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Welcome to Wildcat Art!
Please join us at the 4th Annual UApresents Children’s Festival Sunday, January 29, 2012 from 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm. The festival will take place on the Centennial Hall patio right before the show Imago Theatre’s ZooZoo at 4pm. We will be offering art activities for children and their families!
Our 18th Annual series of Spring 2012 Classes will begin on Saturday, March 3rd! Please contact us for a Registration Flyer! Registration is $90 for the 9 Saturday program. There is a multi-child discount: Additional children pay $80. Families with documented financial need (e.g., eligibility for free or reduced price school lunch) are eligible for a limited number of half-tuition ($45) scholarships. Please contact us for further information!
Our curriculum has included experiences in movement and contemporary dance; narrative and storytelling; collographic printing; cyanotype photography; post-modern architecture; clay; stop-frame animation, and other art-making processes. Themes and issues we will explore include personal geographies; diversity; our desert environment and sustainability; community; collaboration; and identity! We’ve visited both the Arizona State Museum and the Center for Creative Photography, too (and were visited by local artists)!
Questions? Use our contact form or send an email message to wildcatart@cfa.arizona.edu for further information and for registration materials! Registration will begin in December 2011!
Wildcat Art classes are structured to encourage students to explore ideas and issues through contemporary (digital media, installation, performance) and traditional art media & practices (drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, design). Experiences are designed specifically for students at each age/grade level from kindergarten through adolescence (K-12). Classes are taught by advanced and graduate art & visual culture education students, in collaboration with art & visual culture education faculty.
Cost: $90. $80 for additional children from the same family. $45 with scholarship (scholarships are limited) for families with documented financial need.
Classes run every Saturday from 9:30am – 12:00 noon and are held in the School of Art Building on the University of Arizona campus. Our 2012 schedule is as follows: Classes will meet each Saturday, from March 3rd through April 28th, with the exception of March 17th (our Spring Break). Our exhibition will open on May 1st, and our closing reception will be held on Saturday, May 5th from 11:30 – 1:00.
Our annual exhibition is held at the University of Arizona Union Gallery, and culminates in a closing reception for students and their families.