CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
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Youth Student Registration Form
Fee Waiver Scholarship Application
Submit your registration form and Fee Waiver Scholarship Application via email or by mail.
Please send the forms to:
20 Center St.
Yarmouth, Maine 04096
or scan and email the forms to:
info@FirehouseArtsME.com
To pay: Select a class and pay online (below), or send a check made payable to Firehouse Arts to the address listed above.
JULY 8 TO AUGUST 1
Class Schedule - - 4 Week Session
JULY 8 to JULY 11
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AKLHS13 ARTKIDS w/ Leslie Hamren
Age: 7-11 Min/Max: 4/10 Fee: $80
Want to have fun in the morning?
Start with a different theme every day -- try found object sculpture, potato printing and more -- and surprise yourself with something new!
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AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00pm

FTCPS13 FISH TALES Art for the Young Explorer w/ Charlie Paschal
Age: 3-6 Min/Max: 4/10 Fee: $100
Dive into class and learn about ocean and shore life through materials and related art activities. Children will incorporate their ideas about ocean life into creative experiences. Projects include a variety of drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, sculpture, creative dramatics and songs.
JULY 15 TO JULY 18
MORNING 9:30 - 11:30am
TTCPS13 TREE TRAILS Art for the Young Explorer w/ Charlie Paschal Age: 3-6 Min/Max: 4/10 Fee: $100 
Reach up to the sky over the trees and trails of Northern New England where kids find an abundance of learning opportunities through natural materials and creative experiences. Projects include a variety of drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, sculpture, creative dramatics and songs.
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AFTERNOON 1:00 to 3:00pm

BJAAS13 BEADED JEWELRY w/ Allie Armstrong
Age: 10-13 Min/Max: 4/8 Fee: $80
After starting with a basic necklace project, students will explore their own inspired projects, making bracelets, rings and earrings.
JULY 22 - JULY 25
MORNING 9:30 - 11:30am
DEMFS13 DRAWING EXPLORATIONS w/ Marlena Faxon
Age: 7-12 Min/Max: 4/8 Fee: $80 
Come and draw! We will be exploring many forms of drawing from contour drawing and sketching to Zentagle doodling and playing with words. We will use drawing in a variety of projects that will include printing, painting and collage. Materials are on hand but occasionally students will be asked to bring in their own subjects or desired materials.
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AFTERNOON 3:00 - 5:00pm
HOASMS13 HANDS ON ARCHITECTURE w/Solvejg Makaretz
Age: 8-13 Min/Max: 4/8 Fee: $120
An exploration in architectural dimensions, scale, and proportion. We’ll look at the relationship between people and buildings with a hands-on-approach. We will also build some models.
JULY 29 - AUGUST 1
MORNING 9:30 - 11:30am
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Age: 7-12 Min/Max: 4/8 Fee: $80
Each day we'll explore a range of creative media using traditional artist's brushes along with handmade stamps, vegetables for stamps, fabric projects and more!
Lots of good ideas to take home too!
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AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00pm
MWATS13 METAL WORKS w/Ann Thompson
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Fee: $80 Age: 9+ Min/Max: 4/8
We will use a jeweler's mill to create patterns and texture on sheet metal, turning our work into magnets key rings and jewelry. Other fine metalwork techniques using cold connections and found objects will also be explored.
WORKSHOPS
JUNE 24 - 27 MORNINGS CERAMIC ART
9:30 - NOON (4 days) CACCS13 w/ Cathie Cantara Age 7+
Fee $120
Make your own treasure chest or jewelry box in clay using hand-building techniques and painted glazes.
JUNE 24 - 27 AFTERNOONS METAL ART
1:30 - 4:00pm (4 days) MAATS13 w/ Ann Thompson Age 9+

Fee $120
Create castings and assembled treasure and jewelry in pewter, using simple metal fabricating techniques and mixed media materials.
JULY 1 & 2 AFTERNOONS GALIMOTOS
1:00 - 3:00pm (2 days) GATS13 w/ Ann Thompson Age 10+
Fee $60
Make your own version of this classic African folk toy! Small figures in found materials will operate wire bicycles.
JULY 13 MORNING PRINTING TO GO
9:30 - 11:30am PTGPNS13 w/ Pilar Nadal Age 10+
Fee $tbd
Learn the basics of printmaking from one of Portland's up and coming artists, for t-shirts, posters, your own logo!
JULY 13 AFTERNOON BEADED CHARMS
2:00 - 4:00pm BCAAS13 w/ Allie Armstrong Age 10 - 13
Fee $20
Learn basic wire and beaded jewelry-making techniques to create your own accessory collection.
JULY 27 AFTERNOON SOFT CIRCUIT SATURDAY
1:00 - 3:30pm SCSAS13 w/ Angela Sheehan Age 12+ 
Fee $25 (plus supplies)
Have a little fun with conductive thread and sewing circuits to make an electric LED fashion statement. No experience necessary.
Bring a $25 supply fee to class which will cover the cost of a LilyPad E-Sewing kit, a template project and a few extras!
AUGUST 3 MORNING FAIRY HOUSES
9:30 - 11:30am FHOSS13 w/ Olivia Shay Age 5 - 8
Fee $20
Design and build the perfect house for little friends with natural, found materials.
AUGUST 5 - 8 MORNING PARACORD AND PEWTER
9:00am - Noon (4-days) PPATS13 w/ Ann Thompson Age 8-13
Fee$120
Create buckles and buttons for one of a kind belts and bracelets with your own pewter castings and paracord braiding techniques used by Japanese samurai.
AUGUST 5 - 8 AFTERNOON BICYCLE WEAVING
1:00 - 4:00pm (4 days) BWATS13 w/ Ann Thompson Age 8 - 13
Fee $120 
Choose from a variety of materials incuding recycled climbing rope and yarn to create wall peices or kinetic outdoor garden sculptures.
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