Visual Art Series (Ages 7–10)

Monday, April 5, 2021 11:00 AM
Friday, April 9, 2021 12:25 PM

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Monday, April 5 – Friday, April 9, 2021
11am – 12:30pm

Explore your creativity in this five day art series, focusing on oil pastels, acrylics, watercolors and clay making. Includes live guided instruction with four of our teaching artists and one art kit.

Workshop Details

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Monday, April 5 @ 11am
Oil Pastel Exploration with Johana

Tuesday, April 6 @ 11am
Monarch Butterfly Acrylic Painting with Erick

Wednesday, April 7 @ 11am
Clay Coil Pot with Amanda

Thursday, April 8 @ 11am
Clay Coil Pot Decorating

Friday, April 9 @ 11am
Water Color Exploration with Willorna

Art kit information

One (1) mixed media pad
One (1) oil pastel set
One (1) water color set
One (1) 11” x 14” canvas
One (1) wooden easel
One (1) paint brush pack
One (1) acrylic paint kit
Air dry clay

Art kits will be available for pick up at Stay Gallery on Saturday, April 3 from 12 – 2pm. Further details will be provided in your confirmation email upon sign up.

What you'll need from home

Smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop to access Zoom
Comfy clothing you don’t mind getting a little messy in
Pencil, eraser & black pen
Towel, sheet or table cloth
Paper towels or rags
Paper plate
Water cup
Q-tips

Meet our teaching artists

Johana Munoz

Johana Munoz has been teaching art for two years. She loves creating art with different mediums such as ink, graphite and watercolors – but her go-to is acrylic and oil paint. Creating art with students and watching them express their emotions through their work inspires her to continue to in this field.

Johana is interested in finding ways to coexist with other people from different backgrounds, races and ideologies. She is appreciative of the way that art tells stories throughout different forms, educates on stigmatized topics and provokes social change. She translates this into her personal work to awaken hidden feelings and evoke change.

Erick Rodriguez

Erick is a bilingual youth mentor, guide, art instructor and native Angeleno committed to supporting young people within and beyond the classroom setting. Erick attended California State University Dominguez Hills, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, emphasizing social inequalities and helping professions.

Being artistically inclined, Erick is always excited to share his passion for art with his students and does so primarily through painting. Erick has garnered years of experience teaching guided painting workshops to students ages 5–18, where they are taught painting techniques and best practices while being encouraged to pursue their individual creativity.

When he is not planning art projects or scrubbing paint off his hands, Erick can be found in the wilderness hiking and earning his steps.

Amanda Santos

Amanda Santos discovered her passion for teaching art when she was in high school and has worked to become a full time art teacher ever since. She earned her BFA from Azusa Pacific University. She currently teaches art to students of all ages in five different cities across Southern California.

Amanda believes in the healing power of all different types of art and wants to make that available to as many people as she can.

Willorna Mendiola-Lara

Willorna Mendiola, of Los Angeles, CA, is a creative youth constructionist whose love of life, art and music translates into the peace and unity felt by everyone she builds with. Much of her work and art sessions have been inspired by nature’s beauty, female energy, time, community, earthbound undertones, as well as being USUI Certified Reiki Practitioner.

Willorna has been teaching art workshops, private lessons, community creative events for over 10 years. She has also the experience of working directly with at-risk youth that needs safe creative spaces to explore more of themselves on the canvas. She also has experience with working with communities that have limited to no creative resources.

Willorna is well experienced with working with youth with behavioral challenges, such as autism, depression, ADHD etc.