COURSE OFFERINGS
Courses & Classes
This page has ALL of our course offerings listed in alphabetical order by course title. We also listed these courses by categories on our website such as Pottery Courses, Kid & Teen Courses, Adult Courses. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for registration and payment
ART COLLEGE PORTFOLIO PREPARATION
We provide private art lessons to students working on art portfolios in which are needed for entrance or either private school, art college, or art concentrations. We provide instruction in compliance of the National AP Art Standards in conjunction with the students' interests and specific needs for each college or private school they are applying to.
Please contact the art center at info@shoetownartcenter directly to schedule a day and time that works best for you.
CHARACTER DESIGN
In this course, students will learn how to design a character and an environment for them to live in. Students will explore different famous character designs along with different genres that they can draw inspiration from. After that, they will learn about anatomy, color schemes, silhouettes, and other essentials for entering the world of character design. We will also practice worldbuilding, or creating a relevant environment for a character to live in. By the end of the course, students will have built a successful, unique character with their own world to live in.
Week One: Intro (quick breakdown of human figure, work on facial proportions/expressions)
Week Two: Review last week 15 mins, brainstorm/show examples/discuss
Week Three: Finalize character concepts, work on a small world for them to live in
Week Four: Begin character turnaround/expression sheet
Week Five: character turnaround/expression sheet/info packet
Week Six: Final concepts/discuss
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We have rolling admissions for these courses, students can start at any time as long as the course has an opening. The course sessions run one day a week for a total of 6 weeks.
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Materials are included in the course fee. ​
DRAWING
The coursework follows a sequence of studies that introduces basic drawing techniques, media, and composition through observation and analysis of natural and manufactured forms. The students will be introduced to a variety of materials used for drawing such as pen and ink, oil pastels, and soft pastels. Students will learn about perspective, contour, gesture, the use of positive/negative space, value line and mass. These modalities will be emphasized in relationship to the design and organization of composition. Students will draw from observation, still life, landscapes and will learn the principals of human figure and portraiture. Through regular critiques, students will begin to make critical decisions about their work.
Materials are included in the course fee.
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EXPRESSIVEÂ ARTS FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
Expressive Arts for adults is a group class in which feelings, experiences, and potential for growth are explored through the process of creating a variety of art projects using mediums such as painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking. The process provides both a verbal and non-verbal vehicle to increase insight, develop strengths, and integrate feelings. Group lessons focus on increasing social pragmatic skills, building interpersonal relationship skills, working as a team and using a variety of art mediums as a modality to express one’s self.
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We have rolling admissions for this course; students can start at any time as long as the course has an opening. The course session runs one day a week for a total of 6 weeks.
Materials are included in the course fee.
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FOUNDATION IN ARTS FOR KIDS
Foundation in Art for Kids is a small group course designed after the "foundation year" art college students typically experience their freshman year. It is a group class in which potential for creative growth is explored through exposure of a variety of mediums such as painting, drawing, sculpture, pottery, bookmaking, fiber arts, art games, and much more. This process allows us to teach the students the many ways different mediums can be used as a vehicle to express one's self, while at the same time help our students cultivate a comfortable understanding of multi-media. This class provides both a verbal and non-verbal vehicle to increase insight, develop strengths, learn technical skills and integrate feelings. Group lessons focus on increasing social pragmatic skills, building interpersonal relationship skills, working as a team, developing knowledge and experience using different fine art mediums as a modality to express one’s self.
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We have rolling admissions for these courses; students can start at any time as long as the course has an opening. The course sessions run one day a week for a total of 6 weeks.
Materials are included in the course fee.
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FOUNDATION IN ARTS FOR TEENS
Foundation in Art for Teens is a small group course designed after the "foundation year" art college students typically experience their freshman year. It is a group class in which potential for creative growth is explored through exposure of a variety of mediums such as painting, drawing, sculpture, pottery, bookmaking, fiber arts, art games, and much more. This process allows us to teach the students the many ways different mediums can be used as a vehicle to express one's self, while at the same time help our students cultivate a comfortable understanding of multi-media. This class provides both a verbal and non-verbal vehicle to increase insight, develop strengths, learn technical skills and integrate feelings. Group lessons focus on increasing social pragmatic skills, building interpersonal relationship skills, working as a team, developing knowledge and experience using different fine art mediums as a modality to express one’s self.
We have rolling admissions for this course; students can start at any time as long as the class has an opening.
Materials are included in the course fee.
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POTTERY & CERAMICS Â COURSESÂ FOR ADULTS
Registration OPEN
Course Days & times:
Monday
June 5, 2023 through July 24, 2023
(6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24)
Course one- Monday 5:30- 7:30PM *OPEN
Course two- Monday 7:30- 9:30PM *OPEN
Tuesday
June 6, 2023 through August 1, 2023
(6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1)
Course three- Tuesday 5:30-7:30PM *OPEN
Course four- Tuesday 7:30- 9:30PM *OPEN
Wednesday
June 7, 2023 through July 26, 2023
(6/7, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26)
Course five- Wednesday 7-9PM *OPEN
Thursday 7-9PM
June 8, 2023- July 27, 2023
(6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27)
Course six- 7-9PM *OPEN
Saturday
June 10, 2023 through July 29, 2023
(6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29)
Course seven- Saturday 1-3PM *OPEN
Course eight- Saturday 3-5PM *OPEN
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Course Description:
This 6-week course will run within a 8-week flexible time frame of your choice from the time of your first class. Basically, you will pay for and attend 6 classes, but it is up to you what days to come within an eight-week period. We wanted to allow flexibility so adults can attend, but also be able to miss a class when needed.
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This course is for students of all experience levels and will focus on understanding and applying the aesthetics, processes, form, and function of the ceramics art form. Students will learn many of the following skills, hand building (pinch & coil), wheelwork (centering, pulling, shaping, attachments, cylinder and bowl forms), glazing, and sculptural (additive, subtractive, positive, negative methods). At minimum, wheel access will be split during each class each student will have an hour of designated wheel access per session during the adult sessions while students are not accessing the wheel we provide various hand building projects and lessons each week for beginning and returning students in the areas of coil, pitching, slab molds, drape molds etc.
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All materials such as clay (up to 25 pounds per person) and glaze will be provided with the cost of the course as well as tools. If students want more than 25 pounds of clay or a specific type of glaze that isn’t provided at STAC they may choose to purchase it for extra when we have it in stock, otherwise we can recommend a vendor.
Although there are many days and times to choose from, once you choose one day and time, you can not switch to another one, for example if you choose to register for Tuesday at 7:30, you can not switch to Thursday 7-9 or any other day/ time.
Classes that do not meet the minimum requirement of participants to run will be fully refunded. We need a minimum of 10 students to run the class and have a maximum of 16.
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You must register and pay to reserve a spot in the course.
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POTTERY & CERAMICS FOR KIDS AND TEENS
This course will focus on understanding and applying the aesthetics, processes, form, and function of the ceramics art form. All students will develop a vocabulary specific to the medium and be aware of the safety issues involved in working with ceramic materials and techniques. Students will learn many of the following skills, hand building (pinch & coil), wheelwork (centering, pulling, shaping, attachments, cylinder and bowl forms), glazing, and sculptural (additive, subtractive, positive, negative methods).
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We have rolling admissions for these courses, students can start at any time as long as the course has an opening. The course sessions run one day a week for a total of 6 weeks.
Materials are included in the course fee.
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POTTERY OPEN STUDIO FOR ADULTS
This is an OPEN STUDIO with a the focus in Pottery/ Ceramics -
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This is a designated time ONLY for CURRENT & FORMER students enrolled in the 2022/ 23 Pottery & Ceramics Adult classes. This is time in which they can come in and independently work on projects with the support of a studio assistant.
Check the Registration link below for updated available open studio days and times.
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Policies for Kid & Teen Courses
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Payment
All classes and sessions must be paid for in full in advance.
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Holidays and Vacations
Our courses do not run during Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve, New Years day.
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Snow Days
WEEKDAYS; When Haverhill Public Schools have snow days all art classes are cancelled.
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WEEKENDS; If there is a snow storm and class is cancelled it will be posted on the website and or facebook page.
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ALL DAYS We will cancel classes during declared weather emergencies.
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Abandoned Artwork
When artwork is left behind after course completion for 30 days or more it is considered abandoned.
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Absence Policy for rolling admission courses (non-flex Courses)
We have a 24 hour cancellation policy for our open enrollment and flex courses, and therefore require a minimum of a 24 hour notice in order for classes to be made up, otherwise they are considered a no show and forfeited.
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Absence Policy for Flex Courses
Flex courses are a total of 6 classes that run once per week within a 8-week flexible time frame of your choice from the time of your first class. Basically, you will pay for and attend 6 classes, but it is up to you what days to come within an eight-week period. We wanted to allow flexibility so adults can attend, but also be able to miss a class when needed. Therefore there is no need to notify us of an absence or to arrange a time to make up a class.
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