ART

Expand your child's imagination by engaging them in fun and productive classes. These classes are designed not only to ignite a child's imagination but to help build art knowledge, artistic techniques, fine motor skills and confidence. Classes will encourage creativity and self-expression while  enhancing their  understanding of art mediums and visual communication

MBA 101 Adventures in Color, Texture & Pattern

Heidi Rohde
9:30 am to 11:30

Let young imaginations soar! Creative thinking will be encouraged by exploring a variety of media, including collage, paint, and pastel. Young artists will discover not only the building blocks of art - colour, line, texture, shape and composition, but also new ways to see and express a world of both form and fantasy.

MBA 102 Creating Cartoons

Bruce Outridge
1pm to 3pm

Unlock your child's artistic gifts through the capable tutelage of Bruce Outridge, a professional comic book artist and creator of Pride Junkie.Students will create caricatures and cartoons from  idea to finished product using a variety of artist's tool and materials, including pencil, pen, ink, paint and more. Students will design funny faces, outrageous bodies and the many dynamic actions and unique stories that go along with   these new characters.

POTTERY

Working with clay is a great sensory experience; it helps fine-tune motor skills and encouraging playfulness. The students will learn to manipulate the clay and gain an understanding of the properties of clay; its strengths and weaknesses, and how to ensure that the desired effect can be achieved. They’ll have lots of messy fun as they learn.