Ben Franklin Elm. After School Fine Art Classes Winter 2026
Ben Franklin Elm. After School Fine Art Classes Winter 2026
After School Art Wednesdays 2:30-3:30
Located in PTA Portable.
10 weeks: 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11, and 3/18
This class is a young artist’s dream:). We’ll be covering a breadth of art forms and foundations, such as but not limited to: Painting, drawing, sculpture, fibers, ceramics, mixed media, design, comics, manga, and Printmaking. Each session focuses on different skills within the media type thus resulting in different projects all year long. This allows students to enjoy taking art every session (for years and years if they chose) and never having to worry about doing the same project twice. All supplies are provided including 2 clay firings: bisque and glaze. Students will be given a portfolio at the beginning of the session. With this they will learn to respect and store their masterpieces just like real artists. Students will take home their full portfolio the last day of class.
Student pick up time is 3:30pm. When filling out your students enrollment form please how you would like to pick up your student:
1. Supervised Release: you give permission for your student to leave class with the teacher or volunteer in a group and wait with the group until you arrive to pick them up. You will be waiting to pick them up out front of the school directly following the end of class. If you run late your student will wait with Mrs. Ashley or the volunteer until you arrive. Your student understands to let Mrs. Ashley or the volunteer know they see you before they get into the car and leave. If you feel that your student is not capable of waiting with a group outside the school safely and struggle with staying where they are told then I advise you give them time to achieve that skill before signing them up for after school classes. This release is the same as the typical release on a normal school day.
2. Unsupervised release: I give permission for my student to leave after class unsupervised to head home on their own with out any supervision.
The volunteer will not knowingly leave the school if they see a student has not been picked up. Students that tend to not follow directions, hide, or wanders off when in a group setting are encouraged to wait for their self management skills to develop further before taking after school classes.
Please have your artists wear appropriate clothing on the day of classes, not their Sunday bests ;).
No refunds. No reschedules for missed classes. I do my best to reschedule unexpected school closures WHEN POSSIBLE, such as a snow day.

