TEEN - Pop up Art School

Art Workshop Descriptions

Each class is 2 hours long
Ages: 13–18
Class size: 15 students
All materials are included in the price

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New!

2020 SUMMER READING THEME “Imagine Your Story”

Menko

Manga Linoleum Block Printmaking

Teens will learn about Menko, a Japanese card game, printmaking and will carve their own linoleum block. The carved block will enable them to print multiple cards to trade with others at the workshop. Students can borrow imagery from anime and manga stories or create their own.

Menko cards have been popular since the Edo Period. Over time, the imagery has changed to reflect popular culture. Since World War II, anime and manga imagery has been common. **For the workshop, we’ll be using an easy-cut linoleum made for beginners.

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Canvas Painting

Glowing Constellation Painting

This canvas painting experience will leave your head in the stars! Learn about Aboriginal Constellation art in celebration of the summer library reading theme: A Universe of Stories.
You’ll paint a galactic masterpiece that has real light-up stars! Use our templates to make your astrological sign or light up your own pattern. All materials will be provided including a battery operated strand of lights*.
*Batteries not included

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Colorful Llama

Add some color to your room with this fun Llama painting. We will guide you to make your own creative version of the lovable llama.

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Owl Face

By following our lesson of adding layers, you will create a striking image of an owl up close and personal.

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Night Sky

We will lead you step-by-step to create a star-filled night sky with silhouettes of a hillside and trees. It’s amazing what you can create with four colors and some easy brush techniques!

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Underwater Coral Reef

Paint a coral reef and sealife on a canvas using dramatic silhouettes!

Looking up from the bottom of the sea we will create a painting using dramatic silhouettes of coral reef and sealife in black paint. Using different tones of blue mixed with white your eye will be drawn to the starburst of sunlight above.

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New!

Intro to Needle Felting

Learn how to make felted wool beads! Felting wool is easy and relaxing. Pop up Art School will teach you how to make a bead that looks like the planet Earth and two solid color beads. Intersperse them with colorful wood and letter beads for a unique handmade necklace.

** Intro to Needle Felting workshop is an hour long and $200 **

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Felted Wool Cupcakes

Yum, yum. Delicious cupcakes made with wool! Pop up Art School will teach you how to needle felt wool and make these adorable confections. You’ll leave with two cupcakes and the basic knowledge to needle felt your own!

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Felted Wood Llama

Learn how to needle felt wool and make a cute llama! Create a llama (with or without the four eyes) on a piece of felt stretched on an embroidery hoop. We’ll guide your patrons step-by-step through the process; they’ll find that needle felting is easy and relaxing.

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Show up at your next cosplay event with a headpiece that you designed and handcrafted. Pop-Up Art School will bring all the materials, tools and help you need to make a headpiece that will wow your friends!

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Wayne Thiebaud/Cake Sculpture

Create a sculptural piece of “cake”! (Sorry you can’t eat it.)

Inspired by artist Wayne Thiebaud’s luscious images of desserts we will make a three-dimensional slice of cake using everyday materials: cardboard, masking tape and paint. Use your creativity to personalize your slice of cake.

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Anamorphic Drawing

You won’t believe your eyes! Create a drawing that appears to levitate. Pop up Art School will show you step-by-step how to create an anamorphic drawing which uses forced perspective to create an illusion.

Start with basic shapes like a sphere or cube and create a series of drawings. When you look at the drawing 1 to 2 feet away the object looks like it’s floating!

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Day of the Dead Altar (Great for Halloween)

Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico between October 31st and November 2nd. Day of the Dead is a festive occasion, a time to celebrate, much like a family reunion. Making an altar (or ofrenda as it’s sometimes called in Spanish) for the occasion can be a way for you to honor the life of someone who was important to you, or remember your ancestors. We will use a small wooden coffin and add your own colorful festive decorations and images.

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PRICE:

TEEN CLASSES: $300

We strive to create a friendly atmosphere where teens can be creative and meet other kids with the same interests. Therefore, teen workshops are two hours long to allow for socializing, snacks (provided by the library) and an icebreaking game.

All materials are included
Ages 13+
15 teens max
Workshops are 2 hours long

If you would like to accommodate more students it is an additional charge of $75 to have a second teacher on site. With two teachers there is a max of 30 students.

TRAVEL FEE
Pop up Art School is located in Weymouth, Massachusetts. We charge a travel fee if the library is beyond I-95 or north of Boston

Below is a map showing (in green) where we charge a $50 travel fee. However, if we can book you on the same day with another library, within a 30 minute drive from your library, we will split the fee between the two libraries.

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