The University of Kansas
Spencer Museum of Art
Sponsored By: Kansas Arts Commission It Starts With Art!
Children's art appreciation classes for ages 5-14
Our entertaining, interactive programs for children ages 5-14 combine art education with hands-on creation. Each week, students explore selected art works in the museum and make their own art based on the techniques, media and traditions they discover. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Ages 5-8 years old meet 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. and ages 9-14 years old meet 1:30-3:30 p.m. Classes are $12*/$10 for Friends of the Art Museum children.
*Enroll in four or more classes and receive the FAM price.
January 30: Face It!
Create a unique and personal statement in an art box that reveals who you are, what you see and what you do not see, as you explore various forms of portraiture.
Create a unique and personal statement in an art box that reveals who you are, what you see and what you do not see, as you explore various forms of portraiture.
Teachers: Sorcha Hyland & Denise Stone, PhD
Februrary 6: Fan Fanatics
Discover the importance of the fan in Asian cultures. Use this rare opportunity to learn about some very old and delicate fans in the Spencer’s collection. Create your own hand painted, flip-style fan!
Discover the importance of the fan in Asian cultures. Use this rare opportunity to learn about some very old and delicate fans in the Spencer’s collection. Create your own hand painted, flip-style fan!
Teachers: Katie Turner & Jamie Babcock
Two Ways to Register:
- Register Online
- Download the Enrollment Form (223 KB)
- You can print it, fill it out and send it to us with your payment!
February 20: Tall Tales
Pick your favorite objects from in our 20/21 Gallery. Work in small groups to devise a story. Use ladder chairs to drop “paint-balls” and create your own group murals.
Pick your favorite objects from in our 20/21 Gallery. Work in small groups to devise a story. Use ladder chairs to drop “paint-balls” and create your own group murals.
Teacher: Sorcha Hyland
March 6: Printing the Prairie
Journey to the world of the Prairie Printmakers. Look at images of the Great Plains and create your own multimedia print using different textures and printing processes.
Journey to the world of the Prairie Printmakers. Look at images of the Great Plains and create your own multimedia print using different textures and printing processes.
Teachers: Heidrich & Audrey Baye
March 27: Diamonds & Eggs
Learn about the House of Fabergé and a few other “egg-works” then assemble and decorate egg sculptures and baskets.
Learn about the House of Fabergé and a few other “egg-works” then assemble and decorate egg sculptures and baskets.
Teacher: Sorcha Hyland
April 10: War of the Worlds: Pencil V. Print
Explore the exhibition, Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts. Study line and composition and experiment with creating the same image in print and pencil.
Explore the exhibition, Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts. Study line and composition and experiment with creating the same image in print and pencil.
Teacher: Natalie Svacina
April 17: What a Relief!
Learn how stories are told in stone and clay. Create your own tale using real earthenware materials and have your finished work fired on campus in a KU kiln.
Learn how stories are told in stone and clay. Create your own tale using real earthenware materials and have your finished work fired on campus in a KU kiln.
Teachers: Katherine Rossiter & Catherine Meihaus
May 8: Monsters in the Mix?
Hunt for images of the gory and the grotesque in ancient and medieval art. Use natural materials and found objects to create your own hairy, scary, monstrous mask.
Hunt for images of the gory and the grotesque in ancient and medieval art. Use natural materials and found objects to create your own hairy, scary, monstrous mask.
Teacher: Sorcha Hyland
