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camps & classes FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS

Acrylic Painting: Experimental Effects Saturdays: June 2, 9, (no class June 16), 23, 30, July 7, 14; 10 am-noonJoslyn Members: $85; General Public $100

Experiment with new acrylic painting techniques in this class that will introduce you to painting on altered surfaces, painting additives, thin glazes, and non-traditional tools.

Instructor: Mathew Jones

Basic DrawingThursdays: June 7, 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12; 6-8 pmJoslyn Members: $80.75; General Public $95

This class will introduce basic drawing concepts and techniques to new students and hone the skills of experienced artists. Students will explore a variety of drawing tools, including graphite and charcoal, while learning to render proportion, value, and perspective.

Instructor: Ron Sykes

Intro to PhotographySundays: June 10, 17, 24, July 1; 1-3 pmJoslyn Members: $54.40; General Public $64

Learn the ins and outs of digital photography in this class that will teach you to make the most of your camera’s setting and function. Students will spend time in the studios and in the Museum’s public spaces to take photographs and explore photographic possibilities. Students need to bring a digital camera.

Instructor: Jim Ferguson

Colorful Ceramic SculptureSundays: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12; 1-3:30 pmJoslyn Members: $73.10; General Public $86

Colorful contemporary mixed-media sculptures by Arlene Shechet will provide a framework for this class that will teach students to shape, squeeze, and build with clay to create quick, intuitive sculptural objects. Using simple hand-building techniques and incorporating mold-made forms, students will produce numerous objects to cover with brightly colored glaze, then assemble and arrange as a sculpture installation within the Museum’s Riley Gallery.

Instructor: Sarah Hummel Jones

Portrait PhotographySundays: July 15, 22, 29, August 5; 1-3:30 pmJoslyn Members: $79.05; General Public $93

Learn the parameters of portrait photography in this class that will take inspiration from a collection of royal portraits within a special exhibtion. Working with a costumed model, students will practice lighting, posing, and setting a subject to capture an elevated representation fit for royalty. Classes meet at the Museum, Joslyn Castle, and Lauritzen Gardens to further aggrandize our subjects. Students need to bring a digital camera.

Instructor: Jim Ferguson

Drawing FacesThursdays: July 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23; 6-8:30 pmJoslyn Members: $108.80; General Public $128

Learn the principles of portrait drawing with instruction in pencil, charcoal, and chalk pastels. A special collection of Renaissance portraits will guide students as we learn to render facial proportion, structure, and likeness through observation of a costumed model.

Instructor: Ron Sykes

Oil Painting: House PortraitsThursdays: July 19, 26, August 2 (no class August 9) 16, 23, 30; 6-8:30 pmJoslyn Members: $102; General Public $120

Gain confidence with oil painting techniques through the creation of a “house portrait” of your home, the house you grew up in, or another special structure. Inspired by the idyllic estate paintings within an exhibition of British paintings, this class will combine elements of landscape painting with architectural rendering while learning to use modern tricks to easily reproduce and combine elements from photographs. Students are encouraged to bring along photographs for reference.

Instructor: Katrina Swanson

Oil Painting: Noble FiguresSaturdays: August 4, 11, 18, 25; 10 am-noonJoslyn Members: $104.55; General Public $123

A model dressed in regal costume will provide the subject for this class that will teach portraiture painting techniques with inspiration from British court painting from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and Henry VIII. Students will learn to accurately render a pose and how to build color in order to produce a fleshy glow.

Instructor: Cody Wheelock

Transitional PortraitsSaturdays: August 4, 11, 18, 25; 1-3:30 pmJoslyn Members: $59.50; General Public $70

This unique acrylic painting class will introduce a variety of glazing, layering, and altered acrylic painting techniques to create dreamlike portraits that swirl with color and reveal mysterious secrets within each subject. Students will learn simple transfer methods to easily render portrait subjects of their choosing.

Instructor: Mathew Jones

Pigs, Pirates, & PterodactylsSaturdays: June 23, 30, July 7; 10-11:30 am

Young artists will get to know illustrator Mark Teague through gallery visits to see his playful pictures of pigs, pirates, pterodactyls and other fun characters. In the studio we’ll get familiar with the fundamentals of drawing, painting, and printmaking to create storybook characters of our very own.

Fit for RoyaltySaturdays: July 14, 21, 28; 10-11:30 am

A collection of British art featuring kings, queens, and even royal pets will inspire students to create artworks fit for royalty. We’ll visit grand portraits of fancily dressed people and look closely for castles hidden in landscapes. In the studio we’ll practice drawing regal faces and people, and design banners for our family castle.

Horsin’ AroundSaturdays: August 11, 18, 25; 10-11:30 am

The Museum will be extra full of horses this summer! A special group of stallions and mares will visit all the way from Great Britain (in paintings, of course!). Help us introduce these posh ponies to Joslyn’s bucking broncos and learn to create equestrian sculptures and paintings in the studio.

Drawing PeopleSaturdays: June 23, 30, July 7, 14; 1-3 pm

Learn the ins and outs of drawing people. We’ll look to portraits and figures in the galleries to help us better understand what is often one of the most challenging subjects to draw. In the studio we’ll learn to use pencil, charcoal, and pastels as we practice proportion, learn about body structure, and draw from a live model.

Instructor: To be determined

Clay & StuffSaturdays: August 4, 11, 18, 25; 1- 3pm

Mixed media artist Arlene Shechet likes to combine the colorful shapes and objects she makes from clay with other materials she finds interesting. We’ll learn simple clay building techniques and find just the right stuff to add as we make mixed media sculptures of our own.

Instructor: Andy Smith

AGES 8-12Joslyn Members: $51 per series; General Public: $60 per series

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TEENS & ADULTS AGES 3-5 (with an adult)

Art Adventures Fridays: June 1-August 31; 10:30-11:30 am

Joslyn Members: $8.50 adult/child pair per session

General Public: $10 adult/child pair per session

$2 each additional child

Drop by with your preschooler to see artworks in the galleries and to do a simple art-making activity. Art Adventures is a great way for young artists to have their first Museum experiences – with a grown-up by their side – before coming to art classes on their own.

Instructor: Therese Straseski

SUMMER 2018

Joslyn Members: $272; General Public: $320 (Payment plans available.)

Weeks of September 18-December 11, 2018, continuing January 22-April 9, 2019This 24-week visual arts program introduces students to Joslyn’s collections and exhibitions with sequential art instruction in six media – drawing, painting, pottery, printmaking, sculpture, and fiber arts. Students explore each medium, while building art skills and concepts at age-appropriate levels. Joslyn Art School’s museum setting provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to encounter original works of art, to experiment in related art media, and learn from a professional staff committed to providing individual challenges and guidance. Art School classes are from 4:30-6 pm. Home School classes are from 1-2:30 pm. High School Art School meets 4-5:30 pm.Instructors: To be determined

Art School Grades 1-2: Tuesdays

Art School Grades 3-4: Wednesdays

Art School Grades 5-6: Tuesdays

Art School Grades 7-9: Wednesdays

High School Art School: Thursdays

Home School Grades 1-3 (A): Tuesdays; (B): Wednesdays

Home School Grades 4-6 (A): Tuesdays; (B): Wednesdays

Home School Grades 7-9: Thursdays

JOSLYN ART SCHOOL

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AGES 5-7Joslyn Members: $42.50 per series; General Public: $50 per series

Instructor: CaSandra Johnson

IMAGES: (Teens & AdulTs) Benjamin West (1738–1820), Queen Charlotte, ca. 1776, oil on canvas, 50 x 4 1/4 in., Lent by the Berger Collection Educational Trust, TL-19057; (Ages 8-12) Arlene Shechet, (American, b. 1951), Long Form, 2017, glazed ceramic, wood, painted steel, 46 1/2 x 28 x 14 in., © Arlene Shechet, photo: Phoebe d’Heurle; (CAmps Ages 4-5) © Mark Teague; (CAmps Ages 6-12, lefT To righT) Adriaen van Diest (1655–1704), The Battle of Lowestoft, ca. 1690, oil on canvas, 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in., Promised Gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust, 8.2010; Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830), Self-Portrait, ca. 1787–88, oil on canvas, 23 1/4x 19 3/4 in., Lent by the Berger Collection Educational Trust, 33.2009

Art SmartJune 4-7; 9-11:30 am

Artworks in the galleries will guide your young artist as we learn to use the elements of art to create paintings, prints, and sculpture. Students will spend time exploring line, texture, space, color, and value to create their very own masterpieces.

Color Magic June 25-28; 9-11:30 am

Explore the magical power of color! Students will concoct color combinations to learn how to mix new colors, and produce potent patterns and explosive pictures full of emotion. We’ll put our colorful spells to use in painting, prints, and more.

Regal PeopleJuly 9-12; 9-11:30 am

We’ll act like artistic aristocrats as we create artworks about people. An exhibition of British artworks, featuring notable nobles, will guide us as we learn painting, drawing, and printmaking techniques and make portraits, fashionable figures, and even royal pets.

How Do Dinosaurs Make Art?July 23-26; 9-11:30 am

An exhibition featuring illustrations by Mark Teague of dinosaurs going to school and getting ready for bed will encourage us to ask, “How do dinosaurs make art?” We’ll think like dinosaurs as we create dino-portraits, prehistoric landscapes, and other Mesozoic artworks.

SPECIAL CAMP

The Art of Theater Design(A) Ages 9-14: June 4-8; 9 am-4 pm

(B) Ages 9-14: June 25-29; 9 am-4 pmJoslyn & Rose Members: $200; General Public: $215

Spend mornings at The Rose and walk to Joslyn for afternoons of exploring the exciting world of theatrical design! Discover what it takes to make scenery, costumes, props, lighting, and sound for productions. Meet professional designers and technicians and create lots of hands-on theatrical scenery and props to be used in an upcoming Rose production!

Instructors: Michael Miller & Therese Straseski

Draw Like an Artist(A) Ages 6-8: June 4-8; 1-4 pm (no pairing camp this week)

(B) Ages 9-12: June 11-15; 1-4 pm (pair with with Art-o-saurus (A) to make a full day)

(C) Ages 6-8: July 16-20; 9 am-noon (pair with Meet the Museum (B) to make a full day)

(D) Ages 9-12: July 23-27; 9 am-noon (pair with Princely Portraits (A) to make a full day)

Take your pencil beyond the doodle and start to draw like an artist! Experience a series of artists’ exercises to train your hand to draw what you see and create finished drawings using a variety of tools such as pencil, charcoal, pastels, and more.

Instructors: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch (A & B), Megan McLeay (C & D)

Art-o-saurus (A) Ages 9-12: June 11-15; 9 am-noon (pair with Drawing Like an Artist (B) to make a full day)

(B) Ages 6-8: June 18-22; 9 am-noon (pair with Painting Possibilities (A) to make a full day)

Illustrations in the gallery of dinosaurs by Mark Teague will inspire us to make dino-art of our own. We’ll learn printmaking techniques to create feathers and scales, mix paint to create prehistoric hues, and build skeleton-like armatures to create dinosaur sculptures.

Instructor: Therese Straseski

Print Shop!(A) Ages 6-8: June 11-15; 9 am-noon (pair with Stylin’ (A) to make a full day)

(B) Ages 9-12: June 18-22; 9 am-noon (pair with Stylin’ (B) to make a full day)

Printmaking is a hands-on; roll-up-your-sleeves kind of art making that allows you to produce artistic images again and again. We will look to works in the galleries for patterns, lines, and art styles that will inspire designs we’ll print on clothing, posters, flags, and more.

Instructor: Carey Hernandez

Painting Possibilities (A) Ages 6-8: June 18-22; 1-4 pm (pair with Art-o-Saurus (B) to make a full day)

(B) Ages 9-12: July 9-13; 1-4 pm (pair with In the Mix! (A) to make a full day)

(C) Ages 6-8: July 30-August 3; 9 am-noon (pair with Princely Portraits (B) to make a full day)

(D) Ages 9-12: July 30-August 3; 1-4 pm (pair with Artsy Animals (B) to make a full day)

Campers will investigate the many ways artists use different brushstrokes to express themselves. We’ll explore painting styles in the galleries and experiment with color mixing and various tools and techniques in the studio to create finished paintings of our own.

Instructors: Josie Langbehn (A & B), CaSandra Johnson (C & D)

Stylin’(A) Ages 6-8: June 11-15; 1-4 pm (pair with Print Shop (A) to make a full day)

(B) Ages 9-12: June 18-22; 1-4 pm (pair with Print Shop (B) to make a full day)

Visit the galleries to get yourself some style! We’ll get to know some of art’s most famous styles and all-star artists. In the studio we’ll create stylin’ artworks of our own inspired by Cubism, Impressionism, Minimalism, and Expressionism.

Instructor: Amanda Foreman

Sculpture Study(A) Ages 6-8: June 25-29; 1-4 pm (no pairing camp this week)

(B) Ages 9-12: July 16-20: 1-4 pm (pair with Meet the Museum (A) to make a full day)

Sculptors create three-dimensional artworks using all sorts of materials and methods. Campers will see sculptures in the galleries made from clay, wood, glass, wire, and metal to understand how each artist created a carefully balanced standing structure. In the studio we’ll combine, build, and carve to create sculptures of our own.

Instructor: CaSandra Johnson

In the Mix!(A) Ages 9-12: July 9-13; 9 am-noon (pair with Painting Possibilities (B) to make a full day)

(B) Ages 6-8: July 9-13; 1-4 pm (no pairing camp this week)

Nearly anything can be used to make art - and sometimes artists mix it all together! This camp will explore art made by combining several materials and techniques. We’ll mix together printmaking, painting, and sculpture methods to create mixed-media artworks.

Instructor: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch

Meet the Museum(A) Ages 9-12: July 16-20; 9 am-noon (pair with Sculpture Study (B) to make a full day)

(B) Ages 6-8: July 16-20 1; 1-4 pm (pair with Draw Like an Artist (C) to make a full day)

Go behind-the-scenes for an introduction to some of our favorite artworks and some of the people who work to make Joslyn special. We’ll visit the galleries to see the greatest hits of the collection and make paintings, sculptures, and prints in the studio. Special guests will stop by to tell us about their jobs in the Museum and we’ll take a peek into areas off limits to visitors.

Instructor: Julie Ryan

Princely Portraits (A) Ages 9-12: July 23-27; 1-4 pm (pair with Draw Like an Artist (D) to make a full day)

(B) Ages 6-8: July 30-August 3; 1-4 pm (pair with Painting Possibilities (C) to make a full day)

Draw and paint people after gaining inspiration from royal portraits in an exhibition of British art. Students will learn the rules of facial structure to accurately capture a person’s likeness, practice figurative proportion to draw regal poses, and adorn their subjects with attributes to elevate their nobility.

Instructor: Therese Straseski

Artsy Animals(A) Ages 6-8: July 23-27; 1-4 pm (no pairing camp this week)

(B) Ages 9-12: July 30-August 3; 9 am-noon (pair with Painting Possibilities (D) to make a full day)

Roam the galleries to find paintings that purr and sculptures that bite. We’ll look to see how artists use texture, pattern, and shape to make lifelike animal artworks. After our adventures through the Museum we will make sculptures, paintings, and prints of animals.

Instructor: Josh Brown

CAMPS: AGES 4-5 CAMPS: AGES 6-12

Draw! Monday, July 2; 9 am-4 pmDraw the day away! Campers will learn technical skills, play drawing games, and create artworks using sharpie, pastels, and charcoal.

Instructor: Josie Langbehn

Paint! Tuesday, July 3; 9 am-4 pmLearn how to mix paint, create colors and tones, and how to use a palette knife, as you complete a finished painting on canvas.

Instructor: Amanda Foreman

Sculpt! Thursday, July 5; 9 am-4 pmExplore sculpture in Joslyn’s gardens and galleries before putting your hands to work to build 3-D art from found and reclaimed objects.

Instructor: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch

Print! Friday, July 6; 9 am-4 pmKids will learn simple printmaking methods to make posters, trading cards, and more.

Instructor: Josh Brown

MINI CAMPS: AGES 6-12Joslyn Members: $42.50 per camp; General Public: $50 per campCampers should bring a lunch and drink. Snacks provided.

Four-day Art Camps (Monday-Thursday) – Joslyn Members: $59.50 per camp; General Public: $70 per campInstructor: Ariel Shearer

Half-day Art Camps (Monday-Friday) – Joslyn Members: $85 per camp; General Public: $100 per campSnacks provided. Campers attending a full-day camp, or pairing morning and afternoon camps in the same week, should bring a lunch and drink and join the supervised Lunch Bunch, from noon-1 pm.

Half-day Art Camps (Monday-Friday) – Joslyn Members: $102 per camp; General Public: $120 per camp (except Ceramics )Teen camps are held at The Union for Contemporary Art (2423 N, 24th St.) or Creighton University’s Lied Education Center for the Arts (2500 California Plz.) to provide you a fully equipped co-op studio experience and a taste of the college life. Snacks provided.

TEEN CAMPS

Alternative Art @ The UnionJune 4-8; 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Sticker design, screen printing, and zine publication, are ways to take art out of the gallery and into the real world. This camp will apply art-making techniques and principles to outlets that reach people beyond the traditional art audience.

Instructor: Dan Crane

Drawing @ CUJune 18-22, 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Strengthen your drawing skills! Through model studies and observational exercises this camp will teach you to accurately render proportion, perspective, mass, and value, using media including pencil, charcoal, and pen and ink.

Instructor: Ella Webber

Oil Painting @ CUJuly 16-20; 9:30 am-12:30 pm

This camp will teach the basics of oil painting. Learn to use a brush, palette knife, and layers of color to create observational painting studies.

Instructor: Rachel Mindrup

TWO-WEEK CAMP

Ceramics @ The UnionJuly 23-27 & July 30-August 3; 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Joslyn Members: $204; General Public: $240

Learn hand-building and wheel-thrown ceramic techniques. This two-week camp will allow you to take your time as you learn each step of making wheel-thrown pots and hand-built objects with guidance and encouragement from your instructor.

Instructor: Jesse Ross

Registration & Refunds Advance registration and full payment is required for all classes except Art Adventures. Classes are subject to minimum and maximum enrollment, so please register early. Register online at www.joslyn.org or call (402) 661-3846. Joslyn’s refund policy is as follows: 50% refund for cancellations made up to two weeks prior to the class start date; no refunds for cancellations made less than two weeks before a class begins. Materials are provided.

Student Art Display The Riley Education Gallery, located near the Museum’s classrooms, features artwork by children and adults in Joslyn’s classes. Four times each year a selection of new work is displayed. Stop by to see what our students are doing!

Art Class Scholarships Thanks to a special fund established by Mrs. Louise Wickstrum and the family of David S. and Bella Block, financial assistance may be available for class enrollment. If a child’s or adult’s participation is dependent upon financial aid, please call (402) 661-3846. All requests will be held in confidence.

Photography Joslyn will occasionally photograph students in classes for use in promotional materials, including the Museum’s website. If you do not want you or your child to be photographed, please notify Joslyn’s Criss Center for Education in writing.

Joslyn’s Criss Center for Education programs are made possible in part by the Joslyn Art Museum Association.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Camper Price: $10Available for purchase in the

Hitchcock Museum Shop.