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!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Summer Art Classs: All the Info You Need

All classes are full at this time!
Theme: Op Art Pop Art! We Just Can't Stop Art.

We will be learning about the Modern Art Movements of both Pop and Op art while investigating new media and developing our artistic skills.
The Pop Art movement started in the mid 20th century and focused on popular culture and icons. Op art, also a modern art movement, is based on optical illusions in the work.

Days:
Art Classes will be held on Wednesday afternoons in June and July from 12:30-1:30

Location:
My House

Fee:
$10 per class (due at the beginning of each class taken)

Class size:
Classes will be limited to 5 students

How to sign up:
Sign up is first come first serve. You can sign up for any number of classes that interest you. Sign up by e-mailing me at heidileagarner@hotmail.com. I will make a note of it on this blog post when a class is filled up.

Additional info:
I will be out of town the first two Wednesday's in July. Art classes will not be held.

AND... we are in the process of getting
our house rented and moving into a larger home this summer. We are planning to stay in the area. Hopefully there will not be an interruption in our schedule. If there will be an interruption I will let you know as soon as possible.

Sometimes an hour is not enough time to finish a project. Students will be provided
detailed instruction and may find that they run out of time during our class. They should finish their work at home, and may even want to teach their parents and siblings what they have learned and make more art work using the information that they have acquired in class. We will be using very common supplies for our projects, and they will be provided for use in our classes. If your child needs to complete a project at home you may have these materials already or they can easily be found at Michael's or even Walmart.

Class Descriptions:

Wednesday June 3st: Andy Warhol Pop Art Pop Cans (FULL)

Some of Warhol's most famous works included his Campbell's soup cans. Students will be learning how to draw cylinders, a 3d object, on a 2d surface (paper). They will be showing depth in their work. They may draw a pop can of a popular canned beverage or make up their own designs.

Materials:
Paper
Pencil
Color Pencil

Wednesday June 10th: Andy Warhol Portraits (FULL)


Warhol was also well known for his portraits of popular celebrities. He often made several silkscreen prints of a celebrity or public figure and displayed them on one canvas. This time the student will be the celebrity and we will "warholize" their portrait.

Materials:
Paper
Color pencil
In addition, I will need to be e-mailed a digital photo of your child (jpeg format). Just their head would be optimal. I will need this the Tuesday before class.

Wednesday June 17th: Thiebaud Desserts (FULL)


Wayne Thiebaud was born right here in Mesa Arizona, but moved to California soon after his birth. He is well known for his bright oil paintings of yummy desserts and candies. In this lesson students will use oil pastels to emulate the work of Thiebaud and draw their own dessert counters. They will also learn how to shade to create more depth in a drawing.

Materials:
Construction Paper
Pencils
Oil Pastels

Wednesday June 24th: Robert Indiana Word Art (FULL)


While Robert Indiana was not the only pop artist to use lettering in his art work, he has a special place in my heart because we are lucky enough to have one of his LOVE sculptures right here in the valley.
In this lesson students will create images using words. (Think of the PBS kids show "Word World").

Materials:
Paper
Pencil
Color Pencil
Markers

Wednesday July 15
th: Oldenberg Food (FULL)($.50 materials fee added to this project)


Claus Oldenberg is well know for his gigantic sculptures of everyday objects, including food! We will be doing just the opposite as we sculpt miniature foods. These tiny sculptures will serve as erasers once completed. Art that is both beautiful and useful.

Materials:
Fimo Eraser clay

Wednesday July 22: Op art with M.C. Escher
(FULL)

Escher was well known for his tessellations. We will be seeing how math and art can work together as we create these puzzling pieces of artwork.

Materials:
Construction paper
Index cards
scissors
Glue
Markers

Wednesday July 29th: Bridget Riley Optical illusions (FULL)


The work of Op Artist Bridget Riley seems to move or even radiate, but it is just paint on canvas. We will be making some works of art that almost pop off of the paper.

Materials:
Paper
Pencil
Ruler
Color Markers.


To learn more about these artists you can visit: http://www.artchive.com
also you can run a google search or a google image search to find the 2 that are not listed.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Summer Art Classes

I deleted my previous post on summer classes because I have changed my mind. We will be holding once weekly classes at my home in the afternoons. More info to come in the next weeks. I will also send e-mails out to those that have attended or shown interest in the past. If you would like an e-mail please contact me with your e-mail address.
Heidi