Hi Art! Spring 2010 Classes

Hi Art! and Opera ’N Art!
Shostakovich’s The Nose (Ages 18 mos -12)

Now in its thirteenth year, Hi Art! and Opera ’N Art open the landscapes of contemporary art and music to children of all ages—from toddlers to preteens. Classes alternate visits to the best “grown-up” art at New York’s major galleries and museums one week, with a creative burst of hands-on art, music and movement the next. Studio time offers a fluid, mixed-media approach that focuses on a modern musical masterpiece and a tantalizingly delightful hands-on art-project, both of which continue to unfold over the course of the semester.

Based on a pedagogy that privileges process over result, Hi Art! supports a child’s instinctive desire to create, develop his or her own ideas and to realize their potential as a gifted individual. The program artfully combines a broad range of recognizable skills and materials (gross and fine motor skills, design, language, cultural history, musical repertoire, art theory, critical thought, self-expression, dance and choreography) with the “invisible” skills that build sensitive, insightful children who are independent thinkers.Younger children work alongside their adult companions each at his or her own pace and big kids are always free to go it alone!

Join us in percussive madness as we take Shostakovich’s wild ride through Nickolai Gogol’s extraordinary tale about a man who wakes up one morning only to find he has lost his nose. 10 weeks of musical laughter, stupendous gallery hops and inspired artmaking.

Music + Movement + Art = Smart Fun!

$735 for 10 weeks beginning the week of April 5
(Early Registration Discount Price: $635 thru March 2)

Partial scholarships available, please address requests to the Director.

Mondays: HiArt! in residence at the Speyer Legacy School (for Speyer students only!)
Thursdays: 10:15, 1:30, 4:00
Saturdays: 10:30, 11:30

Manga Madness with Yali Lin (Ages 7-14)
Hold your hats manga lovers! This is your chance to learn not only how to draw manga characters but to develop and write manga. Lean how to make panels, incorporate text, design your page, create fantastic creatures and more! Beginner and Advanced sections.

Manga:
$800 for 10 weeks beginning the week of April 5
(Early Registration Discount Price: $700 thru March 2)

Mondays: 4:30-5:45pm
Fridays: 4:30-5:45pm


Carousel Animals with Sculpturega, Nickolas Lascot (Ages 6-14)
Younger children welcome with an adult companion
Nick’s latest fascination is Carousel Animals. Learn some serious animal making techniques and explore the Carousel with a master sculptor and totally fun guy!

Carousel Animals with Scultpurega:
$800 for 10 weeks beginning the week of April 5
(Early Registration Discount Price: $700 thru March 2)

Thursdays: 4:00-5:15pm


Zoe’s Mangathon
Come on in and Manga for an hour on Saturdays! Zoe shares her passion for 60s + 70s mangas with all comers. Explore style and practice drawing techniques for some of the greatest Japanese manga artists of the period.

Zoe’s Mangathon:
$450 for 10 weeks beginning the week of April 5
(Early Registration Discount Price: $350 thru March 2)

Saturdays: 1:00-2:00pm

Paint! With Ellen Berkenblit (Ages 6-16)
Young artists of all ages! Join the marvelous Ellen Berkenblit for untold new adventures in acrylic and gouache. Littler kids + an adult are welcome with permission of the director .

Paint! With Ellen Berkenblit:
$800 for 10 weeks beginning the week of April 5
(Early Registration Discount Price: $700 thru March 2)

Saturdays: 2:00-3:15pm



Arty Parties: The Artiest Birthday Parties in Town!

Singled out by New York Magazine, New York Family and Time Out New York, ARTY PARTIES are unique, fun, flexible, special, charming, educational and, happily, unlike any of those other birthday parties your child has been to. Real art with real artists, in a context of fantasy and fun. We now have incredible Party Bags and Artsy Favors, too!

Holiday Art Camps

What's the most constructive, stimulating (not to mention festive) way to keep your children active and engaged on their odd days off from school? Hi Art!’s Holiday Art Camps offer an intensive arts exploration full of thinking, making, seeing and doing.

Great Field Trips, Tons of Hands-on Art, Guest Artists, Talented New Friends, The Most Creative Environment in Town! Materials and kid friendly lunches provided. 9:30-3:00 for big kids kindergarten age and up; littler kids + caregiver are welcome to join in for the half day - 9:30-12! Register now for the artiest fun under the frozen sun!

Holiday Camps scheduled for 2010:  January 15, 2010; February 15, March 22-25, March 29-April 1.

Phone to reserve your child's place or visit www.hiartkids.com for more information.

Hi Art! Spring 2010 Schedule
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Opera ’N Art
$735 for 10 weeks beginning the week of April 5
(Early Registration Discount Price: $635 thru March 2)

Mondays: HiArt! Residency at the Speyer Legacy School
Thursdays: 10:30-11:15am, 1:30-2:15pm, 4:00-4:45pm
Saturdays: 10:30-11:15am, 11:30-12:15pm


Manga Madness (Ages 7-14)
$800 for 10 weeks beginning the week of April 5
(Early Registration Discount Price: $700 thru March 2)

Mondays: 4:30-5:45pm
Fridays: 4:30-5:45pm


Carnival Animals with Sculpturega, Nick Lascot (Ages 6-14)
 $800 for 10 weeks beginning the week of April 5
(Early Registration Discount Price: $700 thru March 2)

Thursdays: 4:00-5:15pm


Zoe’s Mangathon
$450 for 10 weeks beginning the week of April 5
(Early Registration Discount Price: $350 thru March 2)

Saturdays: 1:00-2:00pm

Hi Art! Spring 2010
Enrollment Terms and Conditions

• All classes meet once a week for 10 weeks unless otherwise noted. Spring classes begin during the week of April 5, 2010 unless otherwise specified.

• $100 Early Registration Discount Price through March 2.

• A $150.00 enrollment deposit is non-refundable and absolutely no refunds will be made for withdrawal for any reason whatsoever after the date of the second scheduled class. Requests for withdrawal MUST be made in writing. Courtesy refunds or charge reversals will be charged a 5% service fee.

• One make-up class is allowed per semester. Make up classes must be scheduled in advance and are limited to existing class times only. There are no make-up classes available for Mangathon and Sculpturega. No make up classes may be carried over to the next semester.

• Registration is complete ONLY upon the signed return of the enrollment form and receipt of full tuition. All checks should be made payable to Hi Art! Kids Inc. Families paying by credit card will not receive confirmation of registration prior to the receipt of a signed enrollment form. Tuition must be paid in full no later than January 1, 2010 or your place may be forfeited. No class admission will be permitted prior to receipt of full tuition and signed enrollment form.

• Families enrolling two or more children will be offered a $25.00 reduction in tuition for the second child on 10 week classes only.

• Children under the age of 6 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

• The signator agrees and undertakes to insure that neither the child being enrolled nor any adult accompanying the child during Hi Art! activities will in any way endanger, or threaten to endanger, the safety or well being of any person in or associated with the program. If in the sole judgment of Hi Art! personnel, any such child or adult does so endanger or threaten to endanger other persons, Hi Art! reserves the right to discontinue the child's enrollment without consultation or other process, and without refund of any tuition or fee.

• Children and/or their work may be photographed during the course of activities and these photographs may appear in Hi Art! promotional materials. No child whose photograph is used will be identified by name, nor will any compensation be extended for such use.

• HiArt! Kids reserves the right to cancel classes and assumes no liability whatsoever beyond the refund of tuition for said classes. In the event that NYC public schools close for hazardous weather or other perilous conditions in which children’s safety might be compromised, HiArt! will also be closed, and will not be liable for the missed classtime.