Session 5: Artspace Summer Art Program

Professional teaching artists lead a week of hands-on classes for rising grades 1–12. Families may choose a morning or afternoon workshop, or combine the two for a full day. Students also encounter working artists and exhibitions throughout the downtown visual-arts center.

Session 5 classes

• Grades 1–3: Little Art Chefs uses drawing and collage to build food-inspired paper art in the morning; Make It Pop! explores Pop Art through painting, drawing, texture, and printmaking in the afternoon.
• Grades 3–5: Harlem Beats connects Harlem Renaissance art with music, silhouettes, collage, color, and visual storytelling; Superhero Silliness develops drawing fundamentals while students invent an original character.
• Grades 6–8: Exploring Interior Design covers color, texture, lighting, scale, furniture placement, personal style, and function; Sketch to Style introduces fashion illustration, expressive poses, fabric drape, collection design, and lookbook presentation.
• Grades 9–12: Monster Plants turns reclaimed materials into large sculptural forms using armatures and tools; Anime Character Design covers digital line art, color, effects, and a large-format final project. Participants in the digital class supply a computer or tablet.

Parent logistics

Each three-hour class costs $160 for members or $182 for nonmembers. Registration closes on the Wednesday before the session. Drop-off runs 8:30–9 a.m.; lunch and early pickup are noon–1 p.m.; afternoon pickup runs 4–4:30 p.m. Full-day students may pack lunch or order from A Place at the Table by the preceding Thursday, with vegetarian options available.

An adult must sign children in each morning and present identification at pickup; only authorized adults may sign a child out. Students 14 and older may use self-check-in or checkout only with a signed waiver. Temporary drop-off parking is available on Davie Street, with paid parking at Martin and Person streets. Families requesting disability accommodations can contact the education-program staff in advance.