Studio 23/The Arts Center

Studio 23 offers a wide variety of classes for children and adults throughout the year.

Our youth program is designed to teach the fundamentals of art and the techniques in all mediums to all of our students from preschool through high school. We offer classes that include drawing, charcoal, water color, acrylic, and pastels. We also offer clay classes and other three dimensional mediums. Click here to see the kids art gallery.

Adult classes include acrylic, oil painting, watercolor, ceramics, drawing, and jewerly making. Our adult clay classes are great for the novice as well as the experienced. Along with these classes, new and different classes are being offered on a regular basis. Call Studio 23/The Arts Center at (989) 894-2323 for more info or to register.

Summer Workshops 2008

Weekend Workshop/Fathers Day Pin Hole Camera
Instructor: Theresa Sproull
Ages: 7 and upDate June 14, 2008Time: 10am-1:00pm
Mom’s – Give Dad a break, or Dad’s-come spend a Saturday with your kid or kids in this action packed pinhole photography workshop. Explore the world of black & white photography with an empty cereal or shoebox, duck tape and your imagination. Learn how to turn a closet or family bathroom into an official dark room. Discover the science behind photography as you make and use the very first camera prototype. This workshop includes darkroom materials. Please bring an empty shoebox or cereal box and a sack lunch. We will supply the beverage.
Cost $40 members: $50 non-members. (One parent per child.) All materials included.
Minimum 5 pairs. Maximum 10 pairs.

Parent/Child Clay Workshop
Gayle Krause, Instructor
Ages: 8-12 years
July 7 or July 14- Building
August 4 or 11 - Glazing
Project will include a decorative and functional bowl and an embossed tile. Four hour workshop consisting of 2 hours for building and 2 weeks later 2 hours of glazing. Two different times being offered;
Building Times: Noon-2:00pm on Mondays, July 7th or 14th or Wednesdays, July 9th or 16th
Glazing Times: Noon-2:00pm on Mondays August 4th or 11th or Wednesdays August 6thor 13th
Cost: $50 and $10 for materials members; $70 and $10 for materials non-members.
Minimum 5 sets of parent/ child groups. Maximum is the same.

Workshop For Paper Lovers
Katie Comtois, Instructor
Teen - Adults Beginners
Class offerings: June 16,or June 30,or July 22 or August 14, 2008
Times: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Join us in an adventure of creating the ultimate in paper embellishing. This class is designed for the beginner who has been afraid to explore the art beyond the craft of card making. Students need not bring anything other than their creativity. Students will learn layering techniques through stamping and embossing with color and texture. This class is designed as a TRY ME class. We know that whether you are a teen or an adult this process will definitely expand your creativity.
Cost: $25 and $5 materials members; $45 and $5 in materials non-members.
Minimum 5 students. Maximum 10 students.

Beginning Calligraphy
Angela Griebe, Instructor
July 29- 31,2008
Offered 10:00am-Noon or 2:00pm-4pm
Teens-Adults
Don’t feel intimidated in wanting to explore the romantic world of Calligraphy. Join us in a try-me workshop and participate in creating the alphabet in an italic hand. Commit to 2 hours for three days and wow your friends and family with your newfound talent.
Cost: $50 and $10 for materials members; $70 and $10 for materials non-members.
Minimum 6 students. Maximum 10 students.

Design Mosaic Stepping Stones for your Garden or Patio Walk- Tracy Kehr, InstructorJune 26,or July 16 or August 11,200810:00am-12:30pm
Create a one of kind stepping stone that will be a conversation piece for sure!!! You will receive a mold and a kit and Tracy will teach you every step that in the end you will have created a truly delightful conversation piece for sure! We encourage Moms’ and daughters (12 years or older) to take this class together. Cost $35 members; $55 non-members. Materials included.
Minimum 5 students. Maximum 10 students.

Design Keepsake Jewelry
Tracy Kehr, Instructor
August 12, 200810:00-12:30pm
Make a keepsake pendant from a small photograph, an old stamp or a meaningful something or another. The keepsake pendant or charm will be 1”X1”. The item will be soldered between beveled glass. A gift that would be treasured by anyone. Need to bring a soldering iron to class $35 members; $65 non-members. Minimum 5 students. Maximum 8 students.

Adult Clay Workshop
No Instructor for Advance Students Only
Beginning July 8 –August 19,2008
6:00pm-9:00pm
Seven Weeks (21 Hours)
This workshop is designed for the individual who has taken previous instruction and is now able to work on his or her own. Cost: $60 plus $45 for clay, glazes and firing members.
Minimum 5 students. Maximum 8 students.For more info or to register for classes by June 5 call Linda @ 894-2323 EXT 12 .

Click here to see the kids art gallery.

“Where Art Meets Science”
Gayle Krause, Instructor
Ages 7-11 years
Begins Monday, June 16-20,2008
10:00am-11:00am
This class will introduce your child to the world of science through the eyes of an artist. The students will a make a variety of projects that are made up of products you would find in your kitchen that are often used in scientific experiments but we will be creating artful projects.
Cost: $50 members; $70 non-members.
Minimum 5 students. Maximum 10 students. All materials included.

Polymer Clay Bead Making
Gayle Krause, Instructor
Ages 11-14 years
Begins June 16-20, 2008
Time: Noon-2:00pm
Come learn the fundamentals of polymer clay. Students will be learning to make beads and all the tricks and short cuts. Bits and pieces of yarn, beads and found objects can also be added to these unique one of a kind pieces. Everyone will have several finished pieces of jewelry to take home.
Cost: $50 and $10 for materials members; $70 and $10 for materials non-members.

Youth Animation Drawing,
Stephanie Dubbs, Instructor
Ages: 11-14 years – Open to all levels
Beginning July 14-18, 2008
Time: 10:00am-11:00am
This class will introduce students to the art of animation. Students will learn how to tell and draw a story through the optical illusion of traditional animation. Students will gain an understanding of the human anatomy and learn how to draw a proportional human form.
Cost: $50 members; $70 non-members. All materials included.
Minimum 5 students. Maximum 10 students.

Youth Cartooning Class,
Stephanie Dubbs, Instructor
Ages: 9-11 years- Open to all Levels
Beginning July 14-18, 2008Time: 11:30am-12:30pm
Students will enjoy creating crazy and goofy characters in this introduction to cartoon character design. Students will understand how to create cartoon characters through the use of geometric/organic shapes and basic facial proportion. They will also learn how line can help to create texture that will assist the students in their character development.
Cost: $50 members; $70 non-members. All materials included.
Minimum 5 students. Maximum 10 students.

FUN Sculpture Method for Kids,
Michael Barker, Instructor
Ages: 11-18 years
Begins July 28-August 1, 2008 or August 11-15, 2008
Time: 9:30am-Noon
This class will focus on an alternative sculpture method for the beginning artist. In this class, students will step into a snow globe as we carve a work of art from Styrofoam block. As the snow settles in the class, each student will begin to apply a frosting layer of concrete to their artwork. As the concrete sets up, students will be encouraged to compose a list of ways to decorate the final surface for their light weight home /garden sculpture. Parents are encouraged to sign up with their children.
Cost: $95 members $105 for non-members. (Includes $50 in material cost per student)
Minimum 8 students. Maximum the same.

Youth Fantasy Drawing,
Stephanie Dubbs, Instructor
Ages 11-14 Open to all levelsBeginning July 21-25, 2008
Time: 11:30am-12:30pm
This class will focus on fantasy art as students discover and create their own mystical creatures using figurative and spatial proportion. Students will also understand techniques and composition as it relates to their fantasy world. Cost: $50 members; $70 non-members. All materials included
Minimum 5 students; Maximum 10 students.

Polymer Clay Bead Making,
Gayle Krause, Instructor
Ages 11-14 years
Begins: August 4-8,2008
Time: 10:00am-Noon
Come learn the fundamentals of polymer clay. We will be learning to make beads and all the tricks and short cuts. Bits and pieces of yarn, beads and found objects can also be added to these unique one of a kind pieces. Everyone will have several finished pieces of jewelry to take home.
Cost: $50 and $10 for materials members; $70 and $10 for materials non-members.
Minimum 5 students. Maximum 10 students.

Preschool with Parent,
Angela Griebe, Instructor
3 ½-5 years with adult (age kept secret)
Beginning July 14-18, or July 21-25, 2008
10:00am-11:00am
Join Ms.Angela for five days in completing an entertaining artsy journal, filled with a range of wonderful color and variety of techniques. Each day will be a new experience. We encourage Moms, Dads or extended family members to be part of this abstract journey. (One adult per child)
Cost: $50 members; $70 non-members. All materials included.
Minimum 5 children, each with a parent. Maximum 7 children, each with a parent.

Origami and Paper Art- Terry Basmadjian Instructor
August 11-15,2008
Ages 8-13
Time: 11:00am-Noon
Students will make decorative items from an assortment of paper wings & things. Come ready to have fun.
Cost: $50 members; $70 non-members. All materials included.
Minimum 5 students. Maximum 10 students.

For more information or to register,
CALL LINDA @ 894-2323 ext#12
Studio 23/The Arts Center
901 North Water Street
Bay City, MI 48708