LET'S PLAY! ART & DRAMA
~ EVERY FRIDAY from 10am-1pm ~
Come join us for a a fun themed Art & Drama day where play is important, creativity will be sparked, it's okay to get messy, friendships are made, and stories are imagined and created!
Each class begins with free art, then transitions into a focused project of the day, lunch/story time, open play, fun drama games, acting out a story, and ends with a popsicle with friends.
This class is open to kids ages 4-12. Class size is limited. Discounts if you enroll by the month...ask Tracy. Visions Vendor!
To enroll contact Tracy at (925) 822-5435 or tracyrandolph@hotmail.com
SEPTEMBER 2015
SEPTEMBER 4TH 2015: FAMOUS ARTIST SERIES AMEDEO MODIGLIANI 
Let’s explore an artist whose mezmorizing portraits reveal very private stories and emotions on the faces of his subjects, Amedeo Modigliani. An Italian born painter and sculptor, Modigliani mostly worked in France where he became known for haunting portraits and nudes characterized by the elongation of faces and figures. Sadly, Modigliani’s light burned bright without critical acknowledgement or success, but with great personal poverty and struggle. He died at the age of 35 before ever enjoying the popularity and financial success that his paintings now demand. Let’s pay tribute to this visionary who believed in searching deeply for the truth in every human and artistic experience. He is quoted saying “When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes” which we will discuss as we view a variety of his portraits, eventually creating our own self portraits in his style with high quality oil pastels. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
SEPTEMBER 11TH 2015: JUST GLUE IT! ABSORPTION ART & EXPERIMENTATION 
What happens when we take eye droppers full of various liquids in various colors and experiment with how well they are absorbed by a plethora of textures from cotton, paper, water color paper, cardboard, different types of fabrics, and more! We will add glue and salt to the equation as we create a beautiful and colorful take home art project incorporating the earlier ideas of absorption. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
SEPTEMBER 25TH 2015: GLOW IN THE DARK MAGIC FAIRY HOUSE
Did you say Fairy House? One that glows in the dark? Yes, I did! Let’s get together for excellent fun and creative designing as we explore the world of fairies and how to invite them into our home with a human made fairy house made from upcycled materials as well as lovely felt with a safe light inside that will illuminate the magic inside that could be used as a night light or fairy beckon. With great supplies and imagination, we will create some very unique and individual magical creations! After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
OCTOBER 2015
OCTOBER 2ND 2015: FAMOUS ARTIST SERIES - FRIEDENSREICH HUNDERTWASSERLet’s explore the life and work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser, amazing Austrian artist and architect. Hundertwasser became famous for his paintings and buildings which promoted an alternative lifestyle in the field of environmental protection. I love how Hundertwasser stood out as an opponent of a “straight line” and any standardization in art and design. His work has been celebrated for its imaginative vitality and uniqueness exploring the relationship between nature and art. He believed in a life in harmony with nature and individual creativity. He is a symbolic figure for a non-conformist way of life, a forerunner of environmental protection and an ambassador for a self-determined alternative existence. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
OCTOBER 9TH 2015: NATIVE AMERICAN INSPIRED ART
In early celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, let’s explore the Native Americans that lived in California by exploring their relationship with nature and community through various nature themed art projects. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends. Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
OCTOBER 16TH 2015: YOU CAN’T FOIL ME! RAISED FOIL ART & METALLIC PAINTING
Students will be amazed at the possibility and quality of their art as we transform our favorite animals into texture raised foil art, using a simple but effective metallic painting technique to give the effect that their art has been by sculpting metal. WOW! It’s amazing what keepsakes we can create with things others might throw away! After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
OCTOBER 23RD 2015: WEIRD SPOOKY SCIENCE: COOL DRY ICE EXPERIMENTS
This is my 4th year of doing this Dry Ice Experiments class…it is a favorite! Science is cool when we can instantly see results! What happens when we add water to dry ice? How about adding dish soap? There are a plethora of other things we can add and do with dry ice for colorful and even exploding reactions. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
OCTOBER 30TH 2015: HALLOWEEN ART! PUMPKINS, WITCHES, GHOSTS, OH MY!
Let's celebrate this fun day with painting a pumpkin and decoupaging a lantern families can use in the evening! Afterwards we will be turning up our Halloween music for some fun theatre games! Students are encouraged to come wearing their favorite costume or choose one from our costume bin. As always, our day will close with an all fruit popsicle and time with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes all supplies/materials, take home project and end of class all fruit popsicle.
NOVEMBER 2015
NOVEMBER 6TH 2015: DRAGON EGG MAKING AND STORYBUILDING 
Step into the magical world of Dragons! From mythology to classic children’s literature, we will explore these fantastical creatures, designing our own type of Dragon and story! Students will gleefully delight in the simple meditative pleasure of creating a push pin Dragon egg, and then designing and painting it to match their Dragon’s own story. Bring your imagination as well as Dragon knowledge to the table as we discuss and imagine worlds beyond our own. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
NOVEMBER 13TH 2015: FALL WATERCOLOR RESIST KEEPSAKES
Let’s enjoy the changing colors of Fall as we find and paint a variety of colorful Fall leaves and work on a still life watercolor resist of the season. Students will explore a new type of watercolor resist painting technique, creating a beautiful keepsake that can decorate your home each Fall. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
NOVEMBER 20TH 2015: GRATITUDE PINE CONE FAIRIES & GNOMES
Fairies and Gnomes let us know that magic and wonder is all around us. Let’s collect natural materials and colorful felts in a scavenger hunt to bring to the art table as we imagine and create our very own fairies and gnomes with pine cone bodies to decorate our table for Thanksgiving or any family meal. Students will discuss what they are grateful for, adding these appreciations to their fairies/gnomes to be admired and remembered at this stage in their lives. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
DECEMBER 2015
DECEMBER 4TH 2015: GIFTS: IT’S A JACKSON POLLOCK HOLIDAY
EVERYTIME we do a Jackson Pollock themed class students excitedly tell me “can we do this ALL THE TIME?”! It’s fun to try out the same techniques as famed abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock. Let’s learn a little more about this distinct artist as well as play with any holiday colors we like to create festive art to adorn our homes with artistic spirit. Students who like to get messy or want to throw and flick paint onto a canvas will enjoy the therapeutic experience, feeling both dangerous and free. Students will walk away feeling good that they have something special to surprise their family with over the holidays. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
DECEMBER 11TH 2015: GIFTS: SEWING FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Come and get your fine motor skills on! Let’s get out our needle, embroidery thread, and various fabrics and textures to design and create beautiful hand sewn gifts for our families. Kids and adults LOVE our gift making classes as it is often one of the only times students can create unique, thoughtful, and handmade gifts secretly for the ones they love most. Students will walk away feeling good that they have something special to surprise their family with over the holidays. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
DECEMBER 18TH 2015: GIFTS: BEESWAX CANDLE MAKING
What can you make with beeswax? Students will explore this question as they learn the many health and environmental benefits of using beeswax for body and home. We will have a great time making colorful and natural gifts for our loved ones to enjoy. We will be using high quality organic beeswax with natural dyes and high quality essential oils and other natural organic ingredients. Students will walk away feeling good that they have something special to surprise their family with over the holidays. After lunch we will play improvisation games that encourage imagination and collaboration! We will end class with our beloved organic apple juice popsicle with friends.
Cost is $50 and includes take home project/materials and fruit popsicle.
UPCOMING 2016 CLASSES…MORE COMING SOON!
JANUARY 8TH 2016: MANDALAS FOR A NEW YEAR
JANUARY 15TH 2016: WEIRD SCIENCE: SPLAT! EXPLORING GRAVITY THROUGH ART
JANUARY 22ND 2016: TBD
JANUARY 29TH 2016: TBD
And more to come...
