Purple Twig

This is a process oriented class focused on furthering your child's creative confidence. While exploring all kinds materials, clay, glue, wood, recycled materials, beads, buttons and fabric students will learn to problem solve, verbalize their ideas and further creative thinking.   They will participate in the joyful learning through exploring sensory based materials while learning age appropriate skills. 

This Class begins September 13th

Big puppets, little puppets, paper puppets, hand puppets, shadow puppets. While making puppets from fabrics, plastic bottles, clay and so much more, we will explore basic narrative structures. Collectively and individually we will build theaters and create wonderful performances. 

This is a process oriented class focused on furthering your child's creative confidence. While exploring all kinds materials, clay, glue, wood, recycled materials, beads, buttons and fabric students will learn to problem solve, verbalize their ideas and further creative thinking.   They will participate in the joyful learning through exploring sensory based materials while learning age appropriate skills. 

This class begins September 7th

We will be using a variety  mediums, sumi ink, pencil, watercolors, charcoal to focus on depth of field, perspective, composition, shadow and mark making. Most of the drawing will be from observation but we will also do some imaginative drawing as well. This is a wonderful class for those who want to learn some basic technique in drawing while also finding their own voice and confidence. 

This is a process oriented class focused on creative thinking and strengthening imagination. While exploring all kinds materials, clay, glue, wood, recycled materials, beads, buttons and fabric we will be printing, painting, sculpting, cutting and gluing. This class is a wonderful way to build fine motor skills and further your child's creative confidence.

Join us for this beginning ceramics class where students learn the basics of ceramics, pinch pots, coiling and slab building using low fire clay. We have a variety of glazes and will be teaching some surface techniques as well. We will also give plenty of freedom for kids to build what they want as well. We fire the kiln a few times over the course of the class. 

This class will focus on basic ceramic hand-building skills using 2 different types of low-fire clay (white and terre cotta). We will build some large pieces using large coils and slabs along with smaller pinch pots and bowls. We also have quite a variety of both underglazes and glazes to experiment with.  No need for prior ceramic experience. 

This is a process oriented class focused on furthering your child's creative confidence. While exploring all kinds materials, clay, glue, wood, recycled materials, beads, buttons and fabric students will learn to problem solve, verbalize their ideas and further creative thinking.   They will participate in the joyful learning through exploring sensory based materials while learning age appropriate skills. 

We will be mixing, stirring, making creations in our own apothecary. The kids will have the opportunity to discover the magical, healing, aromatic, and delicious properties of plants and herbs. We will be making salves, soaps, candles. We will also be performing some spells, creating our own incantations with the candles and herbs. 

Drawing is an incredible way for kids to express themselves and all you need is a pencil and paper. We will also be using charcoal, watercolor, chalk pastels all the while learning basic techniques in drawing from perspective, proportion and shadow. We will draw from life and draw from our imagination. 

This is a sensory oriented class focusing on both fine motor skills and gross motor skills by exposing your child to many engaging materials, materials that your pour, materials that can squirt, materials that you can sift, materials that squish and materials that splash. This class is structured with a few stations to explore along with some story time. 

This weaving class is for St. Dominic students. Kids will learn the tabby stitch, soumak stitch, looped tabby stitch, rya knot, lark’s head knot and  how to add tassels to different kinds of weavings and wall hangings. We will use wood and loops for looms. This is great for either a beginner but we will also have some new projects for those who have taken the class before. 

This class is for Sta. Dominic students only. This isn't your ordinary collage class. Collages can be beautiful made from colorful vibrant papers and they can be funny made from animal images.  Students will learn elements of design and composition. Kids will create still-lifes and self-portraits and many more. 

This is a private art class put together by a parent. Please only register if you know this person.

This is a process oriented class focused on creative thinking and strengthening imagination. While exploring all kinds materials, clay, glue, wood, recycled materials, beads, buttons and fabric we will be printing, painting, sculpting, cutting and gluing. This class is a wonderful way to build fine motor skills and further your child's creative confidence.