This 5-week hands-on class is designed to help students develop a better understanding of fundamental painting concepts and how they apply to landscape painting. In addition to reviewing the basics of value, shape, composition, color, edges and texture, we will cover specific topics such as painting water, skies, trees and different light situations. Instructed by Janet Anderson

In this class teens will learn how to alter and make books interactive with secret compartments, foldouts and with images they create. Throughout the class teens will be drawing, collaging, folding and sculpting to make their books one-of-a-kind art pieces.  The book will be an on-going piece that teens will continue to work and add onto after the class finishes. Instructed by Maggie Stewart

This class is for beginners and is a fun way to loosen up and learn different ways to use acrylic paints in your artwork. Instructor, Christa MacFarlane will demonstrate how to move and manipulate acrylic paints on canvas, paper and wood surfaces to create a more expressive quality to your paintings. Each student will enjoy trying different techniques and then choose which techniques suite them as they work on their own painting in class. Instructed by Christa MacFarlane Ages 16 and Older

Come to the Curtis Center for the Arts after school to learn how to paint throughout the month of March. Kids will get to create their own acrylic on canvas paintings featuring their favorite trend. You can do one painting or all of them! You decide what trends you want to paint. Kids will be creating and painting their own mermaid/fish/whale tails. We will be focusing on mixing and blending the scales of our tail and how to make acrylic paint look like a watercolor painting. We will also be embellishing our tails with glitter and other materials. Instructed by Lauren Brant

Not going anywhere for Spring Break? Stop by the Curtis Center for the Arts to create fun and unique hands-on art projects. Each day will feature a different art project and kids can pick which project they want to do or they can do all of them! Come and get creative with us this spring! Distressed Wood Painting - Participants will learn how to paint a piece of wood in the popular distressed style. These pieces will be stunning and be great spring decorations for home! Instructed by Lauren Brant

This year’s camp theme is Chihuly! Throughout the camp kids will be creating their very own sculptures inspired by the glass works of Dale Chihuly. In this unique camp kids will be working with plastic and using various heat sources (blow driers, heat guns, griddles, and ovens) and tongs to manipulate their sculptures into beautiful organic shapes that they will color with transparent paint and ink. The final result will be like nothing your child has never seen or created before! Their sculptures will be beautiful, light and filled with color! Come and experiment with us this Spring Break and push your imagination! Instructed by Maggie Stewart

Not going anywhere for Spring Break? Stop by the Curtis Center for the Arts to create fun and unique hands-on art projects. Each day will feature a different art project and kids can pick which project they want to do or they can do all of them! Come and get creative with us this spring! Umbrella Painting - Participants will get to design, paint and decorate their very own umbrellas! Instructed by Lauren Brant

Come to the Curtis Center for the Arts after school to learn how to paint throughout the month of March. Kids will get to create their own acrylic on canvas paintings featuring their favorite trend. You can do one painting or all of them! You decide what trends you want to paint Kids will design their very own dragons to make a silhouette painting featuring their dragon flying against a sunrise or sunset background. Instructed by Roese Ramp

Not going anywhere for Spring Break? Stop by the Curtis Center for the Arts to create fun and unique hands-on art projects. Each day will feature a different art project and kids can pick which project they want to do or they can do all of them! Come and get creative with us this spring! Crayon Melting - Participants will make their own crayon melting work of art that will feature their favorite activity. Instructed by Lauren Brant

Not going anywhere for Spring Break? Stop by the Curtis Center for the Arts to create fun and unique hands-on art projects. Each day will feature a different art project and kids can pick which project they want to do or they can do all of them! Come and get creative with us this spring! Cookies and Canvas - Participants will make a painting of a “love puppy using acrylic on canvas. This colorful painting will feature the participant’s own patterns and designs. As they paint participants will enjoy donuts, fruit and juice. Instructed by Lauren Brant

Come to the Curtis Center for the Arts after school to learn how to paint throughout the month of March. Kids will get to create their own acrylic on canvas paintings featuring their favorite trend. You can do one painting or all of them! You decide what trends you want to paint. This cute lion cub is making himself a visitor favorite at the Denver Zoo, so let us paint a colorful version of him! Instructed by Lauren Brant

Pee Wee Art is a fun hands-on art program that introduces preschoolers to the arts and allows for parents to assist with their child’s creative process. At each program your little artist will be introduced to a new art medium (drawing, painting, sculpture and more) that they will use to create their own work of art. For this project preschoolers will create their own drip painting that will feature their name! Instructed by Lauren Brant