Register for Winter and Spring Art Classes December 14, 2009

Registration will open at 8 am on Tuesday, December 15 for Winter and Spring sessions of art classes for children and adults at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. Class schedules and registration forms are available at the Museum and on the website http://museums.las-cruces.org. The winter session of classes will begin the week of January 4 and run through the week of February 15. The spring session will begin the week of March 8 and run through the week of April 26. Classes will not meet the week of March 22-27 or on city holidays.

The two-dimensional art classes currently offered for adults are drawing, watercolor, acrylic painting, classical oil painting, and pastel painting. The classes offered for the ever-popular ceramics program are beginning, intermediate-advanced, and Elaborate Surfaces in Clay. Classes on weaving, digital photography and Photoshop are also offered. Adult classes are designed for all levels and teens are welcome to enroll.

The classes offered for young artists include ceramics, with various classes to accommodate ages 4 – 12. For ages 5-8, there are two mixed media classes; Art in the Natural World and Myth and Story Art. Both classes will use acrylics, pastels, and other media for projects inspired either by nature or myths from around the world.

Funded by the City of Las Cruces, the Las Cruces Museum of Art is located at 491 N. Main Street, at the north end of the downtown mall. For information, call (575) 541-2137 or visit the website http://museums.las-cruces.org.