After School Art To Offer An Additional Class And More Art

After School Art To Offer An Additional Class And More Art

Oxford, Ohio – July 25, 2011 -The Oxford Community Arts Center has become known as a place for the Oxford community to enjoy music, theater, family performances and to partake in a variety of arts classes for all ages. For the past three years, the Oxford Community Arts Center has provided an After School Arts program for elementary school children in the Talawanda District.  The After School Art program gives Talawanda School District students the opportunity to enhance and deepen their involvement in and knowledge of the visual arts.

Once a week for nine weeks children come to the Oxford Community Arts Center to create art, use their imaginations, learn about art themes and tools, view works of art and talk with professional artists. This upcoming fall, younger and older elementary students will draw, paint, and enjoy a visit from a professional watercolor artist, Jim Tingey. Older elementary students will also learn to carve a linoleum block, make prints and create a graphic novel. Middle school students will take a walking tour of uptown Oxford murals, plan and paint a large size mural, learn about printmaking and make prints with a local artist. OCAC recently completed an arts education room and this fall the program will offer two elementary age groupings on Tuesdays and Thursdays 4- 5:30pm: Kids-1^st and 2^nd grades; and Youth-3^rd, 4^th and 5^th grades; and a middle school group, 6^th to 8^th grade, which meets Mondays 3:30-5pm.

After School Art is designed with working families in mind and offers bus service for children to travel directly from a Talawanda District elementary school to OCAC. Children are given a small healthy snack and enjoy the company of their friends, new and old. An art show gives families and friends a chance to admire the talent of our youth.

            The fall program begins September 12 and continues until November 10, 2011. After School Art is generously supported by the Oxford Community Foundation, the Talawanda-Miami Partnership, the Oxford Kiwanis Club, and OYES (Oxford Youth Empowered to Serve). Registration for the fall program begins August 19^th. The class fee for nine weeks and materials is $60.00. There are scholarships available, just ask! More information and registration forms are available from the OCAC website or by calling OCAC at 524-8506.