Enjoy some creative time 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 hand-built houses to monsters to amazing nature-inspired 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!
Come explore different ways to create printed images with paper and ink. Guided by our instructor, Wendy Strong, students will learn to etch, ink, and stamp! Come and discover rainbow rolls, gelli prints, and all that printmaking has to offer. All materials are provided, and no experience is necessary.
Let’s remind ourselves how to quiet our inner critic and just make art. Abstract artist Cindy Ingram will guide us through playful and skill-building activities to strengthen our confidence with impulsive and intuitive mark-making in the context of abstract art. Bring the whole family for this fun and lighthearted adventure! All materials provided!
Bring the whole family for this two-day natural dyeing workshop. We will start by making our own natural dyes and planning out our artistic compositions on natural fiber materials. On day two of the workshop, we will turn our dyed materials into hanging works of art! All materials will be provided, and feel free to bring in natural fiber materials of your own as well!
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.
Through the Susi Larsen & Cameron Serbu Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Madeleine Christenson Scholarship, the Maude Kerns Art Center is able to provide arts education to all who are passionate about art but may need financial assistance to achieve their artistic endeavors. Scholarships are available for all age ranges and all classes with the exception of private lessons.
We are currently offering 50% of the cost of tuition (which does not include any material or studio fees).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!