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Special Programs For Your Students

STUDENT PROGRAMS (Click for Registration Procedures)
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In addition to all of the many wonderful exhibits, demonstrations and other attractions throughout WheatonArts, we offer special programs and classes for your students. Click here to skip down to Optional Student Programs. 

For more information, send an e-mail to mail@wheatonarts.org

At WheatonArts, we value the creative process, and the many ways in which engagement with the arts introduces learning skills and strengthens basic classroom curriculum goals.

Arts and crafts classes open a world of creative possibilities for children of all ages. WheatonArts offers hands-on experiences for children in Grades 3 to 6. All grades can visit and learn about the 1876 Centre Grove Schoolhouse and tour the internationally-known Museum of American Glass where they’ll discover the science, industry, art and magic of glassmaking from colonial times to the present.

The Folklife Program offers special exhibits highlighting the region’s many ethnic groups and art forms. (Click here for current exhibit availability) A special program for Grades 3 to 8, What is Folklife? Where Does it Live?, is offered year-round on Fridays (with advance appointment) and other programs that explore folk rhythms, music, customs and rituals have been developed for older students.

From April through December, the Artist Studios offer demonstrations and opportunities for students to meet informally with resident artists. As artists share their craft, they discuss materials and the science, history and social forces that have shaped both art and culture. They answer wide-ranging questions as wood, clay and molten glass are transformed before students’ eyes.

Whether a toddler or a teen, our scenic grounds offer the magic of nature, from the sands that form a major part of glass to the wide variety of trees and other plant life that help teach lessons in science and nature. 

All these experiences are subject to staffing and scheduling considerations.

Please call 856-825-6800, ext. 109 for availability.

OPTIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMS
These fees are in addition to the student admission fee.

Experience A One Room Schoolhouse
Grades 3 to 12 

Class Limit: 25
Class Fee: $15.00 per class

This experience is self-guided.

Museum of American Glass Guided Tour
Grades 3 to 12 

Class Limit: 25 students

Class Fee: $25.00 per class
Offered year round. Please Call for Availability

What is Folklife? Where Does it Live?
Grades 3 to 8 
Class Limit: 30 students

Class Fee: $25.00 per class
Offered year round. Please Call for Availability

Students learn about the traditions in their families and communities and the importance of continuing them.

Folklife Center Lecture Series
Grades 9 to 12 
Class Limit: 30 students

Class Fee: $3.50 per student
Offered year round. Please Call For Availablity

Lecture 1 – Folklore as Knowledge and Process: Introduction of Folk Music and Rhythms... Musical examples will illustrate some ethnic, regional
and occupational versions of the folk culture. Regular and irregular rhythms will focus students’ attention on different musical aesthetics in order to make
them think about the “sound of others.”

Lecture 2 – Folklore as Knowledge and Process: Introduction to Folk Rituals... Folk rituals will be considered as structure/event consisting of sacred
time, space, words, actions, music and dance; as a process in which all of the ritual elements become part of one meaning, and of a unique experience.
Students will learn specific information about ritual arts.

Students will the properties and techniques of creating with stoneware clay to make a trivet. Limit of three (3) classes per day.

Grades 3 to 6 
Class Limit: 20 students

Class Fee: $75.00 per class

Instructor: Deb DiMarco or Alyce Laufer

Students will learn to make colorful clay beads for use in various projects. Limit of three (3) classes per day. 

Paper Beadmaking
Grades 3 to 6 
Class Limit: 20 students

Class Fee: $75.00 per class

Instructor: Deb DiMarco or Alyce Laufer

Students will learn to make colorful paper beads using recycled magazines and newspapers for use in various projects. Limit of three (3) classes per day. 

Collage: Nature Rubbings

(not available May 2012)
Grades 3 to 8
Class Limit: 20 students

Class Fee: $80.00 per class
Instructor: Julie Tippie

Discover the exciting textures found in nature and use them to create expressive art! Students will use leaves, sticks, pebbles and other natural materials to create texture rubbings using crayons. The rubbings along with some natural materials will then be transformed into a college, creating a mixed media work of art inspired by nature. 
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Each of the visual art forms uses various materials, tools and techniques that are associated with unique verbal and visual vocabularies.
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Painting: Watercolor Resist 
(not available May 2012)

Grades 3 to 8
Class Limit: 20 students
Class Fee: $80.00 per class

Instructor: Julie Tippie

Experiment with salt and watercolor to create unique effects! Students will create an underwater scene complete with fish and plant life using oil pastels. Watercolor will be painted over the entire paper and will not cover the oil pastels creating a resist! Salt will then be sprinkled on the wet paint creating the visual texture of bubbles.  
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Each of the visual art forms uses various materials, tools and techniques that are associated with unique verbal and visual vocabularies.
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Sculpture: Found Object Art (Animals)
(not available May 2012)

Grades 3 to 8
Class Limit: 20 students

Class Fee: $80.00 per class
Instructor: Julie Tippie

Explore this eco-friendly art form! In visual art, an artist may incorporate into an artwork objects which have not been specifically designed for such a purpose. When found objects are used as part of a painting or sculpture, the resulting work is referred to as found object art. Students will create original artworks using found or repurposed objects and materials. They will use recycled food packages along with paper towel and toilet paper tubes to create an animal form. 

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Culinary Art: Cupcake Decorating

(Available April 2012)

Grades 3 to 8
Class Limit: 25 students

Class Fee: $150.00 per class
Instructor: Sweets Suite Chefs

New at WheatonArts! Culinary Arts is another great artistic outlet for children and adults alike, which is why teachers are encouraged to participate! Emphasis is placed on creative décor, artistic planning and interpretation utilizing various ingredients and mediums.

Culinary Art: Cookie Bouquet

(Available May 2012)

Grades 3 to 8
Class Limit: 25 students

Class Fee: $150.00 per class
Instructor: Sweets Suite Chefs

Create delicious, multi-dimensional culinary art. This session is actually two classes in one.  Design your own one of a kind cookie flowers and arrange them as a florist would!  Learn the creative process behind cookie decorating and flower arranging. Create a masterpiece suitable for Mother’s Day and beyond.

Culinary Art: Shore Scenes on Mini Cakes

(Available June 2012)

Grades 3 to 8
Class Limit: 25 students

Class Fee: $150.00 per class
Instructor: Sweets Suite Chefs

Design your cake and eat it too. Participants will enjoy learning age appropriate cake decorating skills decorating their own pre-baked 4” cakes, while learning tips and tricks from our resident professional chef! Create a beach scene inspired by our own South Jersey shoreline. Anticipate summer with fondant and flair!