Kids & Teen Classes
We offer private lessons and financial aid to accommodate anyone who wishes to take a class. For questions about our policies or for more information, reach out to us at office@brooklineartscenter.com
Ages: 5-7
Dates: Jan. 6 - Mar. 24* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Aria Carpenter (any/all)
Class Fee: $420 Materials: $45
In this fun-filled session, children will explore basic drawing techniques using colorful materials while developing their creativity and imagination. They'll learn to express themselves through simple shapes, lines, and textures, making new friends along the way!
*No class 1/20 & 2/17
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Ages: 8-11
Dates: Jan. 13 - Mar. 31* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Katie McColgan (she/her)
Class Fee: $470 Materials: $55
This hands-on pottery program will introduce students to handbuilding fundamentals. Explore your creativity while learning various techniques for creating your own mugs, bowls, and other unique pieces! Wheelthrowing will not be included in this session.
*No class 1/20 & 2/17
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Ages: 12-17
Dates: Jan. 6 - Mar. 24* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Zoe Schein (they/them)
Class Fee: $420 Materials: $45
In the first half of this teen-level course, students will begin with a series of lessons focused on developing foundational drawing skills like shading, judging proportion, using negative space, developing compelling compositions, and strategies for drawing from both life and from reference. In the second half of the course, students will practice applying those skills to their own compositions through creative and generative projects that prompt students to combine their formal drawing skills with their own personal styles and exuberant creativity. Specific projects will be determined by student interest, but may include: pen-and-ink drawing, portraiture, children’s book or mural design, comics illustration, and character design.
*No class 1/20 & 2/17
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Ages: 12-17
Dates: Jan. 13 - Mar. 31* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Laura Jaklitsch (she/her)
Class Fee: $425 Materials: $55
Make beautiful jewelry and metal sculptures with instruction from a working artist. They will guide you to shape, polish, solder, pierce, etch and embellish jewelry in copper and brass. Hollow forms, stones settings, stone inlay, repousse and reticulations will also be introduced.
*No class 1/20 & 2/17
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Ages: 5-7
Dates: Jan. 14 - Mar. 25* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Megan Hyde (she/her)
Class Fee: $420 Materials: $45
Each week we will be exploring different wet media such as water-based paints and inks! As the class continues, Kids will use their new familiarity with these mediums to create mixed-media illustrations, collograph prints, marbled paper and more!
*No class 2/18
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Ages: 8-11
Dates: Jan. 7 - Mar. 18* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Kylie Marden (she/her)
Class Fee: $470 Materials $55
This hands-on pottery program will introduce students to handbuilding fundamentals. Explore your creativity while learning various techniques for creating your own mugs, bowls, and other unique pieces! Wheelthrowing will not be included in this session.
*No class 2/18
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Ages: 8-12
Dates: Jan. 7 - Mar. 18* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Zoe Schein (they/them)
Class Fee: $420 Materials: $45
This class invites young cartoonists to dive into their love of making comics. We’ll take the process from beginning to end: building characters, crafting expressions and poses, selecting shots, inking and color, and generally bringing our stories to life. With a combination of projects, games, silly warmups, and practice exercises, this class aims to help young artists find their comic voices–and use them.
*No class 2/18
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Ages: 12-17
Dates: Jan. 7 - Mar. 18* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Ashley Vick (she/her)
Class Fee: $425 Materials: $55
Make beautiful jewelry and metal sculptures with instruction from a working artist. They will guide you to shape, polish, solder, pierce, etch and embellish jewelry in copper and brass. Hollow forms, stones settings, stone inlay, repousse and reticulations will also be introduced.
*No class 2/18
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Ages: 5-7
Dates: Jan. 15 - Apr. 2* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Moon Rodríguez Diestler (he/him)
Class Fee: $470 Materials: $55
This class explores the tactile world of ceramics. From cups and bowls to boxes and animal sculptures, children explore hand-building techniques, decorating, and more. Wheelthrowing will not be included in this session.
*No class 1/29 & 2/19
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Ages: 8-12
Dates: Jan. 8 - Mar. 26* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Zoe Schein (they/them)
Class Fee: $420 Materials: $45
Each week, this class will introduce students to foundational art skills through creative drawing projects. Students will alternately explore topics like color and color schemes, shading objects, and negative space, and use those skills to make their own creative masterpieces. Using a variety of drawing media from marker and colored pencil to pastels and inking with dip pens, and exploring classic drawing genres like still life, portraiture, mapmaking, abstraction, and more, students will get a broad introduction to some of the many possibilities that drawing provides.
*No class 1/29 & 2/19
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Ages: 5-7
Dates: Jan. 9 - Mar. 27* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Aria Carpenter (any/all)
Class Fee: $420 Materials $45
In this fun and creative class, kids will learn the basics of graphic design using everyday materials. We’ll make collage journals with found items, try out different ways to arrange our art, and design cool posters and letters. This class is perfect for kids who are curious about design and want to explore their creativity in a hands-on way.
*No class 1/23. 2/20
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Ages: 10-15
Dates: Jan. 9 - Mar. 20* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: William Valdes (they/them)
Class Fee: $420 Materials $45
This is a beginning-level painting class. The majority of this class will be spent learning with acrylics, but students will also get a brief intro to watercolor and oil painting. This class is designed to build skills around painting techniques such as color theory, material mastery, and still-life rendering. This class will start with learning foundations for painting and accumulate into a more open project at the end allowing for deeper creativity.
*No class 2/20
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Ages: 12-17
Dates: Jan. 10 - Mar. 21* (10 wks)
Time: 3:30p - 5:30p
Instructor: Laura Jaklitsch (she/her)
Class Fee: $425 Materials: $55
Make beautiful jewelry and metal sculptures with instruction from a working artist. They will guide you to shape, polish, solder, pierce, etch and embellish jewelry in copper and brass. Hollow forms, stones settings, stone inlay, repousse and reticulations will also be introduced.
*No class 2/21
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Ages: 2-4 (+ Parent)
2 Session Options:
Dates: Jan. 11, Jan. 25, Feb. 8, Mar. 8, Mar. 22
Time: 10:30a - 12:00p
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Dates: Jan. 25, Feb. 8, Mar. 8, Mar. 22 , Mar. 29
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
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Instructor: Yun Chung (she/her)
Class Fee:
1 caregiver + 1 child: $217
1-2 caregivers + 1-2 children: $262
In this multimedia class, enjoy spending time with your little one while creating beautiful moments together. Parents and caretakers will join their children in a variety of artistic mediums that are perfect for little hands. Projects will include painting, stamping, clay, string painting, decalcomania and much more. From fine motor skills to hand-eye coordination, your child with have as much fun learning as they do making art.
If you plan to attend with 2 caregivers and/or 2 children, please select the second class fee option of $262. This also applies if 2 caregivers attend with 1 child. The first class fee option of $217 only applies to 1 caregiver and 1 child.
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Ages: 10-14
Dates: Feb. 15 - Mar. 22 (5 wks)
Time: 1:30p - 3:30p
Instructor: Kayleigh MacDonald (she/her)
Class Fee: $227 Materials: $55
Take your love of digital photography to the next level! Throughout this engaging intensive program, students will learn the fundamentals of exposure, composition, and lighting, laying a solid foundation for your photographic journey. This class will cover portraiture, still life, mixed media, cyanotypes and abstract photography. At the end of the session, students will have a portfolio of images they can be proud of.
Equipment requirements
*No class 2/22
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