The following is from the Baird Center in South Orange:
Get Excited about Fall Cultural Arts Classes!
Register now to ensure your place. Classes must meet minimum enrollment to run. Most classes begin the week of September 12.
Fall 2015
BAIRD CLASSES in the Arts for ALL
Taught by professional artists
Visit www.thebaird.org or more information and to register.
ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT for KIDS
The Good Times Math Gang
9/21/2015-11/23/2015
4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Mondays
3rd-8th grade
Steven Greenstein and Michael Steiner
$10.00 + $10 materials fee
Hate Math? It’s not your fault. Love Math? We get it. Explore all things mathy in this pioneering, inquiry-oriented club that will boost your math morale. Be excited about math.
ART for KIDS
Clay Time
9/12/2015-11/21/2015
9:30 AM-10:15 AM, Saturdays
3-7 years
Joan Tamasco
$110.00 + $50 materials fee
What’s better than making mud pies in the backyard? Clay Time presents a clean, safe opportunity for wee ones to explore tactile experiences with clay. Joan Tamasco has been teaching in the South Orange area for many years; now she brings her experience to the youngest artists.
Comic Book Capers I
9/29/2015-11/24/2015
4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesdays
1st-3rd grade
Vicki Arlein
$99.00 +$20 materials fee
Calling all comic book lovers! Design and write your OWN comic books featuring your OWN characters or superheroes! Students will learn how to plan, draft, draw, and color their own comic books with a ‘published’ color copy to take home and share with family and friends
Comic Book Capers II
9/29/2015-11/24/2015
5:15 PM-6:15 PM, Tuesdays
4th-6th grade
Vicki Arlein
$99.00+$20 materials fee
Students will learn how to plan, draft, draw, and color their own comic books with a ‘published’ color copy to take home and share with family and friends. Comic Book Capers I, II and Studio are adapted to grade levels as well as students’ interests and abilities.
Comic Book Capers Studio
9/29/2015-11/24/2015
6:30 PM-7:45 PM Tuesdays
6th-9th grade
Vicki Arlein
$125.00 + $20 materials fee
A studio class for older students who want to draw their own characters, create their own stories, and explore comic book art. You’ll learn how to plan, draft and draw your comic book as you get it ready to “publish”. Take home your original comic book and a printed copy at the end of the session.
Comic Book Capers I, II and Studio are adapted to grade levels as well as students’ interests and abilities.
Drawing
9/16/2015-12/2/2015
5:00 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesdays
6th-Adult
Larry McKim
$150.00 + $30 materials fee
Learn to draw what you see and feel. Drawing introduces students to the ideas and techniques of both representational and expressive drawing. Subjects will include still life, landscape, portraiture, and abstraction. Learn to use charcoal, pencil, oil pastel, and pen and ink. This class is open to all levels of experience and anyone is welcome from middle school through adult.
Advanced Photography for Teens
9/16/2015-12/2/2015
6:15 PM-7:15 PM, Wednesdays
8th-10th
Jeremy Moss
$110.00
This class teaches more advanced techniques for students who are familiar with the basic controls of their cameras or have taken Intermediate Photography for Kids. Students must bring a camera that has full manual control as an option, preferably a single-lens reflex camera. Point and shoot cameras with automatic settings will not be used in this class.
DANCE, MOVEMENT, MUSIC for KIDS
Caregiver and Me
Dance, Move, Play: Move with Me
9/17/2015-12/3/2015
10:30 AM-11:15 AM Thursdays
9:30 AM-10:15 AM Thursdays
11:30 AM-12:15 PM Thursdays IN SPANISH
Infant- 4years with caregiver
Michele Goldin
$110.00
This is a class for caregivers and children to learn and play together. It features songs, games, stories, rhymes, and props that provide sensory stimulation. Rhythms, movement and dance shake it up and add to the fun. With the help of their caregivers children will develop fine and gross motor coordination and cognitive skills while improving social relationships and expression.
Pre-Ballet Creative Movement w/Guardian
9/12/2015-11/21/2015
9:15 AM-10:00 AM Saturdays
10:00 AM-10:45 AM Saturdays
Age 2 with caregiver
Shona Roebuck
$110.00
This class is a wonderful introduction to the world of dance while focusing on the ballet basics. This class is for 2 year olds with guardians. Children will learn age appropriate fundamentals of ballet and movement through imagination and play. Ballet shoes required.
DANCE for 3- 6 years
Pre-Ballet I
9/12/2015-11/21/2015
11:00 AM-11:45 AM Saturdays
12:00 PM-12:45 PM Saturdays
3 and 4 years
Shona Roebuck
$110.00
This is a wonderful introduction to ballet for 3 and 4 year olds. Children will learn in age appropriate and creative ways the basics of ballet through positions, floor work and vocabulary. Ballet shoes and leotard required. Parents may drop children off or wait outside of class.
Pre-Ballet II
9/17/2015-12/3/2015
4:45 PM-5:30 PM Thursdays
3 and 4 years (prerequisite, Pre- Ballet I)
Shona Roebuck
$110.00
Pre-Ballet II is a continuation of Pre-Ballet. Children will continue to enhance their skills from Pre-Ballet I while adding more advanced movement to their ballet vocabulary. Ballet shoes and leotard required. Pre-Ballet I is a prerequisite for this class. Parents may drop children off or wait outside of class.
Ballet I
9/17/2015-12/3/2015
5:30 PM-6:15 PM Thursdays
2:00 PM-2:45 PM Saturdays
5 and 6 years
Shona Roebuck
$110.00
Ballet I is a wonderful class to turn any little dancer into a ballerina for children ages 5-6 years old. Children will build on technique from pre-ballet through positions, barre work, floor work, choreography and vocabulary. First-time ballerinas are welcome. Ballet shoes and leotard required. Parents may drop children off or wait outside of class.
Ballet II
9/17/2015-12/3/2015
6:30 PM-7:15 PM Thursdays
5 and 6 years (prerequisite, Ballet I)
Shona Roebuck
$110.00
Ballet II is a continuation of Ballet I. This drop-off class is for children ages 5-6 years old. Children will build on technique from Ballet I while adding more advanced movement to their Ballet vocabulary. Ballet shoes and leotard required. Ballet I is a prerequisite for this class.
Funky Freestyle I
9/12/2015-11/21/2015
1:00 PM-1:45 PM Saturdays
3 and 4 years
Shona Roebuck
$110.00
This is a wonderful class for your little movers at home who are not as interested in the discipline of ballet. In this class is 3 and 4 year olds will work on body and special awareness as well as flexibility, coordination and technique through floor work, choreography and creative movement. Sneakers, ballet shoes, or jazz shoes are required. Parents may drop children off or wait outside of class.
Funky Freestyle II
9/17/2015-12/3/2015
3:45 PM-4:30 PM Thursdays
3 and 4 years (prerequisite, Funky Freestyle I)
Shona Roebuck
$110.00
This is a continuation of Funky Freestyle I. This class for 3 and 4 year olds continues to build on techniques learned in Funky Freestyle I, while adding more specific “Funky” and challenging movements to student’s dance vocabulary. Sneakers, ballet shoes, or jazz shoes are required. Student must have completed Funky Freestyle or Funky Freestyle 1. Parents may drop children off or wait outside of class.
ART for teens and adults
Art With A Master
9/29/2015-12/1/2015
12:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesdays
Adults
Philip Sherrod
$275.00 + additional model fee
Students of all levels in all mediums work with Master Artist Philip Sherrod. Sherrod has a long resume of professional exhibitions and teaching experience. Whether you love to paint from a model, still life, or choose independent study, he nurtures the talents you already possess.
Life Drawing
9/16/2015-12/2/2015
7:00 PM-9:00 PM Wednesdays
12th-Adult
Larry McKim
$220.00 + $80 model and materials fee
Life drawing is a study of the human form in its various shapes and postures. It is a historic practice that dynamically engages the artist with the angles and proportions of the body. Students will draw from live models each week and do both gesture and longer-term drawings.
Drawing
9/16/2015-12/2/2015
5:00 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesdays
6th-Adult
Larry McKim
$150.00 + $30 materials fee
Learn to draw what you see and feel. Drawing introduces students to the ideas and techniques of both representational and expressive drawing. Subjects will include still life, landscape, portraiture and abstraction. Learn to use charcoal, pencil, oil pastel and pen and ink. This class is open to all levels of experience and anyone is welcome from middle school through adult.
Comic Book Capers Studio
9/29/2015-11/24/2015
6:30 PM-7:45 PM Tuesdays
6th-9th grade
Vicki Arlein
$125.00 + $20 materials fee
A studio class for older students who want to draw their own characters, create their own stories, and explore comic book art. You’ll learn how to plan, draft and draw your comic book as you get it ready to “publish”. Take home your original comic book and a printed copy at the end of the session.
Comic Book Capers I, II and Studio are adapted to grade levels as well as students’ interests and abilities.
Advanced Photography for Teens
9/16/2015-12/2/2015
6:15 PM-7:15 PM, Wednesdays
8th-10th
Jeremy Moss
$110.00
This class teaches more advanced techniques for students who are familiar with the basic controls of their cameras or have taken Intermediate Photography for Kids. Students must bring a camera that has full manual control as an option, preferably a single-lens reflex camera. Point and shoot cameras with automatic settings will not be used in this class.
Guided Painting *
9/10/2015
10:15 AM-12:15 PM Thursday
Adults
Denise Hayden
$16.00, $ 12.00 for seniors 62 or more years old
Spend the morning with friends in a fun, social, group setting. Denise Hayden will guide you step by step in replicating the featured painting. By the end of the class you will create a fabulous piece of artwork! Canvas, paint, brushes, easels, and aprons are provided; Perfect for beginners! * Designed with seniors in mind; all adults welcome.
DANCE for teens and adults
Flamenco Dancing Beginners
9/17/2015-12/3/2015
7:30 PM-8:30 PM Thursdays
Grade 11- Adult
Toni Messina
$110.00
Put some passion in your life with Flamenco Dancing. Professional dancer/instructor Toni Messina, teaches beginners the basics of movement, rhythm, and expression. It’s a workout for your mind and body and culminates with an end-of-the-year fiesta when students perform. This is not a partner dance; no dance experience required.
Flamenco Dancing Intermediate
9/17/2015-12/3/2015
8:30 PM-9:30 PM Thursdays
Grade 11- Adult
Toni Messina
$110.00
Passionate flamenco for students with basic knowledge of flamenco movements and vocabulary. Toni works on new choreographies, strengthening technique and improvisation. Dancers expected to come to all classes. (Please wear flamenco shoes, and skirt or comfortable pants.) Go to Viva Flamenco NJ or visit NPR to learn more about Toni.
*Classes are open to all. There is a $10 discount on most class fees for South Orange residents with a current Recreation & Cultural Affairs ID badge
