Mural Making - Intro & Intermediate

This High School level class will focus on the development and creative process of designing and implementing a public art piece for a client. Students will experience both artistic and business perspectives while working in a collaborative environment with industry professionals such as Colossal Media and other guest artists.

To start, classes will focus on the development phase. Students will learn how to respond to a creative brief and conduct client interviews to gain insight and identify constraints and research. Using this information students will begin developing multiple design concepts.

Students will then learn how to confidently present their concepts to the client in the presentation phase. After client review, students will receive feedback and additional direction for the chosen design. The class will then begin to collaborate on the final mural design as a team.

After final approval, the second part of the class will focus on the production phase, taking the design to the wall! This will include learning to create scaled production drawings, planning a supply and material list, and techniques for large-scale production, such as blocking, masking, and grids, The whole class will participate and supervise in the actual painting of the final mural design.

This class is designed to provide real-world experience as a professional artist for hire, which sometimes involves balancing creative freedom with fulfilling client needs and goals.

CLASS DATES AND SCHEDULE 

Week 1 -  Wednesday, February 14th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 2 - Wednesday, February 28th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 3 - Wednesday, March 6th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 4 - Wednesday, March 13th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 5 - Wednesday, March 20th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 6 - Wednesday, March 27th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 7 - Wednesday, April 3rd, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 8 - Wednesday, April 17rd, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

**** When we enter painting days, meeting times may vary, and include some weekend commitment.  

Dates and times will be determined by the groups individual schedules.***

Week 9 - Wednesday, May 1st, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 10 - Wednesday, May 8th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 11 - Wednesday, May 15th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 13 - Wednesday, May 22nd, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Week 14 - Wednesday, May 29th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

REGISTRATION

This class is limited to High School Junior and Seniors only.  

Due to the amount of interest and limited space in the class, we ask that you are committed to attending all of the classes. Please check your calendars and verify the dates work. Once you submit the RSVP online form we will follow up soon to complete the resgistration process.

LET'S PAINT THE TOWN!

ELM Foundation is dedicated to free arts education

We are a young and growing 501c3 non profit, being such we depend on our community for support to keep our programming running while providing quality education with dedicated art instructors.  Our students vary in socio-economic backgrounds and our goal is to make arts education free to all youth. If your family is in a position to make an additional donation we would accept it with great appreciation.  Donations are tax deductible and 100% goes to sustain the continuation of our class programming.