Winter Adult Art Classes: Sign up TODAY!

VSA is offering three exciting adult art classes this winter:

Choir, Visual Arts, and Theater

1) Graduated Art: Art Explosion! For adults age 18 and up. The cost is $75.00* and includes artist fees and supplies. The class will incorporate various art projects in different visual art forms. Monday nights from 6:30-7:30pm for ten weeks, beginning January 28.

2) Graduated Art Class 2: Theater!
For adults 18 and up who are interested in having fun with acting! Activities in Theater class will include improv games, learning show tunes and dance moves, and acting out various scenes. The cost is $75* and includes artist fees and supplies. Tuesday afternoons from 4:00-5:00pm for ten weeks, beginning January 12.

*$75/class or $100 for both Graduated Art classes

3) Very Special Choir: This is a great opportunity for learning and growing in musical ability while making friends and having fun! For adults 18 and up. Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm throughout the year. The cost is $60 for Choir from January to May. The choir will begin January 7, and meets at Kuyper College (3333 E Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids).

Contact Katie at 885-5866 or vsaprogram@iserv.net and sign up TODAY!

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Vanguard Academy students create artwork for others enjoyment | wzzm13.com | Grand Rapids, MI

Vanguard Academy students create artwork for others enjoyment wzzm13.com Grand Rapids, MI

Central Students Create with Clay!

Students from Central High School school students have recently begun a year-long pottery residency with teaching artist, Phil Wilson, in which they will learn the art of pottery making while expressing their unique artistic voice. The ten students will engage in the 2 hour art class on the first Friday of every month throughout the school year. This residency will culminate in May with the Central students helping to teach a workshop at Festival Day, 2010!

Decorating the DeVos Children's Hospital

The new DeVos Children’s Hospital is seeking artwork to brighten their halls and VSA student artwork will be included! Twenty of our local VSA classrooms are creating artwork for this very special collaboration. See some of the work being generated for this exciting project.

Graduated Art: Book Making!

This Fall, young adults are coming to VSA each Tuesday night from 6:30-7:30pm and learning the art of making books. This beautiful craft is taught by Book Binder, Wendy Withrow, and has thus far included creating decorative books, making unique paper, crafting nature booklets, and making artistic choices all along the way.Get a sneak peak of some of the beautiful things these artists have created so far through viewing the pictures below.

Early Childhood Family Art and Learn Night

On Tuesday, October 27, over 90 people traveled to Ken-O-Sha Preschool in Grand Rapids for an evening of art and fun hosted by VSA. At the event, these preschoolers and their families listened to stories, created pottery pieces, had their faces painted, played with parachutes, and made beautiful necklaces. It was a wonderful night for teachers, artists, students and volunteers alike!
See our facebook page for more pictures of this event.