Classes begin FEbruary 2nd and will Run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4pm to 6pm
GüttenHigh extends free, semester-long art classes to 10 creatively oriented middle and high school students in Hudson County, NJ.
Courses in drawing, printmaking ceramics and sculpture are taught on a weekly basis by bilingual instructors sourced from the artist community of Guttenberg Arts. We host 2 sessions a week, separating the students into 2 groups of five for a safe and inspiring environment and provide a virtual option for the duration of the Covid-19 health crisis.
We hope that this program can make things easier for students, parents and teachers. We believe that empowering students to develop creative and critical thinking, social emotional competencies, and intellectual and expressive abilities will allow them to become active, contributing members of a global society.
Fill out the form below to register your student (age 12+) & a member of our staff will get back to you!
Class schedule
Week 1: Pencil on Paper (Basic Forms) Learn a new way of drawing. Hold the pencil and the paper correctly. Become familiar with the posture and distance from the paper surface.
Week 2: Charcoal on Paper (Draw a Head) Drawing from model, skull. How to draw a head from inside (Simplifying shapes, lines as guides)
Week 3: Charcoal on Paper (Draw a Portrait) Draw a self-portrait by taking a selfie using an appropriate source of light to create contrast with the background.
Week 4: First steps in Watercolor This class will help you to understand how water and color behave and how to control it in order to make almost anything in a matter of 3 weeks.
Week 5: Watercolor Painting Learn how to combine techniques that create contrast depth and atmosphere.
Week 6: Watercolor Self-portrait Learn to apply and combine techniques from drawing a portrait with watercolor
Week 7: Intro to Mono Printing Monotype Printing is an incredibly immediate, playful, and multi-faceted type of printmaking, which could be described as a printed painting.
Week 8: Intro to Ceramics (Hand Building Basics) This class will teach basic ceramic techniques from hand building sculptural forms to creating functional pottery.
Week 9: Intro to Ceramics (Glazing) This class will continue to teach basic ceramic techniques from hand building sculptural forms to creating functional pottery.
Week 10: Painterly Screen Printing I This class will teach students a quick and easy way to screen print using drawing fluid and screen filler.
Week 11: Painterly Screen Printing II This class will teach students a quick and easy way to screen print using drawing fluid and screen filler.
Week 12: Linoleum Cut Printmaking I This class is an introduction to Linocut Printmaking.
Week 13: Linoleum Cut Printmaking II This class is a continuation of our introduction to Linocut Printmaking.
Week 14: Open Studio Day Students can take this day to work on any medium of their choosing
Week 15: Final Group Critiquing Students will meet with GA Staff to discuss their work in a group setting