Back to Windgate Art School Spring Youth Classes
AMFA offers children a variety of affordable, accessible, and playful educational experiences exploring the visual and performing arts. By attending interactive programs that encourage doing and making and cultivate curiosity in a nurturing learning environment, students foster a love of the arts as they grow into adulthood and beyond.
Explore our available offerings by grade level below, and please review our guidelines and policies before registering for a class.
Spring Break
Spring Break at the Windgate Art School is March 18-22, 2024! Give your budding artist a weeklong experience with the arts by selecting a half-day or full-day option that fits your schedule:
- For a half-day experience, sign your student up for either a morning session (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) or an afternoon session (1:00 - 4:00 p.m.).
- For a full-day experience, sign up for both a morning and afternoon session. Your student will bring their lunch and enjoy a supervised lunch break each day from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Registration closes on March 11, 2024.
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Grades K-2
MORNING SESSION: Acting and Improv Games
Explore the basics of creating something from nothing through silly improv games and exercises to build theatre skills while making new friends and building life skills in communication, emotional expression, and teamwork. Tour the AMFA Galleries for inspiration and see a performance of Dragons Love Tacos in the Performing Arts Theatre.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Drawing Studio (L48)
Instructor: Theatre Staff
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.AFTERNOON SESSION: Imagine It! Make It!
From idea to creation, learn techniques to mastermind your concepts in 3-D, upcycle, collage, drawing, and painting. Tour the AMFA Galleries in search of inspiration for your masterpieces.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I (L49.1)
Instructor: Jacqueline Currie
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. -
Grades 3-5
MORNING SESSION: Art Explorers
Delve into the masterpieces displayed in the galleries to uncover the stories behind the artists and their creations. In the studio, students will employ art mediums and techniques to craft their own works of art. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to tour the AMFA Galleries and enjoy a performance of Dragons Love Tacos in the Performing Arts Theater.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I (L49.1)
Instructor: Michael Shaeffer
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.AFTERNOON SESSION: Acting and Improv Games
Explore the basics of creating something from nothing through silly improv games and exercises to build theatre skills while making new friends and building life skills in communication, emotional expression, and teamwork. Tour the AMFA Galleries for inspiration.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Drawing Studio (L48)
Instructor: Theatre Staff
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. -
Grades 6-8
MORNING SESSION: Craft Intensive
Experience the art of craft in this weeklong intensive class. Create works in our newly renovated woodworking, clay, and metals studios. This will be a great introduction to a variety of craft mediums that will be sure to spark a newfound interest in these specialized art forms. Tour the AMFA Galleries to see where craft and art meet.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio II (L49.2)
Instructor: Candace Barns
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.REGISTRATION CLOSED
AFTERNOON SESSION: 2-D Intensive
This weeklong intensive will focus on drawing, painting, and printmaking. Students will explore these three mediums with hands-on projects and tour the AMFA Galleries to view and study related works.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio II (L49.2)
Instructor: Lauren Crutchfield
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Teen Filmmaking Lab
Presented by AMFA's Partner-Company-in-Residence the Arkansas Cinema Society, this program offers a week-long youth film intensive for students in grades 10-12. Students will learn about all aspects of filmmaking – including two days of pre-production, one day shooting a short film, and two days of post-production – all alongside professional film crew mentors.
Price: $300*
Location: Rockefeller Lecture Hall
Dates: March 18 - 22, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
*AMFA Members will receive a 10% discount. Scholarships are available if you apply by February 29. Click the link below for details.
After School & Weekends
Spark your child's creativity outside of the classroom! After-school and weekend classes at AMFA are a great way to encourage artistic imagination and growth.
Unless otherwise noted, registration for these classes closes on March 18, 2024.
Grades K-2
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Mini Masters
This class will explore the AMFA Galleries, learning about artworks and the artists who made them. Using what they have learned in the galleries, students will return to the studio and create their own works of art.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I (L49.1)
Instructor: Sharon Boyd-Struthers
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Thursdays, March 28 - May 16, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. -
Art for Homeschool
Experience drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, and more all while developing art appreciation skills during visits to the AMFA Galleries.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I (L49.1)
Instructor: Jacqueline Currie
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Thursdays, March 28 - May 16, 2024
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Grades 3-5
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Acting and Improv Games
Improv builds life skills in creative thinking, communication, and resilience. Think outside the box and build confidence in a fun and positive setting through improv games and acting exercises.
Price: $103 Members / $128 Non-Members
Location: Rockefeller Lecture Hall
Instructor: Destaney Duguid
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Tuesdays, March 26 - May 14, 2024
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Art for Homeschool
Experience drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, and more all while developing art appreciation skills during visits to the AMFA Galleries.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I (L49.1)
Instructor: Jacqueline Currie
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Thursdays, March 28 - May 16, 2024
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Grades 6-8
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Acting: Devised Theatre
Explore the art of devised theatre in which the script or scenes are collectively created by the group. Use AMFA works of art as inspiration points. Develop characters, scenes, and dialogue through collaborative exercises and improvisational games. Build life skills in creative thinking, communication, and teamwork.
Price: $103 Members / $128 Non-Members
Location: Rockefeller Lecture Hall
Instructor: Emily Swenskie
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Wednesdays, March 27 - May 15, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. -
Paint, Draw, and Explore
This class will focus on printmaking, painting, and drawing. Students will have a chance to explore these three mediums with hands-on projects and view and study related works in the AMFA Galleries.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I (L49.1)
Instructor: India Childress
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Wednesdays, March 27 - May 15, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Grades 9-12
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Teen Drawing Intensive
Begin to build your portfolio while exploring figure drawing from a draped model and hone skills in perspective, value, and shape.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Drawing Studio (L48)
Instructors: Michael Shaeffer
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Tuesdays, March 26 - May 14, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Making Together
Through Making Together, grown-ups and children of all ages can discover the joy of creating art together with a one-day workshop experience in the Windgate Art School.
One ticket covers the cost of admission for one adult and one child.
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Fairy and Frog Garden Houses
Create fairy or frog houses for the garden out of clay and decorate them!
Workshop participants will be contacted to pick up their creations after the firing process has concluded.
Price: $41 Members / $52 Non-Members
Instructor: Jacqueline CurrieDate: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Ceramics Studio (L47)
REGISTERRegistration for this offering closes on March 12, 2024.
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024
Time: 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Ceramics Studio (L40)
REGISTERRegistration for this offering closes on April 13, 2024.
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Tie Dye with Shibori Folding
Experiment with classic tie dye processes and traditional Shibori folding techniques while creating unique dyed T-shirts, scarves, and bags.
Registration for this offering closes on April 19, 2024.
Price: $51 Members / $63 Non-Members
Instructor: Lauren Crutchfield
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Time: 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Flex Studio I (L49.1)
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Shibori bandanas created by Peter Scheidt.