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Youth Art Program
The Youth Art Program sponsored by
Agrium Advanced Technologies
is in its 3rd year. This fabulous program brings artists, art teachers and art professionals together with our youth to explore creativity and develop an interest in art. Our goal is to help young people learn to express themselves artistically and build confidence and self-esteem through art. We believe this may be achieved by connecting young artists with positive role models who through a program of teaching and mentoring will help them develop their skills and showcase their talent. To register please contact
Karen Clinton at 632-7964 or Cinda Lund at 632-9073. Download the poster here.
YOUTH ART PROGRAM – June 2
Time: 1pm-5pm
Location: Ayr Arena
Cost: $3.00 per person.
Pottery: Paint a Tile: Sharon Clayton
Class # 1 1pm – 2pm
Ages: 6-9 yrs.
Class Size: 8 students
Class # 2 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Ages: 8-12 yrs.
Class Size: 10 students
Class # 3 4pm – 5pm
Ages: 12-18 yrs
Class Size: 10 students
“Celebrating Ayr – A Great Place to Live”. The students will paint a scene of what it means to them to live in Ayr . Each student will create a draft of their work in pencil and paper. Then they will paint this image on 6 inch square with pottery paints and glaze. The potter will fire them in her kiln and have them ready to enter in the Fresh Ayr Festival Youth Art Contest the following week.
Oil Painting: Janette Perry 1pm – 5pm
Ages: 10-18
Class Size: 8 students
This class will be offered to senior students with a strong desire to learn oil painting techniques from an experienced artist. Janette regularly shows her work in galleries and in shows in the Waterloo Region. In 2005 Janette's students worked on a collaborative piece of work that currently hangs in the Ayr Library. Janette is interested in doing another collaborative work again with her students. As a result, the class will be 4 hours in length to allow her students to work on their own canvass as well as contributing to the group painting. (Include digital image of the library canvass)
Drawing for Young Ones: Cinda Hilton Lund
Class #1: 1pm – 2pm
Ages: 4-6 yrs
Class Size: 10 students
Class # 2 2pm – 3pm
Ages: 4-6 yrs.
Class Size: 10 students
The goal of this class is to get the creative juices flowing with a series of contour and gesture drawings. In the first half of the class the focus is on fun and the teacher will keep their attention with a series of quick drawing activities designed to make them feel good about themselves as artists. The second half of the class will have them doing a self portrait. The emphasis in this section will be on portraying themselves with emotion rather than putting the eyes and noses in correct proportion. The children will be thrilled with the results as little Picasso-like images emerge!
Cartoon Drawing & Graphics: Steve Greer 1pm-3pm
Ages: 8-18
Class Size: 20 students
This class will be offered to those students interested in drawing with a more creative flair for cartoon images. The class is structured to be a free-flowing exchange of ideas between the Guest Artist and students. Steve Thomas Greer is a professional Graphic design artist located in Ayr , who designs and manufacturers' signage for various restaurants and business around the world under his company logo “Abracadabra Designs”. His unique creativity and incredible personality lends itself well to managing a large group of students with a willingness to learn quickly and have fun with cartoon images.
Watercolor on Canvas: Phil McLorn & Joan Roe 1pm – 3pm
Ages: 10-18 – Phil McLorn Class Size: 12 students
Ages: 6-10 - Joan Roe Class Size: 10 students
Phil McLorn & Joan Roe offer are local artists who reside right here in our village. They have developed a large portfolio of art work and a long list of gallery showings over their careers. They both specialize in watercolor paintings and have been great supporters and volunteers of their time and talent in this community. Children of all ages will find they bring a warm and wonderful approach to teaching the art of watercolor painting and design.
Working with Clay (beginner class): Miss Tammy Poll
Class #1: 1pm – 2pm
Ages: 4-6 yrs
Class Size: 5 students
Class #2: 2pm – 3pm
Ages: 4-6 yrs.
Class Size: 5 students
The goal of this class is to introduce young children to the joys of working and molding with clay. Miss Tammy Poll comes to us from the North Dumfries Pre-school Co-op as teacher and has extensive experience in teaching and working with young children. Her love of art and crafts is evident in the pre-school program and we are glad to have her talents. Children enrolled in this class will learn the basics to clay and clay molding in simple shapes and experience the texture of clay. They will be able to take home their personally molded piece at the end of the session. We welcome all pieces to be entered into the Youth Art Contest taking place at the Fresh Ayr Festival on June 16, 2007 .
Tin Foil Sculpture: Scott McNichol – Homer Watson Gallery
Time: 1-2pm
Ages: 6-10 years
Class Size: 20 students
Scott McNichol is the full time art teacher at the Homer Watson Gallery. He is an experienced sculpture who will bring his own unique style to this class. During this hour, the students are taught how to work foil into an array of figures or animals that can be mounted on a base and painted.
Paint with Plasticine: Scott McNichol – Homer Watson Gallery
Time: 2-3pm
Ages: 6-10 years
Class Size: 20 Students
Scott McNichol has been teaching young children for many years at the Homer Watson Gallery. The Paint with Plasticine class is a new addition to a new art curriculum developed by the gallery for children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Using plasticine, students explore how colour is used in art through the creation of their own unique piece of art. Colour theory, texture and design are explored.
Photography: Kevin Garrett
Class #1: 3pm – 5pm
Ages: 10-18 yrs
Class Size: 10 students
Kevin Garrett is a local photographer who runs PKG Photography. He teaches photography at Conestoga College and is an active member of the Kitchener Camera Club. Kevin will teach his students' camera exposure and composition fundamentals as he takes his students on a tour of the town to try to capture the Fresh Ayr Festival's theme this year: “ Ayr – A Great Place to Live”.
Personal Mixed Media Piece: Gracia Wassink
Class #1: 1pm – 2pm (Individual Pieces)
Ages: 8 - 18yrs
Class Size: 10 students
Class #2: 2pm – 3pm (Collaborative Effort)
Ages: 8 - 18 yrs.
Class Size: 10 students
In this class, children would be exploring their own personal likes and colors through a mixed media piece. This will be done using acrylic paints, learning a transparent transfer method, collage and individual embellishment creating a piece totally unique to each individual. This would be done for the first 2 hours, so the student has a piece to take home and the second 2 hours would be used to create a collaborative piece focusing on this great town of Ayr using many of the techniques taught in the first half but working together as a group. Students will be able to include their own thoughts and impressions of Ayr in the piece.
Gracia resides here in Ayr and describes herself as a “self-taught” Artist, who is always being inspired by new ideas. She has experience with wall mural paintings in acrylics and has taken courses on watercolor and photography. Her latest passion is mixing all forms of art together which she finds very expressive and fun to do because so many different techniques can be incorporated in one piece. Students enrolling in this new course will not only find it fun and unique but also come to appreciate a whole different side to the art world.
Beginner Wood working: Dan Roth (Village Renovations)
Class #1: 1pm – 2pm
Ages: 6-12 yrs
Class Size: 15 students
Class #2: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Ages: 6-12 yrs.
Class Size: 15 students
This class will encompass a beginner wood working introduction using pre-cut wood assembly of a bat house structure. At the end of the class, the kids will be able to take home their creation and/or enter it into the Fresh Ayr Festival Youth Art Contest on Saturday, June 16, 2007.
Dan Roth is a local licensed carpenter who received his apprenticeship under G&D Schnarr Construction in Kitchener in 1990-1993 and became a licensened carpenter in 1994. He started Village Renovations in the fall of 1995 and has worked locally in and around Ayr ever since. Village Renovations specializes in residential renovations and small commercial renovations.
Body Art and Tattoo Design: Kim Everingham (Kimagination Face and Body Art)
Class # 1: 1pm – 3pm (Body Painting)
Ages: 10-18 yrs
Class Size: 6 students
Class #2: 3:30pm – 4:30pm (Air Brush Tattooing)
Ages: 10-18 yrs.
Class Size: 6 students
The body painting class will introduce the 'body as canvas' to a class of teenagers. This could include some basic painting techniques that you need to paint just about anything. She has extensive samples of some amazing hand paintings, and examples of painted jewelry, clothing, and bodies painted for advertising.
Kim will teach an airbrush tattoo workshop with a small class of teenagers with a demonstration at the beginning and each student getting a chance to try painting on paper and each other.
Kim will supply a camera so the class can enter their works of art in the Fresh Ayr Festival Youth Art Contest as well. With mirrors, the kids can paint on themselves whether that would be on their faces or maybe their arms and legs.
Participants are invited to submit their art to the Youth Art Contest.
Henna Tattooing: Teresa Hallman
Class # 1: 1pm – 2pm
Ages: 8-12 yrs
Class Size: 6 students
Class #2: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Ages: 13-18 yrs.
Class Size: 6 students
Henna Tattooing or Mehendi is an ancient tradition of adornment from the Middle East. Teresa Hallman, a local artist and professional Art Restorer, offers a unique beginners class to this years program. Each student will learn the different styles, applications and techniques that henna provides and how to mix and apply individually chosen designs. Henna is an all natural product and the designs will last from 2 to 6 weeks depending on skin type and application. This medium stains clothing and skin quickly so please take this into consideration for the day and future outings you may be attending. Tattoos will not be applied to the face or neck.