After-School Art: The Recipe for Making Great Art (Ages 8-10)
Registration
Terry Havlis Drahos
Thursdays, January 16 – February 20, 2025
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Join us for 6 weeks of after-school art and creativity this winter! Participants (ages 8-10) will explore a variety of painting, drawing, and collaging materials in the quest to find the “recipe for making great art”. Through fun and engaging projects, each week will explore one of the 7 Principals of Design: repetition, harmony, gradation, contrast, dominance, unity, and balance — culminating in a completed collection of artworks.
This workshop will be followed by a Spring session with dates/description to be announced.
Students should bring:
- Apron or clothes that can get messy
- Snack and water bottle
Bookings
Registrations for this workshop are now closed.
Terry Havlis Drahos
Originally from Chicago, IL, Terry Havlis Drahos received her Bachelor of Design from Southern Illinois University, and Bachelor of Education at Acadia and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Universities, specializing in Art and Technology.
Increasingly involved in the Nova Scotia arts community, Drahos has served on the board of directors for numerous arts organizations. She founded and directed public art and education project Uncommon Common Art (2008-2019). Growing the organization from an ad hoc group of artists to a registered charity recognized in national arts publications.
Her artwork often examines social identity and perceptions. Drahos has exhibited nationally, and is the recipient of numerous grants and awards. She is passionate about art education dividing her time between her studio and sharing the love of making with children.
Drahos’s paintings can be seen at, Secord Gallery (Halifax, NS) and Gallery 78 (Fredericton, NB).
Bookings
Registrations for this workshop are now closed.