Fine Arts Classes

FREE 12-Week Classes for Youth and Preteens
(ages 9-12):

Beginning Ceramics
Students will be introduced to the basics of ceramics from hand-building to glazing and firing. Students will make masks, serving bowls and decorative figurines, as well as ceramic tiles for indoor or outdoor display.
Instructor: Reuben King
Tuesdays: 4pm-6pm

Beginning Painting
Work from the still life, figure and landscape using a wide range of materials, including charcoal, pastels and water-based paint. Learn drawing techniques and develop paintings based on your interests and experiences.
Instructor: Sam Bornstein
Tuesdays: 4pm-6pm

Intro to Mixed Media
The students will begin to create different kinds of mixed media collages, sculptures, paintings and drawings, experimenting with different techniques based on the perceptions of where they live and where their families come from.
Instructor: Abigail Deville
Thursdays: 4pm-6pm

FREE 12-Week Classes for Teens through
Young Adults (Ages 13-21):

Intermediate & Advanced Ceramics
Explore advanced methods of building vessels by hand, wheel throwing and sculpting using various clay bodies, oxide glazes and stain techniques. Study the history of this ancient form of cultural expression.
Instructor: Reuben King
Tuesdays: 6pm-8pm

Intermediate & Advanced Painting
Students with a strong desire to learn how to paint will learn the fundamentals of painting and explore focused art-making. This class gives students solid, tried-and-true knowledge without limiting their style or goals. Students are encouraged to ask questions and plenty of personal, individualized instruction is available. Expect to paint better and learn about making art.
Instructor: Sam Bornstein
Wednesdays: 4pm-6pm

"Legal" Graffiti Painting
This course is an introduction to the misunderstood art form of graffiti and alternative/legal methods to produce it. Each class will start with a lesson on graffiti's extensive history, followed by a brief discussion about the goals for that day's class and a jumpstart into making art.
Instructor: Courtney Burstion
Mondays: 4pm-6pm

Sponsors of this program:

BRAC's programs are made possible with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts (a state agency), the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, the Department of Cultural Affairs and its Material for the Arts program, The Bronx Council on the Arts Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr., Majority Leader Joel Rivera and the Bronx Delegation of the City Council. Corporate and foundation support includes: Con Edison, The Carnegie Corporation, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, the New York Community Trust and The Helena Rubinstein Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Time Warner Youth Media and Arts Fund, The 42nd Street Development Corporation and the generosity of our patrons.

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