Classes for Children & Teens   July and August 2008
Call (585) 396-5950 to register and for more information.

“A solid art education encourages self-esteem, communication, and sensitivity and exposure to world cultures.  Thinking in terms of art develops spatial relationships and geometric skills, creative problem solving, and deeper understanding of the connections between ideas, people, and culture.   My goals are to create classes that are not only rich in skill-building, but stimulate the intellect, create curiosity, and foster critical thinking.  Many projects will be completely open-ended while others will lead the children down a path for which only I know where we are headed- hoping to create a sense of wonder and surprise and excitement.  No finished examples will be given!  Children will experience the delight of having gained new skills and new friends.”  - Mary Riley, professional artist and SBCC’s Art Club Coordinator
Mary will be assisted by Eleanor Roach, a graduate of SUNY Geneseo (B.A. in Theatre with a focus in Costume Design) and an expert sewer!

Art Club (ages 7-10) Monday-Thursday,                      9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Come join the Art Club!  Have you ever made giant papier-mâché animals?  How about a Chinese dragon, a giant play dough sculpture, or a 3-D skyscraper? Discover how to weave paper, write poems, press flowers, and create beads, puppets, and handmade paper with your new Art Club friends!  Sew your own sack on a sewing machine for a sack race! Make a bowl out of yarn! We are going to have a great time! Bring a bagged lunch and join in the fun.
Activities vary each week.
Class size is limited to ten participants.
Advance registration and payment required ten days before each Art Club week begins.
Cost:  $150 per week (includes materials).

July 21st-24th:  Skyscraper Week

Art Seminar for Teens (ages 11-14)
July 28-31:  1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Join us for Teen Week when we will have the whole studio and surrounding gardens to ourselves to explore classical and impressionistic techniques of drawing and painting, as well as abstraction and collage in a variety of media.  A full range of materials will be introduced as we take a look at the Masters and contrast them with Contemporary Artists.
Bring your curiosity and a playful spirit. Class size is limited.
Advance registration and payment required by July 19th.
Cost:  $110. Materials list provided upon registration.
Unusual materials provided.

This class will be offered again for ages 15 and up on August 4-7 from 1 – 4:00 p.m.
Advance registration and payment required by July 26th.
Cost:  $110. Materials list provided upon registration. Unusual materials provided.

About the Instructor:
Mary Watson Riley was born in Yokosuka, Japan, and grew up in southern California and Islamabad, Pakistan. Ms. Riley was educated at the University of California, San Diego, the Finger Lakes Community College and the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Ms. Riley has developed works of art for the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Hospice, FF Thompson Hospital, Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion, State Historic Park, and the Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum in Canandaigua, NY.  Her previous work included large quilted panels of Asian influence and small intimate paintings of orchids in watercolor.

Ms. Riley is currently interpreting in oil the majestic historic architectural landscape of upstate New York.

Mary resides in Cheshire, NY with her husband Tim and is enjoying raising their 4 children.   Mary is currently serving on the Curriculum Review Board for Canandaigua City School’s Art Department and is a board member of the Rochester Art Club.  Ms. Riley developed a fundraiser utilizing her artwork for  nonprofit historic sites, including Granger Homestead, Sonnenberg Gardens, The Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo NY, and Wells College, Aurora NY, that will continue through the year 2008.