Classes & Workshops
Pre-registration for workshops and classes is strongly encouraged. Please call the Arts Center to secure a place in any of the following. There are limits on class and workshop sizes in most cases, so please register early! Registration fees for classes and workshops will not be prorated. All classes and workshops have a minimum enrollment of 5 participants.
You may pay in person at the Arts Center or through PayPal on our website.
Workshops
Download the flyer and registration form (PDF)...
Classes
KIDS & FAMILIES:
Mommy & Me Workshop: Valentine’s Day
ages 4 and under (with an adult)
1:00-2:00pm (Change in time!)
Wednesday, February 8 (Change in day!)
Instructor: Kristin McKinley
$10/child
Have fun with your little ones! Moms! Dads! Grandparents! Babysitters! Everyone! Come to the Arts Center with your favorite toddler and dive into Valentine’s Day!
Children’s Holiday Workshop: Valentine’s Day
(Also February’s Second Saturday)
ages 5-12 (Children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult)
Saturday, February 11
11:00am-Noon
$10/child
Drop your child off at the Arts Center and have them experience some Valentine’s Day art making!
Children’s Pottery Class
ages 8-12
Tuesdays for 4 weeks
February 21-March 13
4:00-5:00pm
$55 for members/$65 for non-members
Instructor: Yusan Ishimaru
Students will get the chance to both hand-build and learn basic wheel throwing.
Teen Pottery Class (NEW!)
ages 13-18
Tuesdays for 4 weeks
February 21-March 13
5:00-6:00pm
$55 for members/$65 for non-members
Instructor: Yusan Ishimaru
Students will get the chance to both hand-build and learn basic wheel throwing.
Infant Massage
Newborn to 8 months
Fridays for 4 weeks
February 3 through February 24
11:00-11:45am
$40
Instructor: Victoria Brown
It is never too late to begin massage... Whether your baby is a newborn or several years old, massage can bring immediate and lasting results. Expectant parents who take infant massage instruction in advance are ready to begin this wonderful loving touch right from the start. Infant Massage is a very old parenting practice that has been modernized and is in active use today supported by evidence-based research. There is recorded history of the use and practice of infant massage amongst many different cultures around the globe. It is only in the past 30 years that infant massage has begun to appear in the western world.
Call the Arts Center to add your name to the list. Victoria Brown will be accepting payment during the first class.
Kindermusik
Call the Arts Center to add your name to our list. Victoria Brown will be accepting payment during the first class or on her website at www.victoria.kindermusik.net
Kindermusik “Village”
Newborn to 18 months
Fridays for 8 weeks
January 27 through March 16
10:00-10:45am
$90
Instructor: Victoria Brown
“Village” is a bonding and learning experience for parent and baby. Victoria will teach you how to encourage your baby’s learning through vocal play, object exploration, instruments, and creative movement. Registration fee includes a set of at home materials.
Kindermusik “Family Time”
Newborn to 7 years old
Wednesdays for 10 weeks
Beginning February 1
3:00-3:45
$125
Instructor: Victoria Brown
Families with multiple children are encouraged to take this class! In ten weeks, you'll play instruments together, dance together, share, and take turns, and see how music can bring you closer as a family. A one-room schoolhouse approach to music. With older children ready to show the little ones how it's done and the younger ones eager to learn, Family Time becomes a multi-layered learning environment. Your children will listen to instruments and to each other, learn from their peers and older children, and enjoy music and movement with hoops, scarves and tumble-around play.
ADULT CLASSES:
Metal Art Fabrication Workshop
Saturdays, February 18 & 25, 2012
10:00am-4:00pm
$150 (includes all materials)
Instructor: Rose Clark
Broaden your artistic talents by learning to weld! Basic welding techniques using mild sheet steel to fabricate metal sculpture will be offered. No experience necessary! Participants need to bring protective gear and wear appropriate clothing.
This workshop is limited to 5 participants.
Raku Pottery Class
Saturdays for 4 weeks
10:00am-1:00pm
Starting March 10, 2012
$75 for members/$85 for non-members
Supply Fee - $20 per bag of clay- covers glazes & firing as well
Instructor: Yusan Ishimaru
This class is for all skill levels! Raku is a pottery technique which primarily revolves around it’s firing process. Raku was developed in 16th century Japan, but has been popular in the U.S. since the mid-1950s. Raku firing differs from traditional kiln firing in that it is done outside in a fairly short cycle and the wares are removed while hot and treated to a post-firing reduction phase. This phase causes a unique coloring and surface to the work, usually metallic and crackled with black unglazed clay.
D. Boyle Studio Painted Furniture Workshop
Tuesday-Thursday
March 20-22, 2012
9:00am-4:00pm
$260 non-members/$230 members
Instructors: Debbie Boyle & Gail Miller
Let Debbie & Gail lead you down the rabbit hole with this class! This non-intimidating introduction to painting will offer basic color mixing, easy design layout tips, information on finishes, ideas galore, and Paint Fairies*. All you need is a primed piece of furniture, a pack of craft brushes (available at Wal-Mart, Michaels, etc.) perhaps samples of fabric or pictures of the room where the finished piece might reside, a positive attitude, and, of course, grubby clothes. They will provide the rest!
*Paint Fairies are mysterious beings who appear at night and enhance/help complete work in progress.
Download the workshop flyer and registration form...
Registration must be received by Friday, March 16, 2012.
Pottery Class
Wednesdays for 6 weeks
February 22-March 28, 2012
6:30-8:30pm
$75 for members/$85 for non-members
Supply Fee - $20 per bag of clay-covers glazes & firing as well
Instructor: Yusan Ishimaru
Join our pottery class and learn how to make ceramic vessels and other sculptural forms and wow your friends and family! Learn wheel throwing basics or hone your skills! This class is for all skill levels. Lowest registration fee in eastern NC!
Furniture Painting Class
Wednesdays for 6 weeks
February 15 - March 21
2:00-4:00pm
$55 for members
$65 for non-members
Instructor: Molly Smith
Molly B’s home decorating & design studio is now offering student training for the small business entrepreneur, as well as her standard FUN furniture painting! Training in the art of furniture painting as well as marketing skills with a wide array of business opportunities will be offered. Come for business skills AND for the pleasure of painting!
Needlework Meet-up
Wednesdays (ongoing)
2:00pm-3:30pm
Free!
Led by Amanda Micheletto-Blouin
Bring your current needlework project to the Arts Center! Amanda will be available to all who wish to attend. She will tutor people new to needlework or help those who are having a difficult time with a project and need some advice. Amanda is skilled in knitting, crochet, embroidery, and cross-stitch, but bring whatever you are working on and share it with the group!
Your Class...
Are you interested in taking a class that you don't see offered on this page? Are you interested in having an art party for adults or kids? Contact the Arts Center at 527-2517 or email our Programs & Visual Arts Director at artist@kinstoncca.com. All we need from you is:
which technique you would like learn
the names of 5 people (including yourself) who want to take the class with you
the length of time you want the class to run (1 day, 2 days, or 1 day per week for several weeks)
the approximate week you would like to take the class.
We will do the rest!
There are a number of different options to choose from:
Painting-oil, acrylic, watercolor, abstract, still-life, plein air
Furniture Painting
Drawing-still life, cartooning, figure drawing
Ceramics-wheel throwing, hand-building, painted pottery, sculpture
Collage-abstract, commemorative, traditional torn paper
Textile Arts-quilting, knitting, crochet, fabric dyeing, needlework
Floral Design
Event Planning
Crafts-bring in a craft project from a magazine or website and we will do it with the group
Whatever you can think of! Come to the Arts Center and get creative!
Music Lessons Available
We are pleased to offer numerous music lessons at The Arts Center. There are several teachers whose lessons vary in instrument, days/times offered. Please contact The Arts Center at 252-527-2517, leave your contact information and which teacher you are interested in having contact you. The teacher will personally call or email you to arrange your lessons.
TAPS
Registration for TAPS members are being accepted now. This is the after school jazz mentorship community ensemble that meets at the Arts Center. Availability for middle and high school students. No charge. Contact Sandy Landis for more information at 527-2517.
Piano
Instructor, Timothy Maddox
Guitar
Instructor, Tyler Weaver
Variety of Instruments including:
Viola, Violin, Cello, Bass, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Guitar and Electric Bass
Instructor, Mike Kinsey
CARLOS CANNON
Technician
Cell 252-521-3730
Cannon Piano Service
38 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Tuning, Repair, Moving
Appraisals, Fire & Water Inspections
