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Summer in the ARTBEAT Studio features weekly themes with projects in different media: acrylic painting, mosaics, decoupage, doll making and sand painting; watch for special workshops in silk painting, metal embossing and more. Projects take about an hour to complete and can be taken home the same day. Our projects are suitable for teens, youth, children as young as 4 years, and adults. You don't need any experience: we provide instruction with each project. Children under age 8 need to have adult helpers with them. Children as young as 3 can do sand art, and we also have coloring pages and dot markers available for children who are too young to join in our regular projects. Projects are priced per person and start at $10; average is $15 to $25 depending on choices. You can reserve studio space ahead of time, but it is not necessary (groups of family and friends should agree ahead of time that they will work with the same media so that they can sit together; groups of 6 or more MUST reserve ahead of time)

Week 1: July 7 – 11 Awesome Animals What’s your favorite animal – a dog, a cat, a hippo, a giraffe? Make your choice and find ways to make the critter you like best: choose from our papier mache menagerie to decorate with paint or fancy papers; construct an animal on canvas or discover an animal shape in our rock collection and color it in with acrylics; make an animal-shaped mosaic; or paint a series of animals on sand ‘canvases’

Week 2: July 14 – 18 Crazy Alphabets It’s all about you! Spell your name or initials in wooden letters for a fun room decoration that you paint or decoupage; create alphabet marbles to make a “best friends” frame or doorknob hanger; design funky alphabets on ceramic tile magnets; paint your name in canvas; decorate giant 2-ft letters to hang on your wall or make a mosaic monogram (order these last two in advance)

Week 3: July 21 – 25 3-D Magic Learn how to make your designs POP! off the canvas when you wear 3-D glasses (provided). You’ll be amazed how easy it is to get this special effect when you use paint on canvases, boxes, and frames, or when you paint with sand.

Week 4: July 28 – Aug 1 Suns, Stars, and Outer Space Whether you’re a sun worshipper or a robot lover, you’ll find lots to do in this heavenly celebration: paint a giant sun; construct a robot on canvas; decoupage a sun mirror; create outer space sand pictures; make a stained glass sun catcher; or make tin ornaments that are out of this world.

Week 5: Aug 4 – 8 Underwater World There’s a magical world under the sea, and it’s calling out for art: emboss a metal fish mobile; make lovely mermaid dolls; decoupage mache fish; make mosaic whales and sharks; or decorate a box for your shell collection

Week 6: Aug 11 – 15 Time to Make Time It’s time to make clocks: mosaic clocks, clocks with painted faces, clocks with giant hands, clocks made out of sand, and recycled clocks from old cds. We’ll show you how to make a clock from almost anything.

Week 7: Aug 18 – 22 Castles, Crowns, and Dragons A jeweled crown, a magic wand, a tabletop castle, with a few scary dragons thrown in – create your own adventure in the world of wizards or royalty. You can paint, decoupage, emboss, mosaic, and more.

Week 8: Aug 25 – 29 Lights Out! When it’s time for dinner or time for bed, it’s great to have a flickering candle or a soft night light to keep you company: decoupage a Chinese lantern or string lanterns, roll and decorate beeswax candles, embellish wax candle holders for led tealights, make beaded votives, and more.

See the full schedule of Saturday Workshops by month: