Class Offerings & Locations

Water Street Studios

Batavia, IL

• Young artists will have the opportunity to explore different medium and materials provided at each class.
• Young artists will be encouraged to use their creative freedom in problem-solving our creature of the day.
• Young artists will garner new creature facts while acquiring creative problem-solving and resourcefulness skills, as materials change week to week.
• Young artists will engage in new creative perspectives, as they focus on different and various aspects of each creature, never on a singular whole.
• Young artists will learn to work both independently and collaboratively in sharing group materials, working in a shared space, and problem solving.
  • 2 hour workshop. Materials Provided. Please bring a spare T-shirt to wear over regular clothes.

Unlock your artistic potential with our transformative course, Intuitive Art: Bleeding Paper & Acrylics. 

Designed for adults, this 5-week journey will elevate your creative confidence and empower you to embrace risk and intuition in your artwork.   Say goodbye to self-doubt and perfectionism as you learn to view mistakes as opportunities for growth. You'll master innovative techniques like bleeding paper and negative space formation, all while creating fluid, flexible compositions that reflect your unique vision.   

Key Takeaways: 

• Boosted creative confidence 
• Embracing risk and intuitive processes 
• Working with perceived mistakes 
• Techniques: Bleeding paper, negative space formation 
• Creating fluid and flexible compositions   

Celebrating art and local connections monthly through outreach community creative programs. 

Chicago arts partnership in education engages students, inspires teachers and artists, and demonstrates impact by weaving visual, digital, and preforming arts into classrooms across Chicago.
 

Water Street Studios

Batavia, IL

• Focus on harnessing creative intuition, while learning about process and craft and the balance and interplay between the two
• We will explore materials from both technical and process aspects. Understanding the fundamental and proper techniques of how to use our materials, to increase one's awareness, knowledge and confidence as an artist when making intuitive choices later on - as we ultimately use these same materials in new and interesting ways or with different/ non-traditional tools, to break free of our mind's own barriers.
• This will be a highly individualized process, geared towards each induvial skill set, creative needs, and ultimate pursuits.