Welcome!
Caryn Duncan, owner of Creative Spirit Art Studio, offers art classes, artist workshops, and summer camp programs in a welcoming environment where students, ages five and up, can explore their creative process while developing skills and craftsmanship. Creative Spirit Art Studio is located in the historic One Washington Center, suite 201. Our focus is to help facilitate students in developing choice based art projects. Students explore their personal artistic interest by choosing their subject matter to work from and art mediums to work with. A variety of mediums are offered: drawing, painting, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture and more!
We teach art techniques that can be learned and then transfered while discovering the joy of the process of creating original artwork. It is our goal to encourage the creative spirit by acknowledging that there are many expressions of art. The end results of the art making process is as unique as the person creating it.
Creative Spirit Art Class Schdule
Weekly Classes For Kids!
September 2009-June 2010
Our weekly classes, for children ages 5-14, run September through June. Classes are designed to help students develop artistic skills at their own pace and produce their own personal portfolio of artwork. Students’ artwork will be featured in a group art exhibit in the Spring of 2010. Classes meet once a week for one hour.
*please see our studio policies for ongoing enrollment
Art Fundamentals (ages 5-7)
Tuesdays 4-5 or Thursdays 5-6
Students will be introduced to mediums in drawing, painting, and printmaking in order to experience exploratory manipulation of a variety of art materials. Concepts of color, pattern, texture, shape and line will be incorporated into projects that will express their ideas and feelings.
Art I (ages 8-10)
Tuesdays 5-6 or Thursdays 4-5
The focus will be to develop artistic and perceptual skills in drawing, painting, and collage. Students will develop ideas for projects that explore their individual interpretation of their environment, figure drawing, landscapes, and the still life. Students will develop sketches into compositions that are based upon using harmony, variety and contrasts of art elements such as line, shape, value, balance, and dominance. Students are required to purchase a sketch book for weekly homework assignments.
Art II (ages 11-14)
Wednesday 4-5
This class will focus on an in-depth exploration with materials to develop more advanced skills in the student’s individual choice of media. Students will be expected to plan projects by investigating resources for inspiration and information and follow through their ideas to a completed project that maintains a quality of workmanship. Students will be encouraged to expand their personal horizons by exploring a variety of strategies and exercises to enhance creativity and imagination. Students are required to purchase a sketchbook for weekly homework assignments.
Tuition is $60 per month, classes meet once a week for 1 hour, all materials are provided unless noted in class description
Our updated class schedule for our fall classes will be posted the week of August 10th and registration will begin August 14th. Students will be accepted on a first come basis and class size is limited to 5 students.
Summer Art Camps
Creative Spirit summer camp is an art program for students’ ages 5-10. Our focus emphasizes individual expression in a small group setting. Choose from themes that have been developed into week long programs that will nurture your child’s creativity while they explore their imagination and develop art skills based upon the fundamentals of art. Students will engage in a variety of art making techniques based upon their preference of art mediums. Camp hours are Monday through Friday 9am until noon. Pre-registration is required and students will be accepted on a first come basis. Each session is limited to 6 students.
Adult Artist Workshops
Creative spirit artist workshops are open to all levels of experience and are open to ages teen through adult. They are designed to guide you through your creative process while introducing you to new techniques using traditional art mediums to create unique one of a kind artwork that reflects your own personal style.
Artful Painting
Artful Painting
A day long workshop that will teach tips, tools, and techniques that will help spark ideas to expand your creativity and add a new concepts that will help you build a creative toolbox. What ever your level of experience this workshop will take you on a journey that will help you find inspiration and create one-of-a kind paintings with your own personal style.
January 16th from 10am-3 pm
Cost $85.00 and includes some materials
Pre-registration is required.
A material list will be supplied after registration
Creative Ladies Night Out
Nourish your inner artist and expand your creative community. An evening to share ideas, materials, laughter, stories, and snacks while making fun whimsical art with a small group of other like minded creative women.Commit to making time to meet once a month for a series of six months.We work at our own levels of experience while learning about new materials and techniques. We all bring our own favorite materials to use and share with the group. I will act as the facilitator to jump-start the process on the first meeting. Everyone will get a goody bag that contains a variety of materials to work with (please also bring your own to incorporate into these). New this year - mini workshop nights, if you would like to lead the group and share a specific project or technique there will be a sign up sheet, just pick a month that is available and give a short description of the project. You will be given part of the intake of donations for that night to cover some of the materials cost for the project. The cost will be to contribute $10 a month to go towards snacks and studio expenses.
1st Monday of each month from 7-9PM
2nd Monday of each month from 7-9 PM
(Please choose a day that will work best for you that will be your group to attend.) Pre-registration is required.
$10 donation/per night
Book a creative get together with you personal group of friends and we will host it. Minimum of at least 4 and can accommodate up to 7. Please contact us for further details.
