SUMMER CLASSES in each program listed below support many academic goals: portfolio development, enrichment, exploration, and early advantage studies.

COLORFUL POSSIBILITIES: Cherry Court Studios offers art classes tailored for the unique developmental needs of middle school. During the fall and spring semesters, students meet 14 weeks, evenings, or Saturdays for 1 1/2 hours. Cherry Court also offers an afternoon session for homeschoolers on Thursdays between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. This class is for students in grades 7 and up. The summer schedule keeps evening and some weekend classes in place while adding week-long workshops for our youngest students.

Students entering grade 6 or 7 are invited to try our IMAGINE program. Summer Workshops 2012: IMAGINE THAT! invite students to expand their creative zone by exploring new possibilities in the fields of drawing, painting, and sculpture.  The outcome of this intensive program is: confidence in one's unique ideas, familiarity with how the artist creates, and a collection of personal work that begins an outstanding portfolio. Note: Students entering grade 7 may choose the summer IMAGINE Workshop or they may choose to begin ART CHALLENGE.     

Students entering grades seven, eight, and nine can enter our FUN-damentals of Design course called ART CHALLENGE, which expertly guides students through a sequentially arranged series of creative problems. While kids are having fun conquering new Challenges, they are gaining advanced creative, design, and vocabulary skills in the visual arts. Kids draw their way through early Challenges, paint their way through middle Challenges, and explore three-dimensional design in later Challenges. Inspiration comes from a diverse collection of artists, cultures and historic periods.

Eighth graders and older who have completed at least 12 Challenges can study ART & TECHNOLOGY. The fall semester dedicates seven classes to Adobe Photoshop, turning ordinary photos into fantasy images. The remaining classes explore special effects in CorelDraw. Spring semester explores animation.

Ninth graders who have completed at least 12 Challenges may choose our advanced program INTENSIVE SKILL DEVELOPMENT. Students train their eyes to observe and record, while exploring the artist's role as visual poet. Students draw and paint still life, people, and environments.

Upper School for high school students in grades 10 - 12 is dedicated to PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT.

Cherry Court Studios is for kids who love to draw. Some Cherry Court students may become great artists, or enjoy long productive careers in the visual arts. But for those who don't choose art-related fields, creative skills are assets that last a lifetime.