Animals on Icebergs

At our weekly class at The Studio at Rush Creek in Maple Grove our KidzArt students learned out to draw animals floating on icebergs!  We run weekly art classes for kids-elementary ages from 9am-10am and preschool ages from 10am-10:45am. 

Kids love drawing animals and this week our elementary age students learned how to draw a walrus while the preschool students worked on drawing a polar bear.  Both ages groups then used Prismacolor markers and Water Soluble Crayons to color their pictures.  The crayons are a great and easy way to create the look of painting with watercolors but without the hassle of watercolor sets.  All students need to do is to color how they would with a crayon and then paint water on top! 

For more information on KidzArt and our classes visit us online at www.kidzartmn.com. 

Here are examples by students from 11/17/12.

Art Classes for Kids

The Program Directors of KidzArt in Minnesota, Marilyn Binkley and Lisa Vitkus, meet while teaching middle school art together. Marilyn has a B.S in Art Education and a Minor in Art History from the Pennsylvania State University. Lisa attended Hamline Univeristy where she received a B.A in Fine Arts, and then went on to the University of Minnesota where she obtained her masters in Art Education. They taught for two years together before the art program was reduced and there was no longer a need for two teachers. The chance came along to buy the KidzArt franchise in this area, and they decided to seize this opportunity and take their knowledge of art and teaching down a new career path.

Since March of 2008 Marilyn and Lisa have been offering art programs to kids around the Twin Cities.  KidzArt offers classes, camps, workshops, birthday parties, and projects for events such as reunions and parties.  What a great way to spread their love of art through all these different venues and to kids of all ages (2-99!).  KidzArt is not just for "kids".  Work team building activities or a ladies night of creativity are also ways Marilyn and Lisa share their love of art.

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For information on art classes for kids in Minnesota visit us online at www.kidzartmn.com!