ACPPA Community Art Center offers many ways for your organization to
incorporate arts and culture into your youth programming. We are happy to
design a program that enriches your specific curriculum. Simply call our office at
484.681.4847 to schedule your programs.
2010-2011 Fee Schedule (effective 8.10-7.11)
Class fees include teaching artist fee, materials,and administration. Payment must be
made on or before your first class.
45 Minute Program $80
1 Hour Program $90
1.5 Hour Program $100
2011 Summer Programs Brochure to be published 1.1.2011
incorporate arts and culture into your youth programming. We are happy to
design a program that enriches your specific curriculum. Simply call our office at
484.681.4847 to schedule your programs.
2010-2011 Fee Schedule (effective 8.10-7.11)
Class fees include teaching artist fee, materials,and administration. Payment must be
made on or before your first class.
45 Minute Program $80
1 Hour Program $90
1.5 Hour Program $100
2011 Summer Programs Brochure to be published 1.1.2011
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| Preschool & Kindergarten Programs These programs are designed for children aged 3-5 years of age targeting specific age appropriate social and emotional development skills. Classes can be offered as one day workshops or in a series of 8 sessions. Reading in Motion: Strengthen your students’ reading readiness skills with this program that increases phonetic awareness and letter decoding through movement and music. 8 week session - 45 min program - $640 - max. 12 students Creative Movement: Explore various forms of locomotion, rhythms, and descriptive qualities, honing both small and large motor skills, through games and guided improvisation. 8 week session - 45 min program - $640 - max. 12 students Storybook Art: Bring your favorite story characters to life in this fun-filled class. Each project recreates the main character or explores the simple art process used by the illustrator. 8 week session - 45 min program - $640 - max 12 students 1 day workshop - 45 min program - $80 - max 15 students Art Explorers: Enjoy creative self expression through process oriented art studies. Little fingers lead the exploration in this class! 8 week session - 45 min program - $640 - max 12 students Underwater Glimpse: Combine science and art to create ever changing projects. 1 day workshop - 45 min program - $80 - max 15 students Animals in Pieces: Invent new animals for your zoo by collaging wooden shapes together and decorating them with paint and other found objects 1 day workshop - 45 min program - $80 - max 15 students Wet on Wet Watercolor: Explore the amazing properties of watercolor paint! 1 day workshop - 45 min program - $80 - max 15 students Pinch Pots: Learn this basic hand building technique with air dry clay. 1 day workshop - 45 min program - $80 - max 15 students |
| Elementary School Programs These programs are designed for children aged 5-11. Classes may be offered as a one day workshop or in a series of 8 sessions. Reading in Motion: This reading program encourages children to actively use their entire bodies and minds to master reading skills. Movement based activities allow children to use their bodies as vehicles for information acquisition and memory recall. 8 week session - 1 hour program - $90 - max 20 students Storybook Art: Bring your favorite story characters to life in this fun-filled class. Each project recreates the main character or explores the simple art process used by the illustrator. 8 week session - 1 hour program - $90 - max 20 students Open Studio: These workshops allow students to work at their own pace as they explore various art media and techniques. Choose any of the following course offerings: Hip Hop learn the dance of pop culture in an age appropriate setting Creative Movement explore the vocabulary of locomotion through dance games and improvisation Ballet escape to the graceful world of ballerinas and fairy tales Yoga explore this rejuvenating art through the study of animal poses Air Dry Clay learn basic hand building techniques with air hardening clay Polymer Clay create wacky characters or beautiful jewels with a clay that really cooks Watercolor Paints discover fun painting techniques with everyday, household items Acrylic Paints create 3 dimensional paintings with acrylic paints Oil Pastels create vibrants scenes with the original "crayons" Printmaking print your favorite image infinite times and embellish them all to make them unique Maskmaking take on a new personality with your mask creations Collage create a new image made up of tiny pieces of found objects Foil Tooling use pencils to create beautiful stained glass images Papier Mache prepare to get messy as we create masks or bowls with sloppy, wet paper Totem Poles use air dry modeling clay to create a totem pole story Underwater Glimpse combine science and art to create this ever changing project Animals in Pieces invent new animals for your zoo by collaging wooden shapes with found objects Manga Makeover reinvent yourself as a manga character Choose any one Open Studio Course as a 1 day workshop - 1 hour program - $90 - max 20 students |
| Tween , Teen, and Adult Programs These programs are designed to attract your hardest customer, those students aged 12-18. Consider offering these classes when your school district has early dismissal. Classes may be offered as a one day workshop or in a series of 8 sessions. Claymation: This class explores the process of creating a short animated film using clay. Students will develop a story board, design their clay characters, shoot scenes, and edit their film. 8 week session - 1.5 hour program - $800 - max 20 students Open Studio: In addition to the Open Studio courses offered to Elementary students, these courses are available for older students. Choose any of the following course offerings: Batik students will learn how to create their own textiles through the ancient technique of batiking, we offer both the traditional style using hot wax or an alternative with washable glue and paint (1.5 hour) Soap Making experiment with scents and colors to create the perfect bar of soap Polymer Clay Beads/Jewelry Design design your own jewelry around beads made of polymer clay (1.5 hour) Screenprinting the silk screening process has been simplified and made transportable for this class, create you "stencil" and print it onto paper, tshirts, or totebags Knitting explore various knitting techniques to create unique wearable art (1.5 hour) Cartooning/Anime learn to draw your favorite manga character Recycled Journals we'll give new life to wornout books as we create a writing or sketching journal Candle Making give shape to wax in this illuminating class Wire Sculpture create 3D characters completely out of wire (1.5 hour) Building Design explore a variety of materials (1.5 hour) Spray Paint Stencils design your own stencil and make a statement on tshirts, bags, or flags (1.5 hours) Choose any on Open Studio Course as a 1 day workshop - 1 hour program - $80 - max 20 students 1.5 hour program - $100 - max 20 students |