Calendar of Classes & Lessons by Location

ArtSquare/Loudoun Academy of the Arts

• ArtSquare offers professionally taught classes in many fine art media to adults and children of all ages. From the beginning basics to more advances classes, ArtSquare provides an unparalleled level of education expertise to our students. Many weekend workshops and other concentrated course are also available in a variety of media and subject matter, many of then taught by renowned visiting instructors.
• New Classes and Workshops are continually introduced, so please check our website for the very latest listings. Please visit www.LoudounArtSquare.com or call 703-777-5498

Open Studio at Loudoun Academy of the Arts

• Open Studio sessions Monday evenings for artists who want to draw from a live model. Bring materials. $75-All 6 dates per session. $15-Drop-in fee.
• 6:30 - 9:30PM Mondays
• The LAAF is at 12 Cardinal Park Drive SE, Leesburg, VA. 703-777-8043. www.loudounartsquare.org

Ascent: Training That Ignites Your Peak Potential

Writers' Intensive Workshop

• The goal of our Intensive Workshops is to help you sharpen-up a creative idea you want to develop, or help you shape a rough work-in-progress. With 32 hours of lively professional coaching -- you'll gain greater access to your creativity, stronger writing techniques, an outline to develop your work… and a "personal contract" to help you reach your writing goals. We call this Workshop an "intensive" because it's intensely motivational, creative, and instructive. Come join other aspiring writers in the lively and welcoming atmosphere of a small group setting.
• March 29 - April 1, 2012
• This workshop is held in Leesburg. Other dates and locations are offered. For more information, visit: www.itsyourlifebethere.com.

Blue Ridge Thunder Cloggers

Beginner Clogging Lessons

• Blue Ridge Thunder Cloggers (BRTC) will offer beginner clogging lessons starting the first week in March and September each year. Clogging is a truly American dance form that began in the Appalachian Mountains and now enjoys widespread popularity throughout the United States and around the world. Classes will be offered for adults and children 10+ on Thursdays from 7-8:00PM. Children 7 and older may take lessons if a parent is also dancing. The fee is $25/person/month. After six months of lessons, the dancers are welcome to join BRTC on Tuesdays from 6-9:30ish for no additional fee.Clogging is SOOOOOOO much fun and great for cultivating rhythm, teamwork, and sequencing.
• Thursdays 7 - 8 PM
• For more information please visit www.BRTC.us or email info@BRTC.us

Chalvy Art

History Through Clay

• This class is designed for home school kids. Travel through history, starting in ancient Egypt, Greece ,Rome and China creating clay sculptures, bowls and tools as they would have been created in ancient times with ceramic artist Rosalba Negrete.
• 11AM - 12:30PM Wednesdays or Thursdays in Leesburg or at the Round Hill Art Center
• Please visit www.chalvy.com or call 703-777-1858 for more information.

Herndon - ArtSpace

Arts Instruction in Herndon

• ArtSpace Herndon is a community art gallery created and supported by art lovers in the greater Herndon area. ArtSpace Herndon is a gathering place to celebrate the arts, showcasing artwork and events by local, regionally, and nationally known artists and performers. ArtSpace Herndon features a 1,700 sq foot art gallery and two classrooms for all types of art classes and small group sessions with artists.
• Variety of classes offered in watercolor, oil painting, photography and children's classes
• For more information, please visit http://www.artspaceherndon.com/index.php

KidzArt

Serving Loudoun County, Western Prince William County, VA

• KidzArt is a fun, unique and confidence-building creative art experience. We offer: Art Classes for kids, teens and adults, camps, workshops, birthday parties for children, creative parties for adults, school and organizational fundraisers, and creative workshops for adults and teens. Kids have a great need to express themselves in many ways — artistically, emotionally, physically and spiritually. KidzArt impacts each and every area of expression. The KidzArt classroom is a non-competitive environment enhanced by soft music that allows children to focus and enjoy what they are doing. Parents see the difference in the quality of art their children bring home.
• For more information, visit http://new.kidzartva.com/index.php. Contact Wendy Green, Executive Director at (703)669-3772 or wendy@kidzart.com

Lisa Zadravec Rodriguez

TEEN HOME-SCHOOL ART CLASSES

• TEEN ART HISTORY CLASS at the artist's studio, Tuesdays 9-10 am, Grades 7-10. TEEN HOME-SCHOOL CLASSES at Galilee United Methodist Church in Sterling. grades 8-12.Basic Skills Art: Fridays, 10:30-11:50am, Advanced Studio Art: Fridays 12:30-1:50pm Also, CHILDREN's Classes and ADULT workshops, see full class descriptions at www.lisarts.com
• Tuesdays & Fridays Fall 2011
• Website: www.lisarts.com Phone: (703) 404-2977 Email: mrsartmom@yahoo.com

Round Hill Arts Center

• Round Hill Arts Center is community-based, encouraging participation in the arts for the benefit of the entire community of western Loudoun. We also seek to foster an understanding of the many ways in which art is present in our lives - from paintings and drawings to furniture and textiles. In short, we are about getting people into art!
• Please visit our website for the full schedule: www.roundhillartscenter.org or email us at info@roundhillartscenter.org

TREEHOUSE for creative kids

• TREEHOUSE for creative kids (TCK) is a fine arts and performing arts center offering structured and enrichment lessons in art, theatre and acting to students who are interested in developing skills and techniques in expressing their creativity through arts. With arts, the students will enhance their cognitive thinking, creative abilities, and social skills and will build on their craft.
• Visit our website for full list of classes: http://www.tckme.com/ LOCATION: 20608 Gordon Park Square #170, Ashburn, VA Phone: 571-239-5579, Visiting hours: 3-6pm (Mon-Wed); 10am-4pm (Sat); or call for an appointment.

The Old Furniture Factory

Pottery Classes, Advanced, Intermediate and Beginner

• The Old Furniture Factory Ceramic program is designed for both the novice and experienced potter and provides an overview for anyone interested in ceramics. Students are encouraged to work at their own pace. Tuition includes open studio time, glaze materials, firing fees, instruction, 25 pounds of clay and parking. We provide Adult and Children's classes in Wheel, Handbuilding, and Sculpting. Instructors: David Norton, Bruce Bucklin, Pat Miller, Amy Manson, and Rosalba Negrete
• 6:30-9:00PM Mondays, 6:30-9:00PM Tuesdays, 9-11:30 AM Wednesday, 6:30-9:00PM Thursdays
• For more information please contact: www.theoldfurniturefactory.com or call 540-338-5050