Youth Classes

Hours: Tuesday: 10 am- 5 pm ; Wednesday- Saturday, 10 am–4 pm

Summer Art Camps with Kalispell Parks & Recreation

June 17-20

FUN WITH FIBERS 10:00 am-12:00 pm (ages 6-10)

Make your foray into the world of fiber arts with yarn painting, knitting, fabric dyeing, and simple stitching projects to create wall hangings, stuffed animals, and decorative containers.

FANTASTIC FIBERS 1:00 pm-4:00 pm (ages 10-14)

Explore a variety of ways for making art using fibers, threads, and fabric. Make artistic creations with knitting, fabric dying, weaving, textile collage, stitching, yarn painting, and more!

July 22-25

STORYMAKING ART 10:00 am-12:00 pm (ages 6-10)

Investigate unique ways artists tell stories with art. Paint a story, create a sculpture, make your own picture book, and explore the world of stop-motion animation.

STOP-MOTION ANIMATION 1:00 pm-4:00 pm (ages 10-14)

Create stop-motion animation while learning how the process works. Animators will practice a wide range of skills while planning a storyline, creating characters, props, and scenery, taking camera shots, and learning to edit their project.

August 12-15

ART EXPLORATIONS 10:00 am-12:00 pm (ages 6-10)

Hands-on experiences using paint, metal, clay, and other art materials will be the inspiration for some awesome art creations to take home from this class.

ART FROM A to Z 1:00 pm-4:00 pm (ages 11-14)

Investigate art making techniques and mediums for each letter of the alphabet. Drawing, painting, printing, and collage making are just the beginning of our art concept and process explorations.

Winter & Spring Classes

Click the above button to register for homeschool or after school art classes in 2025!

Homeschool Art

HOMESCHOOL ART

Ages: 6-14

When: Wednesdays 10:30 am-12:00 pm

Cost per 3-class session: $30

Visit the galleries for inspiration, learn to speak the language of art, and make your own artistic creations. Each session focuses on a particular theme, artist, or art medium. Projects include drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, etc. with modifications for beginning and advanced level students.

Homeschool Winter Session 1 – January 15, 22, 29

Homeschool Winter Session 2 – February 5, 12, & 19

Homeschool Winter Session 3 – March 12, 19, & April 2

Homeschool Spring Session 1 –April 16, 23, & 30

Homeschool Spring Session 2 – May 7, 14, & 21

After School Art

AFTERSCHOOL ART

Ages: 7-14 (Grades 2-8)

When: Tuesdays, 3:30-4:50pm

Cost per four-session class is $40.

Class begins with a 15 minute “drawing warmup” so that students with later school release times do not miss instruction time. Focused instruction begins at 3:45pm.

Sculpture Innovators

January 28, February 4, 11, & 18

Develop skills in the creation of art structures using height, width, and depth. Students will design, experiment, and create original three-dimensional art using different sculptural methods: carving, casting, modeling, and construction.

4 session class $40.00

Exploring Color (Pastels)

February 25, March 11 & 18, April 1

Explore the vibrant world of pastels and unleash your creativity as you learn how colors interact with each other and how they can be used for visual effects. Acquire skills in blending, layering, and making textures while creating stunning works of art using oil and soft pastels.

4 session class $40.00

Inky Fingers (Printmaking)

April 22 & 28, May 6 & 13

Use positive and negative space, texture, line, and shape to design original art prints. Print-making encounters will include techniques for making monoprints, collagraphs, and relief prints.

4 session class $40.00

Pre-school Art Adventures

Every Tuesday, 11:30am-12:00pm

Ages: 2-5, accompanied by an adult guardian

Pre-registration is not required

Note: there are no class sessions on December 24 & 31 and January 7 due to holiday & office closures

Using paper, paint, markers, crayons, and glue, preschool artists and their adult helpers share fun art projects to encourage creativity and develop basic art skills. Pre-school Art activities focus on process. Young artists practice skills in using pencils, scissors, glue, paint, etc. with the assistance of their parent/gaurdian helpers. Basic art vocabulary such as color, line, and shape are reinforced. Children are encouraged to listen to and follow directions as well as to help clean up after themselves.

Suggested donation $3 for child of non-members. Free with membership.

Scholarships

Full or partial scholarships for children’s classes for those with financial need are available through the Glacier Art Museum Ed Bailey Scholarship fund. Please direct Scholarship requests to Kathy Martin, Director of Education (education@glacierartmuseum.org), before signing up for class.

Visit Us

Summer Hours:

Tuesday: 10 am- 5 pm; Wednesday through Saturday 10 am- 4 pm

302 2nd Avenue East – Kalispell, Montana 59901
Call Us: (406) 755-5268
Email Us: info@glacierartmuseum.org

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