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The Visual Arts Brampton youth classes let your child develop
their creative skills in a studio setting. It doesn't matter
what experience or skill level your child has, the only
requirement is a love of art. Instructor
Keith Moreau helps them individually, giving
them pointers so they can improve at their own pace. Students
choose what interests them within the month's medium or
subject matter, allowing them full creative freedom in their
work.
Classes run from early January to mid-December.
Student art is displayed at Silver
Clips Gallery in Shoppers World, across from Artway
Gallery.
Many of our students use their experience from our classes,
to pursue further arts education at art specialising high
schools (like Mayfield or St. Thomas Aquinas) or college
and university art courses.
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What students learn
Each class starts with a 30-minute independent drawing exercise.
Rotating from week to week, the subjects are portraits,
animals, and still life objects. On portrait weeks students
may choose between two faces, one male, one female. In all
cases, these half-hour opening assignments are meant to
loosen the students up, and draw a loose interpretation
of the subject.
For the rest of the class, students work on a piece in
the monthly subject or medium.
The students will learn perspective, pencil, coloured pencil,
scratchboard, acrylic painting, cartooning, printmaking,
portraiture, various forms of still life and animal drawing,
as well as many other mediums.
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Year-end youth achievement awards
At the end of each year, we encourage students to enter
the Youth Achievement Awards,
a celebration of their artwork. Students choose their best
works, as well as a selection of home assignments and in-studio
screen assignments, which them submit for overview. The
VAB board looks at students' work, and compare it to others
of their age, awarding an honourable mention, bronze, silver,
or gold medallion. Unlike the Olympics, there is no set
amount of medallions, the levels are awarded as justified.
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To sign up...
Visit the VAB Studio (location)
and fill out a form there.
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Great Value
VAB is here to serve all of the community. We keep
the classes at an extremely affordable $300 a year
for 50 two hour weekly instruction and practice periods.
No other kids art program in Brampton comes close
to this price point.
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Discounts
Students receive a Visual Arts Brampton membership card.
With that card, VAB students get discounts at Curry’s
Art Supplies, DeSerres, and Woolfitt’s Arts Supplies. |
Youth achievements | Youth
Achievement Awards | Frequently
asked questions (FAQ)
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