Spring Teen Classes

Teen Workshop

Show-stopping Stop Motion Animation

Saturday, March 2
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$75, plus $25 materials fee
Teaching Artist: Carmen Mims

This workshop is designed for teens to explore the magic of stop motion film and animation. Participants will view stop motion short films, create flipbooks as a warm-up, and dive into creating a stop motion film based on a big idea of their choice using drawing, modeling clay, puppetry, objects from life, or a combination of techniques. Participants will then bring images to life in iMovie. The workshop will conclude with each participant sharing his/her stop motion short film with the group and creating an online library of films using YouTube. Register now.

Adult Classes Open to Teens

Comic Illustration

Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
February 6 - 27 (4 weeks)
$100, plus $20 materials fee
Open to Adults and Teens 14 and up
Teaching Artist: Michael Lapinski

More than just superheroes and the funny papers, comic art has a long and rich history extending back to Ancient Egypt and forward to the Graphic Novels of the present day. This course will uncover the roots of the art form while instructing aspiring comic creators in the fundamental craft of telling stories composed of long-form sequential art. The end goal will be for students to create their own 3-page comic. All supplies included in materials fee, and students will leave with a set of ink pens to continue the creative process at home.

Nashville: City on Film

Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
February 6 – April 3 (9 weeks)
$205
Teaching Artist: John Warren
Open to Adults and Teens 16 and up

The “City Symphony” is a poetic style of documentary filmmaking created in the 1920s that sought to celebrate the urban environment by capturing its life, rhythm and movement. In this shoestring digital documentary filmmaking course, students will chronicle the sights and sounds of Nashville from their unique perspectives to create a cinematic portrait of the city. Students should bring a digital recording device that captures video and sound (digital camera, iPhone, Flip video camera, etc.).