Family Week at PAAM will culminate on Friday, April 20 with a reception at PAAM from 6-8 PM, for the young artists who attended workshops during the week. Student works will be displayed and refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend.

All classes will take place at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 460 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA.  There is no parking available on site.  Parking is available along Commercial Street, and in private and public lots in Provincetown. When dropping off participating children, please allow for additional time before class begins to locate parking to arrive for workshops on time.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:30-12:00-Creatures Liz Carney (Ages 7-11)	9:30-12:00-Creatures Liz Carney (Ages 7-11)	9:30-12:00-Creatures Liz Carney (Ages 7-11)	9:30-12:00-Creatures Liz Carney (Ages 7-11)	reception and exhibition of student work, 6-8 pm
10:00-12:00-Trick Photo Dee Portnoy (Ages 6 & Up)	10:00-12:00-Trick Photo Dee Portnoy (Ages 6 & Up)	10:00-12:00-Wizards Photo Dee Portnoy (Ages 5-7)	10:00-12:00-Wizards Photo Dee Portnoy (Ages 5-7)
9:30-12:00-Clay Nathalie Ferrier (Ages 7 & up)	9:30-12:00-Clay Nathalie Ferrier (Ages 7 & up)	9:30-12:00-Clay Nathalie Ferrier (Ages 7 & up)	9:30-12:00-Clay Nathalie Ferrier (Ages 7 & up)
10:00-12:00-Construction Elspeth Halvorsen (Ages 5 and Up)	10:00-12:00-Construction Elspeth Halvorsen (Ages 5 and Up)	10:00-12:00-Construction Elspeth Halvorsen (Ages 5 and Up)	10:00-12:00-Construction Elspeth Halvorsen (Ages 5 and Up)
10:00-12:00-Comic Books Tracey Anderson (Ages 10-13)	10:00-12:00-Comic Books Tracey Anderson (Ages 10-13)	10:00-12:00-Comic Books Tracey Anderson (Ages 10-13)	10:00-12:00-Comic Books Tracey Anderson (Ages 10-13)

 

	BLAAAAM - Creating a Comic Book with Tracey Anderson for 10-13 year olds Work with artist Tracey Anderson to create your own comic book! Over this four day workshop you’ll sketch out your own story and illustrate it, using felt pens and comic book "cell" paper to create your own comic book. Bring along favorite comic books of your own for inspiration. All materials will be supplied, but bring any favorite drawing materials if you have them. Flame on! 2 day minimum requirement. Tracey Anderson is a long-time fan of comic books. Her earliest creative heroes were Stan Lee and Jack Kirby of the Marvel comic empire. She started making her own comic books when she was seven years old and continues to collect vintage Fantastic Four comics whenever she can afford them. Tracey Anderson graduated in Drawing & Painting from Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland and completed Post Graduate Studies at The Royal College of Art in London. She has been a visiting and teaching artist for PAAM’s Museum School and has participated in many group and solo exhibitions in the UK as well as in New York and Provincetown.
	Trick Photos with Dierdre Portnoy, Ages 6 & Up (2 Day-Monday & Tuesday ) Make a photo of a giant you, impossibly long friends, someone holding up the Pilgrim Monument! Students will learn how to create fun photographs with simple cameras using tricks of perspective and mirrors. Cameras will be supplied. Magicians and Wizards with Dierdre Portnoy Ages 5-7 (2 Day-Wednesday & Thursday) Choose your magic wand, wizard’s hat, cast a spell and be photographed in the act. Kids will photographer each other while they pretend to be magicians or wizards. Cameras supplied. Deidre Portnoy is a fine art and documentary photographer, teacher and founder of the PhotoStory Project. Her work has been exhibited on the Cape and in Boston. During the past five years she has been working with local and international groups, non-governmental organizations, schools and community centers teaching PhotoStory workshops to children and women, often in marginalized communities, around the globe. She has lived in Wellfleet on Narrowland farm for over 26 years.
	Sculpting a Landscape, a Clay Workshop with Nathalie Ferrier, for Ages 7 and Up 9:30-Noon Work with clay to make your own three-dimensional land and seascapes. We’ll start by looking at pictures of landscapes and paintings for inspiration. Then you’ll turn your ideas into a sculpture, playing with depth and exploring ways to represent the sky, earth, hills, mountains, valleys, trees, grass, rivers and oceans! We’ll use self-hardening clay and all materials will be supplied. 2 day minimum requirement. French born artist Nathalie Ferrier is a graduate of the ECOLE de HAUTE-COUTURE de PARIS. She has worked as both a designer and modeliste for Christian Lacroix and Thierry Mugler, among others. She is also a painter, sculptor and video artist and shows her work at The Cherry Stone Gallery, Wellfleet, MA. In 1995 she created Born To Be Wild (a toy company); the line is sold at MoMA, the National Gallery and specialty stores\
	Children’s Construction Class with Elspeth Halvorsen Ages 5 and Up, 10:00-Noon Children will work with hammers, nails, wood, and glue (all provided). They should bring found objects to class, such as small mirrors, springs, broken jewelry, clocks, stones, etc. They will build three-dimensional constructions from class to class, as their first attempts inspire new ideas for additions and changes. Children will be encouraged to title their finished work, and there will be a mini-exhibition for parents and siblings at the end of the last class. Children are encouraged to bring a snack to the workshop. Elspeth Halvorsen received a B.A. degree and took graduate studies in Art Education, Art Therapy and Teacher Certification at Purdue University in Indiana. She also studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiére in Paris, France, the Art Students’ League and the New School for Social Research in New York City. She is represented by the Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown.
	Fantastical Sculpted Creatures, with Liz Carney, for Ages 7-11 9:30-Noon Let your child’s imagination run wild using plaster, paint and everyday objects from around the house. In this week-long class, we’ll sculpt all sorts of creatures - striped ones, polka dotted, fierce, and friendly. First, we'll draw from our imagination and then we’ll get right into plastering and painting. By the end of the week, each student will have a finished piece, or shall we say pet, for our mini exhibition on Friday. All materials will be supplied. 4 day minimum requirement. Liz Carney is a painter who received a B.A. in Studio Art from Smith College and has been teaching art to children for 15 years. She has created community driven public art projects in Boston, New York and Spain and is fascinated with the intersection of education, public art, community development and, of course, painting. She is a member of the Boston Cultural Council and her paintings are exhibited at the School House Center in Provincetown.