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03/16/2017 12:01 AMRegistration is now open for the summer youth programs at Guilford Art Center (GAC). The summer sessions runs from June 19 to Aug. 11. Half-day and full-day classes are offered. Different art themes and media are offered each week.
The summer program is open to children ages 3 ½ and older. Bridge care is available for children who are interested in the full-day program. Financial aid is also available.
Classes cover a range of media and themes, including comic books, super heroes, American Girl doll crafts and cooking, Maona Mania, introduction to throwing on a potters wheel, garden crafts, princesses and dragons, sewing, painting, puppets, Star Wars, and photography. GAC also offers a summer teen blacksmithing class, open to ages 13 and older. All classes can are currently posted on the GAC website with full descriptions and pricing information.
Registration is available online at www.guilfordartcenter.org or by calling 203-453-5947.
GAC is a non-profit school, shop and gallery established to nurture and support excellence in the arts that serves more than 2,000 students in classes. The center also presents juried and invitational exhibits of art in the center’s gallery and operates a shop of fine, handmade American crafts year-round. The center also presents the Craft Expo, held on the Guilford Green each year in July, that features works by more than 180 of the country’s most distinguished artisans and is a much-anticipated annual event for the shoreline community.