A day off of school means a day to create art! Join us at the Museum for a day of projects inspired by our collection and other great works of art!
Enameling is an ancient art of fusing powdered glass to metal, resulting in colorful designs. Campers will work in our fully equipped metalsmithing studio and will use our glass kiln to create their unique works of art. Using this technique, campers will make abstract and illustrative images on pendants, pins and various other metal objects.
Students will learn the basics of drawing and illustration. Students will create their own characters using various formats and styles, while discovering their own personal style. Portraiture and figure drawing will be taught to give students a strong anatomical foundation for drawing their comic characters and working on developing a visual narrative.
For artists interested in exploring their inner voice and getting in touch with their creativity, this class is for you! Students will learn the basics of acrylic painting alongside expressive brushwork and color application.
For artists interested in exploring their inner voice and getting in touch with their creativity, this class is for you! Students will learn the basics of acrylic painting alongside expressive brushwork and color application.
Enjoy the fun of sketching buildings and urban scenes with ink and watercolor — a technique that encompasses the visual appeal of both drawing and painting. The class will include choosing a subject, creating a composition, taking both a methodical and loose approach, line quality, paint handling, and the fundamentals of linear perspective. (These techniques will also be useful for “urban sketching” on location.) The class will include a demonstration by the instructor as well as individual instruction at each students level of ability, but it is suggested that students have basic drawing skills.
Students will work to develop acting skills through improvisation and shorts scenes, use those skills to take risks, make strong character choices, develop character relationships, and pursue acting objectives.
From the concept of an idea to premiering your finished product in front of an audience. This two-week intensive camp goes through all aspects of filmmaking. Students will learn the basics of screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, sound design, casting (from DelArt’s Theatre Camp) and everything else that goes into making a film. Each student will write, shoot, and edit their own short. Then, they will screen it for their friends/family/other campers in DelArt’s auditorium at the end of the summer.
Make Tiny Art! Artist Trading Cards are small artworks sized 2 ½” x 3 ½” done for the enjoyment of creating art and swapping it with friends. ATC’s are quick to make and lend themselves to experimentation. We’ll use collage and mixed media techniques to create an array of mini-works, and then we’ll trade with each other at the end of the session, though you may create some that you want to keep for yourself!
This watercolor class will focus on the traditional landscape with painting demonstrations for skies, water, greenery, and buildings in a relaxed setting.
There’s a whole world out there! Make a little bit of it your own in mixed media. Using a photo as a reference, start with found papers, glue, and scissors. Add paint, pen, crayons, stamps, or markers and create a landscape (seascape, urban scene, moonscape…) that you can visit anytime you like. At the end of class you’ll have a small scene finished or well on its way, and knowledge of how to create more collage landscapes on your own.
Explore a variety of printmaking techniques using the museum’s large Charles Brand etching press. Students may choose between monotype, drypoint intaglio etching, and linoleum relief – or try all three! Experienced printmakers may work independently with guidance and assistance from the instructor.
Join Hattie in the studio for a fun, 10-week class and learn how to make metal jewelry using traditional metalsmithing techniques! Students will learn how to use all of the essential jewelry-making tools to create their designs including cutting metal, filing, hammering, cold connections, textures, soldering, bezel settings and more. We will make 4-5 projects out of sterling silver and jeweler’s brass. Students are encouraged to attend all classes, as this is an info-packed class. Please bring a notepad to class.
Students of any background or enameling level will be able to participate in this multi-week class. For beginners, this means basic fusing to introductory techniques such as graphite drawing, glass etching and wet-packing, among others. More advanced students will be able to continue building on their projects while techniques such as luster, overglazes, underglazes, and various other surface decoration techniques are incorporated. Techniques covered: fusing, counter enameling, wet-packing graphite drawing, glass etching, under and overglazes, basse-taille, luster.
Students should have soldering and sawing skills. You will be learning to make a pendant by drilling into a beach pebble (provided by the teacher) to overlay a small stone on the pebble as well as creating a tube rivet through the pebble to hang the pendant on a cord or chain.
Explore the art of hand building pottery in this engaging class designed for all skill levels! You’ll learn techniques such as pinching, coiling, and slab construction to create unique, functional, and decorative pieces while exploring forms and textures in a relaxed atmosphere.
