Children and Teen Classes
- Sunday
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Drama
- Drawing
- Painting and Drawing
- Paper and printmaking
- Sculpture
K1A | Family Art & Storytelling
Introduce your preschoolers to art experiences. Children will focus on one artwork, read a related story picture book and create an art project with their adult companion. A fun and engaging way for young children to enjoy art.
K1B | Family Art & Storytelling
Introduce your preschoolers to art experiences. Children will focus on one artwork, read a related story picture book and create an art project with their adult companion. A fun and engaging way for young children to enjoy art.
K2 | Art & Storytelling (In-Studio)
Specially designed for 5-year-olds, this class combines children’s love of artmaking and storytelling. Children will be inspired by artworks, nature, and story books and explore a variety of materials to create artworks filled with imagination. A fun and engaging class that promotes self-expression and creativity.
K3 | Summer Community Art Project (In-Studio)
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays - Meets 8 times
Art becomes the common thread for building community every summer at Woodmere. Children and teens from different neighborhoods in the Philadelphia region meet at Woodmere to create a collaborative work of art. Working alongside professional artists, students design and construct an outdoor art installation that is incorporated into Woodmere’s Children’s Butterfly Garden.
Woodmere is grateful to the generous supporters who have helped underwrite expenses for this program.
K4 | Garden Artist Book & Papermaking (In-Studio)
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays - Meets 5 times
Make a work of art in book form and discover the fun art of papermaking! The creative process unfolds as pulp becomes paper. We’ll begin by staining the pulp to make papers of different colors. Then, we’ll explore experimental printmaking using fruits and veggies to create images that capture their natural designs of shapes and textures. Finally, students will learn fun and interesting bookbinding techniques to bring our artist books all together.
K5 | Myths & Monsters (In-Studio)
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays - Meets 4 times
Let your imagination run wild by learning about myths, fables, and trickster tales from various cultures around the world. Students will create their own fantastic creatures, masks, shields, and vessels. A fun exploration of materials, stories, and creative experiences.
Summer Studio Class | Painting Fun
Thursdays
Fridays - Meets 3 times
Discover new ways to create images with a variety of fun painting techniques. Explore acrylic and watercolor painting and interesting ways of mixing colors. Use sand, salt, oil pastels, tape, q-tips, forks, stamps, cotton balls, glitter, and more to see what happens when different processes are combined and create your own unique paintings.
Summer Studio Class | Create a Rainforest (Outside & In-Studio)
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays - Meets 5 times
Come create a rainforest! Our creations will become part of an installation in Woodmere’s Millard Children’s Gallery titled Walk in the Rainforest that will open in September. We will make all the rainforest's layers, from the forest floor to the overstory, with the plants and animals that inhabit each one.
Draw and paint, make sculpture and origami, and discover other possibilities along the way! The rainforest will be our constant guide, teacher, and inspiration. Participants will experience the fun of transforming recycled materials and art materials into all kinds of living things and can work independently or collaboratively.
Class will be outside with social distancing or inside the studio depending on the air quality. Please contact the education department if a younger child would like to attend.
Summer Studio Class A | Teen Painting and Drawing
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays - Meets 4 times
This class is a balance of instruction and guided mentorship for teenagers to develop their individual artistic style. Students will strengthen their abilities with color, drawing, and composition and explore a variety of materials such as acrylics, charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, oil pastels and more. They will work from observation and experiment with both representation and abstraction to enrich their artistic voice and self-expression. You can sign up for one week or both weeks.
Summer Studio Class B | Teen Painting and Drawing
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays - Meets 5 times
This class is a balance of instruction and guided mentorship for teenagers to develop their individual artistic style. Students will strengthen their abilities with color, drawing, and composition and explore a variety of materials such as acrylics, charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, oil pastels and more. They will work from observation and experiment with both representation and abstraction to enrich their artistic voice and self-expression. You can sign up for one week or both weeks.
Summer Studio Class | The World of Sculpture
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays - Meets 5 times
Children explore the fun and imaginative world of three dimensional art! They will create paper sculptures and pop-up books, build with clay and paper mache, and construct with cardboard to discover this unique form of artistic expression. Projects will be finished with paint. Children will be encouraged to experiment and see how their ideas come alive in the world of sculpture.
Theatre Horizons Summer Drama Camp
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays - Meets 5 times
At Theater Horizon's Summer Drama Camp, young actors spend a week working as an ensemble to create an original play full of drama, comedy, suspense, and unique characters. Campers are guided through playwriting basics and fun improvisation games by our professional teaching artists. On the last day, they perform their world premier play for an audience! In Drama Camp, children make new friends, build listening and ensemble skills, take on leadership roles, and explore their creativity.