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Last Saturday, Young Artists had an art-based skills workshop. These exercises introduced the students to college-level art lessons. We began by making exquisite corpses, which the students had a blast creating as each person added to the drawing before them without knowing what was on the other side of the folded page. The young artists [...]

One of our Advanced Young Artists, Traci Partida, made a music video for 3OH!3′s set you free video contest. Traci is working with artist mentor Amanda Joy this semester. 3OH!3 is giving their fans a chance to submit their own music video for the 3OH!3 song ‘Set You Free.’ Check out Traci’s video!

Last Saturday, Young Artists had their mid-semester portfolio review. This was an opportunity for them to share their work and receive feedback and suggestions. We also brought out all of our art supplies so that the students could experiment with a variety of materials including watercolor, prismacolor markers, printmaking, and collage. The group produced some [...]

Advanced Young Artists had its first meeting Saturday, January 21. Students met their Artist-Mentors and started right away with their first hands-on collaboration. Their first challenge as a pair was to design an activity for another Artist-Mentor pair to create. The meeting was a great success and we are excited to watch these relationships grow [...]

The spring semester of Young Artists is in full swing! This past Saturday, Jessica Parker Valentine, an artist currently displayed in Evidence of Houdini’s Return, lead a workshop for the students. The workshop used limited materials including paper, tape, and pencils intentionally designed to push the Young Artists to expand their ideas of the material’s [...]

Second Saturdays are for Families is happening this Saturday, January 14, at Laguna Gloria! Come and create a one-of-a-kind art piece with the help of local artist Steve Wiman. After you meet the artist, be sure to check out his art on display in the galleries as part of the exhibition, Two Takes on One [...]

The deadline is fast approaching for the Spring semester of our teen programs, Club Arthouse and Young Artists! Come join us for an exciting spring making art, talking with artists, and meeting other students interested in art! Listed below is information about the two programs: Young Artists is a free Saturday morning art program focused [...]

Last Saturday, Young Artists showed off the fruits of their labor at the annual Young Artists Exhibition! Each year, Young Artists complete the full art-making process from concept and exploration through finished work, culminating in an exhibition. The Young Artists Exhibition, curated by the students, is a wonderful opportunity to share their work in a [...]

This fall, Club Arthouse challenged visitors to examine unusual spaces in new ways. This challenge was based on the Flat Stanley Project, originally inspired by the 1964 children’s book, Flat Stanley, written by Jeff Brown. Participants in the Club Arthouse Challenge were given an abstract shape and instructed to make a photograph incorporating the given [...]

Young Artists, a studio-based outreach program, provides teens the opportunity to delve deeply into art making and begin working and thinking like professional artists. Every year, Young Artists completes the full art-making process from concept and exploration through finished work with an exhibition. The Annual Young Artists Exhibition opening reception is next Saturday, December 10th [...]