Wednesdays, 3:00–5:00 PM · 14 weekly 2-hour sessions
Career-relevant design skills, starting now.
Where teens build the graphic design and digital illustration skills that carry into college and careers. This first course covers typography, layout, and illustration — the foundation of visual design — in a real studio environment, not a hobby class.
Students bring their own laptop with Adobe Creative Cloud subscription installed (Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop are the primary tools — student/teacher pricing available from Adobe at approximately $20/month). Practicing between classes at home is essential to improvement.
What they'll learn
- Typography and how type shapes a message
- Layout and composition for design
- Digital illustration fundamentals
- Building clean, intentional, professional-looking work
What they'll make: A set of finished design and illustration projects, with a piece selected for the gallery exhibition.
Where it leads: The first step in our four-part Digital Design Studio sequence (9th–10th grade), building toward Studio Practice and portfolio work.
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
- 14 weekly sessions, two hours each (Fall semester, August 10–November 20)
- Small classes by design, so every student gets real individual attention
- A defined curriculum with clear skills and a mid-semester progress check — 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
*Product photo is an example from Adobe
