Studio Policies
Welcome to my art studio! In here your child will learn how to talk about art, how to recognize famous art and most of all…DO ART! I use a “hands-on” approach to expose your child to many art mediums and styles.

Lessons
Each session we will learn about a new Art Parts or Elements/Principles (see Teaching Philosophy). Artists or art periods from history are introduced and referred to during the projects. New art mediums and techniques will be used in direct relationship with the Art Parts. Some techniques will be experimented with and practiced yet there will always be many “frame-able” quality projects during each session.

Material
I provide all supplies and materials for each class. I use academic (student grade) quality fine art supplies.  These are made by the same manufacturers as professional supplies and, as a result, are much higher quality than typical children’s art supplies. This is a part of your tuition and is not charged as a separate supply fee. Due to the structure of the classes and the need to purchase materials ahead of time, there will be no refunds issued for missed classes.

Tuition
Each child must register for a full session at a time, with a 20% deposit required to hold a spot in the session. Remainder is due on the first day of class. Siblings get a 10% discount on each additional child. Missed classes cannot be refunded. I do not discount adult classes.

Studio Guidelines
In order for art to be fun, sometimes it has to be messy! I will provide smocks but sometimes accidents happen and stuff leaks through smocks or shirt sleeves are pushed up with messy hands. Please dress your children appropriately for art! I am not responsible for stained clothing!

The following rules are posted in the studio. Please review these with your child.

  1. Obey the teacher the first time.
  2. Raise hand to talk.
  3. Respect others with words and actions.
  4. Respect supplies and classroom.
  5. Use quiet voices in classroom

Also, it is a high priority to me that each child to feel ownership and pride in their artwork. As a result, I do not allow children to mark on each others papers or paintings (unless we are doing a collaboration). When I am demonstrating, I use a different sheet of paper or very light correction marks.