9-01-2022 8:01am

Railyard Arts Studio announces new fall programs for adults and children

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Railyard Arts Studio in Croton Falls announced a new schedule of fall programming for both adults and children, including pottery, jewelry-making, arts & crafts, and Halloween workshops. All classes start the week of September 12.

Kids & Teens Classes

Creation Station
A makers-space where kids are encouraged to follow their imaginations.

Ages 4-5
7 Tuesdays from 3:45 - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $230

Kids Art Elementary (K-2)

Discover shapes, color, paint, markers, oil pastels, clay, printing and more.

Grades K-2
7 Tuesdays from 4:45 - 5:45
Cost: $245

Kids Art Elementary (3-5)

Students will learn a variety of techniques using various mediums of drawing, painting, collage, printing, mixed media and more.

Grades 3 - 5
7 Tuesdays from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $245

Kids Clay

Kids use their imagination and creative skills to make something unique.

Ages 8 - 11
7 Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $265

Tween Art Lab

Incorporating the principles of design, as well as, elements of art history, students will learn a variety of techniques using various mediums of drawing, painting, collage, printing, mixed media and more.

Grades 6 - 8
6 Mondays from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.
Cost: $210

High School Art Lab

Students will explore a variation of mediums and be encouraged to follow the medium of their choice in this advanced course.

Grades 9 - 12
6 Mondays from 7:00 - 8:15 p.m.
Cost: $225

Teen/Tween Wheel Throwing & Sculpture

Learn to create pottery on the wheel in this class for beginners.

Ages 12 - 16
7 Tuesdays from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $285

Teen Painting

In this painting class, students will be guided through various steps and techniques to build a painting.

Grades 6 - 12
7 Thursdays from 5:15 - 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $265

Adult Classes

Beginner Wheel Throwing

Master each step of making a finished pottery piece–from wedging clay, centering it on the wheel, and shaping it, to controlling the drying process, trimming, and glazing.

7 Sundays from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. OR 7 Fridays from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $350

Intermediate Wheel Throwing

Instructor will demonstrate a variety of advanced techniques and forms from creating lids and handles, to throwing vases, bowls, mugs, plates, or altered forms.

7 Thursdays from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $375

Hand Building with Clay

Clay is soft and can be molded with your hands into a wide variety of forms from functional mugs and bowls to sculpture of all kinds. Projects range from flowers to a vase.

7 Mondays from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Cost: $350

Introduction to Millinery

Hats have made their comeback, and Railyard Arts is the only local studio to offer this rare opportunity of a beginner millinery class!

7 Tuesdays from 7:15 -9:15 p.m. OR 7 Fridays from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $265

Stained Glass

This six-week class will focus on the copper foil method of stained glass. Students will learn how to cut glass and, using a grinder, assemble a design.

6 Wednesdays from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. OR 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $240

Felt Making

Join artist Christine Vogensen in learning the fundamentals of wet felting. Students will learn about wool and the process and tools needed to create felted wool paintings, jewelry, vessels and more.

7 Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. OR 7 Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $325

Drawing with Soft Pastels

In this class, you will learn how to blend and render texture, how to compose a painting, and how to use light and dark to apply layers on layers of paint to obtain a luxurious, incredibly colorful painting.

7 Mondays from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $265

Fundamentals of Drawing

In this class for the beginner and intermediate artist we’ll cover the basic skills needed to create a finished drawing or the underlying sketch for a realistic painting.

7 Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $265

Beginner Watercolor

We’ll cover the basics of the medium: what materials to use and the many ways to apply paint to paper to achieve the luminous washes and interesting brushwork that make watercolor paintings so appealing.

7 Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: 265

Advanced Watercolor

This class will concentrate on the individual watercolorist’s continuing journey in the medium, reviewing techniques such as the right water-to-paint ratio to get the hard and soft edges you’ve been looking for.

7 Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $265

Advanced Pottery Class (Invite Only)

This class is for advanced potters, who have taken numerous classes in pottery. Learn advanced techniques and tricks of the trade.