youth art classes

Register today for Oxygen’s two youth art classes:

 

ROCK / PAPER / SCISSORS

IN PERSON @ OXYGEN ART CENTRE

When: 6 classes: September 16 – November 4, 2024  (no class on Sept. 30 & Oct. 14)

/ Mondays, 4:15 pm – 5.45 pm

Who: Youth, 11 – 14 yrs

With: 2 artist instructors:

// Brian Lye – Filmmaker

// Jaymie Johnson – Multi-disciplinary Artist

Join artists Brian Lye and Jaymie Johnson on a multidisciplinary adventure to create a short animated film. Brian will introduce stop-motion animation and show students how to bring objects, words, and drawings to life. Jaymie will demonstrate how to create linocut stamps to add type, images, and patterns to the animations. Brian will also introduce students to iMovie to add titles and sounds to their animations.

By utilizing linocut stamps, characters, and typography, students will leave the course with a short movie that tells a story through voice, image, and filmic techniques. Come ready to learn, explore, and be amazed!

Student Fee:  $150 (All materials included)

WORM / HOLE

IN PERSON @ OXYGEN ART CENTRE

Semester 3

When: 6 classes: September 27 – November 1, 2024

/ Fridays, 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm (2 hours)

Who: Youth, 15 – 18 yrs

With: 3 artist instructors:

// Jaymie Johnson – Multi-disciplinary Artist

// Myra Rasmussen – Multi-disciplinary Artist

// Marcus Dénommé – Printmaker

What: Join artists Myra Rasmussen, Marcus Dénommé, and Jaymie Johnson over six classes to learn how to use natural pigments and dyes within a variety of artistic practices. Students will explore techniques such as shibori dyeing with indigo, batik, botanical printing, and silkscreen printing with natural pigments.

Students will leave the course with a diverse body of work involving natural inks, paper, fabric, and new understandings of combining the natural elements around us within their art practice.

Student Fee:  $160 (All materials included)

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