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kids.teens
ages 5 – 18
At the Southwest School of Art students work one-on-one with professional
artists-teachers to learn new visual arts skills while developing individual
expression.
contents
summer art studios info
week 1
Jun 3 – 7
week 2 Jun 10 – 14
week 3 Jun 17 – 21
week 4 Jun 24 – 28
week 5 Jul 8 – 12
week 6 jul 15 – 19
week 7 jul 22 – 26
week 8 Jul 29 – Aug 2
week 9 aug 5 – 9
week 10 aug 12 – 16
faculty.staff
registration form
how to register
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inside back cover
registration & administrative hours
Mon – Fri | 9:00am – 5:00pm
Registration for classes should be made as soon
as possible; class size is limited and fills quickly
on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration Office | 210.224.1848, ext. 317/334
fax 210.224.9337
email [email protected]
www.swschool.org
other young artist programs
Saturday classes
are similar in concentration to summer classes, but meet for four to six weeks on Saturdays during the
school year. Contact the Registration Office for more information, 210.224.1848, ext. 317.
Saturday Morning Discovery (SMD)
offers a free family art experience on Saturday mornings during the school year. Enrollment for the 2013-2014
school-year begins Jul 17. Enrollment available online (www.swschool.org).
Teen Intensive School Program
is a free after-school painting program for teens serious about art. Enrollment for the 2013-2014 school-year
begins in Aug. For more information contact Regina Sanders at 210.224.1848, ext. 321.
Mobile Arts Program (MAP)
brings hands-on art experiences to schools, community centers and social service agencies.
mission statement
The Southwest School of Art teaches, preserves, and advances the visual arts. We expand the creative potential of our community and
connect cultures of the world through participatory learning experiences.
An additional purpose is to preserve and present the former Ursuline Convent and Academy as a place of historic significance.
ssa overview
The Southwest School of Art is a nationally-recognized leader in visual arts education, offering on-campus studio programs
for more than 4,000 adults, children and teens annually. Classes and workshops are taught by outstanding local, regional and
national artists in state-of-the-art facilities located in downtown San Antonio.
support
Support is provided by the City of San Antonio’s Department for Culture & Creative Development, theFund, the Texas Commission on
the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as by many generous individual and corporate donors. The SSA would like
to thank all the many members and donors who make it possible to keep your tuition affordable.
art studios
Summer Art Studios (formerly
Summer Art Camp) offers oneand two-week long classes that
concentrate on a specific media
or topic and provide creative
learning experiences in a
positive, nurturing and fun
environment.
choosing a class
studios notes
age range
to the parents
Summer Art Studios classes are open to ages 5 –
18. Classes are designed to fit the skill set for a
specific age range. Age ranges are based on this
and not on a child’s artistic ability. No exceptions
are made.
fives and sixes
Because we’re committed to a high-quality
educational experience at Summer Art Studios, we
treat our youngest artists — the 5 and 6-year-olds
— differently.
• Instructors have skills and training specific to early education or primary education.
• 5- and 6-year-olds may enroll for half-days only.
• Age verification is required.
teens | intensive studio
Intensive Studio offers teen classes geared to ages
14 – 18. All teen classes:
• Focus on teaching visual arts fundamentals with
a solid foundation in art principles and techniques.
• Expose teens to new skills and strategies for
creative and critical thinking.
• Foster the development of each student’s own
artistic voice and vision.
Students age 16 and above, who are serious about
art, also have the option to register for an adult
studio class.
class size
Because Summer Art Studios offers individualized
instruction, enrollment is limited to 10 students
per class unless otherwise noted. Professional
artists who will help inspire and develop individual
expression teach all classes; be sure to read their
bios on pages 14 and 15.
tuition
The basic tuition for a half-day class is $145 per
week ($130 for members). Tuition for 2-week
classes, special classes, and a few classes
with higher material fees is different and listed
separately by the class.
extended care
Extended care is required of all students registered
for a full day of studios and covers early arrival,
supervised lunch and afternoon activities. Cost is
$30 per week.
Class sizes are limited. To ensure
enrollment, please register early.
Professional artist-teachers and studio counselors will
supervise children during all studio activities. Summer
Art Studios policies, guidelines, and procedures are
available on the school’s website under Required
Forms. Completed Release and Medical Forms are
required at check-in the first day of your child’s class.
Please read over the information carefully. If you have
any questions, please call the Young Artist Programs
Director at 224.1848, ext. 331.
how to register
Online registration starts Tuesday, March 19 for
members, and Tuesday, March 26 for non-members.
For detailed information on how to register, please
refer to the inside back cover. Please read all
registration and refund policies (inside back cover)
carefully before you register.
location
Classes, unless otherwise noted, are held on the
park-like grounds of the Southwest School of Art
(SSA), located at the intersection of Augusta and
Navarro (across from the Central Library). Several
classes are taught at off-site locations such as the
Architecture Foundation of San Antonio (located
at The Pearl) or may meet off site for a field trip.
Personal transportation will be required. Please
check class description for details.
attire
Classes take place both indoors and outdoors on
our grounds. Children should wear clothing
appropriate for making art (which is often messy) in
San Antonio summer weather (which is always hot!).
special needs
For children or teens with limited abilities or
special medical needs, you must contact the
Young Artist Programs Director at 210.224.1848,
ext. 331, prior to registering your child so that
accommodation can be arranged.
lunch
A supervised lunch hour, from noon to 1:00pm,
is scheduled as part of the full-day studio only.
Students have the option of bringing a bag lunch
from home, or purchasing a lunch ticket at sign-in.
friday finale
Parents, relatives, and friends are invited to join us
each Friday from noon to 1:00pm for FRIDAY FINALE!
Have lunch with your children, view the artwork of
the week from all of the classes, and meet your
children’s new friends, their parents, and faculty.
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studios
classes
week 1
jun 3 – 7
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Age: 5 – 6
1-7002 | Primary Art
Susan Oaks
This class for budding artists builds skills
through hands-on activities that kids love
most. Be introduced to painting, drawing,
cutting, attaching and building. Learn about
materials through play; supporting the joy of
the imagination is at the heart of this class.
Also offered Weeks 3, 7 and 10.
Age: 14 – 18
1-7911 | Drawing & Design
Jessica DeCuir
Students wil immerse themselves to unlock
their creative energy! Explore fundamental
design and drawing concepts: line, shape,
texture, space and value, in black & white,
color and mixed media. Create dynamic
abstract designs and other interesting
projects.
Age: 7 – 10
1-7987 | Watercolor Painting
Lisa Stewart
Learn watercolor techniques as you paint in
the gardens and around the SSA studious.
Gain basic skills, explore color, line, shape,
and texture using the immediate medium of
watercolor.
Age: 7 – 10
1-7022 | Eleven Stitches
Suzanne Armstrong
1-7082 | Master Artist:
Looking at Monet
Make a sampler incorporating eleven
embroidery stitches using all eleven stitches
and even create your own stitches. Progress
to using embroidery in personal designs as
you create frame-able wall pieces.
Rainey
Age: 7 – 10
Age: 8 – 12
Capture light and reflection using drawing
and watercolor. Look through Monet’s eyes to
understand impressionism. What does light
look like? How do changes in light change
in a picture? Study how atmosphere, time,
shape and color change due to the shifting
world of light.
1- 7012 | Clay Story Book Animals
Age: 8 – 12
Age: 8 – 12
Laurel Bodinus
Laurel Bodinus
Make a three-dimensional mask from a variety
of materials, such as foam, plastic, fabric and
found objects. Base your designs on animals,
storybook characters or imaginary creatures.
A hand-sewing intensive class.
Dream up and make a three-dimensional
critter out of everyday stuff — mechanical
and natural pieces, paper, cardboard and
plastic. All the throwaways of daily life come
together in a recycled beast you create.
Age: 11 – 14
Age: 8 – 12
1-7128 | Soft-Sculpture Masks
1-7089 | Ink Painting
Stacey Berlfein
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afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
Create beautiful works of art in grayscale
with ink and brush. Students will work from
still-life and from nature. Explore the principle
of value — the scale of grays, as well as the
effects achievable with the brush and view
ink paintings from other cultures.
Kimberly Rumfelt
Piglet, Eeyore, Curious George, or maybe a
Hobbit? Create a favorite story book character
and move these friends from the page to life
through sculpting clay!
1-7982 | Recycle-a-Beast
1-7103 | Maps & Mapping:
X Marks the Spot
Ray Munoz
Create real and imaginary maps — inside and
out — maps of rooms, gardens, downtown,
as well as maps of stories, treasure maps,
or maps of fictional lands. Work with scale,
elevation and drafting materials.
Age: 11 – 14
Age: 11 – 14
1-7029 | Millefiori Bangles
2-7560 | Eco Dyeing & Printing
Lenora McQueen
Victoria Montalto
Learn to create bangles out of polymer
clay. Using millefiori cane techniques
borrowed and adapted from ancient Venetian
glassmaking, bring together long rolls of a
variety of colors. Then cut the rolls to expose
dazzling patterns — the “thousand flowers”
of millefiori.
Create your own natural dyes or stains from
plants, herbs, teas and rust. Apply stains and
thickened dyes to papers and fabric, paint
with dyes and print with soy-based inks to
create all-natural eco-friendly works of art.
Age: 14 – 18
Leora Uribe
1-7018 | Clay: Intro to Handbuilding
Ryan Takaba
Learn handbuilding fundamentals, using
many different types of clay to explore their
effects and limits. Create a variety of ceramic
projects that are sculptural, architectural or
functional. Add texture, color and pattern with
slip, underglaze and glaze to complement the
form.
week 2
jun 10 – 14
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Age: 5 – 6
2-7044 | Draw a Story
Lenora McQueen
From “once upon a time” to “on a faraway
planet,” students will create their own stories
in pictures. Follow a story all the way to
“happily ever after” in drawings that come
together in their own book.
Age: 7 – 10
2-7072 | Harry Potter Puppets
Age: 11 – 14
2-7037 | Jewelry from Junk
“Shabby chic” or “eco-necklaces”? What can
you do with a bottle cap, a playing card, a
toy soldier, and egg crate? Work with recycled
materials to create exotic pieces of jewelry —
pins, earrings, bracelets, and necklaces.
Age: 14 – 18
2-7051 | Black & White Photography
Melanie Rush-Davis
Ready to explore various photographic
principles and methods? Learn about focusing
and light settings, and discover the process
of darkroom printing in classic black & white.
Students should bring their own 35mm film
camera if possible.
Age: 14 – 18
2-7989 | Watercolor Painting: Nature
Jeannette MacDougall
Learn basic watercolor techniques and color
mixing while seeing the natural world with
fresh eyes. Each class will focus on a new
technique — paint wet-on-wet, with dry brush
and other special effects — as students work
directly from nature, interesting still-lifes, or
photographs.
afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
Felipe Barajas
Age: 7 – 10
Explore traditional papier-mâché techniques
to create puppets inspired by the Harry
Potter stories. Define puppet characters with
costumes and accessories to tell a favorite
Hogwart story.
Noel “Bella” Merriam
Age: 8 – 12
2- 7129 | Sculpturama
Noel “Bella” Merriam
Cast your head using plaster and gauze,
make wire sculptures and mobiles, construct
a wooden assemblage, and design a
found-object box. Learn to think in threedimensional space as you morph materials
and ideas.
Age: 8 – 12
2-7548 | Eco Art
Saleta Gomez
Study nature by making art — observe
insects, birds and other creatures live and
in action! Investigate life under a log, paint
garden watercolors, print a bug and construct
a journal with entries drawn from nature.
2-7048 | Dr. Seuss & Other Inspired
Nonsense
Explore the wacky world of literary nonsense
— Doctor Seuss, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll
— from Green Eggs and Ham to Cloudy with
a Chance of Meatballs. Let the story inspire
you to create illustrations, dioramas, pop-ups,
and all manner of silliness.
Age: 8 – 12
2-7125 | Animals in Wood
Andrew Fothergill
Use wood scraps of every shape and variety
to create creatures, structures, or landscapes.
Look at the work of Louise Nevelson; let
how she used wood in sculptures — creative
works that are like cabinets of curiosities —
inspire you.
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week 3
jun 17 – 21
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Age: 5 – 6
3-7002 | Primary Art
Susan Oaks
This class for budding artists builds skills
through hands-on activities. Be introduced
to painting, drawing, cutting, attaching and
building. Learn about materials through play;
supporting the joy of the imagination.
Also offered Weeks 1, 7 and 10.
what did you like best about your class—
“freedom to experiment within
the introduced technique”
Age: 8 – 12
2-7041 | Paper Animation
Melanie Rush-Davis
Zoetropes and flipbooks are where motion
pictures began. Create a group of devices
for making pictures move. Learn about the
optical effect which makes individual images
appear as a moving picture.
Age: 11 – 14
2-7992 | Drawing: Skills & Techniques
Regina Sanders
This class introduces the skills of rendering.
Learn the fundamentals of line, form, volume
and composition as you work with pencil,
charcoal, pastels, and pen and ink.
3-7101 | Paint Like an Egyptian
Margo McCarthy
How did the art of Old Kingdom Egypt tell
stories? Learn to paint like an Egyptian tomb
painter. Create a self-portrait as an ancient
Egyptian king or queen, and use hieroglyphics
or personal symbols to tell a story.
Age: 8 – 12
3-7085 | Cartoon Storytelling
Bill Stevens
Invent your own cartoon characters and bring
them to life through the stories you write.
Move your characters through sequential
story lines. Learn the basic elements of
cartoon drawing, layout, inking and color
fill-in.
Also offered Week 8.
Age: 8 – 12
3-7606 | In an Octopus’ Garden
Age: 11 – 14
Laurel Bodinus
Lisa Stewart
Create undersea creatures and plants. Explore
the many creatures of the deep, and create
several of your own creatures. Draw and
paint under-seascapes, create dioramas of the
deep, and invent 3-D watery inhabitants.
2-7081 | Calligraphy:
For the Love of Lettering
You’ll learn some of the basic forms of simple
calligraphic alphabets. Use them to write
favorite phrases, poems, or your own creative
writing. Letter and design with pen and ink,
to create beautiful works of calligraphic art.
Age: 14 – 18
2-7986 | Painting Intensive
Rainey
Tuition: $290 (Members: $275) | 2 weeks
Painting both in non-traditional and
traditional methods, examine color theory and
composition, modified “masters” techniques,
paint application and various painting
mediums. Exercises, class assignments, oneon-one instruction and critiques will be geared
to individual needs. Requirement: previous
painting experience.
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Age: 7 – 10
Age: 11 – 14
3-7983 | Painting: Skills & Techniques
Regina Sanders
This beginning techniques class stresses
representational and modern still-life
painting. Using various tools and brushes,
you will be introduced to watercolor and
acrylic paints.
Age: 11 – 14
3-7080 | DRAWING
Abraham Vasquez
Students will learn the core essential
techniques to drawing accurately and
expressively using still-lifes as the subject
matter while working in charcoal and pastels.
Age: 14 – 18
3-7052 | Photo Manipulations
Age: 11 – 14
3-7118 | The Raven Mask
Melanie Rush-Davis
Laurel Bodinus
Alter and re-think photographs and the
photographic medium as a whole. Capture
images using non-darkroom, digital and
other techniques. Create photocopy transfers,
draw on top of images, layer photos through
collage or combine techniques in signature
style. Students must bring a camera to class.
The Kwakiutl people of the Northwest created
raven masks — representations of a powerful
and important character in their literature and
belief systems. Students will listen to raven
tales, and will create raven masks to decorate
with raffia, feathers, and painted design
motifs of these native people.
week 4
Age: 14 – 18
3-7083 | Drawing In Color: Pastels
jun 24 – 28
Rainey
Experiment with the application of oil pastels
— learn to control the medium, blend colors
and soften edges — to create rich and
vivid drawings. Students will also gain an
understanding of drawing principles such as
composition, line and tone.
afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
Age: 7 – 10
3-7202 | Monoprints
Brenda Burmeister
Experience the magic of printmaking. Make
one-of-a-kind art works with inks and a
variety of papers. Learn how lines, shapes,
and colors appear on the printed surface.
Age: 8 – 12
3-7095 | Cityscapes
Leora Uribe
Collaborate on a large-scale installation
of a model city. Discuss communities and
cities and the things that make them work.
Keep a notebook of urban sketches and
observations.
Age: 8 – 12
3-7045 | Accordion Book Making
Claudia Langford
Learn the process for making paper, and then
use the paper to make fold-out or accordion
books to personalize with poetry, photos and
drawings.
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Age: 5 – 6
4-7006 | ABC – A Building Class!
Ray Munoz
Kids build — it is one way they explore and
create — stack, sort, knock down, and start
again. Students will build, draw, collaborate,
and design with blocks and other building
materials.
Age: 7 – 10
4-7071 | Wirework Creatures Amy Jones
Create a menagerie of twisted wire creatures.
Use pipe cleaners and colored wire and
learn to shape animated forms. Investigate
artist Alexander Calder’s wirework circus and
explore baskets and jewelry as well.
Age: 8 – 12
4-7069 | Mosaics in 3-D
Bonnie Mann
Plan and design a mosaic work on a non-flat
surface like a small piece of furniture. Work
with the possibilities of making beautiful
and functional objects using glass, marbles,
mirrors, plates, tiles, and natural and found
objects.
Age: 11 – 14
3-7868 | Master Artists: Surrealists
Margo McCarthy
Enter the surreal world of artists Dali,
Magritte, Ernst and others — exploring
dream-like images and juxtapositions.
Combine photographic magazine images
in unconventional ways for the basis of a
painting or drawing.
what did you like best about your class—
“the ability to try something new
and put my own twist in it”
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afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
Age: 7 – 10
4-7984 | The Fauves: Critters ‘n Color
Jenny Giuffrida
Blue horse? Red wolf? Like the fauvists
painters use vivid colors in your art. Work in
a variety of media to create works that use
color to express emotions, depict light, set a
mood or define character.
Age: 8 – 12
4-7105 | 3-D Animated Pictures
Margo McCarthy
Age: 8 – 12
4-7075 | Frank-n-Janey
Laurel Bodinus
Don’t know much about biology? Create
a simple rag doll/creature which you cut,
sew, stuff and assemble. Add embroidered
or painted faces, fill the doll with internal
organs, and design outfits that you also
create for your doll to wear.
Age: 11 – 14
4-7065 | Batik
Lenora McQueen
Hot wax and multiple dye baths create rich,
colorful designs on fabric. Be introduced to
the tools, the skills, and the cultural contexts
of the art form of batik.
Age: 11 – 14
4-7987 | Watercolor Painting
Margo McCarthy
Learn watercolor techniques as you paint in
the gardens and around the SSA campus.
Gain basic skills, explore color, line, shape,
and texture using the immediate medium of
watercolor.
Age: 14 – 18
4-7090 | Experimental Drawing:
Beyond Boundaries
Jennifer Agricola
Take drawing to another level with new
media, large scale and experimental drawing.
Incorporate and alter your own personal
ideas. Start with original sketches then reinvent them into new imaginative drawings. Age: 14 – 18
4-7985 | Mixed Media Methods
Victoria Montalto
Explore a variety of media in drawing and
painting. Students will freely experiment with
combinations of materials and approaches
as they gain essential art fundamentals and
skills.
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Design an “animated” art piece which will
“flicker” to show two different pictures using
alternating images on accordion folds. Make
preparatory drawings, explore materials and
techniques, and think in terms of paired
images.
Age: 8 – 12
4-7016 | Clay: Self-Portraits
Kimberly Rumfelt
Create life-size self-portraits in clay while
learning basic methods of construction. This
class will demonstrate how simple modeling
techniques and surface treatments can
produce an expressive self-portrait.
Age: 11 – 14
4-7033 | Metal Jewelry Making
Susan Adams
Fabricate your own pins, bracelets, or other
jewelry items out of wire and sheets of brass,
copper or other metal, as you learn about the
techniques and tools of metalsmithing.
Age: 11 – 14
4-7618 | Fabric Flower Pins
Suzanne Armstrong
Design and create multiple wearable artpins using different construction methods
and materials. Try out the qualities of cloth
(different materials and weights), ribbon,
beads, and thread as you refine your handsewing skills.
Age: 14 – 18
4-7063 | Cumbia Revolution:
Silk-Screen Printing
Cruz Ortiz
This studio-intensive class will keep students
moving to the beat. Learn basic, as well as
non-traditional, screen-printing techniques.
Create a large-scale, multi-media piece that
rhythmically incorporates printing and collage
elements.
no classes | jul 1 – 5
week 5
jul 8 – 12
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Age: 5 – 6
5-7005 | Red, Blue, Yellow, Oh My!
Age: 11 – 14
5- 7100 | Public Art:
Transforming a Space
Mark Menjivar
Explore site-specific or other art created in
public spaces as the class acts as an artist-inresident for the week at the Central Library.
Create projects on location that integrate the
interests of the class participants as well as
library patrons and staff. Come explore and
transform the library!
Age: 14 – 18
Jenny Giuffrida
5-7922 | Portfolio Prep
Learn to recognize the primary colors and
how to mix them to make secondary colors.
Hear stories of the colors, make colorful
collages, create color combinations and name
each for what it looks like.
Jeannette MacDougall & Vince Colvin
Age: 7 – 10
5-7058 | Archi-Nature
Leora Uribe
Create a design notebook as you collect
drawings and photographs of structures and
patterns from nature — like wood grain, leaf
patterns and flowers. Look at how insects
build structure. Use gathered information to
create an organic architectural structure.
Age: 8 – 12
5-7086 | The Cartoon Character
Bill Stevens
Create your own cartoon character. Work on
ways to articulate the character’s movements.
Is your character a human, machine or an
animal — then what traits will be evident?
Develop a series of sketches around your
character in various settings.
Age: 8 – 12
5- 7094 | Drawing BIG with Pastels
Rainey
Working on a BIG scale, use pastels to
capture huge gestures — burst of energy,
complexity of movement and subtlety of color. Discover the value of picture composition
and color theory.
Age: 11 – 14
5-7035 | Stained Glass
Noel Vargas & Susan Faktor
Learn the copper foil technique for creating
stained glass boxes and other forms. Select
and prep the glass, apply copper foil, and
solder multi-colored glass pieces together.
Note: Please wear sturdy shoes for safety;
no sandals.
Also offered Week 7.
what did you like best about your class—
“the freedom to make whatever
we wanted”
MacDougall will lead the first four days,
concentrating on drawing exercises
— working from observation, still-life
arrangements and timed exercises. On the
final day, Colvin will talk about what art
schools are looking for in portfolios, and help
students think about what they need to work
on as he reviews drawings created during the
week.
Age: 14 – 18
5-7089 | Perspective Drawing
Chris Sauter
Creating the illusion of space, finding the
vanishing points, learning to give objects
three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional
plane — this is the study of perspective.
Make works that define and lead the viewer
into a space that lines, points, scale, and
sightlines have established.
afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
Age: 7 – 10
5-7075 | Dollmaking
Lenora McQueen
Make dolls out of a variety of materials —
from yarn, cornhusk, fabric and wooden
beads, to clothespins, twigs and embroidery
thread. Look at dollmaking traditions from
around the world.
Age: 8 – 12
5-7099 | Building Buildings
Mark Aguilar
Where do buildings start? What determines
their shape? Learn how buildings happen
— from discussions of function to modelmaking. Use the city as a resource for ideas
and constructions as you learn architectural
terms and methods.
Age: 8 – 12
5-7611 | Yes You Can! Aluminum Can Art
Leora Uribe
The ultimate in recycled art! Use aluminum
cans to create interesting sculptures that are
attached, stacked and balanced. Cut cans
apart into colorful pieces and reassemble
them to make jewelry, metal mosaic or
functional objects.
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Age: 11 – 14
5-7950 | Making Movies
Brenda Burmeister
Tuition: $290 (Members: $275) | 2 weeks
Make a movie! Explore the art of filmmaking
— script, models, scale, lighting, editing. This
is a collaborative learning class – together you
make a movie, an expression of many students’
coming together – in idea and execution.
Age: 11 – 14
5-7070 | Make It Concrete
Bonnie Mann
Be introduced to a variety of ways of working
with concrete — from sand-casting and molds
to ferro cement. Learn the basics of mixing
and working with cement while creating an
unusual art piece from a common material.
Also offered Week 9.
Age: 14 – 18
5-7982 | Drawing: A Personal View
Cruz Ortiz
Both beginners and intermediates will learn
new drawing techniques and styles, and
strengthen existing skills. Students will
be able to experiment with many drawing
materials while developing their own
distinctive perspective.
week 6
jul 15 – 19
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
6-7849 | Bang! Sculptural Instruments
Justin Boyd
This is a noisy class about sound and sound
making. Create drums and other percussion
instruments out of a variety of materials.
Discover the found-object instruments of
Harry Partch. Listen, play, improvise,
collaborate and create new sounds.
Age: 11 – 14
6-7095 | Street Art & Cityscapes:
Stickers & Stencils
Ray Munoz
Look at the work and techniques of such
street artists as Keith Haring, Banksy and
Shepard Fairey. Emphasizing the positive
influence of street art on urban design,
students will create their own stickers and
stencils as a means of personal expression.
Age: 5 – 6
Age: 11 – 14
Jenny Giuffrida
Lisa Mittler
Start by learning to look. Select a subject
and take a photograph of it. Paint from the
photo — discovering how the world you see,
the world the camera captures, and the world
you paint are each different, yet engaging.
Create plushy creatures out of felt and fabric
remnants. Sketch designs for your own
plushy creation, learn sewing techniques and
uses, cut out patterns and embellish your
creations as well as learn the history of the
stuffed animal.
6-7093 | Photos to Paintings
Age: 7 – 10
6-7078 | Flutter & Flow
6-7829 | Plushy Creature Creations
Age: 14 – 18
Lenora McQueen
6-7986 | Painting: SKILLS & TECHNIQUES
What catches the air? What captures your
fancy? This class will explore and create
objects that come to life with the air — kites,
paper airplanes, wind socks, pennants,
mobiles, and pinwheels. How the wind will
howl to catch what catches you!
This beginning techniques class stresses
representational and modern still-life painting.
Using various tools and brushes, be introduced
to watercolor and acrylic paints as well as the
fundamentals of composition and design.
Age: 8 – 12
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Age: 8 – 12
Ruth Buentello
Age: 14 – 18
6-7605 | Buggy About Drawing
6-7080 | CONTOUR LINE DRAWING
Cheryl Alexander
Sarah Pagona
Come enjoy close-up views of some fabulous
and inspiring BUGS! Use magnifying glasses
to examine a variety of bugs (insects and
arachnids.) This class is about drawing from
observation, as well as fascination.
Students will discover the many uses of line in
drawing. Contour line and all of its variations
— blind contour to cross contour, expressive
to controlled lines. Strengthen observational
drawing skills while learning techniques
explored in pencil, charcoal and pastels.
week 7
afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
jul 22 – 26
Age: 7 – 10
6-7126 | Texas Critters
Amy Jones
Texas is home to a host of mammals, birds,
and reptiles — including the Nine-Banded
Armadillo, the Eastern Screech Owl, and
the Texas Tortoise. Learn about these and
more. Using papier-mâché, construct and
paint replicas of Texas critters and their
environments.
Age: 8 – 12
6-7193 | Photos to Paintings
Jenny Giuffrida
Explore the connection between photography
and painting. Gather images and give them
composition and new form. Use the images
as a seeing tool, a gathering method, or as a
design device, then incorporate them into a
painting.
Age: 8 – 12
6-7016 | Self Portraits:
Plaster to Clay
Cheryl Alexander
These self portraits begin with plasterbandage, life-masks molds (does not cover
eyes, nostrils, lips.) Once the mold is made,
clay is pressed in to create a realistic portrait
that can then be detailed creating a life-like
masks.
Age: 11 – 14
6-7021 | TAPESTRY WEAVING
Regina Sanders
Weave on a tapestry loom in SSA’s fibers
studios, using methods that are thousands
of years old. Warp your own loom and use
a variety of colorful weft yarns to weave a
tapestry that you design.
Age: 14 – 18
6-7031 | Lost Wax Metal Casting
Jillian Palone
Tuition: $160 (Members: $145)
This class will explore the traditional method
of working on multiple small wax models
that will then be cast in bronze. Additionally,
students will learn to solder together a
simple band ring and add findings and
castings to make wearable art.
parent’s comment—
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Age: 5 – 6
7-7002 | Primary Art
Susan Oaks
This class for budding artists builds skills
through hands-on activities that kids love
most. Be introduced to painting, drawing,
cutting, attaching and building. Learn about
materials through play; supporting the joy of
the imagination is at the heart of this class.
Also offered Weeks 1, 3 and 10.
Age: 7 – 10
7-7014 | Clay: TOTEM POLES
Sarah Rohlack
Build ceramic totem poles that tell stories
about family and urban customs. Explore how
images, forms, texture and color combine to
create characters that are significant; stack
pieces together to create a narrative story.
Age: 8 – 12
7-7862 | Fun Fab Felting
Amy Jones
Combine wool fibers, a little soapy water,
a generous amount of agitation, and magic
happens — the fibers are transformed
into felt. Students will learn all aspects
of felt making, including making flat felt
compositions and creating sculptural felt
forms.
Age: 8 – 12
7-7081 | Yum Pop!
Rainey
Soup cans? Nike ads? What is pop art and
how does a changing pop culture change
what we mean by it? Students will look at the
work of Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Wayne
Thiebaud and others, and create their own
pop art.
Age: 8 – 12
7-7087 | Drawing: Anime Cartoons
Jil Ewing
Hooked on the anime stylized cartoon figures
from Japan — Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragon
BallZ? Use special art markers to render
characters of your own devising. Learn
everything you can about the style so you
can make it new and yours.
“My son loved his class and
teacher. Fantastic job. He is
encouraged and never told to
slow down or hold back. Love it.”
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Age: 11 – 14
7-7802 | The “Green” House
Age: 11 – 14
7-7933 | Op Art Designs
Garrett Rodriguez
Jessica DeCuir
Design and construct a model house using
ecologically friendly technologies. A class in
construction and problem-solving — a chance
to think about how a house is heated and
cooled, where water comes from and other
ways to help the planet.
Look at art and design with optical illusions.
Look again! See something different? Use
elements in black and white to create optical
illusions and in color to create the illusion of
vibrating designs.
Age: 14 – 18
7-7088 | Drawing: PORTRAITS
Vincent Valdez
Students will learn to observe and render
portraits — self-portraits and others — as
they examine drawing techniques. Working
from photos and live models they will use
charcoal, graphite and pastel.
Age: 14 – 18
Age: 11 – 14
7-7035 | Stained Glass
Noel Vargas & Susan Faktor
Learn the copper foil technique for creating
stained glass boxes and other forms. Select
and prepare glass, apply copper foil, and
solder multi-colored glass pieces together.
Note: Please wear sturdy shoes for safety;
no sandals.
Also offered Week 5.
7-7080 | Drawing: Still-Life &
Landscape
Age: 14 – 18
Stacy Berlfein
Victoria Montalto
Develop drawing skills through observation
of detail. In the studio, draw from still-life
setups of natural objects. Draw in the garden;
select and observe textures, details, shapes,
and patterns.
Inspired by the ancient Chinese technique,
explore modern methods to create original
designs on silk or rayon. Using resist to draw
or outline the designs then paint with colorful
thickened cold water dyes to make banners
and other textile artworks.
afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
week 8
Age: 7 – 10
7-7045 | Pop-Ups & Other Books
Leora Uribe
The fascinating world of paper and book
structures is limited only by the imagination.
Build books which flap, spring and slide.
Illustrate visual stories that POP off the page!
Age: 8 – 12
7-7104 | Civilization Creation
Jil Ewing
An exploration in collaborative learning.
Create a small scale civilization, including
a model of a home — using materials
indigenous to the time and the region
selected. Devise tools and language, create
laws, divide labor, and solve problems.
Age: 8 – 12
7-7127 | Soft-Sculpture Pets
Amy Jones
Learn to reproduce an animal in 3-D from a
photograph or drawing. Create an armature,
and using basic sewing skills, assemble
a stuffed pet complete with coat of fur or
feathers. Add details for facial expression!
7-7066 | Silk Painting
jul 29 – aug 2
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Age: 5 – 6
8-7023 | Stitch & Sew & So On
Susan Oaks
Have fun with fibers — collage, stitch, quilt
and weave — using swatches of fabric,
ribbons, yarns and embroidery threads. This
class is all about introducing the texture, the
types and the possibilities of fibers.
Age: 7 – 10
8-7067 | Drawing, Sculpture, Collage
Cathy Masterson
Learn the differences between 2-D and 3-D
art. Portraiture both drawn, collaged, and
papier-mâché will allow students to compare
media to find the qualities of each.
Age: 8 – 12
8-7191 | Drawing: Fast Gesture &
Slow Contour
Cheryl Alexander
Drawing games and tricks, all geared to
increase your drawing skills with quick take
gesture studies and slow focused contours,
help develop an understanding of translating
what the eye sees to drawing on the page.
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Age: 8 – 12
8-7097 | Tower Power
David Anthony Garcia
Employ a variety of techniques to draw San
Antonio’s skyline of towers. Investigate the
history, materials and construction styles
of skyscrapers, while creating a threedimensional model of an imaginary tower.
Age: 11 – 14
8-7912 | 2-D Design
Stacy Berlfein
This course will cover the basic elements
and principles of two-dimensional design, to
provide a good foundation for more advanced
study. Examples of design in everyday life —
in books, posters, signage, packaging and
advertising will be viewed with a critical eye
as to what makes them work.
Age: 11 – 14
8-7545 | Nature Painting & Printing
Victoria Montalto
Art for the ecology-minded. Gather leaves,
flowers, roots, bark, and other natural
materials to create a printing block or a
collagraph plate. Unique prints (using nontoxic soy-based inks) will be pulled from
the plate and can then be transformed into
dimensional nature paintings.
Age: 14 – 18
8-7915 | Mixed Media Sculpture
Justin Boyd
Gain and understanding of design principles
and the basics of sculpture while creating
a three-dimensional wall box of mystery.
Students will learn construction techniques as
they assemble and build their designs out of
a variety of materials, including small items
of intrigue with personal meaning.
Age: 14 – 18
afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
Age: 7 – 10
8-7092 | Eat Your Painting
Lenora McQueen
Your art design as a cookie! Make a series of
drawn designs — what suits a cookie best?
Then decorate an actual cookie for a piece
of delicious, edible art. Can you resist not
devouring it in minutes?
Age: 8 – 12
8-7186 | The Art of Nanamirio –
Anime Artist
Jil Ewing
Continue the anime odyssey concentrating
on the style and work of Nanamirio, a young
female artist from Japan. Use markers and
colorless blenders for a soft-edged, almost
stained, drawing effect.
Age: 8 – 12
8-7016 | Clay PortraitURE
Cheryl Alexander
Wonderful ways to express yourself in clay!
Create a pinch pot — “Me” as a cartoon
character. Make a coil construction sculpture
— “Me” as a Royal Personage. Or make a
press mold mask of your face — “Me” as the
real me.
Age: 11 – 14
8-7120 | Alebrijes: Folk Art Creatures
Andrew Fothergill
Oaxacan creatures of fancy and fright are
known as Alebrijes. Create your own creatures
out of wood, clay, papier-mâché and other
materials. Paint your creatures in brilliant and
contrasting colors and designs.
Age: 11 – 14
8-7088 | Portraiture: The Inner Me
8-7035 | Stained Glass
Matthew Franklin
Noel Vargas & Susan Faktor
Focus on concepts and constructions of
the self — how we think of ourselves, how
we’re viewed, what we project. Learn selfportrait painting techniques in acrylics, while
exploring creativity and imagination.
Learn the copper foil technique for creating
stained glass boxes and other forms. Select
and prep the glass, apply copper foil, and
solder multi-colored glass pieces together.
Note: Please wear sturdy shoes for safety;
no sandals.
Age: 14 – 18
8-7900 | Digital Imagery
Noel Vargas
In SSA’s Digital Studio, learn the basics of
Adobe Creative Suite® — Photoshop and
Illustrator. Apply art, design and computer
knowledge in solving visual and conceptual
problems. Note: Students should have a
good working knowledge of PC computers.
what did you like best about your class—
“being able to challenge myself”
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week 9
aug 5 – 9
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Age: 14 – 18
9-7982 | Oil Painting Pronto!
Ricky Armendariz
This is a fast-paced and experimental
painting class where students will learn how
to blend colors and apply paint. Let creativity
be the guide to expressing, while still helping
you discover what painting is all about.
Age: 5 – 6
9-7013 | Clay & Klee
Noel “Bella” Merriam
The playful works of the master artist Paul
Klee with their vibrant colors, stories, and
great imagination, will feed the creativity of
this class. Work with both clay and on paper
to create works art.
Age: 7 – 10
9-7034 | Beadmaking
Lenora McQueen
Make beads in a variety of media — paper,
felt, papier-mâché and other materials. Beads
will be painted, embossed and stamped,
and combined with other objects to create
amazing necklaces and bracelets.
Age: 8 – 12
9-7810 | Warhol, Haring, Banksy
Ray Munoz
Take another look at street art. Focussing on
three artists and their vision, their imagery,
and their impact, students will work on pop,
comic, guerilla, and street imagery.
Age: 8 – 12
9-7985 | Master Artists: Van Gogh
Rainey
On your mark, get set, Van Gogh! Re-think
the famous artist’s use of color, light, and
the texture of his brush-strokes. Use his style
to create artworks in watercolor and mixed
media.
Age: 11 – 14
Age: 7 – 10
9-7850 | Music & Art
Noel “Bella” Merriam
How has music inspired artists? View the
work of artists Kandinsky, Picasso, Klee,
Hockney and others. Selections of music will
be played as you interpret sound into line,
shape, color, rhythm and texture through a
variety of mediums.
Age: 7 – 10
9-7054 | Taking Pictures
Victor Pagona
Investigate the elements of film photography.
Work with portraiture, landscape, nature and
abstraction. Note: Students must bring a
35mm film camera (not a digital camera) and
two rolls of film; processing is included in
the tuition.
Age: 8 – 12
9-7085 | Cartoon Storytelling
Bill Stevens
Invent your own cartoon characters and bring
them to life through the stories you write.
Move your characters through sequential
story lines. Learn the basic elements of
cartoon drawing, layout, inking and color
fill-in.
Also offered Week 3.
Age: 11 – 14
9-7076 | Birds in Many Forms
9-7024 | Monkey Business
Suzanne Armstrong
Samantha Ostos
Draw, collage, sculpt, and construct birds of
many kinds — real and imaginary. Consider
the basketry construction methods of some
nests, the design of feathers and pattern, the
functionality of beaks and claws. Your own
aviary in a variety of media!
Make a sock monkey using the traditional
Rockford red-heel work socks, and then
outfit your monkey with handmade clothes
and accessories. Photograph your monkey
in action and create a photo journal. Basic
sewing skills helpful.
Age: 11 – 14
Age: 11 – 14
9-7070 | Make It Concrete
9-7028 | Coiled Basketry
Samantha Ostos
Susan Oaks
Students will be introduced to a variety of
ways of working with concrete — from sandcasting and molds to ferro cement. Learn the
basics of mixing and working with cement
while creating an unusual art piece from a
common material.
Also offered Week 5.
Create your own functional or sculptural
coiled basket. Learn coiling techniques with a
celebrated master and watch a vessel of your
own making take shape.
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afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
Age: 14 – 18
9-7068 | Mixed Media
Age: 11 – 14
10-7069 | Mosaics
Rainey
Samantha Ostos
In this two-dimensional design class,
students will incorporate collage elements
with traditional and non-traditional mediums
to complete complex pieces. Students will
examine the works of Hannah Hoch, Alexis
Smith, and others to inspire and influence
your creative process.
Learn modern applications of an ancient art
form. Work with the possibilities of making
beautiful and functional objects using glass,
marbles, mirrors, dishes, tiles, and natural
and found objects. Tour nearby mosaic sites.
week 10
aug 12 – 16
morning classes | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Age: 5 – 6
10-7002 | Primary Art
Susan Oaks
This class for budding artists builds skills
through hands-on activities that kids love
most. Be introduced to painting, drawing,
cutting, attaching and building. Learn about
materials through play; supporting the joy of
the imagination is at the heart of this class.
Also offered Weeks 1, 3 and 7.
afternoon classes | 1:00 – 4:00pm
Age: 7 – 10
10-7801 | Dino-Bird
Laurel Bodinus
Paleontologists ALL! How are birds and
dinosaurs connected? What would a flying
dino look like? Using the recycle-a-beast
method, students will create their own
dino-birds!
Age: 8 – 12
10-7075 | Dolls from Recycled
Materials
Suzanne Armstrong
Create at least one standing doll from a
variety of materials found and provided.
Solve the sculptural problem — how to make
the doll stand independently.
Age: 7 – 10
Age: 8 – 12
10-7803 | Fairy Time
10-7310 | Microbots
Laurel Bodinus
Leora Uribe
The magic and enchantment of fairies are the
focus and the delight of this class. Explore
fairies through literature, folklore and art, and
create your own fairy figures.
Enter the world of the future where microbots
abound. Build your mechanical wonder (nonmotorized) from recycled materials such as
boxes, cans, machine parts, and a vast array
of other recycled materials.
Age: 8 – 12
10-7048 | Science Fiction & Fantasy
Matthew Franklin
Not anime or cartooning, but story
illustration. Visualize the great science fiction
and fantasy stories with your own creatures,
planets, heroes, and villains. Look at classic
sci-fi and fantasy illustrations and illustrators,
and then draw your own favorite stories.
Age: 11 – 14
10-7087 | Anime Studio
Jil Ewing & others
For students already working in anime, this is
a chance for focused work and for guidance
through one-on-one and group discussion.
Ewing leads a group of working anime artists
to help you with questions about your work.
Age: 11 – 14
Age: 11 – 14
10-7090 I Drawing: In 3-D
10-7106 | Scratch Drawing
Jil Ewing
Samantha Ostos
Create the illusion of three-dimensional space
on a piece of paper using graphite pencils
and charcoal. Explore perspective, shading,
grey scale, dimensionality, and depth.
Drawing puts down a line. But it’s opposite
— scratching off color to reveal a line —
gives a whole new approach to drawing.
Starting either with clay sgraffito (coated
clay forms) or scratchboards, use a variety of
tools to scratch images, shapes, or a unique
vision of the life hidden below the surface.
Age: 11 – 14
10-7097 | Math & Art: The BIG Structure
Dan Suttin
How does art, architecture, engineering, design
and mathematics overlap. Collaborate on a
group project building a large Tetrahedron
using Suttin’s OCTA-TETRAHEDRON
Construction Set. Note: Class will visit the
OCTA-TETRA MUSEUM on Tuesday.
parent’s comment—
“My daughter loved her class,
teacher, and made friends.
Excellent instruction. This is the
highlight of her year!”
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faculty and staff
Susan Adams holds an MFA from Cranbrook
Academy of Art. She is a jewelry designer and
metalsmith from Richmond, VA.
Jennifer Agricola received her MFA from
the University of Texas at San Antonio and a BFA
from Ohio University. Agricola works in a variety of
media including drawing, sculpture and installation
and she teaches in SSA’s Mobile Arts Program.
Mark Aguilar earned a BA from Our Lady of the
Lake University. Aguilar has taught at San Antonio
Youth Centers and as an adjunct professor at OLLU.
He teaches in the SSA’s Mobile Arts Program and
KIDS: Architecture in the Schools.
Cheryl Alexander received a BS Ed in
Secondary English and Art from Southwest Texas
State University where she also did post graduate
work in Art Education. She is a certified art
educator and has taught art to young people
across the Southwest.
Ricky Armendariz was born and raised in the
border town of El Paso. Armendariz received an
MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder and
is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas
at San Antonio.
Suzanne Armstrong earned a BFA from
Southern Methodist University and holds a Texas
Teacher Certification. She is a fiber artist focusing
on art quilts, embroidery, and weaving. She has
taught in public and private schools, and teaches
weaving at SSA’s Saturday Morning Discovery.
Felipe Barajas earned his BA at the Instituto
America in Guadalajara, Mexico. He was for many
years a kindergarten teacher at the Circle School
and has taught puppetry and art at the Instituto de
México.
Stacy Berlfein has a BFA from the University
of Texas at Austin and a MFA in Drawing from
University of Texas at San Antonio. She currently
teaches at Northwest Vista College.
Laurel Bodinus is a sculptor and costume
designer who has worked for the San Antonio
Children’s Museum, Guadalupe Theatre and Magik
Children’s Theatre. She has taught in Summer Art
Studios since 1998.
Justin Boyd, Sculpture & Integrated Media Chair,
is an award-winning sound artist. He received his
BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio
and his MFA in Art/Integrated Media from the
California Institute of the Arts.
Ruth Buentello holds a BFA from the Art
Institute of Chicago. She has worked as the Mural
Program Coordinator for San Anto Cultural Arts. Her
work was featured in a solo exhibition at the SSA
in 2009.
Brenda Burmeister holds a BFA from the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a
candidate for a 2014 MFA from Duke University.
She has taught art (filmmaking and printmaking) at
Alamo Heights ISD, San Antonio Academy, and the
San Antonio Museum of Art.
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Vince Colvin holds a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and
an MFA in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts. He teaches privately and at the Austin
Museum of Fine Arts. Colvin was an undergraduate
senior admissions counselor at Temple University’s
Tyler School of Art.
Jessica DeCuir has an MFA from the University
of Texas at San Antonio and a BFA from Webster
University, St. Louis. She has taught art courses at
San Antonio College since 2000 and at SSA since
1999. She is a professional artist and musician
who has exhibited and performed music nationally
and internationally.
Jil Ewing has studied at San Antonio College
and the University of Texas at Austin. Ewing also
teaches with SSA’s Mobile Arts Program.
Susan Faktor has been working in and teaching
stained glass for many years and has introduced
the art form to kids and families at SSA’s Saturday
Morning Discovery for over ten years.
Andrew Fothergill received a BA from
the University of Texas at San Antonio in
Interdisciplinary Studies, with a certification to
teach art. He is currently teaching in Northside ISD.
Matthew Franklin is working towards his BFA
from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in Media Arts
and Animation. He has studied at San Antonio
College, Palo Alto College, and the SSA and has
completed several murals and large paintings for
public spaces.
David Anthony Garcia received a BFA from
the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has
also taught for the City of San Antonio and Say Sí.
Currently he teaches in the Lackland ISD.
Jenny Giuffrida received a BFA from the
University of the Incarnate Word. Giuffrida has been
an artist-teacher in the SSA’s Mobile Arts Program
since 2005.
Saleta Gomez teaches fifth grade at Price
Middle School (SSAISD). A former district-wide
“Teacher of the Year,” Gomez was the recipient of
the Live from the Field Fellowship for Educators
offered by Earthwatch Institute.
Amy Jones received a BS in Art from the
University of Oregon. She has exhibited locally and
has taught for many years in SSA’s Mobile Arts
Program.
Claudia Langford works with handmade
paper, printmaking, collage, photography and
encaustic. Langford received a BFA in Theater
Studies from University of Texas at Austin and
Associates Degree in Radio-TV-Film from San
Antonio College.
Jeannette MacDougall is a studio artist and
arts consultant. MacDougall has worked for over 20
years as an art educator in the US and France.
Bonnie Mann is a working mosaic and concrete
artist, interior design professional, and educator.
Mann holds an Advanced Interior Design Degree
from El Centro College. She has also taught at Say
Sí and Cambridge Elementary School in Alamo
Heights ISD.
Cathy Masterson received a BFA from the
University of Texas at San Antonio and a Texas
Teacher Certification in Art. She has taught
elementary art for grades K-5 and also teaches in
SSA’s Mobile Arts Program.
Margo McCarthy is a painter, printmaker and
graphic designer. She holds an MFA in painting
from George Washington University and a BS in Art
Education from Louisiana State University.
Lenora McQueen is a craftsperson, art
educator, and doll and puppet maker. McQueen
teaches in SSA’s Mobile Arts Program and in KIDS:
Architecture in the Schools program.
Mark Menjivar is an artist who uses
photographs, stories and found objects to explore
diverse social issues. Menjivar holds a BA from
Baylor University and is completing an MFA in Art
and Social Practice at Portland State University.
Noel “Bella” Merriam holds a BFA from
Southern Methodist University and an MFA from the
University of Texas at San Antonio. She teaches at
Eleanor Kolitz Academy and Hill Country Montessori
School, as well as for the Texas Commission on the
Arts.
Lisa Mittler holds a BFA from Baylor University,
Certification in Secondary Art Education in Texas,
and a Masters in Art Education for Texas Tech
University. A photographer and fiber artist, Mittler
teaches at Johnson High School, where she was
named the 2010-2011 “Teacher of the Year.”
Victoria Montalto received a BA from the
University of the Incarnate Word. Former Director
of Visual Art for Say Sí, Montalto has worked as an
artist-in-residence in Harlandale ISD and with SSA’s
Mobile Arts Program.
Ray Munoz earned a BFA with an emphasis
in painting from the University of Texas at San
Antonio. His work focuses on the idea of memory
and shared experienc. Munoz teaches with the
SSA’s Mobile Arts Program.
Susan Oaks is a recognized artist in basketry, as
well as a long-time artist-teacher in SSA’s Young
Artist Programs. She has a Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She
has an all level certification in Art Education. Oaks’
work has been shown nationally.
Cruz Ortiz is a performer, printmaker, and video
artist. He was an International Artist-in-Residence at
Artpace in 2005. Ortiz is currently an art teacher at
Robert E. Lee High School.
Samantha Ostos has a BFA from McMurry
University and worked for over two years at
the San Antonio Children’s Museum as museum
educator/outreach coordinator. Ostos has also
taught for SSA’s Mobile Arts Program.
Sarah Pagona received her BA from Trinity
University with an emphasis in Photography. She
is currently a working artist and an art teacher at
Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio.
Victor Pagona, SSA Photography Department
Chair, earned his MFA in Photography and Sculpture
at the University of South Carolina and his MA in
Art History from the University of Wisconsin.
Jillian Palone, Faculty & Metals Studio
Manager, received her BFA in Jewelry Design and
Metals from Pittsburg State University and her MFA
from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Rainey studied art at the University of Texas at
San Antonio. She teaches in SSA’s Mobile Arts
Program, the Teen Studio Intensive Program and in
the Adult Studio Program. Rainey received the SSA
Award for Teaching in 2008.
Garrett Rodriguez is completing his BA in
Architecture at University of Texas at San Antonio in
May. A SSA student since age nine, Rodriguez has
volunteered and interned at Summer Art Studios
and has assisted and taught in the SSA KIDS
Program.
Sarah Rohlack is a recent BFA graduate from
University of Texas at San Antonio. Specializing in
Ceramics, she currently works part-time as a lab
tech at Northwest Vista College and is an intern in
the SSA Exhibitions Department.
Kimberly Rumfelt received her BFA from Texas
Tech University and her MFA in Studio Art from
East Carolina University. In 2008 she was a Studio
Assistant at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
in Maine.
Melanie Rush-Davis earned a BFA and an MFA
in photography from the University of Texas at
San Antonio. She also teaches in SSA’s Mobile Art
Program, and received the SSA 2009 Award for
Teaching.
Regina Sanders, SSA’s Young Artist Programs
Assistant Director, holds Associate Degrees in Fine
Arts and Illustration/Fashion from the Fashion
Institute of Technology in New York.
Chris Sauter earned his BA from the University
of the Incarnate Word and an MFA from the
University of Texas at San Antonio. He was a 1999
Artpace Artist-in-Residence and received the SSA
2011 Award for Teaching.
Bill Stevens received a Bachelor of Science in
Animal Science and a Master of Agriculture from
Texas A & M University. “The Cowboy Cartoonist,”
Stevens is also a professional bull rider and calf
roper.
Lisa Stewart holds a BFA and an MA in Art
Education from Manhattanville College, in New
York. She has taught young people in schools, art
centers, and museums in New York, Connecticut,
and San Antonio.
Dan Suttin studied architecture at Renssalaer
Polytechnic Institute, and received a BA in Fine Arts/
Social Science from CCNY. He received teaching
certification in both math and art from Boston
State College. A retired teacher, Suttin tutors in
the math lab at San Antonio College and runs the
OCTA-TETRA Museum.
Ryan Takaba, Faculty & Ceramics Studio
Manager, holds an MFA in Ceramics from Kent State
University, and a BFA from the University of Hawaii.
Leora Uribe attended Say Sí and San Antonio
College, and has mentored and instructed at
programs including Say Sí’s Project ABC, Sunflower
House, and SSA’s Mobile Arts Program. Uribe is the
Project Manager for SSA’s KIDS program.
VINCENT VALDEZ, Drawing & Painting
Department Chair, received his BFA from the
Rhode Island School of Design. In addition to
local exhibitions he has exhibited his work at The
Parsons School of Design in Paris, the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Museum,
The Seattle Museum of Art and the Mexican
Museum in Chicago.
Noel Vargas has taught throughout the
community with SSA’s Mobile Arts Program, and is
a long-time instructor in stained glass for Saturday
Morning Discovery.
Abraham Vasquez born and raised in San
Antonio. Vasquez was an early participant in the
SSA Teen Intensive Studio (Bee Nation) before
earning his Associates Degree in Illustration from
the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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Registration Office, Southwest School of Art, 300 Augusta, San Antonio, TX 78205.1216
art studios registration
how to register
Please read all studios notes (see Page
01), and registration and refund policies
carefully before registering.
REGISTRATION DATES
MEMBERS PRIORITY:
Online • Tues, Mar 19
Walk-in • Thurs, Mar 21
Phone • Fri, Mar 22
NON-Members Registration:
Online • Tues, Mar 26
Open • Wed, Mar 27
No registration will be accepted or processed
before these dates. Register as soon as
possible. Class size is limited and fills quickly
on a first-come, first-served basis.
REGISTration HOURS
Mon – Fri, 9:00am – 5:00pm
ph | 210.224.1848, ext. 317/334
fax | 210.224.9337
email | [email protected]
REGISTRATION POLICIES
• The SSA reserves the right to cancel,
combine or reschedule classes, or to change class instructors when necessary.
• If the SSA cancels a class for any reason, all
registered students will be informed as soon as possible and extended the opportunity to transfer to another class; no transfer fee will be applied.
• All tuition will be refunded for classes
cancelled by the SSA.
• The SSA reserves the right to refuse
enrollment to individuals with a history of unacceptable behavior.
• For children or teens with limited abilities or special medical needs, you must contact the Young Artist Programs Director at 210.224.1848, ext. 331, prior to registering your child to arrange accommodation.
PAYMENT
Full payment is due upon enrollment. We
accept checks, cash and credit cards (Visa,
MasterCard, American Express and Discover).
FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION
Please visit www.swschool.org.
FOR MAIL-IN REGISTRATIONS
Please fill out the Registration Form
completely. Include payment in full by check
or credit card, with all necessary credit card
information.
FOR PHONE REGISTRATIONS
Please have all necessary information available
when calling in the registration. Payment in full
must be made by credit card.
WITHDRAWAL, REFUND & TRANSFER POLICY
There is a $35 withdrawal fee and a $25
transfer fee per class. The remainder of the
tuition payment will be refunded if written
notice is received at least seven days prior to the
first day of the class. Failure to attend classes or
verbal notification will not be regarded as an
official notice of withdrawal. No refunds can be
given to students who withdraw from a class
once it has begun.
tuition
Tuition for Summer Art Studios includes material
fees unless otherwise noted. Family Members of SSA
receive a tuition discount on all classes.
half day
Half-day consists of one class per day for 5 days,
Monday – Friday. Both morning (9:00am – 12:00pm)
and afternoon (1:00 – 4:00pm) classes are offered.
Half-day tuition
The basic tuition for a half-day class is:
$145 per week ($130 per week for members)
Note: Tuition for 2-week classes, special classes,
and for a few classes with material fees, is
different and listed separately by the class.
full-day | extended care
If your child is signed up for a morning and
an afternoon class the same week, you must
sign-up for Extended Care. Extended Care (from
8:30am – 5:30pm) is required of all full-day
participants and includes a supervised early
arrival, a supervised lunch hour, and fun afterclass activities supervised by our staff. Note:
Full-Day is not an option for 5- and 6-year olds.
EXTENDED care add to tuition
$30 per week | Members discount does not apply
ssa membership
Mom and Dad . . . Save on your children’s
tuition by becoming a family member
Family Membership $75 | year
• Discount on tuition for individuals (parents/ guardians and minor children, ages 17 and
younger) living in the same household.
• Invitations to exhibitions, lectures and
special events, and catalog of all classes.
sponsor a child
If you or your group would like to sponsor a child
or provide funds for a scholarship for Summer Art
Studios, please contact the Development Office to
make arrangements, 210.224.1848, ext. 306.
studios dates | jun 3 – aug 16, 2013
300 Augusta | San Antonio, Texas 78205.1216
ph 210.224.1848 | www.swschool.org
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