Grades K–2 · Ages 5–7
Kids Art Jr
A first real art class. Forty-five minutes of making, with actual materials and no wrong answers — short enough to hold a five-year-old's attention and real enough that it isn't a craft table.
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A Monday morning in the studio.
When
Mondays, 10:00–10:45 AM
Length
45 minutes
Per class
$25
Full 10 weeks
$250
First class is $10, so you can try it before committing. $20 off for each additional sibling. Classes are held at my home studio in Holladay — I send the address when you enroll.
Fall 2026 workshop
Foundations — September 14 to November 16.
Ten Mondays. The fall workshop is about learning to see like an artist and building technique that holds up — and meeting a working artist most people have never heard of, every single week.
Kids finish the year knowing thirty-odd artists beyond the usual ten. That's deliberate. Every week is anchored to a real artist whose work connects to what we're making that day.
What we cover
The ground this class covers.
Marks that wander, wiggle, loop and scribble — and what happens when you use them on purpose.
Building a whole animal out of four simple shapes.
Mixing secondaries from primaries and watching it happen in front of you.
Rubbings, pressed clay, and everything in the studio that has a surface worth feeling.
Near and far, and how to put both on one flat piece of paper.
How a class runs
What a Monday looks like.
- Each element gets two weeks — one to learn it, one to use it. No rushing.
- One new art word a week. Just one.
- Short demo, about five minutes, then hands on materials.
- Simplified tools and fewer choices, so the decision isn't the hard part.
- Work goes home the same day. Always.
Kids Art Jr and Kids Art follow the same weekly concept. If you have one child in each, they'll both be on Line week at the same time — just at different depth.
I tell students what we're learning at the start of class, then reveal the steps one at a time as we go. It keeps everyone moving together and leaves room for the lesson to bend around the group in front of me.
Coming soon
The week-by-week schedule
I'm still finishing the ten-week lesson plan for Kids Art Jr — each week's project, materials, and featured artist. It'll be posted here before the fall workshop begins on September 14.
Coming back next year
No repeats.
The curriculum runs on a three-year rotation, and every tier is a three-grade band. A student can stay in Kids Art Jr for all three years and never repeat a project. When they age up into the next class, the ideas come back — but at a depth they couldn't have handled before.
Enroll
Come try one class first.
Your first Kids Art Jr class is $10. Email me and tell me your child's grade — I'll send the studio address, the supply notes, and confirm your spot.
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