Rhizome's classes are about putting kids in the same room (or virtual space) with working artists to create room for shared energy and exploration; for kids to get a feel for what drives and inspires them to create and to learn some of the skills that provide the foundation of their artistic practices. These will be small, friendly, relaxed classes focused on creative collaboration and open-minded engagement with the material. Please email info@rhizomedc.org with any questions. Scholarships available.
Writing for Flow | Mondays 4-4:50pm ONLINE | Ages 9-11
Mixed Arts - Sculpturama | Tuesdays 410-510pm OUTSIDE WITH MASKS | Ages 8-11
Exploring Creativity through 7 Elements of Art | Wednesdays 4-5pm ONLINE | Ages 8-12
Mixed Arts - Lost & Found | Thursdays 410-510pm OUTSIDE WITH MASKS | Ages 8-11
Classes begin the week of September 20 and run through the week of December 13.
Writing for Flow | Mondays 4-4:50pm ONLINE | Ages 9-11 | Sliding scale: $140-$195
This is a play-based practice class for 9-11 year olds. Creative prompts, group writing activities, and in-class writing sessions-- great for enthusiastic writers but designed to entice the reluctant or inhibited writer too. Writing as a form of play helps shorten the distance between the thoughts in our heads and the words on the page. Go wild, and go for the giggles, while building stamina, confidence, and appreciation for the possibilities of the blank page.
Mixed Arts - Sculpturama | Tuesdays 410-510pm | Ages 8-11 | Two 6-week sessions starting Sept.21 - $80-$110 each session
Try out different materials like fiber plaster, wood and cardboard to create unique 3D art projects over several weeks. Play collaborative art games with other participants that will expand your ideas about sculpture.
Exploring Creativity through 7 Elements of Art | Wednesdays 4-5pm ONLINE | Ages 8-12 | Sliding scale: $195-270
THIS IS AN ONLINE COURSE. Throughout the semester, students will learn about Line, Color, Shape, Form, Pattern, Space, and Texture. Each week students will be introduced to a new element and an artist who explored that element. Objective: Understand and develop a relationship with the fundamental elements of art, and develop the skills to identify these elements in popular motifs and artworks. Students will also be challenged to explore new ways of expressing these elements through the performance arts, visual arts, and sound. With these skills, students will build the confidence to speak about artworks and create artworks that are deeply rooted in the art elements. Creativity is the ability to bring things that were once invisible into the light.
Mixed Arts - Lost & Found | Thursdays 410-510pm | Ages 8-11 | Two 6-week sessions starting Sept.23 - $80-$110 each session
Look no further than your pocket, up at the sky or in the refrigerator for inspiration for your next art project! Just about anything can get an idea going.. Participants will try out techniques such as collage, decollage and assemblage with found objects and other art materials. Play some collaborative games and make projects with new friends in this after school series of workshops.
About the instructors:
Maps Glover creates work inspired by human behavior and pervasive social issues. He illustrates how time affects behavior, and how observation alters perspective. He constructs portals in which the characters he creates exist and experience the world or maps around them. Often the works address emotion, thought, conflicting colors, and distorted Characters. Maps has created works at Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building, Transformer DC, and more. His unconventional approach to expressionism evolves the birth of something new.
Anna Josephson is a homeschooling parent in the District. She grew up in Alaska, where she received Socratic seminar education starting at age 12. She is a published author currently shopping her first novel.
Caroline MacKinnon is a parent, artist and educator who lives in Takoma Park, MD. She teaches ceramics classes to children and adults at the Takoma Park Community Center. She also holds art workshops for small groups in area schools and has previously run arts camps at Rhizome. She likes meeting people, making art and collecting things.