Returning Spring 2027

Spring Semester: February 1 – May 7 | Thursdays, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | 12 weekly sessions

Registration opens in November. Join the interest list below and you'll get first notice — spots are capped at ten per class.

Spring theme: Movies & Storytelling

Four disciplines, one semester, built around the stories kids already love.

A real, structured art class made for homeschool families — a genuine survey of art-making, not a single-medium craft hour. In one semester your child works in four disciplines (drawing, painting, printmaking, and mixed media), all tied together by this fall's theme: movies and visual storytelling. They'll invent their own movie character and follow it from first sketch to a finished, framed piece. Every student is met at their own level, whether it's their first semester or their fourth.

What they'll learn

• Character design — inventing an original character through shape, silhouette, and expression
• How color creates mood, and how to paint a scene that tells a story
• Printmaking basics — stamps and monotypes for movie titles and one-of-a-kind prints
• Combining drawing, painting, and print into mixed-media storyboards and posters

What they'll make: An original movie character, a painted movie poster, hand-made prints, a storyboard, and a mixed-media final piece — with their strongest work matted, framed, and shown in the gallery.

Where it leads: One turn in a four-theme rotation over two years — Movies & Storytelling, Around the World, Wild World, and Heroes & Mythology. Each semester brings new disciplines and new content, so returning students never repeat themselves; they just go deeper.

The semester ends in a real gallery show

At the end of the semester, each student's strongest piece is matted, framed in our shop, and hung in our gallery for a Friday-evening exhibition with refreshments. Families are invited, and the work is shown the way real art is shown. Your child's effort is treated as what it is — art, not a craft to stick on the fridge. It's the part families remember most, and it's something no other art program in the area offers.

What's included & good to know

• 12 weekly sessions, 1.5 hours each (Spring semester, February 1–May 7) (no class during Spring Break, April 5-9)
• Small classes by design, so every student gets real individual attention
• A real curriculum with genuine skills across four disciplines — not open studio time
• Each student's exhibition piece is matted and framed in our shop, included in the tuition price 
• One step in a multi-year path that grows with your child

A note for homeschool families with more than one child: Our Grades 2–4 and Grades 5–8 homeschool classes both meet on Thursdays — younger in the morning, older in the early afternoon — so you only make one trip to the studio. Drop the younger one for the morning class, spend time nearby, break for lunch together, then swap for the afternoon session.

*Photo example credit Sóc Năng Động