FALL REGISTRATION
Register now for Fall 2008 classes!
To view our online schedule, go to the dance, music, visual arts and theatre pages.
For the print version of our catalog, click here to download the PDF .
NEW this Fall
PreSchool Musical!
Hip Hop
Dalcroze Eurythmics
Teen Photography
Teen Film
Stencil & Graffiti
Theater Master Class
Rhythm & Movement
NIA
Musical Theatre Dance
Djembe Drumming
SUMMER OFFERINGS
Registration Information
Activities during the Lousville Farmer's Market
Summer Overview |
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| class | ages | dates |
| Storyart | 3-5 | July 8-Aug 12 |
| Storydrama | 4-7 | July during FARMER'S MARKET |
| Princess Ballet | 3-5; 5-7 |
June & Aug during FARMER'S MARKET |
| Open Art Center | 3-6 | June, July, August during FARMER'S MARKET |
| Art Room Explore | 7+ | June, July, August during FARMER'S MARKET |
| Super Kids Cooking | 3-5; 6-10 | July 19 & Aug 16 during FARMER'S MARKET |
| Popcorn Theatre | 5-10 | July 14th-July 18th |
| Wire Sculpture | 6-10 | Saturday, July 12 |
| Jewelry Design Workshop | 10-12 | August 4 & 5 | Sew Fun! | 10-12 | June 2-6; June 9-13 NEW: July 14-18 |
| Centerstage Theatre Company | 7-11 | June 16 -27 |
| Int'l Art Series: African Arts | 5-7 8-10 |
Aug 4-8th |
| Dance Intensives | varied | varied |
| Hip Hop | 9-12 | June 30-July 25 |
| Hip Hop | 12-18 | June 30-July 25 |
| Friday Night Live! |
MS/HS | June 9-13;
July 8-11 Aug 4-8 |
| Jewelry Design Workshop | 13-15 | August 6 & 7 |
| Landscape Painting | MS/HS | Aug. 11-15 |
| 4 color Reduction Linoleum Block Printmaking | MS/HS | July 21 -25 |
| Monotype Printmaking | MS/HS | June 23-27 |
| Portrait Painting | MS/HS | June 9-13 |
| Teen Film Program | HS | tba |
| Figure & Portrait Drawing | Adult | June 17-July 22 |
| Monotype Printmaking | Adult | June 3, 10 & 17 | Plane Aire Pastel Drawing | Adult | June 18 & Aug 20 |
| Drawing and Acrylic Painting | Adult | 6 weeks, Thursdays |
| Hip Hop | Adult | June 30-July 25 |
| Swing Dance | Adult | June 27, July 11 |
| Intro to Encaustic Painting | Adult | August 23 |
Classes for KIDS
STORYART
Ages: 3-5
Dates: Tuesdays, July 8-Aug. 12
Time: 10:00-11:15am
Instructor: Lori Jones
Cost: $12 for 4+ classes or $14 drop-in
Story themed day, art projects related to the story theme for the day, music and movement games.
STORYDRAMA
Ages 4-7
Saturday Workshops in July
10am-11:30am
DURING FARMER'S MARKET
Cost: $15
Directed by Crystal Verdon.
July 12th
Come for 1 1/2 hrs of a circus based storydrama---face paint magic will be used to help create characters.
July 19th
Details to come
July 26th
Details to come
PRINCESS BALLET
Dates: Saturdays during the Farmer's Market, June & August
Ages: 3-5; 5-7
Time: 9:00-9:45am (3-5 year olds); 9:45-10:30 (5-7 year olds)
Instructor: Kelly Lane
Cost: $40
A fun introduction to dance. 4 week sessions.
POPCORN THEATER
Ages 5-10
July 14th-July 18th, Mon-Fri 1:00pm-3:00pm
Cost: $75
Learn: Stage Combat, Movement for Actors, Storydrama, Characterization, Improv. Week-long camp ending with open sharing for family and friends (2:30-3pm on Friday, 7/18). Directed by Crystal Verdon.
JEWELRY DESIGN WORKSHOP
Date: August 4 & 5
Ages: 10-12
Time: 10:00am - 12:00 pm
Instructor: Lori Llerandi
Cost: $50
Join us for a unique jewelry design workshop. We will learn about precious and semi-precious stones, wire construction and how to incorporate recycled findings into your designs. Each artist will go home with their own handcrafted bracelet and earrings set, or a necklace. Artists may bring any special findings and/or stones they want to incorporate into their jewelry. All jewelry supplies are included. Class size limited to 12 students per workshop.
WIRE SCULPTURE WORKSHOP
Date: Saturday, July 12
Time: 1:00-2:30pm
Ages: 6-10
Instructor: Christy Cline
Cost: $25
Twist, turn and manipulate a variety of wires to create line forms and 3D sculptures. We will use various wire gauges and small hand tools to create human figures and animals.
OPEN ART CENTERS
Saturdays during the Louisville Farmer's Market
Ages 3-6
9am-10:00am
Cost: $10
Drop in during the Farmer's Market and create!
ART ROOM EXPLORE
Saturdays during the Louisville Farmer's Market
Ages 7+
10:30am-1pm
Cost: $10
Drop in during the Louisville Farmer's Market to paint pottery, ceramics, glass or canvas. Make a collage w/materials on hand or use the printing press (if you’ve been trained in a printmaking class)
SUPER KIDS COOKING
Kids, roll up your sleeves, grab an apron, and have fun learning to cook with fresh organic foods. Classes are for Pre-school chefs, ages 3 to 5 and Junior Chefs, ages 6 to 10. Children will cultivate their culinary skills and experience a cornucopia of farm fresh foods by enrolling in the Super Kids Cooking class at The Art Underground.
Kids learn about the seasonality of foods, meet local farmers, and get hands-on experience preparing ingredients purchased fresh at the market. Classes include a trip to the market, picking out fresh food, hands-on instruction and recipes to take home so kids can share what they learn with their family.
Session 1
CLASS 1: Pre-school Chefs (ages 3 to 5 years old)
9:00am to 10:30am
June 7th, Saturday
Cost: $30
CLASS 2: Junior Chefs (ages 6 to 10 years old)
11:00am to 1:00pm
June 7th, Saturday
Cost: $35
Session 2
CLASS 1 : Pre-school Chefs (ages 3 to 5 years old)
9:00am to 10:30am
July 19th, Saturday
Cost: $30
CLASS 2: Junior Chefs (ages 6 to 10 years old)
11:00am to 1:00pm
July 19th, Saturday
Cost: $35
Session 3
CLASS 1: Pre-school Chefs (ages 3 to 5 years old)
9:00am to 10:30am
August 16th, Saturday
Cost: $30
CLASS 2: Junior Chefs (ages 6 to 10 years old)
11:00am to 1:00pm
August 16th, Saturday
Cost: $35
To register email us at: superkidscooking@yahoo.com or call Paula Knapek at 720-890-7390 or Jo Ann Johnson at 303-664-1585
Refunds must be requested one week before classes start. Cancellation after that time will result in 100% class fee surcharge.
SEW FUN!
June 2-6, June 9-13
JUST ADDED: JULY 14-18
M-F, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Ages 10-12
$90/week plus cost of materials
Come discover how fun it can be to sew your own stuff! Bring your own machine, or you can borrow one of ours. Learn about the parts of the sewing machine and how they work, what settings you should use for what, and make something fun and useful to take home and actually use or wear! Project kits will be available during the class, and you can always complete more than one. Bring an adult to learn with you for ½ price. Looking to buy a machine but don’t know where to turn? Get some ideas about what to look for too.
Multiple Sessions: If you’re continuing with an additional session, pick a new project (or two!) and we’ll step into some more advanced techniques and ideas. Bring your adult and work on something together for ½ price!
All classes are individualized to teach kids with varying levels of background in the subject. If they’ve been sewing with Grandma since they were two, they will still get as much out of the class as they would if they haven’t ever touched a machine before. Patterns and fabrics and notions provided in fun and useful projects kits available during the class. Please bring a machine (if you have one, with it’s accessories), fabric scissors, pins, and a tape measure to class with you, but feel free to share with a buddy. Beginning sewing kits (that include those things) will be available the first day of class, for an additional cost.
CENTERSTAGE THEATRE COMPANY SUMMER CAMP
June 16 -27 Musical Theatre
Ages 7-11, half day (9am-12 pm or 1-4 pm) can attend
both sessions: supervised lunch from 12-1pm
$270 for half day/2weeks
See www.centerstagetheatercompany.org for registration information.
INTERNATIONAL ARTS SERIES: AFRICAN ARTS CAMP
August 4- August 8th
Ages 5-7 and Ages 8-10
9:00am-12:00pm
$135 per person: materials and daily snack included
Experience another culture in the first of an ongoing series of camps filled with cultural arts explorations. Come make an mbira (thumb piano), animal mask, rainstick and shay butter. Participate in drumming exercises, African dances and games and create African food projects. A range of activities are tailored to each of two individual age groups. (ages 5-7 and ages 8-10).
| Daily Schedule: | 9am-12pm |
|---|---|
| 9-9:15am | Whole Group Intro |
| 9:15am-10am | Music/ Movement & Art Explore |
| 10am-10:45am | Art Explore & Music/Movement |
| 10:45am-10:50am | Snack |
| 10:50am-11:35am | African Drama & Food Project |
| 11:35am-12:00pm | Food Project & African Drama |
Classes for TEENS
JEWELRY DESIGN WORKSHOP
Date: August 6 & 7
Ages: 13-15
Time: 10:00am - 12:00 pm
Instructor: Lori Llerandi
Cost: $50
Join us for a unique jewelry design workshop. We will learn about precious and semi-precious stones, wire construction and how to incorporate recycled findings into your designs. Each artist will go home with their own handcrafted bracelet and earrings set, or a necklace. Artists may bring any special findings and/or stones they want to incorporate into their jewelry. All jewelry supplies are included. Class size limited to 12 students per workshop.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE!
Come be a part of "The Underground Players" presenting "Friday Night Live!" (directed by Crystal Verdon) held at The Art Underground during the Historic Downtown Louisville Friday Night Street Faires. Prepare performance material during the week at rehearsals and then perform it "Live" on Friday night. All rehearsals and performances held at The Art Underground, 901 Front Street, Lower Level, Louisville
Ages: Middle School and High School
June 9th-13th, Mon-Fri, 5- 2 hour afternoon rehearsals, time TBA
June 13th; Evening Performances during Friday Night Street Faire, after 5pm; exact time TBA
Cost: $50
July 8th-11th, Tues-Thurs. , 6:30pm-9:30pm
July 11th Performance during Friday Night Street Faire, meet at 5pm, performance at 7pm
Cost: $45
Aug 4th-Aug 8th, Mon-Fri, 9am-11 afternoon rehearsals
Aug. 8th Performances during Friday Night Street Faire, after 5pm
Cost: $50
TEEN FILM PROGRAM
Ages: Incoming Freshmen through Seniors in High School
The Art Underground Film Program is starting this summer! Work closely with a professional filmmaker-mentor. Write, shoot and edit videos on subjects you choose! We are collaborating with CCTV54 in order to get a real audience for your finished products. The film shorts will be run on the local community access channel. There will also be event opportunities this summer during which teen film shorts will be viewed in the Steinbaugh Pavilion. Sign up today!
HIP HOP for KIDS (ages 9-12)
Date: June 30-July 25, Tuesdays
Time: 5:00-6:00pm
Instructor: Kevin O’Keefe
Cost: $40
DANCE INTENSIVES
Get some dance training this summer in Historic Downtown Louisville: Beginning and Intermediate TAP DANCE, HIP HOP/BREAKDANCE and JAZZ DANCE offered at The Art Underground this summer with performance opportunities at the Steinbaugh Pavilion.
Week long intensives available. Call 303.229.1127 for details.
PORTRAIT PAINTING SUMMER CAMP
Ages: Middle and High School Students
June 9th-13th, 4-6pm
Cost: $140 all supplies included
Students will proportions of the human head and pop art. Students will complete some pencil studies, oil pastel drawings and finally an Acrylic Painting on Canvas
LANDSCAPE PAINTING SUMMER CAMP
Ages: Middle and High School Students
Aug. 11th-15th, 10am-12pm
Cost: $140 all supplies included
Students will study Landscape Artist and Art History styles of Landscape Painting. Additionally, students will explore ideas of proportion, size and perspective as it relates to the landscape. Students will complete some pencil studies, oil pastel drawings and finally an Acrylic Painting on Canvas.
4 COLOR REDUCTION LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTMAKING
Middle and High School Students
July 21st - 25th, 2-4pm
Cost: $135; all supplies included
Do you love to draw paint, and just get messy in the art room? If so come explore printmaking!
MONOTYPE PRINTMAKING SUMMER CAMP
Ages: Middle and High School Students
June 23rd-27th, 4-6pm
Cost: $150 all supplies included
Do you love to draw, paint, and just get messy in the art room? If so, come explore printmaking!
HIP HOP for TEENS (ages 12-18)
Date: June 30-July 25, Tuesdays
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Instructor: Kevin O’Keefe
Cost: $40
Classes for ADULTS
ADULT FIGURE AND PORTRAIT DRAWING CLASS
Tuesday nights from 7-9pm
June 17-July 22
Cost: $130 for 6 weeks--all supplies included
Gesture Drawing, Proportion Studies, Feature Study and Long Life
Drawing Poses will be explored. Have you always wanted to learn the secret tips and rules to drawing the human face and body?
MONOTYPE PRINTMAKING FOR ADULTS
Tues. 6:30-8:30pm
June 3rd, 10th and 17th
Cost: $85 - all supplies included
If you like drawing, painting, scrapbooking, stamping or card making, you will enjoy this workshop!
PLANE AIRE PASTEL DRAWING FOR ADULTS
Wed, June 18th, 5-8pm
OR Wed. Aug 20th, 5-8pm. Evening light, setting sun light is magical and worth it if you can make the effort to join us at this busy time of day at nearby open space.
$50, all supplies included
One day, outdoor landscape drawing workshop. Easels, Drawing Boards, Paper and Pastels provided. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions. Rain dates to be announced as needed.
ADULT DRAWING AND ACRYLIC PAINTING CLASS
6 week course: Thurs. Nights from 7-9pm
$185; includes all materials
The 1st hour will be structured drawing and 2nd hour will be an open studio for painting, with demos and techniques in acrylic discussed. This six-week class is designed to improve and challenge your drawing skills while cultivate your own painting style. Supplies are provided; acrylic paint, canvas board, canvas and some pre-stitched canvas is available, depending on your needs.
HIP HOP for ADULTS
Date: June 30-July 25, Tuesdays
Time: 7:00-8:00pm
Instructor: Kevin O’Keefe
Cost: $40
SWING DANCE; During Friday Street Faire
Dates: Friday, June 27th and Friday, July 11th
Time: Lesson: 8pm-9pm; Open dance: 9pm-10:30pm
Instructor: Ashley McKris
Cost: Lesson & Dance: $8/person, $15/couple; Open dance only: $5/person
Come enjoy the Friday Night Street Faire and stay for some more fun with a swing dance lesson!
INTRODUCTION TO ENCAUSTIC PAINTING WORKSHOP
Date: August 23
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Instructor: Susan Crouse-Kemp
Cost: $120, includes all materials
This workshop will explore encaustic wax painting on hard board. Participants will learn about encaustic tools, surface preparation, and multiple methods for painting with encaustic wax, including collage and image transfer. Each participant will create 4 small sample paintings in the workshop. This all day intensive workshop will provide enough information to help you decide whether you want to pursue encaustic painting. All materials will be provided, but the instructor will provide a small list of ideas of things you might like to bring to the class. We will be working outdoors, so be prepared for the weather of the day. We will only reschedule for heavy rain or severe wind storms.
