult or one adult with child under age 12 making one project.
Join instructors to learn how to turn wood to make a baseball bat, pen, ice cream scoop, or other small wood project.
This is a wonderful shared parent/child activity for children under age 12. Create memories along with your special project!
CLICK HERE for MORE DETAILS
TUITION: $50 (plus a materials fee based on the project chosen paid to the instructor during class).
Tuition covers either one adult or one adult with child under age 12 making one project.
Join instructors to learn how to turn wood to make a baseball bat, pen, ice cream scoop, or other small wood project.
This is a wonderful shared parent/child activity for children under age 12. Create memories along with your special project!
CLICK HERE for MORE DETAILS
