To register, call (616) 396.3278 or email helpdesk@hollandarts.org.  Please read Class Policies when registering. 

Summer 2020 Building Guidelines

  • MAXIMUM IN-BUILDING CAMP CAPACITY: 10
  • HAAC is following recommended CDC guidelines

Your Options!  

  • Live class in the building, 10 students maximum.
  • ​We are offering the class virtually on ZOOM. ZOOM students will receive take-home supply packages so you can do the class from the comfort of home. Busy during class time? Watch it later on YouTube. You will be contacted via email prior to camp start date with your camp’s ZOOM code and your supply pick up date. Supplies will need to be picked up from the Holland Area Arts Council (150 East 8th Street, Holland, MI 49423)  Please note: no shipping option is available at this time.​  Share your makings with us via Instagram @hollandartscouncil using the hashtag #hollandarts or email photos directly to helpdesk@hollandarts.org.

Summer 2020 Kid's Classes

Cartoon Boot Camp Summer Camp
Instructor: Wade Gugino
For grades 2-10
Learn the basics of cartooning: developing characters, expressions, action, strip and panel layout, shadow, wording and so much more! Anyone can do this with the right training. So pull on your boots and let's get drawing! Everyone will get a comic treasury with their comic in it at the end of the week! All materials provided, just bring your smiles!
4 days •  June 16-19 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $70 for members $80 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Nick Cave inspired Found Materials Summer Camp
Instructor: Bux Dhyne
For grades 4-8
Students will explore the work of Nick Cave and create art that has concept, is wearable, and potentially performance based. This class will show your artist that there is more to art than drawing. Set their creativity free with four days of applied imagination! 
4 days •  June 23-26 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $70 for members $80 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Picture
Drawing and Figure Form
Instructor: Barbara Carlson
For ages 9-13
Calling all doodlers, sketchers, and portrait drawers: this camp is for you!  Students will learn to draw different perspectives of the human figure and form by observing other students in the classroom. Students will also dabble in still life. Throughout the week,  we will use pencil, charcoal, chalk pastel, and watercolor. 
4 days •  July 7-10 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $70 for members $80 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Hand Building Ceramics Summer Camp
Instructor: TBD
For grades 2-5
Students will learn multiple hand building techniques while creating their ceramic treasures. Each child will make 4-5 keepsakes. Boxes and birdhouses will be created using slab construction along with small animal and people sculptures. The finished pieces will be available for pickup the following Friday. There will be an additional $35 supply fee for this class to cover the cost of clay, glaze, and firing of the kiln.
4 days •  July 21-24 • 1:00-4:00 pm • $120 for members $145 non-members • FULL
Brushes and Beasts
Instructor: Bux Dhyne
For ages 6-10
​Do you love art and animals? Tour the area of what was once the Getz Zoo and learn about what kinds of animals were kept in your own backyard! Explore different mediums while you learn how to create the texture of fur, scales, and feathers! Create masterpieces of your favorite wild animal! Camp will take place at Tunnel Park.
4 days •  July 27-30 • 10 am- 12:00 pm • $70 for members $80 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Music Makers Summer Camp
Instructor: Rebecca Wierks
For ages 7-10
We will repurpse and recycle materials to create musical instruments! We will also write music for our Friday performance!
4 days •  August 18-21 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $70 for members $80 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Music in Me
Instructor: Rebecca Wierks
For ages 0-4
Toddlers and preschoolers with a caregiver engage in the universal language of music, playing instruments, singing and dancing. 
4 days • August 18-21 • 10:30-11:15 am • $48 members $55 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Art in the Park
Instructor: Maranda Shear
For ages 7-11
“Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature”. Art in Park will engage your young creatives in nature-based projects. Students will explore both traditional and non-traditional art mediums such as printmaking, collage, clay modeling and observational painting. All supplies included! Each class session will begin with nature observations while learning about the plants, trees, birds and bugs we share our parks with. Things may get messy, so please don’t wear your favorite clothes!  A water bottle and sunscreen are encouraged. Camp will take place at the following locations Winstrom Park (8-17), Wendt Park (8-18), Ransom Park (8-19), Stu Visser Trails (8-20)
4 days • August 17-20• 10 am- 12 pm • $80 for members $90 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
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Let's Make Magic With Polymer Clay
Instructor: Annie Olson
For ages 5 & up
Introduction to polymer clay: This virtual class is designed for individuals or as a family activity.  Polymer clay is easy to use for all ages.  Annie will broadcast the class from the HAAC, teaching you how to create marine life.  Each person will receive enough clay to make marine creatures (shells, snails, octopus, etc.) or a necklace. Everyone will also receive real-life shells for inspiration and a personal notebook to write thoughts and record progress.  Students will be contacted prior to the class with the ZOOM code. Annie Olson is the artist behind Essence of the Spiral. You can check out her website at essenceofthespiral.com

1 day •  July 14 • 10:00-11:15 am •Member Individual: $25 Nonmember Individual: $30, Member Family: $45 (up to 4 people) Nonmember Family $55 (up to 4 people) • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Power of Positive Inking
Instructor: Wade Gugino
For ages 7-16
A picture is worth a thousand words. Come learn how to make your notes and thoughts visual and explode with emotion.  Impress someone you like, visualize your future, chronicle your life, or just plain have fun making funny cartoons!  We'll show you how to say nice things, share your feelings, and capture special moments with cartoon notes and cards.  You'll learn techniques to lay out your thoughts and goals visually.  You'll get the tools to journal in cartoon form.  And you'll get a crash course in simple strip and panel cartoons.  This is the most comprehensive cartoon immersion available, and you can totally do this!
4 days •  July 14-17 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $70 for members $80 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Pint Sized Picassos Summer Camp
Instructor: Bux Dhyne
For grades K-3
Four days looking at Picasso and Cubism and the basic elements of the movement. Each day your little artist will examine and create a Cubism piece inspired by the Master, Picasso. We’ll explore different materials and start your little artist's creative journey!!
4 days •  July 28-31 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $70 for members $80 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Comic Book Camp
Instructor: Wade Gugino
For grades 2-10
Do you looooove comic books and comic book movies but think you could NEVER draw the way those artists do or create characters as fully developed as they do? Despair no more! This camp will teach you to develop your own characters, add action and page layout skills and finish off the complete first page of your very own comic!! Let’s rock some comic book art! We have everything, just bring yourself.
4 days • August 4-7 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $70 for members $80 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Fine Art Summer Camp
Instructor: Emily Miller
For grades 3-6
A grown-up academy designed for younger kids, 8th Street Fine Arts Academy will cover acrylic painting on canvas and charcoal and pencil drawing. Students will learn methods of other fine artists. The camp will finish with an Art Show displaying the work created throughout the week. 
4 days • August 11-14• 1:00-3:00 pm • $70 for members $80 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register

Fall 2020 Kids Classes

So Sew Fun
Instructor: Megan Verley
For ages 9 & up
We will have fun learning the very basics of sewing! You will learn how to thread your machine and simple sewing techniques. We will start a fun beginner project that you can continue to work on at home! limited to 8 attendants. Please bring a sewing machine, thread, machine needles, and scissors.  If you need to borrow a sewing machine, email Megan at cortesmegan@yahoo.com
1 day • Saturday • October 3rd • 10:00- 11:30 am • $30 for members $38 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register
Corks, Forks, Straws, and Strings!
Instructor: Josey Brouwer
Young artists will get messy in this fun class while learning how to make prints and finished art pieces with crazy objects such as corks, forks, straws, and strings! Paint shirts are a must for this class!
​4 weeks • Thursdays • November 5, 12, 19 and December 3• 4:15-5:15 pm • $65 for members $90 non-members • Please call (616) 396-3278 to register

Grand Rapids Ballet School at the Arts Council

​Grand Rapids Ballet children’s classes meet at the Arts Council on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Grand Rapids Ballet School is excited to bring ballet classes to the Michigan lakeshore at Holland Area Arts Council in Holland, Michigan. Classes include Creative Dance for ages 3-4, Beginner Ballet ages 7-9, and Explorer Dance for Down syndrome. 

All registration goes through the Grand Rapids Ballet.  For more information and how to enroll, please visit grballet.com