After School Art - 2024

After School Art is a great opportunity for kids to play and learn in Kentuck's Studio 2. These multi-day classes meet once a week for a month, so students get to experiment with a wide variety of artistic media and make some new friends. Let the kiddos play at Kentuck for an hour and a half while you take care of you! This year there will be 2 opportunities. Our Tuesday class is for ages 12-16. Our Wednesday class is for ages 8-12. Each week, the theme will be the same and scaled to suit the participating age. Please note that the times are different for the two days to fit the schools schedules of each age group! Registration ($80) covers all days of this multi-day class, and all supplies are included. Ages 12-16: Tuesdays from 4pm-5:30pm Ages 8-12: Wednesdays from 3:30pm-5:00pm September: Week 1: Self Portraits Week 2: Encaustic Week 3: Printmaking Week 4: Plein Air October: Week 1: Painting Week 2: Tessellation Week 3: Collage Week 4: Masks November: Week 1: Book Arts Week 2: Music Week 3: Paper Mache Week 4: Drawing This class will be located in Studio 2 which is located behind Rusty the big red dog on our campus. Look for the blue double doors in the Courtyard of Wonders! All supplies are included. This class is open to ages 8-12 and 12-16 There is a minimum of 2 participants and a maximum of 8. If the minimum is not met, participants will be refunded.  About Molly Nelko: A native of Mobile, AL, Molly Nelko has joined Kentuck’s staff as our Programming Assistant! She attended Springhill College and received a BA in fine art with a focus on oil painting and printmaking. Her work has been in individual exhibitions from Portland, OR to Hilton Head SC, and can be found online. Molly currently lives in Tuscaloosa with her husband, three children, and cat Quill. She has experimented with many different forms of art, and some of her favorites are encaustic, tessellations, and ink wash. Molly currently works in her studio regularly, but her focus has become more about enjoying creative projects with her children. This workshop is sponsored in part by the Arts & Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa, the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and the National Endownment for the Arts.