Come get creative and have some fun with fellow budding artists in this popular 2-D art class! In this class, your instructor will help you discover new ways to draw and perfect your painting techniques. Through fun class demonstrations you will learn all about color, line, and shape to add variety to your artwork. Experiment with all kinds of art materials, including pencils, pastels, watercolors, and tempera as you create your very own masterpieces!
From handbuilt houses to monsters to amazing animal sculptures, this class is full of great opportunities to create new clay projects. You will experiment with form, shape, texture, and the art of building with clay. This includes molding, mushing, and rolling your clay into all kinds of wonderful clay creations. Once your creations have gone through the kiln, you will experiment with the world of color while we glaze our pieces!
This class will introduce you to the fun of making art with ink and paper! Guided by an instructor, you will learn to carve a drawing into a soft surface, then roll with ink and place paper over the top! Each time you pull up the paper, you will discover the magic of transferring your drawing into a colorful print! Come and explore rainbow rolls, relief and gelli printmaking! All materials are provided and no experience is necessary. Safe methods are adhered to for printmaking with children.
Create together this holiday! Instructor, Sara Spahn, will teach you how to upcycle everyday objects into memorable holiday gifts. We provide a variety of art materials. Learn easy decorative, stamping, printing, and collaging techniques to embellish one-of-a-kind photo frames, and make retro clip art gift tags, holiday cards, and wrapping paper. Upcycling is a great way to share art stewardship with your family. Bring a favorite photo for the frame and join us as we make gifts of art together!
Do you have a budding artist? Private lessons are available for youth (ages 6-11) and young adults (ages 11 - 16). Lessons will include 4, 1-hour sessions guided by an art center instructor. Lessons involve focused instruction on drawing or water-based painting mediums, customized to fit the student's creative interests. Lessons are for individual instruction. Group lessons are available for a maximum of 2 students. Please call for group pricing. When registering mulitple students for a private lesson, one parent is responsibile for coordinating the availability with other parents.
Private Lesson Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel a lesson, we will need 24 hour notice in order to reschedule. There are no refunds after the first lesson.
Payment? We require full payment for private lessons before the first lesson begins.
Individual Private Lessons: 4 one hour sessions for $175
Group Private Lessons: Please call for group pricing
Online Private Lessons Application
All cancellations for classes, camps, and labs will incur a $50.00 administrative fee ($25 for workshops). Your refund will reflect this fee.
Full refunds or credits (minus the cancellation fee) will be offered if cancellation is made 10 business days or more prior to the start date of the class, workshop, lab, or camp.
A 50% refund or credit (minus the cancellation fee) on the cost of the class will be issued if a cancellation request is made within 6-10 business days prior to class, workshop, or camp.
No refund or credits will be given for cancellation requests made 5 business days or less prior to class, workshop, or camp. There are no refunds after the first session of the class, workshop, or camp.
No refunds, credits, or make-ups are offered for individuals who miss a class session, workshop, lab, or camp. No refunds or credits if asked to leave a current class, workshop or camp due to misconduct. Please read our behavior policy.
We are currently offering scholarships for 50% of the cost of tuition for classes. Scholarships are available for all age groups through the Susi Larsen & Cameron Serbu Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Madeleine Christenson Scholarship Fund.
To be considered applicants must fill out the application prior to registration and payment. If awarded applicants will be contacted for the remaining payment.
Print Scholarship Application ~ OR ~ Online Scholarship Application
In the event of bad weather, including snow to high heat conditions, the Art Center will hold any outdoor classes inside. If traveling to the art center isn't advisable, we will cancel classes for that day and a make-up session will be held at a later date. Please check our website for updates after 12 pm on the day in question to see if afternoon and evening classes are canceled.
MKAC has a parking lot for art students, visitors, and staff. If you happen to arrive for your class and the parking lot is full, please come into the office and grab a parking pass. This will override the street parking time limits for your class time!
