Classes for Teens

The Mill Art Center & Gallery provides an environment in which the community can express and develop their artistic abilities through instruction, observation and interaction with professional artists. Our unique blend of classroom studios and professional gallery exhibition space encourages students to immerse themselves in art, with inspiration from instructors and the art that surrounds them. Our small class sizes ensure that each student gets plenty of one on one time in every class.
Children and teen classes follow the public school calendar. Arrangements may be made with specific instructors for make-up classes. Gift certificates for art classes and art purchases are available.

Due to a generous member donation and grant funding from the Genesee Valley Council of the Arts, the Mill At Center and Gallery is excited to be able to offer sign language interpreting for classes, talks and related programs. In order to successfully schedule an interpreter, we respectfully ask that requests are made two weeks prior to an event.

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NEUROGRAPHIC ART CLASS

Don’t let this scientific name scare you!  Neurographic art is simple, fun and highly addictive!  In this class you will learn how to create unique neurographic paintings using Sharpies, acrylic markers, watercolor paper and watercolor brush pens.  There will be two demonstrations showing you first, how to create your black neurographic lines and intersections; and, second, how to paint with watercolor pens and acrylic markers, beautifully filling in and enhancing your line work.  All supplies are provided.  Ages 12+.  This is a great class for parent and child to participate together. No art experience is necessary.

Instructor:: Stephanie Kelly                                                                                                                                                                            Date: Saturday, September 6th from 12 to 3 pm 

Cost: $50 per person - Register here and select from Mixed Media Class dropdown menu- PayPal, Cash or check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472   

***Sign Language interpreting for this class is available upon request 2 weeks notice prior to the start of class. Please indicate your request when completing the registration form. If you have questions email us at millartcenter@gmail.com. Efforts will be made to accommodate last-minute requests but cannot guaranteed !!!


Animal Pinch Pots for the Kid in all of us

Bring your creative energies to come make a friend to store your treasures in! In this kid friendly class, we’ll spend an afternoon learning about working with clay, and how to shape it into a curious critter. We will cover creating pinchpots, and how to form and attach additional pieces of clay to transform an everyday item into something with lots of character!

Absolutely no experience necessary, but a great refresher course, too. Please allow 2 weeks between class and picking up fired pieces.

Instructor:: Tarie Minchak

Who :: Ages 8+
Fee :: $50 includes all materials -
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Date and Time:: September 20th from 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Abstract Landscape Painting Workshop

In this workshop we will explore creating spirited and compelling landscape paintings. Take a look at any plein air painting you have done, enlarge a section and you will see that you have been working with abstraction all along. We never actually paint what we see, we translate the environment into color, form, line and composition, mentally cropping and tweaking, resizing, and placing it on a flat surface called a painting. We will be working with what you already know and moving toward an abstract vision.  

Connie has added a color exercise, exploring primary and secondary color, mass tone and undertone, warm and cool pigments and how they work in a landscape. Open to artists of all levels and working in all mediums. Most materials will be provided.

Day will include:

1. Short overview of some abstract landscape painters                                                                                                                                      2. Demonstration of paint applications                                                                                                                                                                3. Paint sketching from provided images                                                                                                                                                              4. Discussion on distilling your vision                                                                                                                                                                    5. Applying abstraction in the plein air setting                                                                                                                                                     6. Review of dimensional space and flat space

You will need to bring your lunch, and apron, your phone/camera, and an open spirit of exploration!

Instructor :: Connie Ehindero

Who :: 16 and up                                                                                                                                                                

Date :: New dates for Fall to be posted soon from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm

Cost :: $155 - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - PayPal, Cash or check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472

***Sign Language interpreting for this class is available upon request by March 1st. Please indicate your request when completing the registration form. If you have questions or email us at millartcenter@gmail.com. Efforts will be made to accommodate last-minute requests but cannot guaranteed !!!


ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

Positive and Negative Shape creation, Unity, Balance, Illusion of space and Focal point are all important design principles in the creation of art. We will work with each element separately to understand their use in compositions and see how other artists have used them in their work. This is a class on concepts and we will use mostly collage materials to study each concept and create many variations in a collaborative workshop environment. These design concepts are applicable to all forms of 2 dimensional art and used in many combinations in drawing, painting and photography.  

All materials will be provided.

Instructor :: Denise Heischman

Who :: Teens and Adults

Fee :: $180 Cash or check or Register through PayPal - You can also take the classes individually for $50 a class payable by check.

Dates :: 4 Wednesdays, TBA soon

Minimum of 4 students


Registration and Cancellation Information

IN ORDER TO RESERVE A SPACE IN A CLASS OR WORKSHOP AT THE MILL ART CENTER YOU MUST PAY IN FULL. YOU MAY DO THIS BY REGISTERING ONLINE OR BY MAILING US A CHECK MADE OUT TO THE MILL ART CENTER; OUR MAILING ADDRESS IS 61 N. MAIN ST HONEOYE FALLS, NY 14472.


OUR CANCELLATION POLICY IS SUCH THAT A 15% FEE WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM ANY REFUND GIVEN UP TO ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CLASS OR WORKSHOP. NO REFUND WILL BE GIVEN FOR A CANCELLATION MADE THE WEEK PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CLASS OR WORKSHOP.

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE REGISTERED FOR A CLASS OR WORKSHOP AND IT IS CANCELLED, YOU WILL BE REIMBURSED FULLY.

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF DIVERSE AGES, ABILITY, AND SKILL LEVEL, TO ENGAGE IN CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THROUGH ADULT, TEEN AND CHILDREN’S CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, AND ART EXHIBITIONS.