FREE SUMMER ART CLASS!
AFTERNOON Art Journal - WEEK 2
With Tina Mitchell | Ages 9 - 14
Spend afternoons in the art studio! Young artists traverse color, texture, and imagination through art projects that culminate into a unique art journal in this limited edition 1-week course offered by Tina Mitchell, Munsons’ Artist-in-Residence. Each week, students delve into a new technique like collage, printmaking, watercolor, fiber arts, and other materials. This class encourages self-expression, skill-building, and exploration, perfect for a young artist ready to discover their passion for mixed media and create a super cool take-away. In the final class, students learn to bind together their journal filled with their own artwork!
WEEK 2 AFTERNOONS: JULY 14-18
Monday through Friday, 1 - 3:30 p.m.
5 classes | 12.5 contact hours | Location: Studio Building, 503 William Street, Upper Level, Room 320
+ IMPORTANT: Limit 1 summer class per student. Please do not register if not planning to attend the full week or course. Space is limited. Please cancel your registrations if plans change. To ensure the age appropriateness of the curriculum, children must meet the age requirement listed with each course description by the beginning of class.
+ SNACK n’ SMOCK: Please provide a mid-morning snack/water for your child every day. The projects are fun but can be messy at times. Bring a smock (old shirt or apron) or simply dress for the mess.
+ CAMPUS: View the College of Art and Design Campus Map >
+ EXPANDED HOURS: Early drop-off and late pick-up available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for ages 4 - 12 during the summer morning art classes.
DESIGNED FOR ART-LOVING KIDS AND TEENS:Funding for summer arts classes for kids and teens is generously sponsored by MetLife Foundation. Additional funding has been provided by Sheila and Ron Cuccaro and by the Karam Mandour Fund at the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties. Member Exclusive Pre-Registration | April 9 through April 16, Register now!
FREE ART CLASSES: Kids art classes are free of charge this summer! Anyone can take part, regardless of economic circumstances, and we hope to welcome many new participants. Help support tuition-free classes and make a donation here >
Meet your instructor, Tina!
Munson is thrilled to welcome 2024-25 Artist-in-Residence Tina Mitchell! Mitchell completed her MFA at the School of Visual Arts, New York City, and holds a BFA in Studio Arts from Syracuse University. Mitchell’s artistic practice is inspired by her passion for art education and experiences teaching art to many ages and at numerous institutions. Her artwork manipulates representations of space in order to explore their possibilities for expressing joy, excitement, or fear. There is an emphasis on the combination of sculpture and painting that blurs pictorial space with physical space and rejects predetermined structures through painting and application of color. Mitchell is greatly influenced by the teachings of painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky at the Bauhaus school, and she is developing a community arts class that breaks down Abstraction into a series of experiments and critical thinking. tmitchell@prattmunson.edu | tinamitchell.org
