Single Session

Cityscapes (3-8)

by Mandy McGee | Elementary School, Jan Fontenot, Middle School, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, Visual Art

Ever hear students ask, “When are we ever going to use this?” This hands-on, arts-integrated workshop transforms the humble ruler from a classroom necessity into a powerful tool for architectural design. Students put measurement concepts into immediate action by drafting their own custom cityscapes, seamlessly blending precision math with creative visual art. Students will master real-world ruler skills, geometric precision, and spatial reasoning through architectural drafting, explore the impact of warm and cool color palettes to transform flat drawings into dynamic, expressive urban environments, and balance structural guidelines with creative choice as students engineer and style their own ideal city skylines. This session delivers an ideal balance of rigor and creative play. It directly reinforces STEM/math standards while giving students full artistic ownership of their work—leaving them with a striking portfolio piece and a clear answer to why math matters in the real world.

Surf’s Up! (K-8)

by Mandy McGee | Elementary School, Jan Fontenot, Middle School, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, Visual Art

Using watercolors to paint ocean scenery? It’s a match! This is the perfect opportunity to learn about seascapes. Classes will be painting a beautiful sunset, learning how to blend colors for the sky and the sea, and identifying parts of a landscape painting as they create with watercolors.

Clementine Hunter’s Zinnias (Grades 3-8)

by Mandy McGee | Art History, Elementary School, Louisiana, Middle School, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, Visual Art

No one taught her, so she taught herself and made her art her own. In doing so, Louisiana artist Clementine Hunter developed a visually distinctive style and vividly depicted plantation life in the early 20th Century. In this session, students will learn more about Clementine’s world. How, they will learn, did she arrive at her ideas of plantation life and her vision for depicting people, animals, and everyday life on a plantation? Then, students will create a piece of art in Clementine’s style and pay homage to her work.

Symmetrical Masks (3-12)

by Mandy McGee | Elementary School, High School, Holidays, Math, Middle School, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, Visual Art

Bilateral symmetry will never be just a big word again after this workshop! Students will practice cutting shapes from folded paper to create an abstract mask. This multi-faceted project can be connected to holiday or cultural themes, so chat with the artist about options after booking!

Cool Fish (K-2)

by Mandy McGee | Elementary School, Jan Fontenot, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, Visual Art

Illustrations make great teachers, and that is true in this case. Students will draw referencing images of tropical fish, and create details with line designs and patterns. Then, they will use a watercolor resist technique to complete and enhance the piece. Multiple techniques, multiple chances for visual expression!

Underwater Adventures (K-8)

by Mandy McGee | Elementary School, Jan Fontenot, Middle School, Science, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, Visual Art

Under the sea! This session is an artistic adventure on the ocean floor. Students will learn how to paint an eight legged octopus from a reference image, how to use contrast in their art for layering, and how to incorporate shapes and texture. This class includes a science component: there will be time to discuss some of the unique characteristics of this beloved sea creature.

Draw a Crawfish (K-5)

by Mandy McGee | Elementary School, Jan Fontenot, Louisiana, Science, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, Visual Art

You LOVE to eat them, and now you will love to DRAW them! In this session, students will learn how to draw a crawfish step by step. But this will not just be any crawfish…students will be exposed to Acadiana artist Hannah Gumbo’s drawing style and discover how she takes a drawing and transforms it into lots of different things! So that crawfish is more than just good eating!

Earth’s Night Sky (3-8)

by Mandy McGee | Elementary School, Jan Fontenot, Middle School, Science, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, Visual Art

The stars are your guides…not just in astrology, but in this session that introduces students to artistic tools and concepts. Students will be asked “As you’re standing in a forest and looking up, what do you see?” Students will then utilize a collection of brushes and tools in order to paint and draw their visualization. They will learn shapes, perspective, depth, and position when viewed from a particular point of view as they paint a nighttime scene of stars, a moon, sky and tree tops.

Paper Plate Whooping Cranes (3-5)

by Mandy McGee | Elementary School, Iberia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, Sam Wrobel, Science, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, St. Martin Parish, Vermilion Parish, Visual Art

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a….PLATE? Whooping Cranes are incredible Louisiana birds that need to be protected! Students will learn about these amazing endangered birds, and make their own whooping cranes from paper plates. Let’s make conservation fun and creative!

Matisse Paper Cut-Outs (K-5)

by Mandy McGee | Art History, Elementary School, Sam Wrobel, Single Session, St. Landry Parish, St. Martin Parish, Vermilion Parish, Visual Art

They say he “painted with scissors!” French artist Henri Matisse created playful compositions known for his use of color and unique style, that he often achieved without paint. In this session, students will learn about Matisse, and discuss how the man who once painted humans and still lifes created an equally important body of work in the medium of cut paper collage late in life. This is not just a history lesson; students will also create their own cut paper collage inspired by this artist’s work.

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