Youth Classes

A love of art begins early.

Are you looking for a way to introduce the arts to your toddler, allow your nine-year-old to explore her love of crafting, or a place where your teenager can hone his graphic design skills? The NAA is Naples’ only dedicated art center with classes and workshops designed just for children ages four to 17-years-old.

Session 1: October 8 – November 3
Session 2: November 5 – December 8 (4 weeks- no classes Thanksgiving week)
Session 3: January 7 – February 2
Session 4: February 25 – March 23
Session 5: April 1 – April 27
Session 6: April 29 – May 25

Check out the list of youth offerings below, scroll down and fill out the form to register, select a class or workshop, and we will see you at the NAA!

Saturday Youth Classes

ART FOR TEENS • Instructor: Tracy Kuzminsky
Saturday, 1-4pm, S1, S3, S5, 4 weeks, $100

Calling all teens who are eager to express themselves artistically, acquire new skills and hone their techniques to create incredible artwork. Students of all artistic levels will learn about the influences and styles of famous artists, and develop the foundations to take their work to the next level. Experiment with a wide variety of art mediums and make your creative vision a reality!

CLAY FOR KIDS • Instructor: Gina Rose
Saturday, 9am-12pm, S1-S6, 4 weeks, $100

This class will introduce the wonderful potential of clay. Students have a blast expressing themselves artistically while creating both functional and fun pottery. Each class session, students will learn a new hand building technique for creating and finishing wonderful clay pieces!

ART FOR KIDS
Saturday, 1-4pm, S1-S6, 4 weeks, $100

A series geared for any child who loves to draw, paint and use a variety of materials. Each week will explore a different theme, creating animals, landscapes, collage and abstract, still life, and figure drawing. We’ll use pastel, paints, tactile supplies and pencil as we learn fine art elements such as line composition, shading techniques, texture, and perspective. Students will also be introduced to a variety of artists including children’s illustrators and their unusual, exciting styles.

Tuition Assistance

Home School Education Classes

ELEMENTARY ART ADVENTURE
Tuesday 1:30–4:30pm, S1, S3, S5, 4 Weeks, $80
Thursday 1–4 pm, S3, S6
Welcome to the wonderful world of art! Join in the fun and learn new techniques, experiment with different mediums, and discover the styles of the modern and classic master artists. Using a variety of materials and their own imagination, students will express themselves artistically through an ever- changing curriculum that will help them produce a well-rounded portfolio of artwork. For home schooled students ages 4–8 years.

JUNIOR ART ADVENTURE
Tuesday 1:30–4:30 pm, S1, S3, S5, 4 Weeks, $80
Thursday 1–4 pm, S1, S5, 4 Weeks, $80
Welcome to the wonderful world of art! Join in the fun and learn new techniques, experiment with different mediums, and discover the styles of the modern and classic master artists. Using a variety of materials and their own imagination, students will express themselves artistically through an ever- changing curriculum that will help them produce a well-rounded portfolio of artwork. For home schooled students ages 9–14 years.

ELEMENTARY CREATIVE CLAY
Thursday 1–4 pm, S1, S5, 4 Weeks, $80
Get your hands dirty and learn how to create amazing pottery. Use your imagination and master the skill of hand-build clay pieces using techniques such as pinching, slumping, slabs and coils. Each project will explore the principles of design and sculpture. For home schooled students ages 4–8 years.

JUNIOR CREATIVE CLAY
Thursday 1–4pm, S3, S6, 4 Weeks, $80
Get your hands dirty and learn how to create amazing pottery. Use your imagination and master the skill of hand-build clay pieces using techniques such as pinching, slumping, slabs, coils, and throwing on the potter’s wheel. Each project will explore the principles of design and sculpture. For home schooled students ages 9–14 years.

GROUP CREATIVE CLAY
Tuesday 1:30–4:30pm, S2, S4, S6, 4 Weeks, $80
Thursday 1–4pm, S2, S4, 4 Weeks, $80
Let your imagination run free and explore the never-ending possibilities of what you can hand build with clay. Applying the principles of design, you will use coils, slabs, slumping, pinching, extruding, and many other techniques to turn an ordinary lump of clay into fun and functional pottery! For home schooled students ages 4–14 years.

Online Youth Classes Registration

Youth Classes Registration

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RELEASE OF STUDENT TO AUTHORIZED PARTY: I grant permission for the following people to sign-out my child in my absence. My child knows that these individuals will be responsible for picking him/her up from ARTScool classes at the end of the day in the event that I am not able to do so:

STUDENT LIABILITY WAIVER: The Naples Art Association, Inc. (NAA) does not accept responsibility for any liability from any bodily injuries sustained, or for loss or damage of any personal articles, to/of students while on the premises or while participant in any activity sponsored by The NAA. In the event medical attention is required due to accident or illness, the NAA shall, without accepting fiscal responsibility, seek such medical services, as it deems necessary and appropriate through EMS/911 and/or local hospitals. The NAA reserves the right to remove any child who behaves inappropriately, by our standards, from the classroom. In such a situation, parents will be called and tuitions will be refunded, prorata. *

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