Rhizome is pleased to offer a range of artist-developed afternoon youth classes. These will be small, friendly, relaxed classes focused on creative collaboration and open-minded engagement with the material. Please email info@rhizomedc.org with any questions. Scholarships available.
Writing For Flow | Ages 9-13 | Tuesdays 4:30-5:20pm | Sept. 8 - Dec. 15
Alternative Photography Academy | Ages 9-13 | Wednesdays 4:30-5:30pm | Sept. 9 - Dec. 16
Printmaking | Ages 9-13 | Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm | Sept. 10 - Dec. 17
Writing For Flow
Ages 9-13
Tuesdays, 4:30-5:20 pm
September 8 - December 15 (no class Nov. 24) - 14 classes total
Sliding scale: $150-225
This is a play-based practice class. Creative prompts, group writing activities, and in-class writing sessions-- great for enthusiastic writers but designed to entice the reluctant or inhibited writer too. Writing as a form of play helps shorten the distance between the thoughts in our heads and the words on the page. Go wild, and go for the giggles, while building stamina, confidence, and appreciation for the possibilities of the blank page.
Mt. Plantry Alternative Photography Academy
Ages 9-13
Wednesdays 4:30-5:30pm
September 9 - December 16 (no class Nov. 25) - 14 classes total
Sliding scale: $180-270
Join the folks from Mt. Plantry, a Mt. Pleasant based film photography collective, for a 14-week journey through the world of alternative photographic processes. We will build and use pinhole cameras, learn how to develop film using items that can be found in your pantry, create beautiful blue cyanotype prints, and create movies on real movie film. We will practice slow looking techniques through the medium of photography and create stories based on each other’s photographs. Throughout the course, we will foster an environment of curiosity and thoughtful experimentation.
Printmaking
Ages 9-13
Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm
September 10 - December 17 (no class Nov. 26) - 14 classes total
Sliding scale: $180-270
Participants will try out different printing techniques such as monoprint, collagraphy, stamping, linocut, and more.
About the instructors:
Anna Josephson is a homeschooling parent in the District. She teaches academic writing and composition at the University of Maryland. She grew up in Alaska, where she received Socratic seminar education starting at age 12. She is a published author currently shopping her first novel.
Caroline MacKinnon is a parent, artist and educator who lives in Takoma Park, MD. She teaches ceramics classes to children and adults at the Takoma Park Community Center. She also holds art workshops for small groups in area schools and has previously run arts camps at Rhizome. She likes meeting people, making art, and collecting things.
Mt. Plantry is a Mt Pleasant based photography collective who runs workshops throughout DC teaching alternative photography processes to people of all backgrounds. The instructors from the collective include Vivian Bauer and Christian Quintana, both full time educators from DC with experience in teaching middle school aged students in a variety of topics.