Young People's Studios and High School Studios
Nurture the creative journey.
Help K-8 graders jumpstart their lifelong connection to creativity. With support from professional instructors, these weekend and summer classes can help young people learn to express themselves, think critically, and build confidence through artistic exploration.
High school students can hone their creative voices and prepare to apply to competitive undergraduate art and design programs with dedicated support from MICA faculty. These programs and courses provide a pathway for young artists to explore their creative interests and grow as artists and designers.
High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Painting in Acrylic (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 9-12: In this course, students will use acrylic paint to explore expressive use of color, color mixing, and color theory. Using a variety of painting surfaces—assorted papers, board, canvas board, and objects—students learn the unique qualities of acrylic paint. This water-based, fast-drying paint medium has unlimited possibilities. Students have an opportunity to try a variety of acrylic mediums (modeling paste, gloss/matte polymers, gel medium) to experiment with textures, washes, and varied opacities.
Cost: $346, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Animals and the Environment
Grades K-2: Animals have been the inspiration for many artists around the world. In this course, students will explore colors associated with animals and their habitats, identify natural and geometric forms in nature and use this as inspiration for their art. Young artists will consider how animals play a part in our relationship with nature and how we treat wildlife and the environment. Rooted in observation, and imaginative thinking students in this course will think of ways to better care for animals in the environment and create art using clay and recycled materials to learn how art can be beneficial to the world around them.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Art and Community (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grade K-2: Art is a way for us to connect with our community. Looking at artwork by contemporary artists in Baltimore students in this course students will use painting techniques and collages to explore the relationship between people, memory, and place. Students will create work about the places people go in their community, draw and paint their favorite memories of their community and use imaginative thinking to develop new areas in their community that people can enjoy.
Cost: $346, In-person @ The St. Paul’s School, no class on June 19.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Graphic Design
Grades 9-12: Using a variety of created and found images, students learn how to make complex compositional and design decisions digitally through the use of filters, color effects, and the artful use of text. Students will experiment with typography, logo design, branding, and other elements of design for print and publication. The class will work with the Adobe Creative Suite and develop design strategies to communicate clearly through design and digital imagery. Access to the Adobe Creative Suite is included for the duration of this course.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Character Design (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grade 6-8: In this course students will learn the basic fundamentals of designing a successful character. After discussing their favorite games, and analyzing its characters, students will learn how to draw the figure and engage in various drawing exercises in order to accurately execute their characters.
Cost: $346, In-person @ The St. Paul’s School, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
Painting Workshop (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 3-5: For the student who loves to paint, this course is designed to help students refine their skills in observing color, making purposeful choices about color, and painting from life. Students will experiment with acrylics, temperas and watercolors as they learn to mix cohesive color palettes and apply both realistic and expressive colors to their pieces. Works from past and contemporary artists will be used to emphasize the incredible diversity of styles and expressiveness that can be achieved with color.
Cost: $346, In-person @ The St. Paul’s School, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Stop Motion Animation
Grades 6-8: Have you ever taken so many pictures at once, that when you scroll through them they look like they’re animated?! From Wallace and Gromit to LEGO movies, animators have told many stories through paper, clay, and pixelation. Students will explore ways in manipulating puppets to tell their own stories, one frame at a time.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
The Art of Surprise!
Grade 3-5: From pop-up books to puppets, art can be inspired by laughter, joy, and spontaneity. In this course, students will use mixed media to explore techniques such as bookmaking, soft sculpture, and resist painting.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, no class on June 19.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Painting Techniques & Processes
Grades 9-12: Using a variety of paint media such as inks, watercolor, tempera paint, and acrylic paint, students in this course explore a variety of paint materials, brushes, and techniques, both traditional and non-traditional, to create a body of work that spans realism to expressive abstraction. Emphasis is on breaking “out of the box” in the expressive use of color media, with a variety of prompts guiding students to make meaning and incorporate narratives into their work. This is a fast-paced class, with students generating a large body of studies and exercises as they build a strong foundation and comfort with each color medium. The confident painter will then be asked to synthesize this knowledge to create larger, cohesive paintings based on a selected theme. selected theme.
Cost: $346. In-person @ MICA.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Poetry and Visual Art
Grades 6-8: For some artists, poetry inspires visual art and visual art can inspire poetry. In this course, students will write poetry, draw and paint. By investigating different mediums they will make decisions on how best to convey the words of their poems in a visual format. Students will work in themes, creating individual work that amplifies their voices and sends a message to the viewer both visually and auditorily.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, no class on June 19.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Illustration in Wet and dry Media (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 9-12: Illustration is everywhere! Come learn the fundamentals of illustrating with wet and dry media, and how to take your hand-drawn images through a digital process for print purposes. Young artists begin by responding to single image prompts related to newly acquired media techniques with an emphasis on the composition of content, then finish with designing their own narrative to illustrate!
Cost: $346, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Unconventional Painting (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 6-8: In this course, students will use acrylic paint to explore expressive uses of color, color mixing, and color theory. Using a variety of painting surfaces, students will paint in both traditional and unconventional ways, with brushes of various sizes and unconventional tools such as spatulas, squeegees, and combs. Through critique and peer feedback, this course offers opportunities for students to think deeply about their work and the meaning behind their paintings.
Cost: $346, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Clay for Little Hands
Grades K-2: Nowhere is there a medium more malleable and versatile than clay. Intended for our youngest artists and framed within an energetic context of the play, tactile experiences, exploration, and discovery, this course is intended to get students immersed in working creatively to create forms, apply textures, and consider the varieties of surface effects with glaze. Students will extrude, roll, press, mold, shape, squeeze, pinch, and drape clay in unusual ways to create beautiful, artful clay objects within the themes of community, nature, and play. Once familiar with the basic characteristics, possibilities, and limitations of clay, students will find that the options are virtually endless!
Cost: $346. In-person @ MICA, No class June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
Sound Art (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grade 3-5: Inspired by Nick Cave, this course will introduce students to the art of making with sound. Focused on using a variety of materials, students will create objects, sculptures, and wearable designs that make a sound!
Cost: $346, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
Visual Storytelling
Grade 3-5: This course offers students the opportunity to be both creators and performers! Students will explore a variety of 2-D and 3-D processes as they create books, objects, puppets, and masks that can be incorporated into an original narrative. In addition to generating ideas and creating characters, students learn how images and props can be used to tell a story. Emphasis is on creating a unique and expressive language of object, gesture, and story, with equal attention given to the artistic/visual qualities of the art objects themselves and the purposeful use of these objects in student-designed performances.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, no class on June 19.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Making Art with Dinosaurs! (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades K-2: Come with us on an imaginary journey through the Jurassic period. Encounter ancient reptiles, and prehistoric plants, and uncover fascinating fossils! Using ideas and experiences from our archeological journeys, students create drawings, paintings, and sculptural forms to create personal visual responses to what they have discovered.
Cost: $346, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no class on June 19.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Reimagining Ceramics: Culture and Clay
Grades 9-12: Inspired by the work of Roberto Lugo, in this course, students will learn the functional purpose of ceramics and create meaningful ceramic objects such as pots, plates, and bowls. Throughout the course, students will gain proficiency in using a variety of hand-building techniques and explore different methods of glazing. Students will learn how ceramics have been used in different cultures, explore personal artifacts, and use both historical and contemporary references as inspiration for their work.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, No classes on July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Art and Community
Grade K-2: Art is a way for us to connect with our community. Looking at artwork by contemporary artists in Baltimore students in this course will use painting techniques and collages to explore the relationship between people, memory, and place. Students will create work about the places people go in their community, draw and paint their favorite memories of their community and use imaginative thinking to develop new areas in their community that people can enjoy.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, No classes on July 3 and July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
Creatures in Clay
Grades 3-5: People from every part of the world use clay to create magical and secretive vessels, special guardian or protective figures, mythological creatures, small models, and portraits of everyday life. We will travel the world visiting other times in other places by looking at the art and artifacts that different cultures have created in clay. In this class, students develop their skills and learn new techniques for working with clay. Whether you are experienced in using clay or have never used it before, pack your bags and come along on this trip.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, No classes on July 3 and July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Under the Sea (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades K-2: In this course, students take on the role of undersea explorers and artists in discovering and responding to the many aspects of the sea and seashore environment. Activities include creating sea creatures, and undersea dioramas, using a variety of media in responding to stories and learning about ways that illustrators of children’s books and artists used the sea as inspiration for their art.
Cost: $308, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no classes on July 3 and July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Inventive Drawing (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 6-8: This course is designed to build upon and expand the students’ concept of drawing. Students use conventional and unconventional drawing tools and materials to investigate “mark-making” as it relates to the development of symbolic and expressive forms. Working from observation, imagination, music, dreams, and memory, students become comfortable thinking outside the box when it comes to their own creative possibilities.
Cost: $308, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no classes on July 3 and July 4.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Drawing from Observation (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 9-12: This course is designed to help students refine their skills in observational drawing and painting, making purposeful choices about lines, form, and color. Students will experiment with materials as they learn to make decisive lines and cohesive color palettes and apply both realistic and expressive colors to their pieces. Art exemplars will be used to emphasize the incredible diversity of styles and expressiveness that can be achieved with color, line, and texture.
Cost: $308, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no classes on July 3 and July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Digital Photography
Grades 6-8: Beginning with an understanding of compositional principles and the basic camera functions, features, and possibilities, students learn to create digital photographs. From a variety of prompts intended to tap into students’ interpretation and experience of the visual world around them, students collect imagery in their daily lives, at home, and outdoors. As the course progresses, the class explores the Adobe Photoshop program as a tool to refine images and explore options in manipulating imagery for expressive purposes. Note: Students must have their own digital camera (phone or tablet camera or DSLR). Access to the Adobe Creative Suite is included for the duration of this course.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA. No classes on July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Printmaking Workshop (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades K-2: Young children are encouraged to explore textures and mark-making as they try out numerous ways of creating prints. From mono-print to relief prints, sun prints to handprints, students immerse themselves in how printing ink, paint, and other color media can help them see and understand shape, line, and texture. Students are encouraged to tap into their sense of play and imagination as they explore creative printing techniques.
Cost: $308, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no classes on July 3 and July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Fashion Drawing 101
Grade 6-8: This course teaches students the fundamentals of drawing the croquis figure and designing a garment through sketching. Students will explore personal identity and style through fashion. Through sketching the figure and gaining techniques in drawing garments, students will learn different mediums and experiment with rubbing techniques to give the effect of various types of fabric while growing their technical skills in drawing and painting.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA. No classes on July 4.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Architecture (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grade 9-12: This course is designed to introduce students to the ideas, principles, and methods used when designing a space. Students in this course will explore architectural concepts of space form and structure and learn the basics of 3D modeling.
Cost: $308, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no classes on July 3 and July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Exploring Color Media (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 6-8: Using a variety of dry and wet color media, students explore the powerful role of color on an artwork’s mood, atmosphere, and overall visual impact. To make informed decisions about color, students first learn color relationships and color theory as they create a series of related compositions that reflect specific color schemes. Throughout the course, students view the works of master painters as inspiration for the infinite ways color can be utilized for stylistic and expressive purposes.
Cost: $308, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no classes on July 3 and July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Sculptural Forms in Nature
Grade K-2: Artists have always been awed and inspired by the variety and beauty in nature. In this class, students have the opportunity to take a closer look at the world out of doors to develop ideas for three-dimensional artworks. Students examine the bounty of flora and fauna by exploring the grounds of the St Pauls campus. They create fantastic flowers, invented insects, and amazing animals inspired by Mother Nature. A variety of materials are explored and students keep a sketchbook/journal for their notes and observations and to develop ideas from their sculptural forms.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA. No classes on July 4.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Digital Illustration
Grades 9-12: In this class, students will explore how to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for a variety of drawings and designs! Students will learn about character development, portraiture, settings and environments, design, and metaphorical approaches to making. Access to the Adobe Creative Suite is included for the duration of this course.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA. No classes on July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
Wearable Art and Sustainable Design
Grades 3-5: Students in this class use a variety of fabrics and fibers for creating artwork. Students explore stitching, weaving, tie-dye, and natural dye techniques, as well as combinations of created and found materials in creating their art. Students will examine the techniques of artists such as Xenobia Bailey, Rosie Lee Tompkins, Faith Ringgold, Joyce Scott, and Melissa S. Cody and will use fabrics and fibers as a means of creative expression.
Cost: $346, In-Person @ MICA, No classes on July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
The Art of Storytelling (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grade 3-5: This course offers students the opportunity to be both creator and performer! Students will explore a variety of 2-D and 3-D processes as they create books, objects, puppets and masks that can be incorporated into an original narrative. In addition to generating ideas and creating characters, students learn how images and props can be used to tell a story. Emphasis is on creating a unique and expressive language of object, gesture, and story, with equal attention given to the artistic/visual qualities of the art objects themselves and the purposeful use of these objects in student-designed performances.
Cost: $308, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no classes on July 3 and July 4.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
Real and Fanciful Landscapes (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 3-5: In this introductory landscape course, students take a fantastic journey into some truly unusual landscapes. Using children’s literature as inspiration, students embark upon fanciful journeys into a colorful world of realistic, personal, and fanciful landscapes. They will create cityscapes, ocean scapes, and scenes from both an insect’s point of view and a birds-eye view. From there, they will journey to faraway places to capture moonscapes and underwater seascapes. Emphasis is on problem-solving, exercising the imagination, using writing to enhance fanciful scenes and experimentation with a variety of materials and techniques.
Cost: $308, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools, no classes on July 3 and July 4.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Film and Video
Grade 9-12: This course is designed for super-motivated students who want to learn creative video making. Students are idea-generators, scriptwriters, prop creators and actors in this exciting production. Fundamentals of video making are learned through exercises in writing, shooting, and editing. In addition, students learn how to plan a complex project, research a subject, create a storyboard and work as a member of a production team. Reviewing and discussing the work is an ongoing part of the program. Students work in small groups to produce their final projects.
Cost: $385. In-person @ MICA.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Portfolio Development for High School Entry (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 6-8: This intense studio class begins with a review of students’ current art portfolios, with discussion about what a well-rounded high school portfolio might look like. Students keep a reflective journal and sketchbook as they identify areas to strengthen in their artwork. Working independently with the instructor, students then develop a plan for tailored art problems intended to highlight skills and flesh out their portfolios for presentation. This course is especially designed for students who need a portfolio for entrance into high school but is also open to those who wish to employ a more independent course of study.
Cost: $385. In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Portfolio Development for College Entry (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 9-12 This intense studio class begins with a review of students’ current art portfolios, with discussion about what a college ready portfolio might look like. Students keep a reflective journal and sketchbook as they identify areas to strengthen in their artwork. Working independently with the instructor, students then develop a plan for tailored art problems intended to highlight skills and flesh out their portfolios for presentation. This course is especially designed for students who are looking to ease their transition into art school.
Cost: $385. In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
My World in 3D (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 3-5: One of the most exciting ways of making art is working with sculptural media to create three-dimensional art forms. In this course, students use sculptural media including wire, plaster, wood, clays and other natural materials to create sculptures, assemblages and installations. In the process, students gain experience with many sculptural forms and media, discover a variety of artists and heighten spatial and kinesthetic awareness. Using sketches and working from observation, memory and imagination, students make personally meaningful work that is inspired by their interests and objects of our everyday world.
Cost: $385. In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
"I'm a Gamer!"
Grade 6-8: In this course, students will discuss their favorite games, work in teams, and gain confidence in sharing their ideas with others. Students will explore character design, storytelling, and improve drawing skills while learning the basic fundamentals of designing a successful game. By the end of the course students will have brainstormed, prototyped and tested their own personal idea for a game they wish to bring to life.
Cost: $385. In-person @ MICA.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
Clay Workshop
Grades: 3-5: Nowhere is there a medium more malleable and versatile than clay. Intended for our youngest artists and framed within an energetic context of play, tactile experiences, exploration and discovery, this course is intended to get students immersed in working creatively to create forms, apply textures, and consider the varieties of surface effects with glaze. Students extrude, roll, press, mold, shape, squeeze, pinch, and drape clay in unusual ways to create beautiful, artful clay objects. Once familiar with the basic characteristics, possibilities and limitations of clay, students will find that the options are virtually endless!
Cost: $385. In-person @ MICA.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
By the Sea (Grades K-2)
Grade K-2: In this course students take on the role of undersea explorers and artists in discovering and responding to the many aspects of the sea and seashore environment. Activities include creating sea creatures, undersea dioramas, using a variety of media in responding to stories and learning about ways that illustrators of children’s books and artists used the sea as inspiration for their art.
Cost: $385. In-person @ MICA.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Illustrating Stories Pictures and Words (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades K-2: Using children’s literature and picture books as rich sources of imagery and story lines, students weave their own stories individually and in collaboration with peers. Students draw upon their natural tendency to tell colorful and elaborate stories and examine the work of artist/author-illustrators such as Ezra Jack Keats, Mitsumasa Anno, Vashiti Harrison, Maurice Sendak, Andrea Beaty, and Eric Carle. Large-scale drawings, booklets, varied paper surfaces/techniques, and story performances are just a few of the creative ways stories will be recorded and passed on.
Cost: $385, In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Make Your Own Comic Book (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 6-8: In this course, students practice the art of telling stories through pictures. Formal aspects of the narrative are applied by combining the written word with visual sequences. Students learn how storylines are developed, formats are considered and characters created. Observation skill-building helps students develop a basis for their fantasy figures, heroes, and heroines. Each student explores animation techniques and produces a comic strip consisting of several frames as well as a multi-page comic book.
Cost: $385. In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
Life Drawing for Kids
Grades 3-5: Do you love to draw? Do you wish to learn how to draw what you see more realistically? This course is an exciting balance of learning how to see and how to capture contours, apply tones, and develop shading to make objects ‘pop’ off the page. With the basic understanding that in order to draw well, one must first learn how to see, students are engaged in fun looking exercises that challenge them to use their eyes and minds to collect information about the objects, people, and places around them. They will discover how to see the world in a fresh, new way! Different approaches, tools, materials and techniques are presented and explored using a diverse range of media, from pen and pencil to color explorations in pastel and paint.
Cost: $385. In-person @ MICA.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Drawing from Observation
Grades 9-12: This course is designed to help students refine their skills in observational drawing and painting, making purposeful choices about lines, form, and color. Students will experiment with materials as they learn to make decisive lines and cohesive color palettes and apply both realistic and expressive colors to their pieces. Art examples will be used to emphasize the incredible diversity of styles and expressiveness that can be achieved with color, line, and texture.
Cost: $385. In-person @ MICA.
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High School Studios
Grades 9-12
Exploring Printmaking (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 9-12: In this course, students explore the potential of printmaking media, processes and techniques for creating visual compositions. Works by traditional and contemporary printmakers that include relief, intaglio and mono-printing techniques are studied and provide guidance and inspiration for students’ prints. Single prints and editions of prints are produced and prepared for presentation in class exhibitions and for students’ portfolios.
Cost: $385. In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools.
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Young People's Studios
Grades 3-5
Drawing Workshop (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades 3-5: For the young artist who loves to draw, this fast-paced course offers a little bit of everything. Students create drawings from memory, observation, imagination, and in response to the art of master artists. Different approaches, tools, materials, and techniques are presented and explored using a diverse range of media, from pen and pencil to color explorations in pastel and paint. With the introduction of each new medium and technique, students create studies and sketches as preparation for several larger, refined pieces for the final art show. Emphasis is on exposure to a variety of traditional and non-traditional drawing media and surfaces, with hands-on process work and experimentation at the heart of learning each new drawing technique or medium.
Cost: $385. In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools
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Young People's Studios
Grades 6-8
Creating Art with Adobe Photoshop
Grades 6-8. This course involves students using digital imaging programs in creating and manipulating images pixel by pixel! Students learn to use the Adobe Photoshop suite and scan images as they explore the potential of the medium and create personally meaningful compositions. Using a variety of created and found images, students then learn how to make complex compositional decisions and visual effects via use of filters, the graphics drawing toolbox, color effects, and artful use of text. Students’ works are presented as printed images and digital files!
Cost: $385. In-person @ MICA.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Art Can Move?!
Grades K-2: In this course, students explore a variety of art forms that involve movement. They design and construct mobiles, and other art objects that flap, spin, fly, flutter and move. A variety of construction techniques are combined with drawing/decorating techniques as students explore the potential of their ideas, and material selections in creating both two-dimensional and three-dimensional kinetic art forms.
Cost: $385. In-person @ MICA.
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Young People's Studios
Grades K-2
Up in the Air, on the Ground, and in the Sea (at The St. Paul's Schools)
Grades K-2: Let’s take a journey into the imagination. Using children’s literature as a starting point for “takeoff,” students embark on flights over cities, fast journeys by train over land, and underwater excursions by submarine. As artist-travelers, students create paintings, prints, and drawings of the things they see from a bird’s eye view, a bug’s-eye view, a fish-eye view, and much, much more. Each journey is an exploration of an unfamiliar habitat, full of new textures, colors, living, creatures, and plant life waiting to be captured in vibrant works of art. Students will use a variety of materials in this course.
Cost: $385. In-person @ The St. Paul’s Schools
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What our families
are saying
“The YPS program was excellent for my child and they had lot’s of fun being included and create new artwork.” – YPS Parent, Fall 2022
“I feel this is the greatest opportunity for any student thinking about art seriously.” – HSS Parent, Fall 2022
“She loved her experience and looks forward to taking more YPS courses.” – YPS Parent, Fall 2022
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FAQs
Are payment plans available?
Open Studies offers payment plans for all offerings! Enroll now and pay later with equal payment installments. For more details and to begin the process, please contact Open Studies Registration Staff at openstudies@mica.edu.
Where will the classes be held?
In-person YPS and HSS classes will be held on campus in MICAs Fox Building and at The Ward Center for the Arts at The St. Paul’s Schools in Brooklandville, MD.
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I’m interested in taking a class in person. What are the COVID-related guidelines?
We are in Operational Mode 5 to ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable educational experience with MICA. See Operational Mode 5 webpage for more information; this info will also be included in the Getting Started Guide with your registration confirmation email. Masks are encouraged, but optional.
How will I access the software needed for the class?
Once enrolled, you will receive a MICA email with a link to your Getting Started Guide. Please check the email that you used to register for the class.
To note: The email you receive once you are enrolled will also include instructions to create your MICA credentials as well as login instructions to access tools and software necessary for your class such as: Canvas, Adobe Creative Suite, Zoom, and Google Drive.
I’m enrolled in an in-person class. What should I bring? Are materials included?
We recommend that students wear a smock or clothes that can get messy! Materials will be provided for in person learning. Students should also bring a personal water bottle.
I’m not sure if this class is for me. How can I talk to someone?
Contact the Office of Open Studies at (410) 225-2219 or openstudies@mica.edu
Are there scholarships available for youth and teens?
The scholarship deadline for Young People’s Studios and High School Studios are:
- January 1 for Spring classes
- April 1 for Summer Art Camp
- September 1 for Fall classes
Please visit mica.edu/ypsscholarship for more information and to submit your application.
Questions?
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Office of Open Studies
Baltimore, MD 21217
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