Michael Symber Studios

SUMMER SESSION: WEEK 1

4 consecutive days: 6/2/25 - 6/5/25

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday; 9:00am-10:30am 

This class is specifically designed for young artists in Kindergarten through 8th grade.

Henri Matisse 1869 to 1954, was a French artist known too many, even Picasso!, As the artist who began a revolution in the visual arts! His intense use of color in 1905 prompted critics to label him and his painting group “Wild beasts!” His genius was his ability to see art as play, and invention.Our class will focus on Matisse’s abstract cut outs. As he became older, even ill, he could not stop creating and began to form ‘paintings’ with cut paper and collage.Students will learn to pin arrangements of color and shapes to their canvas in the same improvisational way that a jazz musician might play music. Drawing, composition, abstraction and individual creativity will still be at the heart of each lesson.

This 4 session class runs Mon. 6/2/25, Tues. 6/3/25, Wed. 6/4/25, & Thurs. 6/5/25; 9:00-10:30am