Spring 2025 opens Tuesday, February 11th at 10AM for members, and Thursday, February 13th at 10AM for non-members!
Art Programs
Fashion Design (5-7 years)
Get ready to explore the world of fashion, from creating your own textiles to sewing up cool outfits, you will learn the ins and outs of what's in and what's out. This class will focus on the basics of hand sewing, color, fashion illustration, and textiles. Participants will create outfits for their favorite dolls or stuffed animals, learn to create fun and interesting patterns, and create a fashion portfolio of their dream outfits. Unleash your inner fashionista in this exciting new class.
Mixed Media Art (8-12 years)
Mixed Media Art will use various artistic mediums to inspire their vision and imagination. We will explore line, color, texture, shape and pattern through two-dimensional art projects; and develop our three-dimensional senses through sculptures in various materials and styles. This class provides children with inventive art instruction and projects that will bring to life the wonderful world of creative expression.
Mundo de Colores (1-3 years)
Art projects and crafts will help your little one learn simple Spanish words and phrases. With interactive activities and songs included, your child will become more comfortable with the Spanish language. Mundo de Colores promotes development of hand-eye coordination, visual and fine motor skills, sequencing and arranging abilities. While getting messy and creative, young artists will start to become aware of different colors, shapes, shades and textures.
Open Art (No instructor, members only)
For members only! Enjoy doing arts & crafts without the stress of a weekly commitment! This is a great opportunity to meet new kids and families in the community.
Paint & Play (1-3 years)
Join us for a hands-on, messy class letting your child create and play through different types of art! They will interact with other children through dramatic and pretend play by using various textures, materials and mediums. Come ready to explore the world of art!
Painting with the Masters (8-12 years)
This class will combine art techniques with art history while looking at different master artists œuvres d'art (works of art). Explore Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Duchamp, Dalí, Pollock, Warhol as we travel through time while creating our own masterpieces. This is an advanced (8-12 year olds) art class.
Preschool Picasso (3-5 years)
Wade into the art world and its most popular mediums: paint, clay, watercolors and solids. Pre-School Picasso will focus on pre-school related themes, activities and developmental goals. Participants will develop visual and fine motor skills, practice sequencing and arranging, and gain a more detailed awareness of colors, shapes, shades, and textures.
Printmaking (3-5 years)
Join us for Printmaking where artists will begin exploring textile arts, printmaking, and book binding. This class will allow preschoolers to explore a field of art full of creativity and driven by their interests.
Scribble & Squish (1-3 years)
Come and explore through various modes of sensory play. Each week we will introduce new materials and activities to help engage our little ones' minds through textures, touch, sight, sound and movement. Sensory play is a wonderful opportunity to play, explore, learn and to create in a fun process-based environment.
Sensory Art (1-3 years)
Come and explore through various modes of sensory play. Each week we will introduce new materials and activities to help engage our little ones' minds through textures, touch, sight, sound and movement. Sensory play is a wonderful opportunity to play, explore, learn and to create in a fun process-based environment.
Stuffed Animal Art (5-7 years)
This class is for students looking to learn how to create with a needle and thread as well as some basics of knitting with the ultimate goal of creating stuffed animals while gaining skills useful for other crafts too.
Swiftie School (7-10 years)
All things Taylor Swift! Do you know someone in their Taylor Swift era? Spend your Saturdays at Hill Hose creating around the artist Taylor Swift from art, bracelet making, music, and more.
Register: Saturday 11:00
Ultimate Craft Workshop (3-5 years)
Join us in creating art projects with weekly fun themes! This interactive class will allow your child to explore new art techniques while creating something unique to bring home. By definition, crafting is creating and making thing by hand, so get ready to get messy and craft with us in the Ultimate Craft Workshop.
Winter 2024-2025 registration is now open!
Art & the Environment (4-6 years)
Get artsy while saving the planet! You won't believe the treasures we'll create out of often overlooked household items. We'll also create sculptures from nature as well as introduce different art techniques. Creating art while learning about our environment is the way of the future!
Art & STEM (4-6 years)
What better way to learn than through art! In this class we will be learning about STEM through the enjoyment of art. From reactive painting, building, to color experiments, this class will not only be enjoyable for your child, but educational as well!
Animal Art Education (1-3 years)
In this art class, students will focus on a different animal each week, learning about what makes them special, such as where they're from and what they eat. After learning about the animal, students will create a project inspired by it, merging zoology with creating!
Creators Art (3-5 years)
The best of both worlds: Art and STEM! In this hands-on class, we will experiment with different kinds of materials to create fun and unique projects. This class will explore different mediums and get your child excited about making designs and watching them turn into 3D structures. This class dives deep into the entire creative process from brainstorming, planning, creating, and trial and error. Creators Art will boost creativity and confidence while being educational as well!
Fashion Design (5-7 years)
Get ready to explore the world of fashion, from creating your own textiles to sewing up cool outfits, you will learn the ins and outs of what's in and what's out. This class will focus on the basics of hand sewing, color, fashion illustration, and textiles. Participants will create outfits for their favorite dolls or stuffed animals, learn to create fun and interesting patterns, and create a fashion portfolio of their dream outfits. Unleash your inner fashionista in this exciting new class.
Mixed Media Art (8-12 years)
Mixed Media Art will use various artistic mediums to inspire their vision and imagination. We will explore line, color, texture, shape and pattern through two-dimensional art projects; and develop our three-dimensional senses through sculptures in various materials and styles. This class provides children with inventive art instruction and projects that will bring to life the wonderful world of creative expression.
Mundo de Colores (1-3 years)
Art projects and crafts will help your little one learn simple Spanish words and phrases. With interactive activities and songs included, your child will become more comfortable with the Spanish language. Mundo de Colores promotes development of hand-eye coordination, visual and fine motor skills, sequencing and arranging abilities. While getting messy and creative, young artists will start to become aware of different colors, shapes, shades and textures.
Open Art (No instructor, members only)
For members only! Enjoy doing arts & crafts without the stress of a weekly commitment! This is a great opportunity to meet new kids and families in the community.
Paint & Play (1-3 years)
Join us for a hands-on, messy class letting your child create and play through different types of art! They will interact with other children through dramatic and pretend play by using various textures, materials and mediums. Come ready to explore the world of art!
Painting with the Masters (8-12 years)
This class will combine art techniques with art history while looking at different master artists œuvres d'art (works of art). Explore Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Duchamp, Dalí, Pollock, Warhol as we travel through time while creating our own masterpieces. This is an advanced (8-12 year olds) art class.
Preschool Picasso (3-5 years)
Wade into the art world and its most popular mediums: paint, clay, watercolors and solids. Pre-School Picasso will focus on pre-school related themes, activities and developmental goals. Participants will develop visual and fine motor skills, practice sequencing and arranging, and gain a more detailed awareness of colors, shapes, shades, and textures.
Scribble & Squish (1-3 years)
Come and explore through various modes of sensory play. Each week we will introduce new materials and activities to help engage our little ones' minds through textures, touch, sight, sound and movement. Sensory play is a wonderful opportunity to play, explore, learn and to create in a fun process-based environment.
Sensory Art (1-3 years)
Come and explore through various modes of sensory play. Each week we will introduce new materials and activities to help engage our little ones' minds through textures, touch, sight, sound and movement. Sensory play is a wonderful opportunity to play, explore, learn and to create in a fun process-based environment.
Stuffed Animal Art (5-7 years)
This class is for students looking to learn how to create with a needle and thread as well as some basics of knitting with the ultimate goal of creating stuffed animals while gaining skills useful for other crafts too.
Ultimate Craft Workshop (3-5 years)
Join us in creating art projects with weekly fun themes! This interactive class will allow your child to explore new art techniques while creating something unique to bring home. By definition, crafting is creating and making thing by hand, so get ready to get messy and craft with us in the Ultimate Craft Workshop.
Interested in all of our enrichment program offerings?
Visit our programs page to see all of our classes!
Questions?
Contact our Program Manager, Jamie Kelly jkelly@hillhouseboston.org or by calling 617-227-5838 ex. 110
