Young Artists: Picturing Home (ages 8 – 10)
Monday, June 12 – Friday, June 16, 2017
9 AM – 4 PM
Students spend a week investigating the idea of home through drawing, acrylic painting, watercolor painting, and printmaking. In this Young Artists class, students discover the meanings in artworks in the Museum’s permanent collection, through guided close investigation, and apply those ideas to the creation of their own personal expression of home and comfort. Cost: $250.
Teacher: Adam Farcus is the William R. Hollingsworth Fellow in Engagement and Learning at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Farcus’ classes and their personal artwork asks people to become engaged and rigorous investigators of the world around them. They have hold an MFA in studio art from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BFA in painting and drawing from Illinois State University. Their work has been exhibited at numerous venues, including Vox Populi, Philadelphia; the American University Museum, and A+D Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago. They have lectured on their work at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Performance Studies International 16 conference, among many others.
Members: Sign In/Register at the top of the page to receive your discount. Discount will automatically be deducted once the reservation is complete.
No refunds within 30 days of class start date. Museum reserves right to cancel class 10 days prior if minimum student registration is not met. In the event of cancellation, tuition will be fully refunded.