Enjoy some creative time and have some fun with fellow budding artists in this popular 2-D art class! In this class, your instructor will help you discover new ways to draw and perfect your painting techniques. Through fun class demonstrations, you will learn all about color, line, and shape to add variety to your artwork. Experiment with all kinds of art materials, including pencils, pastels, watercolors, and tempera, as you create your very own masterpieces! Join us during our last class for a class art show to celebrate our students' hard work!
Dive into this exciting class, full of great opportunities to create new clay projects! From pinch pot critters to ceramic wall pockets, you will experiment with form, shape, texture, and the art and techniques of building with clay. Try your hand at molding, mushing, and rolling your clay into all kinds of wonderful creations. Once your creations have dried, you will experiment with the world of color as we glaze our pieces. Then, they go into the kiln, coming out just in time for our art show!
Learn how the pros did it! By exploring some of the contemporary art's best and brightest and working with a wide range of techniques and materials, students will get inspired to create their own amazing works of art! Join us during our last class for a class art show to celebrate our student's hard work!
Create together this holiday season! Instructor Sara Spahn will teach you how to upcycle everyday objects into memorable holiday gifts. All materials will be provided so that you can focus on making your upcycled gifts of art. Upcycling is a wonderful way to share art stewardship with your family. Bring a favorite 4×6 photo to put in your newly customized frame, and join us as we make all sorts of art gifts together.
Relax and get creative with the whole family during this returning favorite workshop! Learn how to transform plant pulps into beautiful paper arts, including eco-friendly seed paper that you can send to your loved ones so that they can plant it and watch it grow. With a mix of traditional paper-making techniques and playful, experimental methods, you’ll explore endless pulp possibilities.
Do you have a budding artist? Private lessons are available for youth (ages 6-11) and young adults (ages 11 - 16). Lessons will include 4, 1-hour sessions guided by an art center instructor. Lessons involve focused instruction on drawing or water-based painting mediums, customized to fit the student's creative interests. Lessons are for individual instruction. Group lessons are available for a maximum of 2 students. Please call for group pricing. When registering mulitple students for a private lesson, one parent is responsibile for coordinating the availability with other parents.
Private Lesson Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel a lesson, we will need 24 hour notice in order to reschedule. There are no refunds after the first lesson.
Payment? We require full payment for private lessons before the first lesson begins.
Individual Private Lessons: 4 one hour sessions for $175
Group Private Lessons: Please call for group pricing
Online Private Lessons Application
All cancellations for classes, camps, and labs will incur a $50.00 administrative fee ($25 for workshops). Your refund will reflect this fee.
Full refunds or credits (minus the cancellation fee) will be offered if cancellation is made 10 business days or more prior to the start date of the class, workshop, lab, or camp.
A 50% refund or credit (minus the cancellation fee) on the cost of the class will be issued if a cancellation request is made within 6-10 business days prior to class, workshop, or camp.
No refund or credits will be given for cancellation requests made 5 business days or less prior to class, workshop, or camp. There are no refunds after the first session of the class, workshop, or camp.
No refunds, credits, or make-ups are offered for individuals who miss a class session, workshop, lab, or camp. No refunds or credits if asked to leave a current class, workshop or camp due to misconduct. Please read our behavior policy.
Through the Susi Larsen & Cameron Serbu Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Madeleine Christenson Scholarship, the Maude Kerns Art Center is able to provide arts education to all who are passionate about art but may need financial assistance to achieve their artistic endeavors. Scholarships are available for all age ranges and all classes with the exception of private lessons.
We are currently offering 50% of the cost of tuition (which does not include any material or studio fees).To be considered applicants must fill out the application prior to registration and payment. If awarded, applicants will be contacted for the remaining payment.
Print Scholarship Application ~ OR ~ Online Scholarship Application
In the event of bad weather, including snow to high heat conditions, the Art Center will hold any outdoor classes inside. If traveling to the art center isn't advisable, we will cancel classes for that day and a make-up session will be held at a later date. Please check our website for updates after 12 pm on the day in question to see if afternoon and evening classes are canceled.
MKAC has a parking lot for art students, visitors, and staff. If you happen to arrive for your class and the parking lot is full, please come into the office and grab a parking pass. This will override the street parking time limits for your class time!