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“Thank you so much for providing such a nurturing, stimulating environment for my daughter to learn and grow.
Unlimited creativity. . .
The best thing art education can offer a child is the experience of creating for its own sake. The product is never so important as the child’s experience of creating it and the pleasure gained in the doing.
Children need to paint and create for their own enjoyment, not to imitate or please others. This is how they learn to trust their own ideas and find an inventiveness that gives them a fulfillment not dependent on the approval of others.
Painting My World
Ages 4–8
Children never seem to get enough room to paint big or to tell their stories. This painting class guides and nurtures a child’s creative growth using a full spectrum of colors, large surfaces to paint on and inviting collage papers to expand the imagination.
Dates: Classes are ongoing, 8 sessions
Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Fridays, 4–5 pm
Location: West 88th Street, New York, NY
Fee: $280
Creatures, Castles & Crowns
Ages 4–8
This adventure in collage and construction (three dimensional projects) uses a wide range of materials to make creations that are both fanciful and uniquely individual. Creatures, Castles & Crowns draws inspiration from artists such as Calder, Rouault, Matisse and American artist, Joseph Cornell.
All class materials included
Dates: Classes are ongoing, 8 sessions
Monday, 4:15–5:15 pm
Location: West 88th Street, New York, NY
Fee: $280
Time of Wonder
Ages 2–3
This is the age of experiment and discovery. Children will be introduced to ideas of shape, texture and color through the sensory exploration of art materials. Is the clay hard or soft, cool or warm? What happens when I mix red and yellow paint together? How does my world look through colored cellophane?
Dates: Classes are ongoing, 8 sessions,
Thursdays, 3–3:45 pm
Location: West 88th Street, New York, NY
Fee: $266
Call for information on the following. These classes can be arranged privately.
Family Art Time
A program personally designed for your family. Programs may include a combination of painting, sculpture, collage, clay and mask making.
Birthday Parties
Whether child or an adult – making art with friends offers a new kind of shared experience outside the mainstream. Personally designed for the celebrant, each party is an original art experience in an intimate studio setting. Possibilities include mask, mural or puppet making.
Don’t see what your want? Have questions? Contact Barbara Diane Barry by email or call 212-787-1923.