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Contact: Heather Grant
480-990-1422
hgrant@ScottsdaleArtSchool.org
YOUTH ACADEMY WARMS UP THIS WINTER
Scottsdale Artists' School Youth Academy Offers Holiday Activities for Kids and Teens
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (November 19, 2009) Winter Break is coming soon and Scottsdale Artists’ School Youth Academy has two exciting offerings over the holiday season.
The first will help children and teens omit the holiday shopping hassle and help cultivate their interest of art. Open to ages 6 through high school, the Youth Academy is offering a holiday gift-making class starting Monday, December 21 running through Wednesday, December 23. The class will take place for three days, from 9 AM – 3 PM and for $195, each student will make four complete gifts for the holidays, including card and wrapping. These gifts are the perfect way for children and teens to show their creativity for the holidays and give parents time to do some last minute shopping at the mall nearby.
To share in the spirit of giving and receiving, the Scottsdale Artists' School Youth Academy is hosting a fundraiser brunch at Lon’s at the Hermosa Inn on Sunday, December 6 from 10 AM – 2 PM. The Youth Academy will be selling hand-made ornaments, painted by the Youth Academy participants and sold for $30 each to help benefit young artists. The four themes of the ornaments include: holiday/seasonal, children’s, western and desert. These ornaments are a great gift and they help support our efforts to offer scholarships to students for our Youth Academy program. The cost for the brunch ranges from $8-$25 and reservations can be made by calling Lon’s in Paradise Valley at (602) 955-7878.
About Scottsdale Artists’ School
Founded in 1983, Scottsdale Artists' School is a non-profit art institution located in the Arts District of Scottsdale, Arizona. Dedicated to artistic enrichment, the School teaches the fundamentals of representational art to artists and aspiring artists who attend the School from all 50 States any many foreign countries. With a visiting faculty of about 140 of the nation's best teaching artists, the School offers over 200 workshops and classes a year to approximately 3,000 students with all levels of competency in oil painting, watercolor, pastel, sculpture, and drawing.
About the Youth Academy
Scottsdale Artists' School Youth Academy program offers traditional fine at instruction in all media for ages 6-8, 9-14 and high school students. Our curriculum is fully dedicated to developing keen observation skills, technical ability culminating in artwork that encourages self-confidence, knowledge and enthusiasm.
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Hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm weekdays and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturdays. Admission is free and open to the public. Scottsdale Artists' School is located at 3720 N. Marshall Way in the Scottsdale Arts District (SW corner of 2nd Street and Marshall Way). Free parking is available in the school's parking lot
For more information call the school at (480) 990-1422 or visit the web site at www.scottsdaleartschool.org.
About Scottsdale Artists' School
Founded in 1983 by a group of artists and community leaders, Scottsdale Artists' School is a non-profit school of traditional
fine art offering workshops and courses in oil painting, drawing, watercolr, pastel and sculpture. The School attracts
more than 3,000 students each year from all 50 states and many foreign countries.
Supported by Arizona Commission on the Arts with funding from the State of Arizona and National Endowment for the Arts. Funding also provided by Scottsdale Cultural Council and Scottsdale League of the Arts.