about the mud bud classes
"Mud Buds" is art classes for children (and occasional adults). Students not only gain hands on experience creating art but also learn some of the history behind art, artists and styles of art in many cultures across the world.
Types of Classes Available:
Summer Art Classes in my home
available in June and July. Information on summer art classes will be posted at the end of May each year.
School Year Art and or Clay Classes
Art and or Clay classes are offered Fall- Spring during the school year in my home. They are one hour long
Cost: $10 per student per hour (additional materials fees for some projects)
Themes: variety
Size: 5 student spaces available per class.
Specific information about classes will be made available in the posts to the left. That information will first come available in July 2009 for the 09-10 school year.
Traveling Art Classes organized by you
I will travel to your home and teach a unit of classes to a group of children (or adults) that you put together.
Cost: $50/hour for the first 5 students. $5/hour per each additional student. (be sure that you have sufficient space in your home for larger groups).
Materials fees may apply for some projects.
Travel fee will apply for distances that are very far from my home.
(Please organize payment from the members of your group and give me one check for each class)
Themes: Your Choice
Class size: varies
Art Classes in my home organized by you
I generally only offer one or two art classes in my home that I plan and put together by myself. Sometimes the date, time, or theme that I choose does not fit with everyone's schedules and preferences. In that case I can get together with you to schedule your own art classes based on whatever you want your group of kids (or adults) to learn and we can do it whenever it would be good for you (well, it has to fit in my schedule too).
Cost: $50/hour for the first 5 students.
Additional students may be added for $5/person/hour, but my house is not very big, so I cannot host large groups.
Additional materials fee may apply for some projects.
(Please organize payment from the members of your group and give me one check for each class)
Themes: varies
Special Interest Groups:
Scout Groups (Girl Scout, Cub Scout, Boy Scout)
Church Groups
Discounts may apply, contact me for more information on organizing these types of classes.
Special Disclaimers:
I have a baby due at the end of September '09. I am doing my best to schedule around the birth and recovery. Please be patient with me as I plan out the School Year classes right before and after the baby is born. I hope to fit some small 2 day(one for building, one for glazing) clay classes before the holidays! Cross your fingers all of you mud lovers!
I will be offering a New Clay Class on Tuesdays from 3:20-4:35 after Winter Break.
Currently I have a few spaces left in my Monday class at the same time that will be filled on a first come first serve basis.
If you are interested in any of my classes please let me know Via E-mail.
heidileagarner@hotmail.com
I need to have at least 3 kids in each class to keep them running.
There is a Max class size of 6 kids per class.
Price per class is $10.55 (which includes a materials fee)
Please pass on this info to anybody you think might be interested.
Here is a little box of treasures going home with one of our students. You can see how brill ant all of the work looks once it has gone through the glaze firring. These pieces were glazed with an underglaze when they were still greenware and then bisque fired. They were then glazed with a clear glaze and glaze fired. The clear glaze gave them the great shine.
This week we will be glazing a lot of work. Some of the glazing will include clear glaze on underglazed pieces but the majority of the work will be glazed using regular glazes. It will be a unique experience for the students. When using the underglazes the students could simply pick up a red bottle of glaze and be confident that their finished piece of work will have a red glaze on it. When using the glaze for bisque ware they will have to actually read the lable and look at the test tiles. Our clear glaze actually looks light blue in the bottle and the color "exotic blue" looks pale pink before it is fired. This is a great way to understand the science behind clay and glazes and what happens to materials when they are placed in a very hot oxidation atmospher.
Here is a picture of the girls working on Nativity Tiles. I did not show any Detailed photos of Student work, as some of them are going to be Christmas gifts, and I don't want to ruin the surprise. I will post finished work after Christmas.
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