“Let’s Gogh Art,” an after-school art education program, will be offering its “ABCs of Art” class to K-5 students in Wayland Public Schools. It is being brought to Wayland through Wayland School Community Programs.  Let’s Gogh Art is a Lunenberg, MA-based enterprise, which offers Creative Education art classes and workshops.  The impetus to bring the program to Wayland comes from WSCP’s new director, Brian Jones, who gained familiarity with the program from his prior teaching and administrative position in a Preschool-Grade 8 Brookline Public School. 

 

“The program’s philosophy is that ‘creativity is at the heart of all education,’” he explained. In keeping with that, “ABCs of Art” classes incorporate literature, music, art history, humor and more. The goal is to foster “creativity through broad exposure to all forms of media, tools and techniques. These include painting, drawing, collage, mosaics and many whimsical and unconventional projects.”

 

The seven-week program will consist of “art, creativity, and fun” and is being offered on Wednesdays from February 10 until March 31. The $100 fee includes all materials as well as a Let’s Gogh Art t-shirt. The schedule is 12:30-1:30pm for Loker kindergartners and 2–3pm for Happy Hollow and Claypit Hill School students.

 

The curriculum is hands-on and based on an open-ended explorative process. According to program literature, “Creativity is best experienced with a comprehensive exposure to drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, print-making and more.”

 Let’s Gogh Art offers art classes and workshops, “giving children and adults the environment and opportunity to explore and enhance their creativity…at their own pace and on their own terms.”  It is designed for “both the artistically inclined individual and those who never thought they could create art.”

 

For more information about Let’s Gogh Art, check out the website at: www.letsgoghart.com

 

Enrollment forms are available online or through the WSCP office at Loker School (508-655-6404).