Grades K-3
All classes are $50 for GRAA members and $60
for non-members except where noted.
Monster Camp!
(Monday – Friday, June 9 – 13,
10 a.m. - noon)
Do you love to make a mess and use your creativity?
Well let’s get wild with paper mache! Come and create
a one of a kind monster that you can take home and play with
all summer!
Cartooning
& Print Making (Camp)
(Monday – Friday, June 23 – 27, 10 a.m. - noon)
In this class, students will do fun activities that will teach
them how to draw and create their own cartoon characters.
Once students have developed their own characters, they will
be introduced to some basic printmaking techniques that will
be used to create several matted prints of their characters.
Students will also have the opportunity to make prints of
their favorite cartoon characters like Spongebob Squarepants!
On the last day, we will also create a class quilt by combining
everyone¹s prints onto one large sheet.
Power Painters
Camp
(Monday – Friday, July 7 – 11, 10 a.m. - noon)
Lets explore the medium of paint! We will focus on color,
line, shape, and texture as we paint away every day and create
beautiful artwork for home.
Fun with
Bookarts! (Camp)
(Monday – Friday, July 21 – 25, 10 a.m. - noon)
By using a variety of methods in collage, printmaking and
drawing, students will learn a variety of book binding methods.
The first class we will make a cool Japanese binding to create
a cool book. The second/third class we will design a Zine
that can later be replicated by photocopy at the local copy
shop.
Mural
Madness Camp
(Monday – Friday, August 4 – 8, 10 a.m. - noon)
Join the fun at the GRAA this summer while learning to paint
a collaborative mural. Students will learn how to work with
acrylics while creating bigger than life size paintings. As
a group, we will design and produce murals that will be displayed
throughout our community. Have a blast this summer at the
GRAA and leave your mark on the wall of Little Falls.
Bangles,
Bobbles, & Big Shining Beads
(Monday – Friday, August 18 – 22, 10 a.m. - noon)
A great starter class for young children to take even common
household items and learn to form simple jewelry and continue
to develop dexterity skills.
Renaissance
Kids Colored Pencil/Watercolor Class
(Fridays August 1, 8, 15, and 22, 10:30 a.m. - noon; cost
$35 for GRAA members and $45 for non-members)
Drawing can be fun and not as hard as you think. We’ll
learn about the shapes that make a drawing happen. You will
learn to draw creatures of all shapes and sizes with easy-to-follow
instructions.
Grades 4-8
All classes are $50 for GRAA members
and $60 for non-members except where noted.
Mache
Maniacs (Camp)
(Monday – Friday, June 9 – 13, 1 – 3 p.m.)
Do you like to get creative with Paper Mache? Bring your creativity
and imagination to create unique and colorful Paper Mache
projects. We will make everything from Paper Mache mancala
game boards, jewelry, bowls, boxes, and much more!
Children’s Summertime
News
(Session # 1: June 10, 11, 12, 18,
24, 25, and 26, 1 -3 p.m.; Session #2: July 8, 9, 10, 16,
29, 30, 31)
In this class, students will get an opportunity to create
their own television news show for local cable access in Little
Falls & Pierz. The class will cover all aspects of television
production including the equipment such as cameras, microphones,
video switchers and audio mixers. Students will also lean
interviewing techniques and training on being on-air TV personalities.
At the end of the class, the students will produce and direct
a television news show that will later air on Channel 6 in
Little Falls & Channel 10 in Pierz. Students will also
receive a video or DVD copy of the show that they create.
Crazy about
Clay
(Tuesdays June 10, 17, 24 and July 1, 8, 15 at 3-5 p.m.)
Come and explore the exciting technique of wheel throwing
and hand building with clay. Each student will have the opportunity
to work on a potter;s wheel to throw a clay vessel. Students
will also learn the technique of trimming and glazing. All
students welcome no matter their experience.
Comic Book
Traditional American/Japanese Anime (Camp)
(Monday – Friday, June 23-27 at 1-3 p.m.)
This is an exciting class that combines cartooning, creative
writing, and bookmaking all in one! In this class, students
will learn the basics of drawing traditional cartoons as well
as Japanese Anime-styled characters. As a class, we will discuss
the different characteristics of cartoons and talk about character
development. Students will use what they have learned to write
a story using their own unique characters and visualize it
in their very own comic book!
Power Painters
II Camp
(Monday – Friday, July 7 – 11 from 1-3 p.m.)
If you love to paint join us for a painting a day at the Power
Painters Camp. We will be creating beautiful paintings of
everything from landscapes to crazy abstract art.
Visual Journaling
(Camp)
(Monday – Friday, July 21- 25 from 1-3 p.m.)
Are you a daydreamer that gets caught inspecting the details
of a tree outside your school windows? Do you doodle but still
listen to the teacher, even if they don’t think you
are? Students will spend some time in various locations in
Little Falls: the Zoo, Maple Island Park, a Café, the
State Park or the Library. They can draw, write, or take pictures
of the experience and translate it into a cool journal. The
purpose of this class is to break the barriers of “what
art is” and encourage the process of collecting information
and imagery to be uninhibited and fun.
Mural Madness Camp
#2
(Monday – Friday, August 4 – 8 from 1-3 p.m.)
Join the fun at the GRAA this summer while
learning to paint a collaborative mural. Students will learn
how to work with acrylics while creating bigger than life
size paintings. As a group, we will design and produce murals
that will be displayed throughout our community. Have a blast
this summer at the GRAA and leave your mark on the wall of
Little Falls.
Renaissance
Kids Beading Camp
(Monday – Friday, August 18 – 22 from 1-3 p.m.)
Students will learn
about beading and all the things you can do with beads. A
fun hobby for children that can turn into a passionate art
form, as they discover with everyday objects to create very
unique objects.
Renaissance Kids Colored Pencil/Watercolor Class
(Fridays August 1, 8, 15, and 22, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.;
cost $35 for GRAA members and $45 for non-members)
Drawing can be fun and not as hard as you think.
We’ll learn about the shapes that make a drawing happen.
You will learn to draw creatures of all shapes and sizes with
easy-to-follow instructions.
Thanks to the Little Falls Kiwanis
Club and Little Falls Dandee Lions for sponsoring our summer
children’s art classes!
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Creative Outlet: Teen Night
(Tuesday Nights from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
starting June 10)
Are you a teenager?
Do you have an interest in studio arts? Come join the hordes
of young people at the Great River Arts Center this summer.
It will be an open studio venue, so drop in at your leisure.
Work with clay (hand building or on the wheel). Painting,
drawing, found object sculpture, jewelry, printmaking, bookbinding,
tie die, special guest artisan and much more!
TEEN NIGHT will be
Tuesday nights 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, starting June 10th.
Cost will be $3.00 per night, and some
additional material cost may be added.
The instructor will be Mr. Justin Roberson.
If you have question and want to register, please contact
the GRAA at 320-632-0960.
Floral Arrangement for Gardeners
The intentions of this class is for you the gardener
and the summer flowers you are growing. Wouldn’t you
love to visualize those flowers growing out in your garden
as to how they will look arranged in a vase sitting in your
living room. Well, this class will help you select and arrange
your own personal vision to the hobby of gardening you love
so much. Your friends will be amazed when you tell them they
are your flowers and your arrangement. This class is guaranteed
to give you the basics of a professional Floralogist (the
art of arranging flowers).
Flowers and vases will be supplied. You need to bring a sharp
knife and a pair of scissor that will cut. You can bring your
own vase if you would like.
FLORAL DESIGN FOR THE GARDNER
Learn to select and assemble your garden flowers
into attractive floral arrangements. This class is designed
to provide the basics of professional flower arranging. Patty
Mackinac is the instructor and The Flower Dell is the sponsor.
Saturday, June 28, 10:00 am to Noon. $15
members and $20 nonmembers. Flowers and vases will be supplied.
You need to bring a sharp knife and a pair of scissors that
will cut. You can bring your own vase if you would like.
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Coming
Soon!
Teen Night Open Studios
Dates to be decided soon. If interested
please call or email so we can let you know of the dates.
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