The GAP Program
Art Classes for Teens and Young Adults
Parent permission required to participate in these workshops.
See Gap Program for details.
please call or email for more info

Rock Art July 26 - 3-6pm grades 1-6 $20
This course introduces students to the history of ancient rock art. In this class each student will carve their own rock art tile that tells a story through symbolic imagery. Students will also experience how the native peoples created paint and
paintbrushes with local rocks/ minerals and plants.

Printmaking August 9 - 3-6pm grades 1-6 $20
Learn about different kinds of printmaking and create your own personal printers block. In this course students will have the opportunity to design and print with their own block using colored inks, rollers, and paper. They will make multiple prints that will be numbered and signed.

Oaxacan Animal Carving August 23 - 3-6pm grades 1-6 $20
Students will learn about the art and life of Zenny Fuentez, a Mexican woodcarver and painter. Students will have the opportunity to carve their own Oaxacan style animal creations out of foam and then paint them.

WEDNESDAYS
ART CLASSES FOR TEENS & ADULTS

Restorative Yoga 6-7:30pm $15/session
- save if you pay $45 for 4 consecutive sessions. Restorative Yoga is the practice of conscious body/mind relaxation. When supported with props, the body relaxes and opens, releasing tension and stored-up toxins that can cause illness.
Restorative poses offer benefits to both the body and mind, for conditions ranging from insomnia to asthma to chronic pain to migraines to depression.

Poetic Style
2 sessions: 4-5pm or 5-6pm $5/session
Hosted by Speak Child’s David Oliver Aka Judah
This is an introduction to various styles of poetry. Discover innovative ways to put your passion on paper. Spend time working on the elements of action, imagery, personification, rhyme and rhythm. From Sonnets, free verse, bop, haiku,
simile, metaphor, sestinas and beyond, this workshop gives you a broad overview of poetical form. Sharpen your writing skills and discover the multiple dimensions of written expression.

THURSDAYS
Skateboard Design & Silkscreen 4-7pm
Not available the 2nd Thursday of each month $15/session, includes materials cost
Basic techniques of silkscreen printing are introduced. Students leave with finished print or tshirt. Skateboard workshop covers design and demonstration of unique transfer technique to skateboards.

Live On Stage (4pm-6pm) $5/session
Hosted by Speak Child’s David Oliver Aka Judah
1. Get on stage and develop the skills needed to become a polished performer. Gain confidence, increase your stage presence, learn how to speak with more power and volume. We encourage, support, guide and inspire our youth to perform their work and get exposure to spoken word.

Life Drawing 7-10pm
parental consent required - $5/session
Students develop and strengthen their figurative skills through observation of live models and staged environments.

SATURDAYS
Life Drawing 9am-12pm
parental consent required - $5/session
Students develop and strengthen their figurative skills through observation of live models and staged environments.

Silkscreen Workshop (1-6pm) Every 3rd Saturday of the Month
(June class will be 6/26) $25 includes the cost of materials
Basic techniques of silkscreen printing are introduced. Students leave with finished print or t-shirt. Skateboard workshop covers design and demonstration of unique transfer technique to skateboards.

COMING SOON
Drumming
Mural Painting and Public Art

ON-GOING THURSDAY EVENINGS AND SATURDAY MORNINGS

Life Drawing Workshop
ADULTS only
(Students under 18 are welcomed with parental consent)

Thursdays,7pm-10pm
Saturdays, 9am-noon

CHILDRENS ART
FACILITATED BY
OTTERSPACE ARTS