Hi Art! Winter 2012 Classes

Hi Art! and Opera ’N Art! (Ages 2-12)

Now beginning its fifteenth year, Hi Art! and Opera ’N Art open the landscapes of contemporary art and music to children of all ages—from toddlers to preteens. Opera 'N Art 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!

As always, HiArt! makes New York its art-oyster. Biweekly gallery hops and museum visits - with lots of projects and lots of drawing - keep our eyes (and brains) popping. Where great art is, HiArters go: Massive art fun on the horizon!

For Winter 2012, HiArt! returns to one of everyone's favorite operas of all time, Mozart's shockingly beautiful, amazingly charming and very funny, The Marriage of Figaro! What child could possibly resist the fabulous dress-up scene, the luscious garden, Cherubino's hilarious adventures, the opera's timeless beauty or its achingly beautiful melodies? Kids of all ages will marvel at this tale of grown-ups and children at play in the game of life. And what better way for us to time travel back into the 18th century?

For kids from 18mos. until -- whenever!

Opera 'N Art: 15 years of the most marvelous children's arts programming in New York. 

Partial scholarships available, please address requests to the Director.

Music + Movement + Art = Smart Fun!

Opera 'N Art
$750 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $650 thru December 12, 2011

Mondays or Fridays: 10:00-10:45am
Wednesdays: 4:00-4:45pm
Saturdays: 10:30-11:15am

Best Children's Arts Program, Best of New York 2000, New York Magazine

Manga Madness with Yali Lin (Ages 6-14)
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! Manga is an incredible ways for kids who love to draw to find their own path and be cool at the same time. Highly stylized and formulaic, kids learn proprortions, hand-to-eye, line weight, how to use a nib and a brush, and more . . . while using their brains and imaginations to create characters and stories.

Manga Madness:
$825 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $725 thru December 12, 2011)

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

Zoe’s Mangathon: Manga Styles of the 60s & 70s (Ages 6-15)
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. Work with pen and ink and watercolor!

Zoe’s Mangathon:
$500 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $400 thru December 12, 2011)

Saturdays: 1:30-2:30pm

Theater & Improv for Kids with Romy Nordlinger
(Ages 5-11, children under 7 with an adult partner)
(Parents of all kids are welcome to participate)
Romy is not just an experienced actor, but a generous teacher, a literary mind and an honest performing artist. Someone who can build an actor, and help kids develop characters, think about theater and be in touch with themselves as creative people. In Theater & Improv for Kids, Romy will teach kids on theater games, improvisation, storytelling, monlogues, ensemble work, foundations of acting, monologues and more. Welcome Romy!

Theater & Improv for Kids with Romy Nordlinger
$775 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
($100 Early Registration Discount Price: $675 thru December 12, 2011)

Mondays: 4:30-5:45pm

PaINt! wIth Karen Dana (Ages 4.5-12)
Painters of all ages! A once in a lifetime opportunity to work with the wonderful Karen Dana! Karen, a recent MFA from Hunter College's prestigious Fine Arts program, has an outsized imagination. A fantastic colorist, and very painterly painter, Karen shares her know-how with HiArt! Kids - new adventures in all things acrylic. Kids under 5 are welcome with an adult companion.

PaINt! wIth Karen Dana (Ages 4.5-12)
$825 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $725 thru December 12, 2011)

Tuesdays: 4:30-5:45pm

Paint + Collage with Johana Skalsky
The wonderful Johana Skalsky returns to HiArt! and are we ever happy! Johana founded the Come In and Paint program in 2002 and is one of the most creative artists we know. She totally gets kids and I can't help it – I'm so biased – her fabulous projects changed my daughter's artistic life forever. A once in a lifetime opportunity to have her share her talents with yours!

Paint + Collage with Johana Skalsky
$825 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $725 thru December 12, 2011)

Thursdays: 4:00-5:15pm

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!

Want your party to be EXTRA-special? Ask about our fabulous new catering by ARTISANAL. The most beautiful food for the most beautiful new party space in Manhattan. Especially for kids, of course!

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 2011-2012
October 10, December 19-23, December 26-30, January 16, February 20-24, March 19-30, April 6, April 9-13

Phone 212-209-1552 to reserve your child's place.

Hi Art! Winter 2012 Schedule
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Opera 'N Art
$750 for 10 weeks beginning week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $650 thru December 12, 2011)

Mondays or Fridays: 10:00-10:45am
Wednesdays: 4:00-4:45pm
Saturdays: 10:30-11:15am

Manga Madness:
$825 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $725 thru December 12, 2011)

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

Zoe’s Mangathon:
$500 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $400 thru December 12, 2011)

Saturdays: 1:30-2:30pm

Theater & Improv for Kids with Romy Nordlinger
(Ages 5-11, children under 7 with an adult partner)
(Parents of all kids are welcome to participate)
$775 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
($100 Early Registration Discount: $675 thru December 12, 2011)

Mondays: 4:30-5:45pm

PaINt! wIth Karen Dana
$825 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $725 thru December 12, 2011)

Tuesdays: 4:30-5:45pm

Paint + Collage with Johana Skalsky
$825 for 10 weeks beginning the week of January 9, 2012
(Early Registration Discount Price: $725 thru December 12, 2011)

Thursdays: 4:00-5:15pm

Hi Art! Winter 2012
Enrollment Terms and Conditions

• All classes meet once a week for 10 weeks unless otherwise noted. Winter classes begin during the week of January 9, 2012 unless otherwise specified.

• $100 Early Registration Discount through December 12, 2011.

• A $150 enrollment deposit is non-refundable unless at the time of application the program to which I have applied is already full. 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. The $150 enrollment deposit is non-refundable unless at the time of application the program to which I have applied is already full.

• 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 Paint or Paint + Collage. Participants enrolled in a class with no make-ups may choose to do their make-up in a different class. 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 September 3, 2011 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 $35.00 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.

• In the event of severe weather conditions, HiArt! will follow the NYC public school closings, and make-up classes will be at the discretion of the Director.

• 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.