Just as Helen L. Smith’s career as an artist began with scholarship assistance, this fund provides today’s youngest citizens with the opportunity to enjoy the wide array of visual arts promoted through the center. For more information about donations to this fund, contact the Community Foundation at 312 East Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701.
Advance registration is required. To register for a particular workshop:
- Send an email after 7am on the registration date indicated in the class description*.
- Please include your child’s name, age, your name and phone number.
- Space is limited. One student per call (no groups.)
- You will receive a confirmation email.
- Only students pre-registered will be allowed in the classroom.
- No admittance after the workshop begins.
- Students must be picked up promptly at the end of the workshop.
The Legend of the Leprechaun
Ann Hess
Section: 12-1-HS4 (ages 6 – 8)
Saturday, March 17
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Registration date: March 1
Make your own “pot of gold” at the end of a rainbow! Use rollers to overlap red, yellow, and blue tempera paint to create orange, green, and purple in a rainbow color pattern. Shape your own “pot of gold” with air-hardening clay and learn the Legend of the Leprechaun.
Paper Collage Art
Rebecca Jackson
Section: 12-2-HS5 (6 – 8)
Registration date: April 2
Saturday, April 21
1:00–3:00 PM
Create a paper collage art inspired by the artwork of Henry Matisse. Learn color mixing, composition, and how to draw human form using tempera paints and construction paper.
Facts about Faces
Michelle Floyd
Section: 12-2-HS6 (ages 6-8)
Registration date: May 1
Saturday, May 19
1:00–3:00 PM
Learn to draw portraits in a step-by-step lesson. Students will take turns modeling and drawing each other then pick a favorite portrait to create a final work using colored pencil and pastels.