Weekly Art Classes for Kids!

Group Classes for Kids (upcoming classes below…)

Private Art Lessons for Kids

Private Lessons for Individuals with Special Needs

Group and Private Lessons for Neurodivergent Students

Art Parties and Anything for Your Creative Needs

Paint Parties for Kids and Adults

Please reach out to Ms. Melissa @ 480-390-8193 with any questions, inquiries, and suggestions! I am always open and available to share ideas, help, and/or inspire!

Please feel free to message me for party information. I travel with all materials needed for an awesome time. I bring aprons, stools, tables, drop clothes, paint, water cups, easels, canvas, and crafts for a craft party. You may even choose your painting or theme. I can also host parties like “unicorns”, “dinosaurs”, “mermaids” , “Minecraft”, even clay, as I have a kiln.

Feel free to text or phone and we can chat to see if I can serve your creative needs!

480-390-8193

For My Amazing Homeschool Families:

All my lessons align with the Arizona State Standards for Visual Arts and the National Visual Arts Standards. I am quite proficient in both sets of standards. I even helped write the Arizona State Standards for Visual Arts in 2015. I provide a well-rounded assortment of lessons including various forms of art, and many different mediums (including kiln-fired clay). I believe in having small class sizes and plenty of personalized attention. Every student deserves an outstanding art education with “hands-on” experiences that they will remember forever. They will have so much fun, that they won’t even realize they are learning!

Please check out the links below for copies of the Visual Art Standards

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”

-Confucius

AZ Visual Arts Standards

National Visual Arts Standards

Upcoming Classes

No Art Classes

August 14th, 16th, 21st, 23rd, 28th, 30th,

and

September 4th, 6th, 11th and 13th.

Classes will resume September 18th

I will be getting ready to move my kiddo into college and then I am headed out of town for some awesome art learning! It is my turn to take some more art classes, so that I can pass my new knowledge and experience on to your awesome artists!

As always feel free to reach out at any time at 480-390-8193 or merendinoart@gmail.com

I am always happy to help!

‘Klimt Style” Tree of Life

Wednesday, September 18th :

12:30-2:30 and 2:30-4:30

Friday, September 20th:

10 am-12 pm and 12:30-2:30

“Gustav Klimt painted the “Tree of Life” which is an important symbol in nearly every culture. The Tree of Life represents wisdom, protection, strength, and beauty. It reaches up into the sky and down into the earth. It links Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld”.

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art.

Students will make a wood tree of life and a tree of life painting.

$20 for the two-hour class

ESA, Cash, and Venmo accepted.

Text Ms. Melissa @ 480-390-8193 to sign up!

I hope to hear from you soon!

Glow Art

Wednesday, September 25th

12:30-2:30 and 2:30-4:30

5-7pm (teens please)

Friday, September 27th

10 am-12 pm and 12:30-2:30

$20 for the two-hour class

cash, Venmo, or ESA/CW accepted

Text Ms. Melissa @ 480-390-8193

to sign up!

Beginner Wheel Throwing Workshops

Monday, September 30th

9 am-11:30 am

and

12:00 pm -2:30 pm

Tuesday, October 1st

9 am-11:30 am

and

12:00 pm -2:30 pm

Wednesday, October 2nd

9 am-11:30 am

and

12:00 pm -2:30 pm

Friday, October 4th

9 am- 11:30 am

and

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Glazing days:

Monday, October 14th,

9am-10am and 10am-11am

Tuesday, October 15th

9am-10am and 10am-11am

*Glazing is pretty quick and will be ready for porch pickup within a week

Classes are $65 per 2 1/2 hour class (including all materials…clay, firing, glaze, and glaze firing)

Cash, Venmo, and ESA/CW accepted

Spots will fill fast!
Text Ms. Melissa to sign up @ 480-390-8193

More class updates are coming soon!

Please check back!

Art Journaling for Teens!

Coming soon…

What is an Art Journal?

An Art journal is a visual diary where you practice making art while expressing yourself at the same time.

I will teach different techniques every time students come to class. We will be painting, collaging, inking, stamping, tearing, coloring, printing, and even sewing…the options are endless. THIS IS A BLAST!

This class is awesome for angry teens, happy teens, curious teens, messy teens, neat teens, hyper teens, quiet teens, creative teens, bored teens, inspired teens, teens that love to write, teens that love to draw, teens that love to paint, and teens that love to collect papers and photos and all kinds of oddities. Seriously, this class is awesome. Your kiddo will love it!

Text Melissa at 4803908193 to sign up!

all classes are $20 for two hours ESA/CW, cash and Venmo accepted

Students bring their journal or sketchbook of choice, however…we can also bind our own pages instead of using an actual book. The options are truly endless,