Fall 2022 Class List

This course is designed for students who have a strong foundation in drawing and cartooning concepts. The sole purpose of cartooning or illustration is to tell a story. In this class, we explore not only telling a story but expressing individuality through the use of illustration techniques that can be applied in any medium. Students will participate in class critiques as they work together, discuss each other’s work, and support one another’s growth. 

BAYarts believes yoga for kids is beneficial in so many ways. It helps them to be social, relax, relieve stress, sleep better and be more mindful of their bodies. This popular class is held in the Playhouse Hearth room enabling students to spread out and enjoy yoga poses, meditation, and other fun activities! Mats are provided or bring your own.

Join Susie in the art studio where students will create an exciting project each week! Cornell boxes, upcycled thrift store paintings, nesting dolls, hand-bound journals, recycled cardboard art and your own tarot card.

Take your drawing and cartooning skills to the next level with Jim Giar. Jim attended CCAD, studying illustration and photography. He adopted advice from his illustration instructor as a lifelong mantra: “every illustration should tell a story.” Recently he has contributed to several anthologies, including the Harvey Award nominated Once Upon A Time Machine published by Locust Moon & Dark Horse Comics, as well as the New York Times best seller FUBAR: Empire of the Rising Dead. He shares his love of comics with kids, looking to motivate the young storytellers of the future to continue telling stories through the use of sequential images, a talent, Jim feels, exists in all children. In this course Jim will teach basic drawing skills, showing how to give figures form and incorporating storytelling while helping you find your own personal style. Open to any skill level, this class will leave students with a cartooning portfolio to be proud of and tools to apply to any discipline of art.

Students will learn how to successfully incorporate their hand-building skills and new wheel throwing skills to create one-of-a-kind sculptures and utilitarian pieces. Each session within the course will focus on a specific theme, helping students to really explore their ideas and imagination culminating in a unique body of work at the end of the course.

This perceptual skill can be learned at any age, and once mastered, will translate to increased creativity, enhanced artistic confidence, and success across all creative media. This introductory Fine Arts course will teach students this vital visual skill as it applies to realistic drawing and painting. In the Fall session. students will focus on drawing fundamentals, moving onto painting basics in the Winter session. Spring session will be reserved for more extended individual projects so that each student can further explore artistic media and techniques of their choosing.

This perceptual skill can be learned at any age, and once mastered, will translate to increased creativity, enhanced artistic confidence, and success across all creative media. This introductory Fine Arts course will teach students this vital visual skill as it applies to realistic drawing and painting. In the Fall session, students will focus on drawing fundamentals, moving onto painting basics in the Winter session. Spring session will be reserved for more extended individual projects so that each student can further explore artistic media and techniques of their choosing.

Participants will use digital and traditional media techniques to create posters, books, T-shirts and CD covers. Projects will be based on exploring the 10 top rules of graphic design; including hierarchy, usage of type and application of design solutions to product. Students will be encouraged to explore their ideas and imagination to create pieces that would communicate their ideas in the graphic medium. This program will encourage students to combine drawing and painting with typography, photography and digital media. We will be using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop on MAC laptops (provided).

Students will learn the basics of drawing, painting, collage and more while creating unique art pieces. Everything from fine art to Superheroes will be covered! Through this exploration of art techniques we will learn to express ourselves in our own artistic way. If you have never held a paintbrush or if you draw everyday, there will be something for everyone to learn.

Make a sweet or scary little monster out of spun cotton and a little fuzz, and create a miniature environment for him to live in!

Also available Saturday 12:30–2:30P 10/8

Make a sweet or scary little monster out of spun cotton and a little fuzz, and create a miniature environment for him to live in!

Also available Saturday 10:00A-12:00P 10/8

Dip your toes into trying something new! Learn the basics of watercolor and how to paint landscapes, flowers and /or still life. No experience needed and returning students are welcomed!

This class is designed for students who have no experience working in watercolor. The purpose of the class is to become comfortable using the unpredictable medium and learn to make friends with the water. We will explore different techniques, tools and supplies and create works of art you never thought that you could master. 

Start from scratch as you learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing. Assignments are designed to encourage students to expand their skill level in pottery making. Decorating and glazing techniques will be explored. Returning students are welcome!

If you are looking to finish pieces from our fall pottery class, hoping to make a few items for the holidays, or want to avoid pottery class withdrawal, then sign up for this 4 week session. Andrea will be available with ideas, instruction and guidance to help you reach your goals.

“Color Mixing”-Color concepts and terms will be demystified through discussion and handouts on color mixing. This class will eliminate hesitation about how to use color in your work and help express the message and mood that support your work. Unique color palettes will be developed and sketchbook archived for future use. 

Balance contrasting color, texture, pattern tonal relationship and form while building confidence using personal brushwork. Use of warm and cool colors, wet-into-wet blending, glazing, perspective and palette organization provide the knowledge to complete a composition.

Also available Fridays 11:00A-1:30P 9/30-11/18

Balance contrasting color, texture, pattern tonal relationship and form while building confidence using personal brushwork. Use of warm and cool colors, wet-into-wet blending, glazing, perspective and palette organization provide the knowledge to complete a composition.

Also available Mondays 11:00A-1:30P 9/26-11/4

Have you ever wondered how to paint like a master or have an interest in the rumors and facts that surround their lives? Bring along a friend and a comfort drink and have an enjoyable, enlightening evening exploring a famous artist from the past. No previous art experience needed; you will paint along with the instructor. All supplies are provided! 

Have you ever wondered how to paint like a master or have an interest in the rumors and facts that surround their lives? Bring along a friend and a comfort drink and have an enjoyable, enlightening evening exploring a famous artist from the past. No previous art experience needed; you will paint along with the instructor. All supplies are provided!

Have you ever wondered how to paint like a master or have an interest in the rumors and facts that surround their lives? Bring along a friend and a comfort drink and have an enjoyable, enlightening evening exploring a famous artist from the past. No previous art experience needed; you will paint along with the instructor. All supplies are provided!

Fall is just around the corner and will provide inspiration for our clay projects as students learn the basics of hand-building and ceramic techniques.

Fall is fast approaching! Use your imagination and creativity to make one of a kind pieces of pottery. They can be fun or functional or both! 

Create works in clay inspired by the festive holiday season, or the beauty of winter! *Projects will not be returned in time for Christmas due to the drying and firing schedule. 

Create works in clay inspired by the festive holiday season, or the beauty of winter! (Projects will not be returned in time for Christmas due to the drying and firing schedule)

Create cyanotypes using materials brought from home or found on campus. The session will include a brief history of cyanotypes, mixing the chemicals/coating paper and then using the sun to expose our prints and develop. We’ll add watercolor to fill in all or some of the negative space for a wonderful piece of artwork!

Come and create Day of the Dead inspired artwork, and dance to music to celebrate the day!

This course will start at the very beginning, teaching students some age-old techniques that will help your brain to “see” like an artist. We will begin with contour and gesture drawing before proceeding to visual measuring techniques for proportion and scale. From there we will explore the rules of linear perspective and add in the rendering of light and shadow, also known as shading. Working from still life objects and landscape, you will leave this course with a thorough overview of drawing from observation and a set of skills that will take you a long way!

Budding artists will be able to experience and refine drawing skills while learning the basics of both watercolor and acrylic painting. A great course to try out all three mediums.

Join this one day workshop and learn the basics of dyeing with botanicals and earth organics. Using fresh flowers and common household products, you will explore the dynamics of color transferring from nature to cotton and silk samples swatches. You will also receive dyeing recipes for continued dyeing at home on your own. Be eco-friendly and come dye with Janet!

$20 supply fee payable to instructor 

Join us in this extra popular class and create a mixture of fun fall inspired projects while learning basic sewing and embroidery skills. 

Experience drawing and/or painting a model. Warm up drawing in charcoal with noth fast and long poses and advance to working in color. Students can use any medium: watercolor, acrylic or oil, or choose to continue to draw using pastels. Finally, add structure and detail while learning to see light as a contrasting shape. A clothed model will be present for each session. Geared to all levels of experience and perfect for budding portfolio preparation high school students.

Learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing. Assignments are designed to encourage students to expand their skill level into pottery making. Decorating and glazing techniques will be explored. Returning students are welcome! 

Join us in the Haunted Hearth Room for some ghoulish fun and arts & crafts. We’ll brew up Halloween inspired projects and have a hauntingly good time! Come dressed in your costume!

Whether your aim is functional or sculptural ceramics, students will learn the basic techniques of handbuilding and the mysteries of the potter’s wheel. Beginning students will develop fundamental techniques while returning students will work on refining their skills.

Also available Tuesdays 12:30-2:30P 9/13-11/15/

Whether your aim is functional or sculptural ceramics, students will learn the basic techniques of handbuilding and the mysteries of the potter’s wheel. Beginning students will develop fundamental techniques while returning students will work on refining their skills.

Also available Tuesdays 10:00A-12:00P 9/13-11/15

Spend the day getting in the holiday spirit as we create colorful projects worthy of gift giving or to keep for yourself. Enjoy hot cocoa and cookies to get you in the mood.

Working with slabs, coils and pinching techniques or working on the potter’s wheel, students will create functional or sculptural ceramics. Instructor will provide various demonstrations for multi-level students.

Did something happen in your childhood that made you feel like you cannot draw, and that it is a natural gift and not a learned skill? Let me teach you differently, with this past outlook, you dismiss your creativity and inherent abilities. You CAN draw and you CAN enjoy expressing yourself in artistic mediums. Come learn some of the “so called” secrets and become closer to your confidence in your creativity! 

After learning drawing techniques that help you draw what you see, sketching exercises are the next level of techniques in drawing for the beginning artist. Sketching is unique and done with more speed than drawing. Take this class to learn various sketching techniques of various subject matter. Supplies needed are a sketchbook that makes you feel like an artist, that you can pull out at any time to draw during and after this class. 

This class is designed for students who like to develop specific ideas, a body of work, refine techniques, and pursue independent projects. One full year of hand building and wheel throwing experience necessary. 

Also available Thursdays 7:00-9:00P 9/15-11/17 

This class is designed for students who like to develop specific ideas, a body of work, refine techniques, and pursue independent projects. One full year of hand building and wheel throwing experience necessary. 

Also available Wednesdays 7:00-9:00P 9/14-11/16

In the first hour of class, students will explore techniques like layering, blending and controlling value with pencil pressure. The second hour will be drawing from still life, incorporating strategies for drawing accurately from direct observation. The class will wrap up by taking a look at each other’s drawings for comments/reactions. 

In this 2 hour class students will explore creating value & texture with a variety of marks: hatching, cross-hatching, stipple and random scribbles. The second hour will be drawing from still life, and wrapped up by taking a look at each other’s drawings for comments/reactions.

Using willow and papers, students will learn the art of constructing a Japanese table top lantern. These lanterns are beautiful and can be used with battery powered lights. Students will design and build the framework of the lantern out of willow, then cover the framework with papers and embellishments. Once you learn the technique of constructing the lantern, you’ll be able to make lanterns of all sizes at home. Bring along a packed lunch.

$20 supply fee payable to instructor

Create a beautiful pair of sterling earrings embellished with your favorite color of beach glass. Select from Beth’s pre drilled treasures for a classic or casual look! 

$40 supply fee paid to instructor 

Create a beautiful wire wrapped beach glass necklace. Learn the art of wire wrapping along with creating spirals for this one of a kind necklace.  

$40 supply fee paid to instructor 

Spend the first hour in the art room, reading stories and exploring a variety of art media in a positive and creative environment. During the second hour, students will work with a music therapist from the Music Therapy Enrichment Center exploring instruments, rhythm and song in a dynamic and social learning environment. Children must be toilet trained.

Fall is a season full of inspiration! Students will use pumpkins, leaves, spiderwebs and other subjects to create works of art and explore line designs like zig zags, polka dots and zentangles! Children must be toilet trained.

Join us for mornings filled with fun, colorful, creative and playful art experiments and projects! Children must be toilet trained.

Young artists can explore their creativity through drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, crafts & more! Learn both indoors and on campus, through books and wonderful art & nature experiences. Children must be toilet trained.

With the sounds of music as inspiration, young artists will explore lines, shapes, radial designs and patterns to create a variety of collages. Their works will be influenced by the Jazz compositions of artist Piet Mondrian. Children must be toilet trained.

Learn the techniques of sculpting using fun random objects and paper mache. Sculpt your favorite animal and create Halloween masks that you can wear.

Spend the morning relaxing with a peaceful yoga session shared between you and your child! Jen will take you through a number of poses that will strengthen the bond between you and be beneficial to both mind and body. Registration is for one parent and one child.

Includes live model 

Space is limited 

Explore different techniques and processes while experimenting with paint, paper mache, collage and creative surfaces in one of our most popular classes!

Learn to paint in the style of famous artists like Van Gogh, Picasso and Monet! Using acrylic paints and gallery wrapped canvases, students will create their own “Masterpieces”. Bring a friend and have some fun!

No art experience necessary, just a desire to paint your pet and have a meaningful piece of artwork to hang that you painted yourself. Please send a fantastic picture of your pet to the instructor (artbycam@yahoo.com) at least one week before the class for your pet to be drawn onto the gallery wrapped canvas. Bring along a friend and a light snack! 

If you love to create dimensional projects out of unconventional and interesting materials, join us in this mixed media class! Guaranteed to produce awesome works of art!

Spend a few Fridays connecting with clay together! The basics of handbuilding will be taught through fall and nature themed projects. Please dress in play clothes. Registration is for one parent and one child.  

Do you want to learn how to take great photos? This course will provide you with skills to improve and master your camera settings. Topics will include photography basics, camera settings, composition, macro, nature & portraiture as well as editing software to enhance your picture quality. 

$15 supply fee to instructor first day of class 

Jeff is a lifelong Cleveland area illustrator/watercolorist. His understanding of watercolor flourished under the instruction of longtime BAYarts instructor Bob Moyer. An award winning signature member of the Ohio Watercolor Society, the last several years have found him concentrating on urban plein air painting of Cleveland. 

Join us for an intensive and colorful workshop including:

-What makes a successful plein air painting? Discussion and acknowledgement of the difficulties involved and how to overcome them along with the fundamentals of good painting. -Importance of a Value Sketch or Notan 

-Watercolor demo 

-Students will go out and paint their own unique painting/vantage point 

-Group critique 

Come ready to paint! 

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session here or pre-register for pop-in day. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

Additional full session available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 11/5/22-12/3/22

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session here or pre-register for pop-in day. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

Additional full session available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/8-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This class is designed to allow space for “pop-ins”: those of you who would like to try out our studio or even just experience clay to see if you like it! Sign up for the entire session or pre-register for pop-in day here. There will be a daily project or you may work on your own ideas. Space is limited, first come first serve and you must register prior to popping in!

Full 5 week sessions ($163) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1/22-10/29/22 or 11/5/22-12/3/22

Additional single sessions ($40) available Saturdays 10:00A-12:00P 10/1-12/3 (no session 10/29)

This structured course covers the basics of wheel throwing, hand building, altered pottery and glazing through a series of functional ware projects. 

Come and spend an evening in the ceramic studio and create beautiful Boho inspired pottery. Think: wall hangings, bowls, decorative plates and more! Bring a drink, snack and a friend or just yourself and have a clay-tastic time! 

Try your hands at the pottery wheel during this one evening, 2 hour, down and dirty, clay slingin’ fun time! Bring a drink, snack and a friend or two and make/paint some wheel thrown pottery!   

Explore different materials and mediums through a variety of autumn themed art projects. Children must be toilet trained. This is a drop-off class.

Also available Fridays 11:30A-1:00P 10/14-11/4

Explore different materials and mediums through a variety of autumn themed art projects. Children must be toilet trained. This is a drop-off class.

Also available Fridays 9:30-11:00A 10/14-11/4

New to the sewing machine world? Or has it been awhile and you’re feeling a bit rusty? In this workshop, you’ll learn/review machine threading, operation, accessories, troubleshooting and more. Class format will be a combination of lecture/demo/hands on practice.  

Students will explore the art of sewn resist techniques as well as wax relief, over dyeing and binding. Students will work on cotton fabric samples and are encouraged to bring a washed, 100% cotton shirt or other wearable item for dyeing. Bring along a packed lunch.  

$20 supply fee payable to instructor 

If you LOVE Halloween, this camp is for you! In it you’ll create many spooky “ghaster-pieces” over the course of four weeks like a Witch Illustration, Jack-O-Lantern House, Spooky Halloween Cat, and Mad Scientist experiment. Join us for a ghoulishly fun time!

Join us for this popular class where students will sew a variety of fun, colorful Halloween stuffies!

Discover your inner voice and passion for words during Writer’s Salon. Seeking inspiration from autumnal themes and changing leaves, writers will explore the art of short fiction and poetry composition. Zoom members are always welcome!