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Kids Art Classes (in person)

Colorspace Arts offers classes for youth to gain technical skills and cultivate artistic sensibility. Journaling in a sketchbook is encouraged.​ Classes are tailored to the skill level of students. ​We will be adding more classes during the week as well as Saturday workshops for kids throughout the year.

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Cat illustration by Dean Stuart

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Journal Collage For Teens and Tweens for Ages 9-14

Instructor: Laura Shefler

 

​​​​Hands on collage projects combined with writing prompts based on particular themes to create a meaningful visual journal.

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Saturdays from 1PM to 3PM

First class FREE Jan 10 from 1PM to 3PM

Section 1 Jan 17-Feb 7/4 Weekly Classes/Tuition $160

Section 2 Feb 14-March 7/4 Weekly Classes/Tuition $160

Material: $15 for journal book. All other materials included 

Artworks in this section by Laura Shefler

This class is for teens and tweens who wish to use journaling to connect with themselves in a thoughtful and artistic way. Journaling is a constructive way to process unique challenges of growing up. By the end of several weeks, you will have pages filled with your own collages and writing, and the skills to continue the practice on your own. 
We will look at collages by renowned artists and discuss the historical context, the graphic subject matter, as well as the narrative of the work. Students will be encouraged to write their thoughts while in class and also to bring some of the source materials for their collage. 

Session 1: Through writing and art making, we will explore many reasons for keeping a visual journal: to preserve memories, understand our experiences, identify goals, and envision new possibilities. We will learn about the origins of collage in rebellious art movements of the twentieth century, then use cut magazine pages and other teacher-provided materials to fashion covers for our journals.

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Session 3: For our third session, we will explore unconventional methods of portraying the human form, with Kenyan American Wangechi Mutu as our primary example. At the same time, we will sample some more advanced sketchbook journal techniques, including pockets, windows, stitches, and pop-ups. Finally, students will make plans for a more

Session 2: In this session, we will use freewriting and collage to remember and recreate important location in our lives. For inspiration, we will turn to the great collage artist Romare Bearden, whose collages radiate a powerful sense of place. Students are encouraged to bring collage-able materials such as magazines, junk mail, and other paper scraps.

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Session 4: During our fourth session, we will experiment with abstract and surreal  approaches to expressing thoughts and emotions through collage.

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Figure Drawing For Teens
ages 12-18

Instructor: Emily Mair

Saturdays 9:30AM-12PM

First Class FREE Saturday Jan 31 from 9:30AM-12PM

Tuition $380/8 classes/Feb 7-March 28

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​This Figure Drawing course gives high school students a welcoming space to grow their artistic skills through a classical, hands-on approach. I teach with patience and high expectations, encouraging students to explore what they’re capable of and discover their own style as they work from the human form. Our model will be dressed in appropriate undergarments, and we focus on learning with respect, maturity, and curiosity. As a high school art teacher who fell in love with figure drawing at thirteen, I know how transformative this practice can be. I love helping teens gain confidence, connect art to real life, and realize that if they can draw the figure, they can draw anything. 

Artwork by Emily Mair

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Comics Art on Wednesdays from 4:30pm-6:30PM weekly for ages 11-15

Instructor: Dean Stuart

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​​Class dates in 2026 to be announced soon!

 

This course will be an introduction to the art of creating comics. We'll cover character design, world building, story development, and panel layout as well as learning composition, perspective drawing  We will also go over different drawing techniques, using different pen,brushes, nibs, inks, and watercolor. Students are encouraged to bring forward their own characters, voices and stories while we hone our craft, and at the end of the 16 weeks we will be creating full pages of our own comics!

Artwork by Dean Stuart

Big Painting Project
Ages 13 to 18
Instructors: Laura Shefler and Susan Chuang

Start date to be announced. Please subscribe to our newsletter to be updated on kids classes and workshops or email susan@colorspacearts to be put on waiting list.

For students with or without experience in drawing and painting who wish to create an original work of art through learning about color, design, and composition. 

Artwork by Laura Shefler

This class offers teens a chance to create a large painting in a studio environment. We will start with sketches and small studies, then proceed to paint on a large canvas. Examples of art, group activities, and writing prompts will support students in arriving at an exciting idea for their painting. Students will apply elements and principles of art to create their work and gain an understanding of the visual language. We will discuss how a work based on abstract concepts can stand on its own and also supports representational painting. Through the process students will develop a compelling piece of enduring value, aesthetically satisfying and personally meaningful.

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Colorspace Arts
10512 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito,
(Enter on Waldo Ave)
susan@colorspacearts.com

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